Artist Birthday: Burgoyne Diller
Burgoyne Diller was a true pioneer in American abstraction. During the period when Abstraction Expressionism dominated American modernism, Diller quietly pursued geometric abstraction that was inf ...
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Artist Birthday: Jürgen Mayer
Jürgen Mayer is part of a generation of young 21st century architect/designers who create forms that respect the surrounding environment, as well as paying tribute to the history of the locale. ...
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Artist Birthday: Richard Hunt
Born in Chicago, Richard Hunt became what is considered to have been the foremost abstract African American sculptor of the 20th century. ...
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National Skilled Trades Day: Jacob Lawrence
National Skilled Trades Day was established in 2019 by the National Day Calendar and City Machine Technologies, Inc. Skilled workers are employed in a variety of fields and positions that can be perso ...
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Artist Birthday: John Chamberlain
John Chamberlain was part of the constructed steel sculpture movement that blossomed following World War II (1939–1945). Constructed sculpture had been experimental before the war, and became th ...
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The Woman Behind the Men: Betty Parsons
Did you ever stop to think about the people behind historic art movements? A professor of mine once said that without wealthy patrons such as the Medici in Florence, the Renaissance would not have hap ...
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Not What You Would Expect! Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
I really don’t usually go Lady Gaga over the International Style of architecture. However, I was recently scanning some Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) buildings into our collection, and was ...
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