Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892/95, oil on canvas, 48 7/16” x 55 ½”, Art institute of Chicago, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, was an aristocrat living the life of a bohemian artist in the lively Montmartre section of Paris in the late 19th century. When the Moulin Rouge, a cabaret, opened … Continue reading
Man Ray, Tears, 1930-1932, gelatin silver print, 9 x 11 3/4 in., The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Photo by William Cromar via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
Man Ray Photographer, Dada and Surrealist Artist Emmanuel Radnitzky was born on August 27th, 1890 in Philadelphia, PA to Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a garment worker. Man Ray died on November 18, 1976 in Paris where he is buried.
Jan Vermeer, The Milkmaid, c. 1660, oil on canvas, 17.9” x 16.1”, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Photo by jimmiehomeschoolmom via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.
By now, you may have heard about Pei-Shen Qian, the Chinese artist living in Queens, NY who forged over 60 paintings by Abstract Expressionist artists such as Mark Rothko, Franz Kline and Jackson Pollock. An art dealer from Long Island, … Continue reading
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The French artist Robert Delaunay celebrated modern life in this bright and colorful aerial view of the Eiffel Tower, an icon of the industrial world that was constructed in 1889 of wrought iron for the Paris International Exposition. The aerial … Continue reading
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Andy Warhol Pop Artist Andrej Varhola, Jr. was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Andrej Varhola, a coal mine worker, and Júlia Zavacká, both of whom were immigrants from Slovakia. Andy Warhol died in New York City on February 22, 1987. … Continue reading
René Magritte, The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe), 1929, Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 31 15/16 in., LACMA, California, Photo by profzucker via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
Belgian artist René Magritte created this Surrealist masterpiece that presents a realistic image of a pipe and written in French below, the words, “This is not a pipe.” With this humorous inscription, Magritte stated something that is true but nevertheless … Continue reading
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“I think we were all more interested in being honest than in being modern.” Gabriele Münter, about the members of The Blue Rider
Josef Albers, On Tideland, 1947-1955, oil on fiberboard, 27 1/4
“In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is – as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.” Josef Albers
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Rayograph (noun) A type of photograph created by the artist Man Ray for which a camera was not used; rather, various everyday objects were placed on photographic paper and the paper was exposed to light. Man Ray’s “rayographs,” with their … Continue reading
Joan Miró, Personages with Star, 1933, oil on canvas, 78” x 97”, Art Institute of Chicago, Photo by Xevi V via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial -Share Alike 2.0 Generic License.
Surrealist artists wanted to incorporate chance into their artwork because they thought it would be a powerful means of self-revelation and catharsis. They believed they could set free certain aspects of their subconscious this way. Spanish artist Joan Miró, a … Continue reading
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“There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with the resulting modifications, brings with it a very complicated richness, which the art critic ought to try to … Continue reading
Philip Johnson and Mark Rothko, The Rothko Chapel, 1971, Houston, TX, Photo by Darren Milligan via Flickr, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
If you find yourself in Houston, TX, where there is a lot of great art to see, consider making the time to visit the Rothko Chapel. The famous modern architect Philip Johnson designed the octagonal building, but the building is … Continue reading