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Artist Birthday: Jonas Lie (1880-1940 US, born Norway)

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | Karl Cole

Jonas Lie was a prominent poster artist during the American Poster “Renaissance” in the early 1900s. He is best known for his patriotic paintings of the American effort in World Wars I (19 ...

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Artist Birthday: Yves Klein (1928-1962 France)

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | Karl Cole

During the turbulent post-World War II (1939-1945) years, it is no surprise that art movements arose – as they did after World War I (1914-1918) – that questioned the validity of entrenche ...

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Artist Birthday: Willem de Kooning (1904-1997 US, born Netherlands)

Friday, April 24, 2026 | Karl Cole

Abstract Expressionism, which developed in the 1940s primarily in New York, was the first original American modernism art movement. Willem de Kooning was one of the leading artists of this group, also ...

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Artist Birthday: Richard Diebenkorn / Happy Earth Day

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | Karl Cole

What better way to dual celebrate Earth Day/Birthday than a landscape! The first original American modernist art movement, called Abstract Expressionism, flourished between the late 1940s into the 196 ...

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Artist Birthday: Toni von Horn

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Karl Cole

Antonie (“Toni”) von Horn Roothbert was a German emigré to the US who made a big name for herself as a fashion photographer. Her elegant, glamorous compositions established a style ...

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Artist Birthday: Jules Olitski

Friday, March 27, 2026 | Karl Cole

Jules Olitski was a Ukrainian-born American artist who was instrumental in developing the Color Field painting style. Color Field, which involved staining canvas rather than using brushes, was the ant ...

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Artist Birthday for: Clarence Carter (1904-2000 US)

Thursday, March 26, 2026 | Karl Cole

Clarence Holbrook Carter was a painter primarily known for his depictions of American life in the period between world wars (1918-1940). He is particularly well known for his riveting views of rural A ...

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Artist Birthday: John Smibert (1688-1751 US, born Scotland)

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | Karl Cole

The first successful, trained painter to open a studio in the American colonies (in Boston), John Smibert represented the archetypal society portrait painter that the newly prosperous New England colo ...

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Bringing Women's History Month to a Close

Monday, March 23, 2026 | Karl Cole

There are many of what I consider “art heroes” among artists, and if anyone deserves such a title, it would be the late Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015, US, born Canada). She was a key player i ...

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Artist Birthday: George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879 US)

Friday, March 20, 2026 | Karl Cole

After portraiture had dominated the subject matter of colonial, and early American painting, genre scenes, still life, and landscape subjects all asserted importance in the early 1800s.George Caleb&nb ...

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