painter

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Sedaris lives in New York with his husband, Hugh Hamrick, a painter and set designer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Bought for $236.4 million, "Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer" by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt became the second most expensive work ever sold at auction.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

In Valentino by Alessandro Michele, they used Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi as inspiration, according to Vogue, and the “Killing of a Sacred Elmo” vibes were in your face, in a good way.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Ian McKellen plays a cantankerous painter, Michael Jackson’s electrifying talent comes through in a new biopic, Albert Camus’s ‘The Stranger’ gets an elegant adaptation, and much, much more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

And I added a pointed beard and lace at the throat, as the painter had done, long ago in a different time.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier