Artist of the Week
Artist of the Week: Paul Signac
Paul Signac was born on November 11th, 1863 into an affluent Paris family. In his youth, Signac wanted to be an architect, but in 1880 abandoned that path for a career in painting. He was influenced, early on, by Claude Monet and the Impressionist movement.Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals
Ok, so instead of doing an artist this week, I'm going to do some Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals...don't worry; they're much more interesting then they sound. :-p I just completed a paper on these Seals for a class at school and figured why not share my new found knowledge with all of you. So, here we go: A Cylinder Seal is a cylindrical (hence the name) piece of stone which has been engraved with a continuous design around it's entire face.Artist of the Week: Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was born as the son of a grain merchant in the Picardy region of northern France. He studied law and worked as a law clerk. When Henri Matisse was 21 years old he became seriously ill.Artist of the Week: Tamara De Lempicka
I think it's time we featured a lady, don't you? ;) Of all the artists pursuing the style "Arts Decoratifs", one of the most memorable was Tamara de Lempicka. She was born Maria Gorska of well-to-do parents in turn-of- the-century Poland.Artist of the Week: Camille Pissaro
I noticed that a lot of you like the impressionists (as do I) so I figured that I would feature one: Camille Pissarro, a French Impressionist artist, was born in St. Thomas, in the West Indies in 1830 into the family of a merchant. His father was of French-Jewish origin, his mother was a Creole.Artist of the Week: Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944
Born in Moscow in 1866, Kandinsky spent his early childhood in Odessa. His parents played the piano and the zither and Kandinsky himself learned the piano and cello at an early age. The influence of music in his paintings cannot be overstated, down to the names of his paintings "Improvisations", "Impressions", and "Compositions."
Artist of the Week: Jacques-Louis David
"Jacques-Louis David and French painter. He was a supporter of the French Revolution and one of the leading figures of Neoclassicism. He was a distant relative of Boucher, who perhaps helped his early artistic progress as a pupil under Vien (1765).Artist of the Week: Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain in 1746. He was educated in Madrid and Rome. He married the sister of a well-respected fellow painter and because of his association with this prominent family, he was able to procure work with the Royal tapestry Shop.Artist of the Week: Franz Marc
Franz Marc, whose career was cruelly cut short by the First World War, has in recent years been the most popular of all the German Expressionists. One reason for this is supplied by his eloquent and touching letters. Another may be the fact that his work is not very typical of Expressionism as it is generally understood.Top Brands
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