National portrait gallery

Welcome to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture. Also the home of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. >>...

My name is Dervis Konuralp. I am a resident of Hackney- the London Borough of Hackney. I have been here, well since I can remember. Since I was a little’un. Be it I went to primary school here, I...

Zhane: Colour in portraits can be used in so many different ways. In some, it can dominate and be used to attract attention. In others, it is used by the artist to explore the identity of the sitter....

I'm Gabby White, I'm an athlete and I play badminton. I'm currently the British number one women's doubles pair. I first started playing because my sisters inspired me...

It’s always a difficult exhibition to hang because you’ve got so many works of very different kinds. Basically this flat plan here, shows that it’s basically a spacing exercise, so that’s the first...

This is my painting of a friend, Richie. A little bit of background about me - I'm an artist, I work predominately in portraiture. I have been painting for around 5 years, I have been so lucky...

It was a wonderful experience judging this competition, really uplifting and to see a lot of artists, many of whom were obviously young, many obviously who were experienced, but all approaching...

This is a portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, a man who was born in the Senegambia region of Africa in the early eighteenth century and was the son of a family of imams. In 1731 he was taken into...

My name is Jumuna Nenpane. I live in Plumstead. I work in Plumstead Day Nursery. We’re doing a food growing project here in our nursery with different age groups of children. I think it’s very...

I know some artists like to go straight to the canvas and start painting, but I like to know what the construction is. It means that I can go in more confident, with the paint effectively. This first...