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Elie Nadelman, Birthday
Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Warsaw, Poland, Elie Nadelman was encouraged to study art and music from an early age. During his early twenties, he spent time in Munich, where the important collection of early classical Greek sculpture in the city’s Glyptothek museum made a deep and lasting impression. By 1904, he was [...]
Photos That Make Me Smile
Here is a group of photos I have taken in the past few months that I would like to share with everyone. Later I will post some more art articles, but I am very tired now.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
I found this Native American artist and really liked Her work. As Jackson Pollock was influenced by Native Americans I had to include her, so here she is. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (1940- ) Native American artist, whose best-known works combine traditional Native American symbols with a sophisticated understanding of modern abstraction. Native American identity and [...]
Antoni Tàpies
Antoni Tàpies was born December 13, 1923, in Barcelona. His adolescence was disrupted by the Spanish Civil War and a serious illness that lasted two years. Tàpies began to study law in Barcelona in 1944 but decided instead within two years to devote himself exclusively to art. He was essentially self-taught as a painter; the [...]
More Greetings Cards
I spent all day Saturday cutting and cropping, slicing and glueing these damn greetings card and I only got 1/3 of the order done, I still have another 200 left to do but don’t they look great Anyway, back to the chopping board have a great Sunday everyone. I am off to draw.
Richard Armstrong appointed director of the Guggenheim
Richard Armstrong, a specialist in American 20th century art and the former director of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, was named the director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Guggenheim Museum on Tuesday 23 September. On the eve of his appointment he gave an interview to The Art Newspaper outlining his [...]
Gagik Manoukian
Gagik Manoukian was born on April 20, 1952 in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1976 he finished his studies at the Terlemezyan Art Institute. Since 1982, a member of the Association of Artists of Armenia. The art of the painter Gagik Manoukian originates from the roots of Armenian art and culture, but his independent creative activities also [...]
Abstract Greetings Card and Things
I had a bit of a brainstorm on doing something with the rolls of old paintings I have under my bed and I decided I would use some of them to make greetings cards out of and here is the results. Also, I have done a new painting, which I haven’t done for a while. [...]
Shozo Shimamoto
Szozo Shimamoto, was born in Osaka, Japan in 1928, he is an authoratative member of the Gutai Group, which was formed in 1954 in the Kansai region. Other important figures included in the group were the likes of Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayama Akira, Murakami Saburo and Shiraga Kazuo. The activities of the group helped evolve western [...]
