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Elizabeth Catlett (American, born 1919)
Highly regarded as a sculptor, painter, printmaker and teacher, Catlett has been a major force in the African-American and Mexican art communities. Over her long career, she has used her considerable talent and skill in championing the cause of women, minorities and working people. Born in Washington, DC, she was the child of two teachers. She studied art at Howard University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree and then continued her [...] Click here to continue reading.
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, 1824 to 1887)
Alfred-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse began his artistic training at a young age, first with an engraver and then a goldsmith, before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1840. Finding himself more attracted to the decorative arts, he began working with ceramics at the Minton factory and with metalwork for English companies such as Wedgwood and William Brownfield & Sons. After his debut at the salon in 1850 with two [...] Click here to continue reading.
Ferdinando Tacca (Italian, 1619 to 1686)
Ferdinando Tacca was both pupil and assistant to his father, Pietro Tacca, until his death in 1640, and succeeded him as the primary sculptor to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, taking over Giambologna’s former foundry and studio in the Borgo Pinti. He completed two of his father’s commissions, the statue of Ferdinando I de Medici for the Cappella de Principi, San Lorenzo, Florence and the equestrian statue of [...] Click here to continue reading.
Charles Edenshaw – Daxhiigang (1839-1924)
Charles Edenshaw or Daxhiigang, was a Haida chief as well as a highly accomplished carver, painter, and jeweler. Franz Boaz wrote of Edenshaw as “the best carver and painter among the Haida” (Hoover 1983: 63). His carving ability ranks among the best due to not only his technical abilities but his ability to render traditional forms in a manner consistent with his cultural upbringing, creating masterpieces for the tourist [...] Click here to continue reading.
Jugendstil Movement
In the late 19th century there was an artistic Renaissance in southern Germany, led by the artists and designers of the Jugendstil movement in the area around Munich. While Jugendstil artists like Arnold Bocklin are often thrown in with the French Art Nouveau artists of the same period, their art was stylistically original and focused on Germanic themes and mythology.
The term “Jugendstil” originated in 1896, when it was published in the [...] Click here to continue reading.
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
Painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Jasper Johns has become one of America’s best-known post-Abstract Expressionists and Minimalists. His name is most associated with pictorial images of flags and numbers, Pop-Art subjects that he depicted in Minimalist style with emphasis on linearity, repetition, and symmetry.
Johns completed his first flag painting in 1955, alphabet subjects in 1956, sculpture in 1958, and lithographs in 1960. Unlike Abstract Expressionism, these signature works seem [...] Click here to continue reading.
Charles Schreyvogel
Born in New York in 1861, Charles Schreyvogel (1861 to 1912) was the second son of Paul and Theresa Schreyvogel, two German immigrants whose families moved to the United States to escape revolutionary troubles in Europe. His interest in art became apparent as a young child. Although discouraged by his father, a shopkeeper, he pursued these interests by working as an apprentice to a die-sinker and then in a lithography shop. The [...] Click here to continue reading.
Rosalie (Rosa) Marie Bonheur 1822 to 1899
Rosalie Marie Bonheur was born in Bordeaux, France on March 16th, 1822. She was the oldest of four children born to an impoverished French painter and all the four children became artists. Rosa began sketching at the age of four. She would go to the Paris horse market and sketch horses. In her adult life she was considered eccentric because she would go to slaughter houses where [...] Click here to continue reading.
Chaim Gross (Austrian/American, 1904 to 1991)
Chaim Gross was born in the Carpathian Mountain Region of Austria. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna before his family fled the area during the Russian invasion in World War I. After several years of wandering as refugees, Gross and his brother moved to the U.S. in 1921.
In New York, Gross studied clay modeling under Elie Nedelman (1882 to 1946) at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design [...] Click here to continue reading.
Achille Perelli (Italian/American, 1822 to 1891)
Born in Italy, Achille Perelli was studying at the Academy of Arts in Milan for sculpture and in 1848 fought with the Italian patriot Garibaldi’s Freedom Fighters and came to New Orleans after their defeat. He was an avid teacher, sculptor, and painter and received significant commissions for sculptures placed in many cemeteries and public spaces.
Information courtesy of New Orleans Auction, May 2006.
The Italian artist Achille [...] Click here to continue reading.
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