Rosalba Carriera, “A Young Lady with a Parrot” (circa 1730), pastel on blue laid paper, mounted to laminated paperboard, 60 x 50 cm (Regenstein Collection ...

A Roman Catholic prayer card slipped between the portrait and its frame offered proof that this was an original Carriera. Rosalba Carriera,The Portrait of a Tyrolese Lady. The rediscovered pastel, ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — In the 1950s, Beverly Johnson Jaques would visit her “Grammy and Pop Pop” at their home in Greenwich, Conn., where a pastel drawing, "Portrait of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence with her ...

A protective fixative seals the artwork, preserving color intensity and detail. This portrait reflects patience, technique, ...

The Swiss artist Nicolas Party is both the subject and curator of Pastel, an extraordinary exhibition examining the under-appreciated, fugitive medium and its history. Artists make the best curators.

Case Antiques describes the piece as “pastel on wove paper bust-length portrait of a bearded man with vibrant blue eyes and piercing stare.” “The penetrating stare and psychological intensity of this ...

John Russell created pastel portraits of some of the great minds of the eighteenth century, but one of his regular models was not a person. Russell spent twenty years studying the moon, and drew some ...

Ninety pastel landscapes, still lifes and portraits will fill Weems Gallery, Friday, Nov. 1, through Nov. 23. The Pastel Society of New Mexico’s All Members’ Art Show has landed in Albuquerque in time ...

The portrait reflects dedication to detail and a deep appreciation for character driven art, offering inspiration to portrait ...

Many people may think of pastels as a medium for kids in art class. But at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the "Touch of Color" exhibition celebrates the history of pastel from the ...