Artists

1 09, 2015

Dark Moments…Great Painters

2015-09-01T10:38:52-07:00

Ever wondered why we are fascinated and confused by beautiful paintings that have ominous images?

Brain researchers in the field of Neuroscience have increasingly turned their eyes on art in an effort to understand how we see these works of art.

There is a deep portion of the brain, the amygdala, which triggers BOTH negative […]

Dark Moments…Great Painters2015-09-01T10:38:52-07:00
2 06, 2015

Most Famous Art Show In The World

2015-06-02T02:15:15-07:00

If you ​happen to be in Venice between June and November this year, you will find yourself in the midst of the most important art show in the world,​ t​h​e Venice Biennale. The Olympics of art.

Art from 88 countries fills the museums, the palazzos, the canal-­fronted warehouses, […]

Most Famous Art Show In The World2015-06-02T02:15:15-07:00
12 05, 2015

Troubled Times – Brilliant Art

2015-05-12T10:00:42-07:00

Jacob Lawrence
1917-2000

“The migration was spurred on by the treatment of the tenant farmers by the planter.” Jacob Lawrence “The migration was spurred on by the treatment of the tenant farmers by the planter.”
Jacob Lawrence

One hundred years ago there were two big issues in America…migration […]

Troubled Times – Brilliant Art2015-05-12T10:00:42-07:00
14 04, 2015

Dangerous Watercolors: Nolde and Nickson

2015-04-14T11:38:30-07:00

Evening Landscape North Frisia, Emil Nolde Evening Landscape North Frisia, date unknown
Emil Nolde
Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, Germany

Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

Although he joined the Nazi party in the early ’30s, Emil Nolde’s paintings were confiscated from the museums and his work was slandered as Degenerate Art.

From […]

Dangerous Watercolors: Nolde and Nickson2015-04-14T11:38:30-07:00
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
27 01, 2015

Blue Rider: Rebel Art

2015-01-27T10:56:08-08:00

Winter Landscape I, 1909 Wassily Kandinsky

A little over 100 years ago, in 1911, a group of Russian and German artists working in Munich rebelled against the established traditions of art in Germany. The group named themselves “Blue Rider.”

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Blue Rider: Rebel Art2015-01-27T10:56:08-08:00
13 01, 2015

J.M.W. Turner, Brilliant Watercolorist

2015-01-13T15:01:11-08:00

TheDarkRigi, 1842  Watercolor on paper  J.M.W. 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 […]

J.M.W. Turner, Brilliant Watercolorist2015-01-13T15:01:11-08:00
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