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24 03, 2015

3 Famous Beds in Art

2015-03-24T10:16:29-07:00

The bed is our earliest memory and perhaps our last. It is a place of repose, a place of dreams, a place to share secrets and to hide them.

Artists throughout history have used the bed as a backdrop to drama, passion, and scenes of sheer beauty.

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3 Famous Beds in Art2015-03-24T10:16:29-07:00
3 03, 2015

Lady in Gold

2015-03-03T10:30:21-08:00

Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I,1907 Gustav Klimt

The young woman floats in a shimmering crust of gold. Her dark head emerges, as if drowning in gold. Her look is sultry, an earthly goddess.

The model, Adele Bloch-Bauer, was […]

Lady in Gold2015-03-03T10:30:21-08:00
6 01, 2015

Turner, Brilliant Painter of Light

2015-01-06T03:26:31-08:00

The_Slave_Ship,1840,Turner

Light, light, light. Light in all its effervescence; light falling in scattered shining flecks, shimmering incandescent pigment. Light like it had never before been painted.

J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) became the leading artist of his era. A classical painter, heavily influenced by the old masters, he […]

Turner, Brilliant Painter of Light2015-01-06T03:26:31-08:00
2 12, 2014

Henri Matisse: Best Work Ever

2014-12-02T09:24:48-08:00

Matisse-Zulma-1950

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) has risen to rock star celebrity. He is beloved throughout the world. 500,000 people packed the Tate Museum in London last summer to see his show. The Tate turned the final weekend of the run into a kind of all-night sleepover […]

Henri Matisse: Best Work Ever2014-12-02T09:24:48-08:00
11 11, 2014

3 Iconic Surrealist Paintings

2014-11-11T21:55:13-08:00

The Persistence of Memory, 1931 Salvador Dali

The Persistence of Memory is undoubtedly the most famous Surrealist painting in history. The dripping clocks reflect the inner workings of Dalí’s subconscious and convey a simple message: time as we know it is meaningless.

What really is Surrealist […]

3 Iconic Surrealist Paintings2014-11-11T21:55:13-08:00
21 10, 2014

Not to be Missed! Art in Alcatraz!

2014-10-21T02:50:03-07:00

Ai Weiwei (pronounced eye way-way) is China’s best-known artist. He protests the abuses of the Chinese government.

To punish him the Chinese condemned Ai’s art, burned his studio, and held him in a […]

Not to be Missed! Art in Alcatraz!2014-10-21T02:50:03-07:00
29 09, 2014

3 Famous Outsider Artists

2014-09-29T22:30:03-07:00

Outsider Art:
Naive…visionary…never been in an art school or gallery…disturbing images…
DELIGHTFUL!
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Clementine Hunter was born in 1886, twenty years after the Civil War, when segregation and oppression of  blacks was still rampant.  Her child-like paintings of picking cotton, picking […]

3 Famous Outsider Artists2014-09-29T22:30:03-07:00
20 08, 2014

America’s First Family of Art!

2014-08-20T18:25:44-07:00

Cover Illustration for Treasure Island, N.C. Wyeth

The Grandfather: N.C. Wyeth, 1882-1945

One of America’s foremost illustrators, N.C. Wyeth painted adventure scenes with unforgettable characters. Bring back memories???

Christina's World, 1948 Andrew Wyeth […]

America’s First Family of Art!2014-08-20T18:25:44-07:00
30 06, 2014

Robert De Niro, Sr. – The Artist

2014-06-30T10:32:52-07:00

Did you know that Robert De Niro’s father was a brilliant artist?

Last Painting, 1993, Robert De Niro Sr.

At last, one of art’s unsung heroes is being honored!…and by his son, Robert De Niro, Jr.

The elder De Niro was […]

Robert De Niro, Sr. – The Artist2014-06-30T10:32:52-07:00
5 05, 2014

Mark Rothko: Paintings of Ecstasy and Tragedy

2014-05-05T14:04:16-07:00

Painting, No. 8, 1952 Mark_Rothko

“I’m not here to make ‘pretty pictures!’ I want my paintings to stop your heart, you understand that?!  I am here to make you think…feel a moan of rapture…sense the divine, or damned.” — Mark Rothko

Mark Rothko felt that a […]

Mark Rothko: Paintings of Ecstasy and Tragedy2014-05-05T14:04:16-07:00
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