Since its creation by an Act of Congress in 1962, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has collected portraits of American presidents. The Portrait Gallery has the only complete collection of ...

A visit to Washington DC's National Portrait Gallery and its Hall of Presidents reveals how Presidents are seen and want to be seen, even as they explore the tension between being good portraits ...

Hail to the chiefs' portraits Perhaps you've heard of the "Ex-Presidents Club"? Well on May 31, 2012, John Howard Sanden became a member of another group that's almost as exclusive: the artists ...

An art history professor from North Carolina has developed a unique method for drawing portraits of U.S. presidents and first ladies. John Hutton starts each portrait with an egg-shaped frame, ...

Trump's Portrait Is Still in Its Early Stages After Smithsonian Said It Was 'Pursuing' Artists In April, the Smithsonian Institute said it was "pursuing commissioned portraits of former President ...