The term “trompe l’oeil,” meaning “fool the eye,” is an art style that was popular in the 19th century. By then, artists and audiences had enjoyed optical illusions for thousands of years. The ...

Employing the technique known as “trompe-l’oeil,” designers have mimicked three-dimensional surfaces to elevate rooms.

Local artist and 2022 TAP Individual Artist Partner grantee Warren W. Kessler’s obsession with detail is in many ways the epitome of art imitating life. The trompe l’oeil painter’s recent projects ...

Three years ago, Larry Charles learned how well he had mastered trompe l’oeil when he brought one of his works to a frame shop near his hometown of Peoria, Ariz. The style of painting takes its name ...

Trompe l'oeil, I would argue, is the first truly conceptual art, more interested in what it has to say than in what it ends up looking like. For the painters in this show, that is, it's more important ...

Six painters capture remarkable detail in their trompe l`oeil paintings A handful of artists across the country practice the meticulous art form called trompe l`oeil, French for "trick the eye." ...

Contemporary trompe l'oeil -- Using trompe l'oeil painting -- Inspiration from antiquity -- From crocodile to corrugated tin : the imitation of materials -- A world of light and shadow : grisaille -- ...

What is real, and when? It all depends, apparently. The title of this exhibition appears at its entrance in large, stately capital letters that look to have been painted with lighted and shadowed ...

WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON -- Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, toured the latest show in his museum 10 days before its opening. Workers were still adding the final touches as ...