Beach Scene by Martha Walter
Another in my on-going series of artists I discover on Pinterest.
Martha Walter (1875-1976) was a student of William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and later became a teacher at the New York School of Art, run by Chase. She developed her own loose style and preferred work in the Plein-Air technique.
Suprematism, 1915 by Kasimir Malevich, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Malevich is the Father of the Suprematist movement which led to Abstraction. He considered his ultimate goal to be communication through “non-object” representation, culminating in a final “white on white” painting. He considered the conveying the feeling of a work more important than portraying an object. After the Russian revolution in 1917, he became a teacher and was quite influential on the Bauhaus artists, architects, and designers.
Drowning Girl by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963, MOMA, NYC
The controversy about Lichtenstein’s work stems from his “lifting” images from 1950’s and 60’s comic books, enlarging them, and rendering them in paint. This part of his career is only the tip of the iceberg, as his work went in many other directions through-out his long career.
Child Wearing a Red Scarf by Edouard Vuillard, c. 1891, The National Gallery of Art (US)
This is one of my favorite Vuillard pieces. It is not very big, but I just love the little girl. She seems so proud to be wearing that “grown-up” scarf (reminds me of myself as a girl, always wanting to wear something beyond my years).
Vuillard was interested in color and he and other like-minded art students (Pierre Bonnard was one) were influenced by Paul Gauguin’s use of color and Symbolism and belonged to a group called Les Nabis.
Papercut for Benj. S. Farret, 1848 artist unidentified, American Folk Art Museum
The Chinese developed the art of papercutting and it has been used for generations throughout the world. The tools are only paper and scissors so it is accessible to the majority of people. It became an important part of the Jewish folk art history beginning in about the 17th century.
Gone by Isabella Kirkland, 2004.
Influenced by the exacting reality of the Dutch Still-life, artist Isabella Kirkland studies the plants and animals she depicts in her detailed artwork. In Gone, she shows us species lost to man’s expansion through colonization by both hunting and our tendency toward being oblivious to everything but ourselves.
Glass artist Amber Cowan creates amazing pieces by layering elements on top of each other. Take a minute and go see images of her work, you will be amazed.
Water Lily by Georgia O’Keeffe, 1921, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
I saw this lovely pastel drawing by Georgia O’Keeffe today and had to feature it. It is different from her larger, closer, interpretations of flowers, but no less striking. The
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico and features not only her work, but that of many of her contemporaries.
Thank you @KellyResists on Twitter for better image.
Regionalist artist Thomas Hart Benton studied in New York but was always drawn back to the middle states of the US where he grew up. There is a lot of material about Benton and I would recommend the book by art historian Henry Adams.
Ahuja Azure, Cirtron and Amber Persian Wall by Dale Chihuly, 2010, The University Hospitals’ Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood, OH
Dale Chihuly is the most famous glass artist in the world. Since the later part of the 20th century, his installations have been gaining in popularity and recognition.
Chihuly himself no longer blows the glass in his pieces, but he conceives and designs them and oversees their installation.
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