Artist Birthday: Ludwig Sander
Ludwig Sander was a member of the New York School that established the United States as a center for modernist experiment in art. He was an early practitioner of Color Field painting which he stuck wi ...
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Artist Birthday: Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt, along with Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) was a leading Austrian modernist at the turn of the 1900s. Although noted as a society portrait painter in an Art Nouveau/Byzantine mosaic li ...
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Artist Birthday: Marlow Moss
Marlow Moss was a major figure in abstraction between the world wars. She was very active in the Abstraction-Creation group of abstract artists in the between-the-wars School of Paris, and she was act ...
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Artist Birthday: Auguste Herbin
Auguste Herbin was one of the many French artists who were, before World War I, greatly influenced by the development of Cubism. His zest for abstraction did not abate after the war, when he became a ...
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Happy Festive Days: Linda Besemer
In Switzerland, the time between Christmas and New Year is called Feschttage, which I guess could loosely translate to holidays. I prefer to think of it as festive days. In that spirit, ...
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A Still Life Pioneer: Raphaelle Peale
Well, we’re coming up on Thanksgiving and I want to express my thanks for many aspects of the arts. One thing I’m totally thankful for is the rich history of American art. I may not always ...
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