Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757), an Italian artist, is widely considered a pioneer in transforming pastel painting into a recognized fine art medium. Her portraits exhibited a unique delicacy and ...

“I love drawing using pencils ... Since she started using oil pastel as a child, Lee kept them around when she was a teenager and now, as an adult. “Everyone has used oil pastels or crayons ...

Cathy Daley is a Canadian artist best known for her black pastel drawings on vellum that depict female torsos and legs, usually wrapped in flowing dresses or tutus. Daley’s work emphasizes the ...

When Adalbert and Hilda Parlagi fled Vienna in 1938, a month after the Nazi annexation of Austria, they left behind a ...