Roses on Silk, Vavara Harmon, Oil, 24 x 30 in, 2008-2009
Fun Fact: Vavara has received many awards from both American Artist and International Artist. She works in a variety of painting mediums from Oil to Acryllic to Watercolor.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Georges Braque
Violin and Candlestick, Georges Braque, Spring 1910
Fun Fact: Braque and Picasso were both the founding fathers of the cubist movement.
Gustave Klimt
The Kiss, Gustave Klimt, 30 x 30 in, Oil on Canvas, 1907
Fun Facts: During his 'Golden' phase named after his positive critical acclaim and reputation he would introduce paintings like these with the use of gold leaf.
Jeanette Chupack
Rounding the Bend, Jeanette Chupack, Acryllic, 20 x 30 in., October 2009
Fun Fact: Of thousands of entries, this piece won the famous $1200 Utrecht award provided by American Artist magazine.
Asher B. Durand
Fun Facts: Asher was a transcendentalist believing his work to be a representation of the wonders of nature created by God.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Dee Sanchez
Fun Facts: This is supposedly a work in progress, but can be introduced as a totally new style of artwork.
Debra Hurd
New Orleans Night Cityscape, Debra Hurd, Oil on Canvas, 10 x 8 in, 2010
Fun Fact: Her composition are centered around her life in New Orleans and Jazz. Her rich use of color albeit smeared looking, gives the impression of cityscapes implying form.
Marc Chagall
Fun Facts: This piece captures the vibrancy Chagall experienced while viewing a russian circus. This can be expressed through his use of bright colors, overwhelming number of subjects, and dream like atmosphere.
Michael Hussar
White Devil, Michael Hussar, Oil on Canvas, 2008
Fun facts: Featured in the famous magazine Juxtapoz, he talks of how he tries to adopt and replecate a rennaisance style of painting.
Lyonel Feininger
Gaberndorf II, Lyonel Feininger, painting, 1924
Fun Facts: Not only a pioneer in cubism, he made cartoons and comic strips as well.
Claude Monet
Bridge Over A Pond Of Water Lilies, Claude Monet, 1899
Fun Facts: Most of Monet's paintings were inspired by walks in his garden. He also was one of the first artists to be famous before he died.
Henri Matisse
Woman with a Hat, Henri Matisse, 1905
Fun Facts: Initially he was studying law before he became an artist. He also was the founder of an artistic movement called Fauvism, which relied on painting people through expressive stylization rather than realism.
Paul Klee
Fun Facts: He was a very prolific artist making over 8925 known works
MC Escher
Relativity, MC Escher, Pencil on Paper, 1953
Fun Fact: The pieces he created were primarily used to play with perspective.
Salvador Dali
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 33 cm, 1931
Fun Facts: He is known to this day as the father of Surrealism. The melting watches are believed to symbolize the passage of time in a dream.
Gustave Dore
"Depiction of Satan", Gustave Dore, Engraving, 1866
Fun Facts: An extremely prolific artist, Gustave's work can be found in dozens of novels including: Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, and Don Quixote.
Yves Klein
Anthropometrie, Yves Klein, Painting Drawing Oil on Paper, 25 x 15.25 in 1962
Fun Fact: During his lifetime he discovered a rich shade of blue which he later called international klein blue (IKB).
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Connie Tom
"Reflections of Autumn V", Connie Tom, Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20 in, 2010
Fun Facts: In this piece, she aspired to observe the colors of autumn and established reflection to see how they would behave in water.
Brenda York
Eye2Eye, Brenda York, 12 x 30 in, Oil on Canvas, 2010
Fun Facts: She submits artwork daily on a community website called dailypainters.com On a personal note, I find her ability to break polygons into character faces to be interesting and her attention to the reoccuring cohesive reds gives them a versatility I can enjoy.
Mark Rothko
"White Center" Mark Rothko, 1950, Oil on Canvas
Fun Facts: He would often experiment with color and spacing to affect mood and atmosphere in his pieces. Often he would abstain from titling his pieces in order to prevent a "paralysis" of imagination as he would put it.
Piet Mondrian
"Broadway Boogie Woogie", Piet Mondrian, Oil on Canvas, 50 x 50 in, 1942-1943
Fun Fact: This painting was inspired by an actual city grid of Manhattan, and the lively color were a reflection of how he enjoyed the "boogie woogie" music he danced to while living in New York.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Auguste Rodin
Fun Fact: This icon of philosophy went through a series of processes from the forming of its relief to filling it with wax, to finally its bronzed casting.
Alberto Giacometti
Fun Fact: According to dialogue between Giacometti and his wife Annette Arm, he created elongated versions of people explaining that is the sensations he felt looking at women.
Edvard Munch
Fun Fact: The Scream painting was mostly believed to be a piece on Munch's agoraphobia.
Banksy
Fun Facts: Banksy is a pseudonym for an otherwise famous yet anonymous british political graffiti artist.
Beau White
Beau White, Becoming a Man (bit by bit), Oil on board, 30 x 44 inches, 2008
Fun Fact: He grew up in Australia and learned his artwork and most of his themes deal with the lack of appeal in the things people find most comfortable such as food. Oh and he likes cows- a lot!
Chuck Close
Fun Fact: While being known for his remarkable photorealism and, he is afflicted with prosopagnosia, which makes him strangely not recognize any face.
H.R. Giger
H.R. Giger, Li II Gicle'e, lithograph, 61 x 43 inches
Fun Facts: Geiger is most famously known for his work in the creature design for the Xenomorph from Ridley Scott's film "Alien".
Jeff Koons
121 x 143 x 45 inches, 1994-2000
Fun Facts: As a teenager, he had the privilege of visiting Salvador Dali the surrealist painter. He was also famed for his method of art fabrication and is often criticized for his artwork being considered kitsch.
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein, Drowning Girl, Oil on Canvas, 68 x 68 inches, 1963
Fun Fact:
Lichtenstein's majority feature a pulp comic book graphic style with the use of Ben-Day dots and Hard lined figure technique.
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