Whitney lacked the technical expertise of both Hall and North. Portrait of Eli Whitney (1765-1825) by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, c. 1795. Salesmanship proved his niche; without it, there would ...

Courtesy of the artist and The Whitney Museum Amy Sherald’s genius lies in her ability to get to the heart of things. The painter was famously selected in 2017 to create a portrait of former ...