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Artist Birthday: Eugenie Baizerman (1899-1949 US, born Poland)

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | Karl Cole

Eugenie Baizerman was one of a group of pioneer modernist women artists who received recognition “better late than never” in 1949, before the “star” artists of Abstract Express ...

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Artist Birthday: Marguerite Kumm (1900-1992, US)

Friday, October 9, 2026 | Karl Cole

Marguerite Kumm was an artist involved in the transition of printmaking into a highly respected art form during the Great Depression (1929-1940). Her work is typical of the inward-looking artwork that ...

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Hispanic American Heritage Month Continues until 15 October

Monday, October 5, 2026 | Karl Cole

Rosa Ibarra was born in Puerto Rico, spent her childhood in Old San Juan, and went to high school in Paris. Her paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries across the country and abroad. Ibarr ...

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Artist Birthday: Roni Horn (born 1955 US)

Friday, September 25, 2026 | Karl Cole

Roni Horn’s work consistently generates uncertainty to thwart closure. Important across her oeuvre is her longstanding interest to the protean nature of identity, meaning, and perception, as wel ...

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Artist Birthday: Alma W. Thomas (1891-1978 US)

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 | Karl Cole

Alma Woodsey Thomas was a pioneering African American abstract painter and art educator. Any art historian who is a nut about color as I am certainly knows her work!   ...

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Artist Birthday: Sylvia Plimack Mangold (born 1938 US)

Friday, September 18, 2026 | Karl Cole

A large part of the early body of art work by Sylvia Plimack Mangold put the “real” in Photorealism. For awhile now, she has been producing lyrical studies of landscape and nature around h ...

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Gem of the Month for September: Tone Vigeland (1938-2024 Norway)

Monday, September 14, 2026 | Karl Cole

Did you ever go “Wow!” when you see a certain work of art (something I do probably on a daily basis)? Well, that’s what I did when I saw the stunning jewelry by Tone Vigeland. She ha ...

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Artist Birthday: Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945 Germany)

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 | Karl Cole

The deeply empathetic works of German Expressionist Käthe Kollwitz reflect not only the sensibilities of a highly sophisticated printmaking artist, but also a compassionate and caring mother deep ...

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Artist Birthday: Gertrud Nätzler (1908-1971, US born Austria)

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 | Karl Cole

After the Arts and Crafts movement of the mid- to late-1800s, several art forms emerged with the status of fine art, because the Arts and Crafts movements stressed the artist’s touch during a pe ...

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National Kissing Day: Art by Janine Antoni (born 1962 Bahamas-US)

Monday, June 22, 2026 | Karl Cole

Kisses for National Kissing Day in a incredibly ingenious and unique work by the fabulous Conceptual artist Janine Antoni. Antoni is known for her unusual processes, using her body as both a tool and ...

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