Artist Birthday: Martin Ramírez (1885/1895-1960)
Like most Visionary artists, Ramírez’s works are combinations of fantasy, personal visions, and a obvious joy in either nature or our mutual humanity. In his highly detailed drawings, he ...
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This day in History: Premier of "The Beggar's Opera" (1728)
The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay (1685-1732) with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752). It is the only example of the once thrivin ...
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Artist Birthday: Alice Neel
Alice Neel was a great American portraitist. Her portraits were insightfully realistic, although not to the point of Photorealism, for her works tended to emphasize rich color. The most enduring aspec ...
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Artist Birthday: Georges Mathieu (1921-2012 France)
After producing paintings that were copies of postcard views, Georges Mathieu went through what he called his "limbo" period (1944-1946), a time when he developed a completely personal new p ...
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Who Knew? Healthcare can be Art Subject Matter
Healthcare, medicine costs, insurance, etc. have been a hot topic for a long time, and a lot of the problems have consistently not changed for the better. Another thing about healthcare that has not c ...
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Artist Birthday: Édouard Manet
Although his realist paintings never approached the point of pure Impressionism, Manet’s work was a great influence on the burgeoning Impressionist artists. He definitely experimented with the e ...
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Artist Birthday: Catherine Murphy (born 1946 US)
Catherine Murphy follows the cherished American artistic tradition of carefully observed realism in her fabulous, Photorealist paintings. Her aesthetic also transcends countries and time periods ...
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Artist Birthday: Esteban Vicente (1903-2001 US, born Spain)
Esteban Vicente was part of the vibrant Abstract Expressionism scene in American art after World War II (1939-1945). His work reflects the type of biomorphic abstraction influenced by Surrealism seen ...
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More Winter White: Keisai Eisen (1790-1848 Japan)
I continue to celebrate winter, my second favorite season after autumn, with yet another snow scene. Eisen Keisai is typical of the artists of the classic Ukiyo-e period (late 1700s to early 1800s), i ...
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National Hat Day: Art by Tom Price
Since at least 1983, schools, libraries, and museums have observed National Hat Day. People are invited to wear their favorite type of hat. The date also commemorates the day in 1797 when the first to ...
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