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The Art of Manuel Orazi

Published on 2012-05-04 08:36:00

Manuel Orazi (1860 – 1934) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, illustrator and poster artist, who elevated a global philosophy in response to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the Art Nouveau movement. During this time, some artists welcomed technological progress while others condemned the poor quality of mass-produced machine-made goods. By applying the highest standards of > read more

The Art of George Inness

Published on 2012-03-25 10:35:00

George Inness (1825 – 1894) was an American painter, famous for his luminous and atmospheric landscapes. He helped defined the Tonalist movement in the late 19th century. Tonalism was an artistic style that began in the 1880s. The name was formed based on a group of American painters who, painted landscape forms with one single color or an overall tone of colored atmosphere or mist. (Inness, > read more

The Art of Andrew Wyeth

Published on 2012-02-24 10:20:00

Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917 – 2009) was part of the Regionalist movement and is most well known for his painting of Christina’s World, one of the best-known American paintings of the mid 20th century. In 1963, Wyeth was the first painter to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award and at the age of 91 in 2007, he received the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush. (Wyeth, Andrew. > read more

The Art of Dennis Miller Bunker

Published on 2012-01-07 08:55:00

Dennis Miller Bunker (1861 – 1890) was one of earliest painters in America to adopt the new innovative impressionistic style in the late nineteenth century. His career promptly spiraled up to the top of the art world and then came to crashing halt, as he died unexpectedly from meningitis at the young age of twenty-nine. At the time of his death he was well respected and personal friends with > read more

The Art of Jackson Pollock

Published on 2011-11-24 17:33:00

Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956) was born in Cody, Wyoming. He was one of the first American painters to become an international star and he lived up to the “rock star” reputation with living recklessly and drinking excessively. He was famed for his notorious drip paintings, including his nickname from Time magazine as “Jack the Dripper”. (Pollock, Jackson. Blue Poles, Number 11. c. 1952. oil on > read more

The Art of Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Published on 2011-10-16 09:33:00

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732 – 1806) was born in Grasse, France to a family of shopkeepers and glove-makers. He was the last of the Rococo movement in France before the Neoclassical style took root. Rococo artists applied a decorative style and embodied a cheerful, optimistic approach to the subject matter that was popular during the Baroque era. Fragonard’s The Swing is one of the most famous > read more

The Art of Edgar Degas

Published on 2011-07-04 08:48:00

Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917) was born in Paris, France. He worked in a wide range of media, including oil, watercolor, chalk, pastel, pencil, etching, and photography. He is well known for the elegant ballerina dancers that he painted. While most of > read more

The Art of Liz Kenyon

Published on 2011-04-01 09:53:00

Liz Kenyon is a contemporary artist, born in California. She works in soft pastels and her technique is defined by adding layer upon layer in order to build up texture. Her style is more painterly than linear and she uses as many colors as possible > read more

The Art of Andrea Mantegna

Published on 2011-03-12 09:44:00

Andrea Mantegna (1430-31 – 1506) was born in Isola de Carturo, close to Venice, during the Gothic and Early Renaissance Era. His art is characterized by brilliant compositional solutions with the bold use of perspective and foreshortening. His in > read more

The Art of Susan Sarback

Published on 2011-02-26 10:13:00

Susan Sarback was born in New York. Her paintings are always about light and color, especially the quality of light. She is the founder of the School of Light and Color”. Located twenty miles east of Sacramento in Fair Oaks, California, this scho > read more

The Art of Jeff Legg

Published on 2011-01-23 08:39:00

Jeff C. Legg (1959 – present) was born in Joplin, Missouri. His “old master” techniques combined with his inspired contemporary use of chiaroscuro continues to inspire fellow artists and collectors worldwide. (Legg, Jeff. Green Bottle with A > read more

The Art of Paul Cézanne

Published on 2010-07-29 08:39:00

Paul Cézanne (1839 – 1906) was born in Aix-en Provence in the south of France. He is regarded as one of the greatest Post-Impressionists and is often referred to as “the father of modern art.” Although Cézanne was a contemporary of the Impres > read more

The Art of Jia Lu

Published on 2010-03-26 10:13:00

Jia Lu (1954 – present) was born in Beijing, China. She strongly feels that beauty is the final measure of all things. True beauty born of self-knowledge and self-understanding, burns in her art like a beacon. The paintings of Jia Lu seem filled > read more

The Art of Marcel Duchamp

Published on 2010-03-19 09:52:00

Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) was a painter and mixed media artist associated with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism. Though he avoided any alliances his work is mostly categorized in as Dada, which was a richly subversive art movement that developed at > read more

The Art of Marco Cutrone

Published on 2010-02-21 17:51:00

Marco Cutrone was born in the New York City area and was clearly influenced by his environment. Cutrone was brought up in a strict European household with an emphasis from his father, who taught him that you must work hard in order to succeed. (Cu > read more

The Art of Mel Ramos

Published on 2010-02-10 12:09:00

Mel Ramos (1935 –) is an American artist, born in Sacramento, California. He, along with other artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist, produced art works that celebrated the aspects of popular culture as > read more

The Art of Leonid Afremov

Published on 2010-01-24 12:03:00

Leonid Afremov (1955 – ) was born in city of Vitebsk, Belarus. Afremov graduated from Vitebsk Art School in 1978. The school was founded by Marc Chagall in 1921. Along with Malevich and Kandinsky, Leonid Afremov is one of the elite members of the f > read more

The Art of William de Leftwich Dodge

Published on 2010-01-14 06:00:00

William de Leftwich Dodge (1867 – 1935), also known as W. de Leftwich Dodge was born in Bedford, Virginia. As an American impressionist painter, he is most well known for his murals. Murals, during his time, were regarded as an essential element of > read more

The Art of Roger van der Weyden

Published on 2009-12-31 21:34:00

Roger van der Weyden (1400 – 1464) was one of the leading Dutch Old Masters of the Northern Renaissance during the 15th century, contemporary to Jan van Eyck. He was best known for his colorful triptychs and diptychs panel paintings, mainly on reli > read more

The Art of Bec Winnel

Published on 2009-12-23 11:15:00

Bec Winnel is an artist and illustrator currently living in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. She works as a full time a graphic designer but, commissions illustrations and has successfully exhibited her own personal artwork. She has a unique style i > read more