History

Dada and Surrealism

(1917-1950) Duchamp, Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Kahlo. Disillusionment after WWI, Great Depression, and WWII holocaust and atomic bombs. Ridiculous art; painting dreams and exploring the unconscious Duchamp, Dalí, Ernst, Magritte, de Chirico, Kahlo Disillusionment after World War I; The GreatDepression (1929-1938); World War II (1939-1945) and Nazi horrors; atomic bombs dropped on Japan (1945)

Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl

1905-1920) Pre- and Post-World War 1 art experiments: new forms to express modern life Picasso, Braque, Leger, Boccioni, Severini, Malevich Russian Revolution (1917); American women franchised (1920)

Futurism

1910.A movement in modern art that grew out of cubism. Artists used implied motion by shifting planes and having multiple viewpoints of the subject. They strived to show mechanical as well as natural motion and speed. The beginning of the machine age is what inspired these artists. Frank Stella and Giacomo Balla were futurists. (1905-1920) Pre- and Post-World War 1 art experiments: new forms to express modern life Picasso, Braque, Leger, Boccioni, Severini, Malevich Russian Revolution (1917); American women franchised (1920)

Pop Art and abstract expressionism

1940-1960s Post-World War II: pure abstraction and expression without form; popular art absorbs consumerism Gorky, Pollock, de Kooning, Rothko, Warhol, Lichtenstein Cold War and Vietnam War (U.S. enters 1965); U.S.S.R. suppresses Hungarian revolt (1956) Czechoslovakian revolt (1968)

Deconstructivism and post modernism

1970- Art without a center and reworking and mixing past styles Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Anselm Kiefer, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid Nuclear freeze movement; Cold War fizzles; Communism collapses in Eastern Europe and U.S.S.R. (1989-1991)

Yaacov Agam

4.5 years Pompidou world-renowned kinetic artist, Yaacov Agam pioneered a new form of art that stresses change and movement. He studied under the Bauhaus' color-theoretician, Johannes Itten, and then rejected traditional static concepts of painting and sculpture. He has enjoyed great public success since his first one-person show in Paris in 1953, and has become one of the most influential artists of modern times. Agam was born in 1928 as Yaacov Gipstein in Rishon LeZion (then Mandate Palestine). The son of a Rabbi and Kabbalist, Agam's initial training in art was at the Bezalel School in Jerusalem. In 1949, he moved to Zurich, staying for two years before he moved to Paris. He remains there to this day with his wife and three childre n. His nonrepresentational style is an integration of formalist art with that of the Kabbalah (the study of Hebrew mysticism). He's created a body of work that's optic in nature, changing with movement. The viewer may participate by manually transforming the work or by physically passing by, viewing the image change at various angles. His works are collected worldwide and he has enjoyed major museum shows. Agam works in a variety of media, including painting in two and three-dimensions, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass, serigraphy, lithography, etching, and combinations of media. His creation of the "Agamograph" (a multiple series of images viewed through a lenticular lens that changes at every angle viewed), has allowed his unique concept to be appreciated by collectors across the world. In 1972, he held a retrospective exhibition in Paris at the Musée National d'Art Moderne. In 1980, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York held the retrospective exhibition "Beyond the Visible" and his "Selected Suites" were at the Jewish Museum, New York (1975). He has paintings in museums all over the world, including "Double Metamorphosis 11′′ in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and "Transparent Rhythms 11 "in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. His commissions include "Homage a Mondrian" Le Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles (1985); "Reflection and Depth", Port Authority of New York; and Synagogue Design and Civic Center, Ben-Gurion University (1979). He spends much of his time on cruise ships, as well, and in 1987, he created a "floating museum," including all the artworks for public areas and cabins, for the Carnival Cruise Line's luxury cruise ship "Celebration." Agam is also renowned for his public sculpture. In 2009, he created a monumental sculpture for the World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan called "Peaceful Communication with the World" - nine optical pillars that contain more than 180 shades. His giant Hanukkah Menorah at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in New York City is also incredibly popular. Sponsored by Lubavitch Youth Organization, it is 32 feet high and more than 4,000 pounds - recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest menorah. It burns with real oil every Hanukkah. His public art appears on the busy streets across the world, most popular in New York, Chicago, Paris, and Strasbourg. For his work he has received numerous awards: Prize for Artistic Research, Sao Paulo, Bienal, Brazil (1963); guest lecturer, Harvard University (1968), Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres (1974); Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, Tel Aviv University (1975); and the Medal of the Council of Europe (1977). In 1996, he was awarded the Jan Amos Comenius Medal by UNESCO and in 1999 he created the winner's trophy for the Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem. Agam also writes extensively about his work and has had several books published on his imagery, concepts, and exhibitions including, "Agam," written by Frank Popper and published by Harry Abrams. Yaacov Agam's world-record menorah to be lit in NYC The annual lighting of the world's biggest menorah, designed by Yaacov Agam, is set to kick off Hanukkah in New York. Those enjoying the holiday season in Manhattan can join in the celebration of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, beginning today, Dec. 16, with the lighting of a 32-foot-high menorah. The lightings will take place at Grand Army Plaza, located at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, with the first lighting scheduled around 5:30 p.m. Hanukkah will be celebrated Dec. 16 and ends the evening of 24. The gold-colored, steel menorah weighs 4,000 pounds. The Guinness Book of World Records has certified Agam's creation as the world's largest Hanukkah Menorah. The menorah is sponsored by the Lubavitch Youth Organization, and is lit by oil lamps with the aid of cherry-picking machines. Yaacov Agam earns spot on "Jewish 100" list February 11, 2015 Yaacov Agam was named one of the 100 people positively affecting the Jewish world by the Algemeiner newspaper. The contributions of Park West Gallery artist Yaacov Agam to the art world and bettering Jewish life earned him a spot on the "Jewish 100" list. The Algemeiner Journal unveiled its list of "Top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life" during its 2nd Annual Jewish 100 Gala, held Feb. 3 in New York City, naming Agam as one of its choices. Algemeiner Publisher Simon Jacobson said the list is "to bring into focus the forces that are bettering the world of the Jewish people." On the list are men and women of Jewish and non-Jewish backgrounds, including activists, rabbis, actors, writers and artists. According to the article: This list should not be seen as an endorsement of anyone or any entity and way of thinking; rather the people on this list are a reflection of the rich and broad spectrum of Jewish life - those who have positively contributed and helped shape Jewish life. Among those in the "arts and culture" section is Agam, the "father of kinetic art." The Algemeiner recognizes Agam as a world-renowned artist, saying he infuses his art with deep Jewish mystical meaning. Among his accomplishments are having his work, "Faith - Visual Pray," presented to Pope Francis I, and creating the world's largest menorah, which is situated in New York City. Agam, proud of his Jewish mystical ancestry and an innovative leader in optical and kinetic art, pioneered a new form of art that stresses change and movement. His more representative work appears in public places worldwide, including prominent fountains in Paris and Tel Aviv, and his art is held in such collections as the Museum of Modern Art. In May 2014, his work "Faith - Visual Pray" was presented to Pope Francis I by David Maimon, president of El Al Israel Airlines. The piece included significant symbols of both Judaism and Christianity. Agam joins other esteemed names like Steven Spielberg, Scarlett Johansson and Gal Gadot in his category. Other categories include academia, government, philanthropy, community and religion. Park West Gallery founder and CEO Albert Scaglione has been Agam's art dealer since 1978. Park West Gallery congratulates Agam on this honor, and is proud to help bring his artwork to collectors all over the world.

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47 years with the evening post

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6 months each country France and Netherlands Rembrandt van Rijn Pendant portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit €140 million Was owned by rothchilds September 2015

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6 painting in Cyprus presidential palace

De forest

8 years old: 100,000 in 16 mins Vogues 21 under 21 born in 2001 "child prodigy" and called, "...an artistic genius," by The Discovery Channel. national media tours interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today Show, and featured on Inside Edition, ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC news spots lectured throughout the United States for global corporations, universities, charities, and organizations of all kinds. In 2012, she was invited to speak at Harvard University on the importance of arts in education. youngest artist to be invited to speak at the National Art Education Association's annual convention, where she appeared alongside internationally renowned artists, Peter Max and Chuck Close American Girl Magazine,Parenting, and The Huffington Post descends from an artistic family heritage: Roy de Forest (1930-2007); Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932), luminist and California plein-air painter; and George de Forest Brush (1855-1941). enjoys working on a large scale, with most of her works in the 4′ x 6′ range. Due to Autumn's petite size, painting vertically poses difficulty in reaching areas of the canvas. Autumn lays her large scale canvasses on the ground and moves around them. To access the center of the large paintings, "bridges" that span the width and length of the canvas have been constructed, and with a minimal amount of effort, she can negotiate these structures to focus on any part of the work. humorous and yet precociously articulate observations and insights into art, life and creativity

Realism

A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be (1848-1900) Celebrating working class and peasants; en plein air rustic painting Corot, Courbet, Daumier, Millet European democratic revolutions of 1848

Expressionism/Fauvism

A form of art in which the artist depicts the inner essence of man and projects his view of the world as colored by that essence. An early-20th-century art movement led by Henri Matisse. For the Fauves, color became the formal element most responsible for pictorial coherence and the primary conveyor of meaning. (1900-1935) Harsh colors and flat surfaces (Fauvism); emotion distorting form Matisse, Kirchner, Kandinsky, Marc Boxer Rebellion in China (1900); World War (1914-1918)

High Renaissance

A period beginning in the late 15th century, it produced some of the most well-known religious and secular artwork of the period from such figures as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.

Mesopotamia (Bronze Age and Iron Age)

A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies. In the Bronze Age this area included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, In the Iron Age, it was ruled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires 3500 b.c.-539 b.c. Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur, Gate of Ishtar, Stele of Hammurabi's Code Sumerians invent writing (3400 b.c.); Hammurabi writes his law code (1780 b.c.); Abraham founds monotheism

Neoclassicism

A style of art and architecture that emerged in the later 18th century. Part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures, Neoclassicism was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome. 1750-1850) Art that recaptures Greco- Roman grace and grandeur David, Ingres, Greuze, Canova Enlightenment (18th century); Industrial Revolution (1760-1850)

Disasters of War series, And There's nothing to be done,

Accompanied by captions inspiring artists including the German Otto Dix as well as Dalí and Picasso Wilson bareau: greateast war art works of history? Series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 - etching & drypoint History: the images add up to a visual indictment of and protest against the French occupation of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte. The French Emperor had seized control of the country in 1807 after he tricked the king of Spain, Charles IV, into allowing Napoleon's troops to pass its border, under the pretext of helping Charles invade Portugal. He did not. Instead, he usurped the throne and installed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, as ruler of Spain. Soon, a bloody uprising, occurred, in which countless Spaniards were slaughtered in Spain's cities and countryside. Although Spain eventually expelled the French in 1814 following the Peninsular War (1807-1814), the military conflict was a long and gruesome ordeal for both nations. Throughout the entire time, Goya worked as a court artist for Joseph Bonaparte, though he would later deny any involvement with the French "intruder king." War as disaster: He was in poor health and almost deaf when, at 62, he began work on the prints. They were not published until 1863, 35 years after his death. The first group of prints shows the sobering consequences of conflict between French troops and Spanish civilians. The second group documents the effects of a famine that hit Spain in 1811-1812, at the end of French rule. The final set of images depicts the disappointment and demoralization of the Spanish rebels, who, after finally defeating the French, found that their reinstated monarchy would not accept any political reforms. Although they had expelled Bonaparte, the throne of Spain was still occupied by a tyrant Ferdinand vii. And this time, they had fought to put him there. For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway shared Goya's belief, expressed in The Disasters of War the violence and inhumanity in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). inhumane in man, and causes us to act like beasts.

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Alberto Giacometti L'homme au doigt $141.3 mill May 11, 2015 Steven Cohen Hand painted

Middle Ages

Also known as the medieval period, the time between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century AD and the beginning of the Renaissance in the fourteenth century. 500-1400) Celtic art, Carolingian Renaissance, Romanesque, Gothic St. Sernin, Durham Cathedral, Notre Dame, Chartres, Cimabue, Viking Raids (793-1066); Battle of Hastings (1066); Crusades I-IV (1095-1204); 2 Duccio, Giotto Black Death (1347-1351); Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)

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Amedeo Modigliani Nu couché (Reclining Nude) $170.4 million November 9, 2015 Private Asian collector

Abstract Expressionism

An experimental style of mid-twentieth-century modern art exemplified by Jackson Pollock's spontaneous "action paintings," created by flinging paint on canvases stretched across the studio floor.

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Baroque Art

Art that applies naturalistic, REALIST styles and contrast with light and dark. Religious AND secular themes. Involved with ABSOLUTISM. art that originated in Rome and is associated with the Catholic Reformation, characterized by emotional intensity, strong self-confidence, spirit (1600-1750) Splendor and flourish for God; art as a weapon in the religious wars Reubens, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Palace of Versailles Thirty Years' War between Catholics and Protestants (1618-1648)

Mannerism

Artistic movement against the Renaissance ideals of symetry, balance, and simplicity; went against the perfection the High Renaissance created in art. Used elongated proportions, twisted poese and compression of space. 1527-1580) Art that breaks the rules; artifice over nature Tintoretto, El Greco, Pontormo, Bronzino, Cellini Magellan circumnavigates the globe (1520-1522)

Venetian and Northern Renaissance

Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Dürer, Bruegel, Bosch, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden (1430-1550) The Renaissance spreads north- ward to France, the Low Countries, Poland, Germany, and England Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Dürer, Bruegel, Bosch, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden Council of Trent and Counter- Reformation (1545-1563); Copernicus proves the Earth revolves around the Sun (1543

Matt Beyrer

Beyrer created Natural Expressionism, an artistic style that combines the natural grain of wood with his meticulously painted landscapes, cityscapes, and still lifes. • Beyrer is inspired by Old Masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, while the Hudson River School artists influence his use of light. • He also draws influence from contemporary artists like Drew Struzan, the creator of the iconic Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Indiana Jones movie posters. • In his first year with Park West Gallery, Beyrer sold out every VIP auction that featured his art, making him the first artist in Park West's history to accomplish this feat. • Beyrer was born in Winter Park, Florida, where, in eighth grade, he was bitten by a shark while surfing. While recovering, he watched The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross and was inspired to learn how to paint. • After graduating from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2006, he developed his unique style, Natural Expressionism, which quickly grew in popularity with collectors.

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Early Renaissance Art

Centered in Florence, this era showed a renewed interest in the classic art form. It showed great interest in the early Greek and Roman styles of art. It inspired humanism and a close look into human anatomy. Early and High Renaissance (1400- 1550) Rebirth of classical culture Ghiberti's Doors, Brunelleschi, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael Gutenberg invents movable type (1447); Turks conquer Constantinople (1453); Columbus lands in New World (1492); Martin Luther starts Reformation (1517)

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Cezanne The card players $250 mill April 2011 Royal family of Qatar D'orsay

Bible series

Chagall's one of the very few major Bible illustrations of the 20th century, creating an exceptional collecting opportunity. • In 1931, art dealer Ambroise Vollard commissioned Chagall to create illustrative etchings of the Bible's Old Testament. Elevated picasso, Renoir, Cezanne Gertrude Stein and rothchilds The series consists of 105 plates—the largest number Chagall had done on a single subject. 25 years after he began the project, the etchings were published by Teriade, Vollard's successor. traveled to Palestine in the spring of 1931. The two-month trip became a life-altering experience for the artist, who had always been fascinated by the Bible and religion 65 done: Vollard dies and wwii: varian frye Marries secretary and finishes in France • Chagall used specific colors to convey the emotions he chose for each illustration in his Bible series—yellow symbolized feeling close to God, blue represented contentment, red for evil, and green for envy. • The Bible Series comprises two volumes: • The first volume includes 105 black and white etchings. • The second includes the same 105 etchings heightened with watercolor. • The Bible Series is in the permanent collection of The Haggerty Museum at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and The Musée National Marc Chagall in Nice, France.

Vollard Suite

Complete set of Vollard Suite on display at: ● Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des Estampes ● British Museum ● Colby College Museum of Art ● Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid ● Harry Ransom Center ● Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire ● Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster (de) ● Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth ● Museum Ludwig, Cologne ● Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas (es) (MACC) ● National Gallery of Australia ● National Gallery of Canada ● Philadelphia Museum of Art 100 etchings 300 sets 1930-37 Exchange for Renoir and cezanne paintings Wwii and Vollard death (car accident): market 1950 British museum director called their acquisition one of most important acquisitions in 50 years Peak of creative powers insight into Picasso No title Inscribed with year, month, day Based on Balzac? Artists search to depict beauty through femininity Evolve with history: fascism and Spanish civil war Artist studio: Marie Therese Walter and classical busts 18 and 47 department store Minataur: lover to rapist: marie Therese Walter and Olga tensions Half man half beast appropriated from myth Blind minataur: desperate. Led by Marie Therese Walter Portrait of Vollard: final three New techniques: sugar aquatint Petiet: sparodically signed Neoclassical

Divine Comedy

Contrapasso More poets as he moves up Book by Dante Alighieri, describes soul's progression into heaven 1951 14-year project 700 anniversary of Dante Rive paper original engravings illustrating Dante's epic poem "The Divine Comedy." created over 100 watercolor studies, worked tirelessly with the publisher, and even personally approved more than 3,000 woodblocks used for the engravings series of 100 breathtaking engravings Basic Facts: ● •A Work of Epic Poetry ● •Written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) ● •An all time classic work of literature ● •Considered the Magnum Opus of Dante ● •Dante passed away soon after finishing ● •Written from 1308-1320 ● •3 Cantos (sections) (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise) The Story ● The main character is a man named Dante. Dante is always portrayed wearing a crown of leaves and the color red, representing his passion and his quest - also red was the color of royalty in the 1300's because the clothing dye was rare, and it represented a King's triumph over death. ● The love of Dante's life was Beatrice, who has passed away. The story opens when Dante goes for a walk shortly before dawn on Good Friday, and he gets lost in 'a dark wood, after losing his way along the path'. He meets a shade (ghost) named Virgil. Virgil was a Roman poet, and he offers to take Dante on a journey/quest. He takes him into the depths of the Inferno (Hell), climbs up through Purgatory, and ultimately into Paradise (Heaven). At the end of the poem, Dante glimpses the face of God, and ultimately learns about the meaning of life. fully authenticated dealing in Dalí artwork since 1974 and has one of the most thoroughly documented and authenticated collections of Dalí art in the world. authenticated by two noted Dalí experts—Daniel David, the director of Les Heures Claires, the original publisher of the engravings, and author Eduard Fornés, who has authored, edited, and published 20 books on Dalí. display at Louisiana's Hilliard University Museum. The museum's exhibition, "Salvador Dalí's Stairway to Heaven," is sponsored by the Park West Foundation and will be on display until January 18, 2019. receive a free copy of the book "Dalí—Illustrator." Written by Eduard Fornés with a foreword by Daniel David ● "Dalí—Illustrator" tells the full story of the creation of Dalí's "Divide Comedy" and his other publishing projects. It includes a complete catalogue raisonné of Dalí's illustrative works, reproductions of Dalí's artwork, and Fornés' accounts of his own personal interactions with Dalí. Set 26 Set 12

De Stijl Movement

De Stijl's philosophy and visual forms developed from the pure, geometric abstraction in the paintings of Piet Mondrian. The visual vocabulary of de Stijl artists was reduced to red, yellow, blue; black, gray, white; straight horizontal and vertical lines; and flat rectangular or square planes. Deeply concerned about the spiritual and intellectual climate of their time. Universal harmony through mathematical structure.

Zamy Steynovitz

Died 2000 Religious folklore and Jewish life he has also found inspiration in Jewish life, women, cafés, circuses, and angels -Picasso? Goya? Chagall? More color experimentation after 1980s visit to South America His works were presented to the likes of President Jimmy Carter, Pope John Paul II, and the Dalai Lama. Born in Poland Lived in Israel

Fabian Perez

Draws imagery from his past to create his paintings, his father and women from his memories being his biggest inspiration. He depicts the somber mood, brooding thoughts, and intense sensuality of people he saw in his father's brothels and nightclubs. likens his painting to music and this is particularly evident in his Flamenco pieces. . Painted a portrait of fellow Argentinian, Pope Francis, after being commissioned by the vatican Presented President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, with a portrait of the presidential family Surgar Ray Leonard, Shaquille O'Neal, Lionel Messi, Megan Fox, Mario Lopez, and Neil Portnow, President of the Grammy Awards : Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina Fabian had a difficult childhood. His father owned bordellos and nightclubs that were illegal. He was also a gambler and had multiple run ins with the police. Fabian's mother, who was artistic herself, encourage her son to develop his aptitude for art.

Millennium edition

For the first time in almost one hundred years, art collectors have a limited opportunity to own a collection of 8 etchings printed from the original copper plates created by Rembrandt van Rijn approximately 350 years ago. : • Over a 10 year period, from 1994 to 2003, Emiliano Sorini and Marjorie Van Dyke created limited editions of 2,500 examples of each of the 8 images, marking the first time in history that limited edition Rembrandt works have ever been created. Dutch museums and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. Eight of the plates from Humber's collection were sold to Robert Light, a noted Rembrandt expert and art dealer in New York: pulled impression2500 in 10 years The Golf-Player"; "Bust of a Man Wearing a High Cap (Three-Quarters)"; "Christ and the Woman of Samaria: Among Ruins"; "The Artist's Mother with Her Hand on Her Chest"; "The Card Player"; "Landscape with a Cow Drinking"; "The Raising of Lazarus: The Larger Plate"; and "Self Portrait Drawing at a Window."

Alexandre Renoir

Great grandson of Pierre Auguste Renoir Tons of pallet knives continues his family's legacy by painting in a style based on the Impressionist movement dimension that casts its own shadow. • In 2008, the Tennessee State Museum featured Alexandre's art in an exhibition alongside art from his great-grandfather and other famous artists. • Alexandre is the only other member of the Renoir family aside Pierre-Auguste to become a professional artist. : • Born in France Lives in Canada

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Gustavo Klimt Water serpents Ii 183.8 mill 2012 Bouvier >> Rybolovlev

Byzantine and Islamic (a.d. 476-a.d.1453)

Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design Heavenly Byzantine mosaics; Islamic architecture and amazing maze-like design Hagia Sophia, Andrei Rublev, Mosque of Córdoba, the Alhambra Justinian partly restores Western Roman Empire (a.d. 533-a.d. 562); Iconoclasm Controversy (a.d. 726-a.d. 843); Birth of Islam (a.d. 610) and Muslim Conquests (a.d. 632-a.d. 732)

Greek Hellenistic Period

Hellenistic art is richly diverse in subject matter and in stylistic development. It was created during an age characterized by a strong sense of history. For the first time, there were museums and great libraries, such as those at Alexandria and Pergamum (1972.118.95). Hellenistic artists copied and adapted earlier styles, and also made great innovations. Representations of Greek gods took on new forms 850 b.c.-31 b.c. Greek idealism: balance, perfect proportions; architectural orders(Doric, Ionic, Corinthian) Parthenon, Myron, Phidias, Polykleitos, Praxiteles Athens defeats Persia at Marathon (490 b.c.); Peloponnesian Wars (431 b.c.-404 b.c.); Alexander the Great's conquests (336 b.c.-323 b.c.)

Set 26 divine comedy

Inhabitants of prado Simonists Eighth circle Hot pokers on feet Baptismal basins: holes Pope Boniface viii to replace reddest flames Nicholas : money for fam Clemente v : prediction Meeting the groups of lechers The highest terrace in Purgatory was the terrace of the Lustful, or those who had excess desires. Here the repentant sinners were swirling about, representing their manifested passions. It bears mentioning that in Dante's poem, there were two groups of lustful sinners in Purgatorio 26 - heterosexual and homesexual - an extremely progressive stance in the 1300's. Flames and drop Meeting the forces of luxury: Sphere of fixed stars Blind: site from Beatrice

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Interchange William de Kooning $300 mill (4,000 originally) September 2015 Ken griffin (hedge funds ) Art institute of Chicago

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Jackson pollock Number 17a Bought with #2 $203 mill Ken griffin Sept 2015

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Lichtenstein. Masterpiece Steven Cohen 165 mill Jan 2017

Orlando Quevedo

Magical realism: baroque and surrealism Art expo nyc several occasions Philly murals downtown Art appreciation prof at la salle in philly blends architectural interiors with elements of illusion and antiquity Born in Cuba

Impressionism

Major Western artistic style that gained prominence in the second half of the 1800s and into the 1900s.Against Realism, visual impression of a moment, style that seeks to capture a feeling or experience, often very colorful. 1865-1885) Capturing fleeting effects of natural light Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cassatt, Morisot, Degas Franco-Prussian War (1870- 1871); Unification of Germany (1871)

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Michael Romero

Michael Romero is best known for his textured, brightly colored paintings created in a style of his own invention. By using a copper wire tool he designed himself, Romero drizzles hundreds of layers of vivid paint to create sleek, textured works that redefine the beauty of a sunset, the tranquility of a babbling brook, or the romance of a stroll through the park. •Inspired by Pollock, Romero embraces the Abstract Expressionist style of drip painting. By combining this technique with Impressionism, Romero uses drizzled paint to construct compositions with an emphasis on light. Despite its abstract roots, Romero's imagery often features realistically depicted subjects. .Accolades: •Romero's artwork is collected worldwide and displayed in galleries across the United States • Romero's entry into the 2017 ArtPrize art contest in Michigan, "Imagine," was in the top 20 among thousands of entries. The artwork was displayed in the Grand Rapids Police Department. Biography: Born on January 29, 1992, Romero was raised on a ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he spent most of his time immersed in sketching. Recognizing his early artistic talent, Romero's family supported his gift with art supplies and positive encouragement. Blend of Monet and pollock

Set 12 divine comedy

Minotaur The Minotaur resides in a river of boiling blood, in the 7th circle of hell level 1, outside of the city of Dis. This circle of hell is the realm of the violent sinners and bloodshed. The depth a sinner was submerged in the boiling blood was determined by the severity of their sin, and the minotaur, an embodiment of pure violence, would torture the sinner for eternity. Travels on Chiron Finds out he's alive: moves rocks Do not talk to sinners Ghibbilene men Centaurs shoot escaping sinners The beauty of the sculpture First terrace Sculptures from mountain Lucifer falling Pride P disappears easier journey. Better music P-pecata -vice Greets angel Uproar of the glorious corps Sphere of the sun Thomas Aquinas and benaventure circles come together

Chris derubeis

Muse award in new movement paints on metal, mixing pigments and chemicals and incorporating power tools and natural elements such as fire, water, and freezing techniques. "abstract sensualism," Born in 1978 At age 11, Chris's grandfather gave him his first airbrush, and after watching him use it, proclaimed he would be the artist his grandfather had always dreamed of becoming. School was viewed as a chore for DeRubeis. He drew during math tests, rather than solving equations; he preferred sketching landscapes on blank sheets where teachers expected essays. Teachers scolded him for not concentrating on his studies and warned that he was on the wrong path; however, this criticism did not deter him from his goals. At age 20, Chris attended the Pasadena Art Center and the Associates in Art school in Sherman Oaks, California. To pay for his education, he painted custom Harleys and started a successful business. His professors tried to convince him to choose a more commercial style of art but he was never satisfied while grinding base paint off a Harley gas tank in his workshop manipulate the way light reacted with metal introduced chemicals and pigments which created unique reactions "I favor metal because I can combine a form of sculpture as the foundation...Art should be something you can actually feel." earned the MUSE Award in "New Movement." DeRubeis, then only 27, dedicated his award to his grandfather who had passed away just months earlier. appeared on the DIY and HGTV networks. In 2009, he signed with famed art publisher David Smith. In March 2010, Chris DeRubeis opened his own signature gallery in Key West, Flor

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Pablo Picasso Les Femmes d'Alger (Women of Algiers) $179.4 million May 11, 2015 former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani

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Paul Gauguin When will you marry? (Nafea faa ipoipo?) $210 mill Sept 2014 Kunstmuseum Switzerland (past Sotheby exec) Qatar?

Chagall

Pioneer of modernism poetic, mystical qualities, their expressionist perspective, and their use of bold, vivid color. born as Moyshe Segal in Vitebsk, Russia, on July 7, 1887, the eldest of nine boys. Hassidic Jews impoverished upbringing parents did not support fled to St. Petersburg to pursue his passion. During this time, Jews were only allowed to live in St. Petersburg if that residence was necessitated by their professions - and then only with a permit. jailed briefly for residing in the city without the proper paperwork 1910 montparnasse Paris 1912 Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne 1914 one-man show in Berlin returned to his hometown in 1914 and met Bella Rosenfeld, whom he married in 1915. Love is often personified by the image of Bella ''Only love interests me and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love." The start of World War I in 1914 prevented Chagall from returning to Paris founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School in 1918. Resigned following tensions with the supremacist painters he, Bella, and their daughter, Ida, left for Moscow and then Berlin before settling in Paris in 1923. famed art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard commissioned him to illustrate Nicolai Gogol's "Les Ames Mortes" ("Dead Souls"), Jean de La Fontaine's "Fables." 1956 series of etchings based on the stories of the Bible The Nazi occupation of France forced the Chagalls to flee Paris, first for the south of France, and then, in 1941, to the United States where he would remain until 1947 His wife, companion and inspiration, Bella, died in 1944. sunk into a depression and was unable to work for months. 1948: returned to France and met Virginia Haggard (vava) with whom he had a son, and his creativity returned. He began to explore new media, working in stained glass, sculpture, mosaics and ceramics 1952: commissioned by Teriade, the heir to Vollard, to create a series of gouaches illustrating Longus' love story Daphnis and Chloe which was translated into an important series of lithographs twelve stained glass windows for the Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem in 1961, St. Etienne's Cathedral in Metz, France in 1962, the glass at Notre-Dame de Reims in Reims, France in 1974, and the glass at Saint Etienne Church at Mayence in 1981. 1964: ceiling of the Paris Opera, lithographic series, 'Le Cirque" ("The Circus") 1966: murals for the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France on March 28, 1985, at age 97 Bible series Fauvist, a Surrealist, a Cubist, and a Symbolist, taking elements from these various movements to form his own unique style. • He used Jewish and familial imagery repetitively throughout his works—flowers, the violin, goats, floating lovers, and the menorah. • Renowned for his innovation in a variety of mediums, including painting, theatre design, tapestry, stained glass, etching, and most notably, color lithography, Chagall has had a huge impact on contemporary visual culture. : • Chagall is credited with creating some of the most masterful works of color lithography from any artist, but he didn't experiment with the medium until 1950 at the age of 63. • • Chagall is one of the few artists to have exhibited their work in the Louvre while still alive. : • Born in a Hasidic community outside of Vitebsk, Russia, Chagall studied painting before leaving Russia for Paris in 1910. A solo exhibition in 1914 solidified his reputation as an up-and-coming artist. He fled Nazi-occupied France in 1941 to the U.S., and returned to France in 1948, where he remained until his death in 1985

Postmodernism

Post-World War II intellectual movement and cultural attitude focusing on cultural pluralism and release from the confines and ideology of Western high culture. No more history/government

Victor spahn

Referred to as a "Painter of Movement," Victor Spahn is inspired by sports, dancers, and energetic activities. • He paints championship sailboat races, rugby matches, prima ballerinas, and tennis stars—each with the same attention to the athletes' graceful and swift motions. Knife and brush serigraph "Autumn Polo" was acquired by Jacques Chirac, President of France Lives in Montparnasse • In 2015, he was mentioned alongside artists such as Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely, and Jackson Pollock in the publication "Gordes: Le temps des artistes." born in Paris as a second-generation Russian.

Highest selling artwork

Salvator mundi Savior of the world $450.3 mill Nov 15,2017 Buyer: Thought lost after 17th ce. 12 copies by pupils Simon (10,000) >> bouvier (75 mill) >>127.5 Russian collector Sotheby's >> Christie's Abu Dhabi louvre (crown prince badr binAbdullah

Indian, Chinese, and Japanese

Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World Gu Kaizhi, Li Cheng, Guo Xi, Hokusai, Hiroshige Birth of Buddha (563 b.c.); Silk Road opens (1st century b.c.); Buddhism spreads to China (1st-2nd centuries a.d.) and Japan (5th century a.d.) (653 b.c.-a.d. 1900) Serene, meditative art, and Arts of the Floating World Gu Kaizhi, Li Cheng, Guo Xi, Hokusai, Hiroshige Birth of Buddha (563 b.c.); Silk Road opens (1st century b.c.); Buddhism spreads to China (1st-2nd centuries a.d.) and Japan (5th century a.d.)

Los Caprichos

Series of 80 aquatints and etchings published in 1799 A brilliant, sobering and visionary window into late 18th / early 19th century Spain Masterly use of the recently developed technique of aquatint for tonal effects gives Los caprichos astonishing dramatic vitality and makes them a major achievement in the history of etching common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance or self-interest have made usual" decline of rationality caricature announcement that his themes were from the "extravagances and follies common to all society," they were probably recognized as references to well-known persons and were withdrawn from sale after a few days. in 1803 he presented the plates of Los caprichos to the king in return for a pension for his son. enlightened, tour-de-force critique of 18th-century Spain, and humanity in general. recorded in two sketchbooks, detailing abuses by the Roman Catholic Church, societal ills from pedophilia to prostitution, and rampant superstition "The sleep of reason produces monsters" (Plate 43), which typically appears in art history textbooks surveying the period, depicts the artist with his head cradled, face down in his arms, resting on a table with his drawing tools around him. Owls, bats and monsters swarm over him, while a wide-eyed cat is on the floor owls represented folly; bats stood for ignorance; cats were signs of witchcraft Blow: 69. Pedophila Hobgoblins: 49 Because she was susceptible 32 Pretty teacher 68

Shan merry

She contrasts darkened eyelashes with swirling hair and facial features colored in pastels, often placing her figures on completely white backgrounds. . • Shan-Merry has been awarded a Chevalier (Knight) of Arts-Sciences and Letters and a Chevalier (Knight) of Cultural and Artistic Merit by the French government. • Designed scarves for HERMES. • French artist Shan-Merry studied at the Ecole Nationale Superior des Arts et Metiers

Tracy

Skin wars Austria body painted and judge American body painting day Nola

Graeme Stevenson

Star of color in your life tv show: artists around the globe Lived in 5 countries Artist for 35 years Knew he wanted to be an artist at 5 Wildlife with tons of surrealism Australian

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Tomas rut

Stretches canvas after for distressed look Shows vices Only primary colors Frye museum Seattle Artificial patina for illusion of age Renaissance, baroque, frescos Trained in restoration: large murals in d.c. Born Poland Brings models into studio (including horses)

Francisco Goya

The Third of May: first modern painting Deaf at 40, 6/7 dead kids Dreams sexual women victims of war women angels Unity of the prison house often considered to be among the last of the Old Masters (rococo portraits) first of modern (etching and aquatint) created numerous paintings, etchings, drawings and lithographs served as a court painter to Spanish and Napoleonic rulers uncompromisingly captured the horrors of war and the darker side of human nature. born on March 30, 1746 in the small village of Fuendetodos in northern Spain, though the family would soon move to Saragossa. At fourteen, he entered an apprenticeship with local artist José Luján, later moving to Madrid where he studied with Anton Raphael Mengs. In 1771, he returned to Saragossa, where he painted Rococo frescos for a local cathedral, gaining him early notoriety. In Madrid, worked in the studio of artists and brothers Francisco and Ramón Bayeu y Subías and he married their sister in 1773. In the mid-1770s, began working for the Royal Tapestry Factory in Santa Bárbara, creating preliminary paintings known as tapestry cartoons. This work gained the initial attention of the Spanish royals for whom he would later become court painter. was appointed member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando in 1780 and would soon become a favorite of the aristocracy and royals by whom he was commissioned to create numerous portraits. In 1786, became the official painter of King Charles III and was named court painter to his successor, Charles IV, in 1789. 1792, during a visit to Cádiz in Andalusia, contracted an illness which would leave the artist permanently deaf. This turn of events would profoundly affect life and art. He spent much of his recuperation over the next few years in isolation and during this time, he read and observed the events and philosophies of the French Revolution. He created a series of etchings portraying the crueler side of human nature - particularly criticizing Spanish society in the 18th century - in a darker, freer, and more satirical style for which Goya would later become known. The series of eighty prints, called "Los Caprichos" ("The Caprices"), was completed and published in 1799. That same year, was promoted to first court painter by the monarchy and was also commissioned to produce numerous society portraits. His portraiture was noted for its unapologetic realism, refusing to flatter his subjects in his work. In 1808, Napoleon's army invaded Spain and was named court painter to the French. When the Spanish monarchy was restored in 1814 was pardoned for his work with the French but Ferdinand VII did not enjoy his art and the artist no longer painted for the crown. From 1810 - 1820, created an 80-piece series of etchings, capturing in often horrifying detail the atrocities of the French/Spanish conflict, titled "Los Desastres de la Guerra" ("The Disasters of War"). The series would not be published until 1863, decades after death. During this time, his wife, Josefa, also died. In 1816, created etchings on bullfighting, called "Tauromaquia" and between 1816 and 1824, Goya created another series of etchings critiquing human nature, "Los Proverbios," also called "Los Disparates." From 1819 to 1824, retreated into deeper seclusion, purchasing a house outside Madrid called Quinta del Sordo, or "The Deaf Man's House," though the name was acquired during the previous owner's residence. Here created "The Black Paintings," a series of nightmarish works executed on the walls of the house. Discontent with the political state in Spain, left Spain for France in 1824, settling in Bordeaux. began to explore the printmaking form of lithography. Goya created some of the first masterpieces in the medium - a series on the subject of bullfighting. died in Bordeaux on April 16, 1828. permanent museum collections, including the Museo del Prado in Madrid, precursor to the realism of 19th century Los caprichos Disasters of war

Juan miro

The founder of the Surrealist movement, André Breton, described Miró as "the most surreal of us all." • Miró's complex symbolism and style is based on Catalonian folk art and the art of children. • His imagery evokes cellular forms, but at the same time conveys the expansive cosmos. Viewers are made to ponder the universe within themselves and the one they inhabit. • Despite its Surrealism influences, Miró's art was never truly non-representational. He balanced spontaneity and automatism with meticulous planning and execution. Accolades: • Miró's work has been the subject of many important museum exhibitions, including two at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1951 and 1959. • Miró's art can be found in the Tate Museum in London, the Fondació Jian Miró in Barcelona, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. • In 1956, Miró settled in Majorca, Spain in a studio that eventually was transformed into the Miró Foundation and Museum. His home in Catalonia is also a museum. Biography: • Born in Spain, Miró initially sought a career in business, but decided to pursue art after having a nervous breakdown. • He became a renowned painter, sculptor, ceramicist and master printmaker, working in both etching and lithography. He is considered one of the great masters of 20th-century Broder collection

Stone Age

The historical period characterized by the production of tools from stone and other nonmetallic substances. It was followed in some places by the Bronze Age 35000bc -2500bc Lascaux caves southern France Venus of willandorf Stonehenge Ice age ends 10-8000bc First permanent settlements 8000bc-w2500bc

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Peter Nixon

Was an etcher Sensuality of Venice imagery deals with the concepts of movement, instantaneous expression and gesture, romance, music, dance, and poetry. He is deeply steeped in art history and is a master draftsman and etcher. compares his drawing technique to the swing of a golfer, a technique that comes from repeated practice. : • Nixon completed his artistic education at Bath Academy of Art. • began drawing when he was 5 years old and went to a museum for the first time when he was 9 (The Royal Academy of Art in London) where he experienced Da Vinci's "Virgin and St. Anne" and "Virgin and Child." England

Yuval wolfson

Work/story that has just begun Born in Petah Tikva, Israel, talent was discovered at an early age when granted a scholarship from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Met tarkay at 21 Was screen printer and helped Tarkay Motifs: birds, planes, landscapes Monets garden exhibition Painted in black and white until 18

Dada Movement

Zurich, Switzerland; anti-art movement in which society didn't deserve art after creation of WWI, meant to provoke, spontaneous performances

Egyptian

_______art demonstrated little change for nearly 1000 years. (3100 b.c.-30 b.c.) Art with an afterlife focus: pyramids and tomb painting Imhotep, Step Pyramid, Great Pyramids, Bust of Nefertiti Narmer unites Upper/Lower Egypt (3100 b.c.); Rameses II battles the Hittites (1274 b.c.); Cleopatra dies (30 b.c.)

Surrealism

a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature that sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images.

Romanticism

a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual. (1780-1850) The triumph of imagination and individuality Caspar Friedrich, Gericault, Delacroix, Turner, Benjamin West American Revolution (1775- 1783); French Revolution (1789-1799); Napoleon crowned emperor of France (1803)

Destino

an Oscar-nominated short animated film by Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí. • The film, set to the ballad "Destino," is about Chronos, the personification of time, falling in love with a mortal woman. • Park West's collection of artwork from "Destino" includes etchings, lithographs, and seriographs of Dalí's original art as well as key moments in the film. Reserved parts of these editions are signed by Roy E. Disney, the film's executive producer. : • Oscar nomination for Best Short Film, Animated (Academy Awards, 2004) • Annie Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short (ASIFA- Hollywood, 2004: • Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí met in 1945 at a party at Jack Warner's house, former head of Warner Bros. studio. The two artists greatly admired each other and decided to create a short film together. Dalí regarded Disney as a fellow Surrealist. • Dalí worked on the short film in 1946 and created 22 paintings and over 135 storyboards, drawings, and sketches. • Production on the film ceased following World War II. The film languished in the Disney vault until Walt's nephew, Roy E. Disney, decided to resume production in 1999. The film was completed in 2003.

Cubism

an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.

347

averaged two prints per day. circuses, bullfights and the theatre, in a humorous and bawdy manner. 1968 Picasso against conceptual Cannes with two Parisian printers First exhibited in Chicago art institute series of 347 prints period of just seven months. The size of the series was not predetermined. The prints do not tell a story group of images which collectively depicts the fantasies of an artist in old age. Aware of his declining sexual potency, Picasso cast himself in the role of a voyeur. The series encouraged a widespread revival of interest in etching among contemporary artists. Artist in 90s ● Picasso Museum in Barcelona, Spain ● Picasso Museum in Paris, France ● National Library of Paris, France ● The British Museum, United Kingdom ● Art Institute of Chicago, United States ● Museum Ludwig, Germany ● The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ● Gottfried Keller-Stiftung, Switzerland

Duaiv

born in 1952 in the maritime region of France near the city of Bordeaux accolades for his incredible work in service of nurturing and promoting the arts three years old, he picked up his first paintbrush, but at the dismay of his parents, the walls of his home became his first canvas. by the time he was nine, completed his first oil painting. mother was a classical pianist and his father was a sculptor his father didn't want him to become an artist - so he bought him a cello. The cello was a fitting choice for Duaív, who had met renowned cellist Pablo Casals when he was only eight. attended the Conservatoire Nationale de Musique in Paris, trained in the cello under Bernard Michelin attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris to further his studies in painting. When he was twenty-five, met artist Salvador Dalí. cans of paint rather than tubes, working with various sizes of palette knives and tiny brushes, smoothing with his fingers only uses six to eight colors on his palette, a full spectrum of hues shines within each painting. In 2003, Yo-Yo Ma, sponsored immigration to the United States, and in 2011, he became a citizen. a resident of Florida spends much of his time in live performances. Through the means of what he calls, "Happenings," Duaív performs spontaneous concerts at galleries and outdoor spaces, accompanied on piano while playing his cello before his book signings and gallery openings for Barack Obama's inauguration, Duaív painted a portrait of the president in front of a live audience while the inauguration sounded on television around the ship He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the Star of Europe for assisting contemporary artists featured in "Who's Who" in International and American art. He has also received the Lys D'Or from the Cannes International Carlton for his international career. continues to paint and play his cello without relent. For two hours every morning, practices his cello, maintaining his technique. Each night, he paints in his studio for four to six hours, always listening to music. The two disciplines are so entwined for the artist that he cannot paint without music. claims that there's no such thing as Sunday and he never takes vacation.his art is his life. essential to give back to his community Who's Who, is the 35th edition of an annual book that profiles more than 11,800 contributors to the visual arts in the United States. Duaiv's artwork, "Voilier," was selected to be the official poster art for the 2015 coconut grove arts festival. his famous wrapped vehicles will be on display. Attendees can check out a Ferrari FF and BMW K1300S and Ducati Superleggera motorcycles painted for the Salon de la Gastronomie at the Palais des Festivals 15th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. two buses with the landscape of the area and faces of famous film stars. Lamborghini and Ferrari and Porsche

Maya green

born in 1957 in Donetsk, Ukraine. degree in art studies. In 1996, she immigrated to Israel and settled in the city of Tiberias in northern Israel on the banks of the Sea of Galilee. palette knife to achieve an impasto technique. sketches of northern Israel views. In her paintings she emphasizes the importance of composition, especially the contrast between light and shadow and the differences between the seasons. Often, this process leaves me naked and feeling exceptionally vulnerable Art expo nyc

Emile bellet

born in Provence, France in 1941 began to paint at 5 years old first exhibition at 19 won first prize in a national art journal at 12 stained glass windows of the church "Notre Dame de bon voyage commissioned by the Alpine Maritime Region to paint ''Travaux des Champs" self-taught artist Influenced by the Fauves — a school of artists who lived at the turn of the 20th century that includes Matisse, Cézanne, Dufy, and Vlaminck impasto knife highly saturated colors elongated mannerist forms en plein air bringing a small piece of Van Gogh to our time arranges flowers, tends to his olive trees, and decodes the various themes of his paintings in his head. He thinks about his paintings for hours, has lunch, and begins working around noon for the rest of the day. mysterious female is timeless, ageless, impasto knife: passing, momentary location Patrice de la Perriere, Director of the Art Revue, "Univers des Arts" (Universe of the Arts) says: Bellet's women never cease to draw you into a dreamlike world. Their presence undeniably brings a real emotion to the viewer." permanent exhibits in Cannes, Lyon, Salon-de-Provence, Grenoble, Toulon and Annecy. illustrations for "Les Cahiers d'Art, Regards vers Ailleurs, Empreintes" (The Notebook of Art, A Look Beyond Printmaking). Notre Dame de bon voyage

Pat McManus

captures moments in time featuring wildlife based on his studies and photographs. • To finish one work of art, McManus compiles hundreds of photographs, scouts numerous locations, and combines them with his imagination for the optimal composition. : • McManus won the Grand Prize in the 2009 Paint the Parks Competition hosted by Paint America. • Born in Michigan He studied graphic art and worked as a photo re-toucher before becoming a professional fine artist.

Roman Art and Architecture

celebrated age and wisdom (etruscans), used concrete and arches. The Pantheon, mosaics, The Roman Forum (civic planning, urban design). (500 b.c.- a.d. 476) Roman realism: practical and down to earth; the arch Augustus of Primaporta, Colosseum, Trajan's Column, Pantheon Julius Caesar assassinated (44 b.c.); Augustus proclaimed Emperor (27 b.c.); Diocletian splits Empire (a.d. 292); Rome falls (a.d. 476)

Diana Mendoza

constantly honing her technique, creating both large and small format artworks, while studying new subjects to incorporate into her works. works primarily with spiritual and religious imagery, and is best known for her renderings of the blessed Madonna. style fuses European techniques with her Peruvian arts education, using skillful precision to create detailed works of art. using gold and silver leafing to add yet another layer of detail, resulting in sublime and dramatic imagery •The artist begins a work of art by drawing an image, many of which are inspired by works from the Old Masters Accolades: Mendoza has participated in several exhibitions, including: • 1983 - The Galeria Entre Nous, Lima • 1984 - Arte Popular de Peru, Salvador, Brazil • 1986 - Universidad de Bahia, Brazil • 1986 - Galeria Panorama, Bahia, Brazil • 1988 - Country Club Jacaranda, Bahia, Brazil • 1988 - Club Ancash, Lima, Peru • 1988 - Asociacion de Artistas Plasticos del Peru • 1988 - Galeria Picasso, Lima, Peru • 1992 - Casa de la Cultura, Manaos, Brazil • 1992 - Palacio de Cultura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • 1993 - Instituto Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru • 1994 - Galeria Chagall, Lima, Peru born in Junin, Peru. •In 1969, Mendoza graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes with high honors in painting and drawing. •Became a teacher and designer before making the decision to devote herself to her painting. •Accomplished musician and mother.

Gregory arth

deconstruction and assemblage of technology began using circuit boards in the early 1990s when he realized circuit boards bear an uncanny resemblance to an aerial view of a city. Arth gathers his supplies through recycling companies dealing in computer parts, often searching for specific shapes, colors, and unusual pieces to incorporate. •Through a fusion of collage and paint, he began creating cityscapes. Since then, he has expanded this technological theme to depict robots, "space cowboys," and American flags. He designed sets, theatrical backdrops, murals, and paintings, leading to professional opportunities designing sets and backdrops for movie studios, ballets, operas, and companies including Six Flags Corporation and Cinemark Theaters. In 2015, he was the official artist for the spring Bayou City Art Festival in Houston. Biography: •Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 17, 1955, Arth and his family moved to Texas when he was 2 years old. and his family currently live in Colleyville near Ft. Worth, Texas. father, a geophysicist, did not want him to become an artist, but Arth couldn't deny or curtail his creativity. "Even the discouragement from my father was not enough to stop me from making a life as an artist,"

Yanke

donates his artwork to Habitat for Humanity participants to brighten their new homes with art

Rembrandt

grounded in his deeply technical and empathetic understanding of representation, resulting in a prolific and versatile career across many media. • Rembrandt is regarded as one of history's most innovative printmakers, commanding a mastery of contrasting light and dark, known as chiaroscuro. Father of etching: revolutionized: size of business cards. Copper covered with tar and wax mixture. carve out image. Acid bites. Image backwarwards We know of 81 etchings in tact. Others lost in war? Self portraits. Religious. Beggar and genre. Baroque 17th ce. Chair us curl and baroque diagonal • In addition to the 300 etchings, engravings, and drypoints Rembrandt created during his lifetime, his oeuvre is said to include around 300 paintings and 2,000 drawings. : • Rembrandt is highly regarded as one of the greatest Dutch masters in art. • His works are in the permanent collections of over 70 museums worldwide, including the Louvre, The Hermitage, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery in Washington D.C., the Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery in London, and the Prado Museum in Spain. • The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam was created in honor of his life and work. : • Born in the intellectual center of holland to a baker and miller, Rembrandt developed his artistic talent from an early age, eventually opening a studio at the age of 22. By 1631, Rembrandt had officially settled in Amsterdam after boasting rapid success from the court of The Hague and Prince Frederik Hendrik. The end of his life was marred with misfortune and tragedy, but there is no denying Rembrandt's enduring legacy Outlived wife and 4/5 children saskia and Titus Unmarked grave Millennium edition

Ron agam

his recent artworks "3-DK," which stands for "three-dimensional kinetic." received France's highest civic recognition for his photography: the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. • Ron's work of art, "La France," is on permanent display in the French Embassy in New York. Own gallery in soho Camera from dad at 6 Inspired to explore new artform when photographing aftermath of 9/11 near apartment - permanent exhibition Like making love to a canvas

Broder collection

lithographs were published in 1970 and 1971 but were not available on the open market for over 30 years until Park West Gallery acquired the entire collection in 2004. : • Art publisher Louis Broder, active in 20th-century France, commissioned artists such as Miró, Picasso, and Braque to create interpretations of literary works, poems, or conceptual ideas. • In 1956, Broder commissioned Miró to create a series of lithographs referred to as the "Broder Collection." publication of the four hugely significant suites of color lithographs that make up what is today referred to as the Broder Collection. "Le Lézard aux Plumes d'or" (The Lizard with Golden Feathers) is a series of symbolic images based on poetic texts written by Miró. These words and images were later assembled into one of the most stunning art books of the 20th century. In creating this series, Miró visually portrays each word with curving lines, shapes, and colors in an obscure but deliberate manner "The Seers" series offers an exploration of the physical and spiritual worlds as they relate to each other. Miró uses energizing colors and undefined shapes that seemingly emerge from a white background to illustrate the struggle to understand the relationship between worlds. In a third subseries, "Les Perséides," Miró depicts the annual Perseids meteor shower, again visually demonstrating his mythical and colorful style. Miró utilizes a color palette similar to his other subseries, focusing on primary colors with complementary strokes of black, while recreating an entirely new visual with faint arrow-like shapes. "The Migratory Bird" is the fourth subseries of the Broder Collection and, despite its specific title, is perhaps the most undefined and unclear array of shapes and colors of the subseries. • The clarity and color of these graphic works are some of the highest quality and the most vivid works availa

Daniel wall

served as a journal illustrator and cover designer for more than 20 national journals, and has published over 500 book covers and illustrations.

Pablo Picasso

spanned 79 years success in painting, sculpting, ceramics, poetry, stage design, and writing, Blue Period (1901-04): Art of this period somber in both color and subject matter, likely caused by depression due to his close friend Carlos Casagemas's suicide Rose Period (1904-06): he continued to depict figures in his characteristically painterly style. While blue tones are still present in these paintings, they are contrasted by warmer shades. Similarly, after moving to Montmartre, a Bohemian district in Paris, he shifted his focus from individuals living in despair to entertainers, including harlequins, acrobats, and other circus performers. Meeting lover African art and primitivism (1907-1909): begins with his painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Picasso painted this composition in a style inspired by Iberian sculpture, but repainted the faces of the two figures on the right after being powerfully impressed by African artefacts he saw in June 1907 in the ethnographic museum at Palais du Trocadéro. When he displayed the painting to acquaintances in his studio later that year, the nearly universal reaction was shock and revulsion; Matisse angrily dismissed the work as a hoax. Picasso did not exhibit Le Demoiselles publicly until 1916. Formal ideas developed during this period lead directly into the Cubist period that follows. Cubism (1907-25): Analytic cubism (1909-12) was developed with Georges Braque using monochrome and brown/neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and 'analyzed' them in terms of their shapes Synthetic cubism (1912-19) was a further development of the genre of cubism, in which cut paper fragments - often wallpaper or portions of newspaper pages - were pasted into compositions, marking the first use of collage in fine art. Neo-Classicism (1920-30): following the upheaval of World War I, Picasso made his first trip to Italy. His artwork after this visit takes on a neoclassical style. Surrealism (1926 onwards): André Breton declared Picasso as 'one of ours' in his article Le Surréalisme et la peinture. Les Demoiselles d'Avignon was reproduced for the first time in Europe in the same issue. exhibited Cubist works at the first Surrealist group exhibition in 1925; the concept of 'psychic automatism in its pure state' defined in the Manifeste du surréalisme never appealed to him entirely. He did at the time develop new imagery and formal syntax for expressing himself emotionally (a typical example is Three Dancers, 1925). But Surrealism only revived Picasso's attraction to primitivism and eroticism. Vollard suite 347 series

Kalinka duaiv

style and technique features a bold and masterful use of color, and works exclusively with mixed media, palette knives, brushes, and paint rollers. tourist office in Brussels, Belgium. artwork is now represented exclusively by Park West Gallery. Born August 14, 1977 in Paris. As a young girl, she followed in the brushstrokes of her father, as she worked alongside him and studied his techniques. At the age of 17, she began organizing all of his exhibits in Europe and immersed herself in the art world.

Deconstructivism

the postmodern theory that the complexity of the world system renders precise description impossible and that the purpose of scholarship is to understand actors' hidden motives by deconstructing their textual statements

Post-Impressionism

the work or style of a varied group of late 19th-century and early 20th-century artists including Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne. They reacted against the naturalism of the impressionists to explore color, line, and form, and the emotional response of the artist, a concern that led to the development of expressionism. (1885-1910) A soft revolt against Impressionism Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, Seurat Belle Époque (late-19th-century Golden Age); Japan defeats Russia (1905)

Scott Jacobs

working in an art gallery while he was still in high school. He did illustrations for his high school newspaper and did not receive any artistic training beyond the average public school student. After high school he started an art gallery which he ran from the back of a van. He built, carved, and stained the frames for the works he sold in his "traveling art gallery." When he was 19, he purchased an art gallery in New Jersey at below-market price and successfully worked as an art dealer for the next 25 years. pseudonym "Escoteté" to get honest feedback from his clients and visitors to improve his painting techniques. first Harley paintings were "Fat Boy" and "Live to Ride" which were recognized within 60 days by the Chief of the Board of Harley Davidson. Soon after, Scott became the first officially licensed Harley-Davidson artist. the only licensed Chevy artist (Corvette division begins his paintings with a photo of his subject, focusing on angles and detail, and often, he'll work on multiples canvases at a time. He creates a basic line drawing on canvas then breaks out the paint, planning to improvise as he sees fit. As he paints, he works in layers, taping and masking sections to maintain fine edges and outlines of his subject. He begins with an outline of his subject in the foreground, like a motorcycle, and then masks it off to maintain the edge while painting the background uses a small size (000) paint brush (with a tip the size of a pencil point) to execute his works. finishes the painting by varnishing it, sealing in the color. Depending on the canvas, each painting takes Scott 200 to 400 hours to complete. some paintings are so detailed that they take more time than the bikes themselves to create - and can sell for much more. two to three months. His longest, most detailed work was commissioned by Harley-Davidson for their 100th anniversary, titled "100 Great Years." In attempting to paint each of the bikes' engines, logos, badges, and tanks, the work took more than four months to complete. Harley-Davidson created a "Scott Jacobs Art to Wear" line through their licensed clothing retailer, American Licensed Products. Mattel and Hot Wheels race team where he works with Kyle Petty. featured in VQ Magazine, American Iron, Art Business News, ArtNews, Easy Rider, Airbrush Action, US Art, Iron Works - His wife, Sharon, wanted to hang art in their dining room but Scott wanted to paint it himself, matching the rest of the house. talent in photorealism detail. Marilyn Merlot label, as did the estates of Elvis Presley for their label. His daughters, Olivia and Alexa, assist with the framing and occasionally model with the bikes. His paintings are collected by many celebrities including Peter Fonda, Dan Aykroyd, Michael Jackson, Jon Bon Jovi, Lorenzo Lamas, John Elway of the Denver Broncos, Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz, and rock bands such as ZZ Top, Survivor, and Loverboy - among others. President Clinton viewed Scott's work at a private dinner party in Recent museum exhibitions include: "Speed Demons, Race Inspired Motorcycle Art at the Journey Museum" in Rapid City, South Dakota in August 2005 and "Wind Blown: American Motorcycle Fine Art" at the Marietta/Cobb Museum in Marietta Georgia that ran from May until August 2005. The Petersen Automotive Museum in Beverly Hills, California houses one of Scott's works in their permanent collection, as do the L.A. County Museum, St. Louis Museum, Cobb-Murrieta Museum, and The Milwaukee Museum. 2001 saw the publication of his first book, "The Motorcycle Art of Scott Jacobs." In 2009, his second book was published, entitled "The Art of Scott Jacobs: the Complete Works." in coffee table books, "Harley-Davidson, the Legend" and Doug Mitchell's, "Harley-Davidson Chronicle." In 2012, starred in the premier of ABC'S "Secret Millionaire."