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Portrait of Alexandre Lenoir, Almine Rech Tribeca
The Transformative Layers of Alexandre Lenoir

One of the art world’s rising stars, Paris and NYC-based French painter Alexandre Lenoir…

detail of Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893. Oil on canvas. 49 x 35.5 in. Hampton University Museum. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
Henry Ossawa Tanner's Life and Art
The first African American painter to receive international critical acclaim, expressive realist Henry Ossawa Tanner exhibited at the Paris Salon, received honors from the French government, and…
William Orpen, Self-portrait, 1924, oil on canvas, Fitzwilliam Museum
Obsession with Identity: William Orpen's Portraiture

Portraits intend to be reflections of their subjects’ character, placing William Orpen’s …

Frederic Edwin Church, The Andes of Ecuador, 1855.
Reframed: Frederic Edwin Church's "Andes"
The Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church, traveled from New York State to South America, via dangerous expeditions from April 1853 to September 1853, only to research and execute his…