Cary Grant tries to get back in touch with Archibald Leach in the new novel, "The Acrobat." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Edward J. Delaney about his portrait of a famous actor in search of himself.

It’s perhaps a surprise that Rapson, a lawyer versed in the arcanery of policy and grant making, has an artistic bent. But his father, Ralph Rapson, was an internationally renowned architect who often ...

PHILADELPHIA, March 22.--Mrs. Helen Darragh will soon put the finishing touches to a life-size portrait in oils of the late Gen. U.S. Grant. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Aug. 1.--Forty members of the Calumet Club of this city have subscribed $200 each for the purchase of the painting of Gen. Grant by Le Clerc. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

“His sister was a very domineering woman who spent her life trying to deny Grant’s sexuality,” Buck Kiechel said. While it was painted as a gift, Wood never gave the portrait to ...

Hugh Grant poses for a portrait to promote the film "Heretic" on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP) ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present “From Shadow to Substance: Grand-Scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years” June 20 through . Drawing from the museum’s extensive ...

EDWARD J DELANEY: Happy to be here. SIMON: You revolve much of this portrait around Cary Grant at the age of 55 at a particular time in his life. What was going on? DELANEY: I think he was at the ...