Tag: artist
Josef Albers: The Magic of Color
Josef Albers (March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born artist and educator.
Claude Monet: Father of French Impressionist Painting
Born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, Monet is perhaps the most famous of the Impressionist painters. His paintings of water lilies are his most famous and hang in galleries and museums all over the world.
The Dali Museum: An Unparalleled Experience
This video provides a glimpse into Dali’s life and shares the journey visitors will take when visiting The Dali Museum – a serene and surreal place dedicated to the work of Salvador Dali and to the spirit of discovery and innovation he inspires. Located...
Las Meninas
Velázquez depicts a bright future in the idealized depiction of Margarita who was the only living heir at the time. But the reality was much more bleak.
Michelangelo: Artist and Genius
Explores the life and times of the great artist and reviews his paintings, sculpture, architecture, drawings, and poems. Follows his work from apprenticeship to the call to Rome by Pope Julius II to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists
This exhibition from the rich collections of the Library of Congress brings to light remarkable but little-known contributions made by North American women to two popular art forms—illustration and cartooning.
Ann Telnaes
Ann Carolyn Telnaes is an American editorial cartoonist. She creates editorial cartoons in various media—animation, visual essays, live sketches, and traditional print—for the Washington Post. She also contributes to The Nib.
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Jessie Willcox Smith was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators".
Violet Oakley
Violet Oakley was an American artist. She was the first American woman to receive a public mural commission. During the first quarter of the twentieth century, she was renowned as a pathbreaker in mural decoration, a field that had been exclusively practi...
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Elizabeth Shippen Green was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine.
Pablo Picasso
As a significant influence on 20th-century art, Pablo Picasso was an innovative artist who experimented and innovated during his 92-plus years on earth. He was not only a master painter but also a sculptor, printmaker, ceramics artist, etching artist and...
Pablo Picasso's Journey
Throughout his lifetime, Picasso frequently painted self-portraits. Seen below is his first documented self-portrait in 1896 when he was only 15 years old, and his last known self-portrait, drawn on July 3rd, 1972, when he was 90 years old. And in between...
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe was a 20th-century American painter and pioneer of American modernism best known for her canvases depicting flowers, skyscrapers, animal skulls and southwestern landscapes.
Frida Kahlo's Art in 8 Minutes: What Makes it So Special?
Painter Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who was married to Diego Rivera and is still admired as a feminist icon.
Frida Kahlo's 'The Two Fridas’
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico.