Art News and Articles
William Blake, Artist Profile
William Blake (1757 – 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age.
Francis Picabia Artist Profile
Once known as "Papa Dada," Francis Picabia was one of the principle figures of the Dada movement both in Paris and New York. He became known for a rich variety of work ranging from strange, comic-erotic images of machine parts to text-based paintings that foreshadow aspects of Conceptual art. Even after Dada had been supplanted by other styles, the French painter and writer went on to explore a diverse and almost incoherent mix of styles.
Robert Delaunay, Artist Profile
Robert Delaunay's colorful and formally experimental paintings were a unique fusion of early-20th-century European artistic trends. His most famous works centered on the intellectually and visually stimulating world of Belle Époque Paris.
Claude Monet, Artist Profile
A concise biography of Claude Monet, father of Impressionism, with refernces to some of his modt famous paintings during his long career as an impressionist artist.
Félix Vallotton , Artist Profile
A detailed profile of the artist Félix Vallotton highlighting important works from the various stages in his career.
Jean-Léon Gérôme, Artist Profile
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 – 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were widely reproduced, so much so that he was arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students.
