From Couch to Canvas – “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping”
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping Freud’s Grandson Lucian Freud In celebration of Freud’s birthday in May (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) let’s take a look…
Famous Painting Reviews
The Old Guitarist – Pablo Picasso
The Old Guitarist – More than Meets the Eye Pablo Picasso is considered one of the most iconic artists of all time. The Old…
Sweet Dreams Baby! Roy Lichtenstein & The Pop Art Movement
The Rise of the Pop Art Movement in the United States began in the late 1950’s with artists like Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and…
Bob Dylan – Capturing the Spirit of the Times
We See Only the Surface of Things… For more than fifty year Dylan has adhered to an artistic statement in his Nobel speech. He…
That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do
Artist Ivan Albright – Precision Work Which Took Decades February 20, 1897 – November 18, 1983 Magic Realism One of his most famous paintings,…
Lucian Freud Portraits – An Undressed State of Rawness & Vulnerability
I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures from…
The Gerber Baby and the Illustrator Who Made her Famous
Gerber Baby turned 94 in November 2020 Ann Turner Cook (born November 20, 1926) The iconic Gerber baby illustration has been a familiar brand…
Muralism – Timeless Resonances in Latin American Art
Muralism was a popular form of Mexican art following a caustic civil war in the early twentieth-century. Artists like Diego Rivera—husband of Frida Kahlo—David…
Looking at Vincent – 166 Years Later
Vincent van Gogh would be 166 years old this month on March 30th 2019. Born March 30, 1853, he lived a tumultuous life full…
Beyond the Brush of Modern Art – The Human Experience Exposed
The twentieth-century’s most provocative modern artist and thinkers changed Western culture and perspective. This trend of understanding humanity has inspired generations of artists. Modern…