Helga Testorf is considered to be the last unknown person made famous by a painting. Testorf was Andrew Wyeth’s model from 1971 to 1985, during which time Wyeth secretly made over 240 paintings of her ...

A life drawing class at the Boston Figurative Art Center (photo by Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Aaron Bogan, a professional art model and illustrator originally from New ...

The girl in question is Celia Paul. She was in her twenties when she sat for the painting; Freud was in his fifties. Sure, it’s that old story: the art student and the visiting tutor, a passion we ...

With its doors closed, as they are at so many places where we come together to create and consume art, Art Ventures gallery staff have had a lot of time to reflect. For the July exhibition, the art ...

Don Branagan takes great pride in his calendar and his busy schedule. As a full-time art model, he likes to book gigs as early as possible. But when COVID-19 hit, Don’s calendar suddenly dried up.

Since 1865, when Édouard Manet's painting "Olympia" debuted in Paris, all eyes have been focused on the reclining nude gazing directly out at the viewer. "It was very controversial," said curator ...

Daniel Dana is a concept artist and illustrator working across film, TV, games, and advertising, and his work has that ...

Over the years I’ve scrutinized, squinted at and visually dissected every inch of easily more than 100 naked humans. That’s because my passion is figure drawing, so I rack up a lot of hours staring at ...