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Gustav Klimt founded an art movement called Secession in Austria. He was its president from 1897 until 1905. One of his most famous paintings, the Kiss, is a noteworthy example of the Secession Art Nouveau movement.
Born the son of a Viennese engraver, Gustav Klimt studied art at the Vienna School of Decorative Arts. He and […]
Pierre Auguste Renoir was born in 1841 in Limoges, France, but moved to Paris with his family when he was 13. His first paintings were flowers on China, as part of his work in a local porcelain factory. In 1860 he studied under Charles Gleyre where he met Alfred Sisley, Frederic Bazille and Claude Monet, […]
Pablo Picasso is the artist most commonly mentioned when we talk about modern art. His paintings, sculptures, ceramics and prints number in the thousands. He created modern art for 75 years, noted for works such as The Dream, Child Holding a Dove and Boy with a Pipe.
Pablo Picasso, though controversial and sometimes viewed as a […]
“What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.”
-Octavio Paz
I am frequently asked about different artists, and how they’re related to the different art genera’s. Well, I decided to go ahead and write a short summary about each movement and the artists that transcended the movement into infamy.
Hope this document can […]
Claude Monet’s life works were impressionist paintings. These works of art heavily influenced other exalted painters such as Degas and Renoir. Monet was considered the more radical of the impressionists and definitely one of the leaders of the Impressionist movement, which is still considered one of the most important of the modern art world.
Oscar […]
Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani was born in 1884 and began his painting career at age 14. A sickly child, he began sculpturing in 1902, later attending the Venice-based Reale Istituto di Belle Arti.
In 1906 he moved to Montmartre, Paris, and attended Academie Colarossi. Early works such as Portrait of Anna Zborovska, Bride and Groom and […]
Considered the father of abstract art, the Russian born artist, Wassily Kandinsky was a man of vision.He wanted to create symbiosis between sites and sounds into what was once referred to as a painter’s symphony that would stimulate the senses, not just the eyes, but the ears as well.
The British Telegraph has written a wonderful […]