Joan Mitchell was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1925 and died in a Paris suburb in 1992. Her expatriate years began in the late 1950s and continued uninterrupted until her passing in Vetheuil, France. She occupied a celebrated stature in the generation that succeeded Pollock and Rothko. She declined the theoreticism of her European counterparts, [...]
Urban Art at The Tate Modern London
On Tuesday I went to The Tate Modern again and again I went with someone so I couldn’t enjoy it as much as I would have liked. Anyway, they have an Urban Art exhibition on the outside walls, which was amazing. I was wondering how they got them up there because they are so big. [...]
William Baziotes – Abstract Expressionist
William Baziotes, was born in Pittsburgh June 11th, 1912. His parents were Greek. From 1931 to 1933 he worked at Case Glass company in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he was painting glass and running general errands. He attended evening sketch classes and it was here that he met his lifelong friend Byron Vazakas, who was a [...]
Awesome Exhibitions at The Tate Modern
I have just become aware of these two exhibitions in London, mainly because I don’t visit that often. I know that if I had checked it out earlier I would have been commuting to see these rather than go to work. I would rather do that and probably be a lot happier but there you [...]
Revealed: $72.8m Rockefeller Rothko has gone to Qatar
I absolutely love Rothko, so simple yet so emotional. When I visit Teh Tate Modern in London I always spend hours in the Rothko Room, gazing at his masterpieces. I just came across this in The Art Newspaper, obviously another great admirer. If you like Emir of Qatar, I will sell you acouple of my [...]
