Max Ernst was a famous German-born painter, sculptor and printmaker associated with the Surrealism and Dada art movements. He is best known for his experimental artworks and unusual written works. Famous Max Ernst artworks include “Ubu Imperator", “The Elephant Celebes", "Forest and Dove", "The Robing of the Bride", "Napoleon in the Wilderness", "Two Children are Threatened by … [Read more...] about Max Ernst Quotes about Art
Sculptors
Isamu Noguchi Quotes about Sculpture
Isamu Noguchi was a famous American sculptor, furniture designer and landscape architect. He is best known for his public sculptures, landscaped gardens and various iconic furniture designs which are still produced today. Famous Isamu Noguchi artworks include “Radio Nurse", “Lunar Landscape", "Sky Viewing Sculpture", "The Cry", "Noguchi Coffee Table", "Red Cube", "Even the … [Read more...] about Isamu Noguchi Quotes about Sculpture
Barbara Hepworth Quotes about Art
Barbara Hepworth was a famous 20th century British sculptor and printmaker. She is best known for her modernist abstract sculptures, natural stone forms, and for opening up her sculptures to show the insides of the work. Famous Barbara Hepworth artworks include "Mother and Child", "Two Forms (Divided Circle)", “Landscape Sculpture", “Pierced Hemisphere", "Oval Form (Trezion)", … [Read more...] about Barbara Hepworth Quotes about Art
Henry Moore Quotes about Art
Henry Moore was a famous English sculptor and draftsman associated very loosely with abstraction and surrealism. He is best known for his monumental sculptures of the abstracted human form. Famous Henry Moore artworks include “Large Two Forms", “Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5”, "Large Reclining Figure", "Family Group", "King and Queen", "Nuclear Energy", "Recumbent Figure", … [Read more...] about Henry Moore Quotes about Art
Jean Arp Quotes about Art
Jean Arp or Hans Arp was a famous German born French sculptor, poet and painter associated with dada, surrealism and abstraction. He is best known for his sculpture that has been broken down to its simplest forms, to rounded abstract objects that point towards nature, the human figure, and organic forms. Famous Jean Arp artworks include “Human Concretion", “Shirt Front and … [Read more...] about Jean Arp Quotes about Art
Fernand Léger Quotes about Art
Fernand Léger was a famous French painter, sculptor and printmaker associated with cubism, purism and modernism. He is best known for his stylized works, with thick black outlines, and often used bright primary colors. Famous Fernand Leger artworks include “La Femme en Bleu (Woman in Blue)", “Still Life with a Beer Mug”, "The Railway Crossing", "Soldier with a Pipe", … [Read more...] about Fernand Léger Quotes about Art
Alexander Calder Quotes about Art
Alexander Calder was a famous American abstract sculptor. He is best known for his mobile kinetic sculptures, his wire portraits and enlarged outdoor monumental sculptures. Famous Alexander Calder artworks include “Devil Fish", “Arc of Petals", "Red Mobile", "La Grande Vitesse", "Autumn Leaves", "Poisson volant (Flying Fish)", "Trois Disques", "Floating Clouds" and "Lily of … [Read more...] about Alexander Calder Quotes about Art
Antony Gormley Quotes about Art
Antony Gormley is a famous British sculptor and Installation artist. He is best known for his outdoor sculptures and pixelated human figures. Famous Antony Gormley artworks include “Small Stem Model", “Subject III”, "Frame II", "Field", "Angel of the North", "Quantum Cloud", "Event Horizon", "Exposure", "Bed", "Brick Man", "Havmannen", "LIMN II" and "Out of This World". Mini … [Read more...] about Antony Gormley Quotes about Art
Frank Stella Quotes about Art
Frank Stella is a famous American abstract painter, printmaker and sculptor associated with the Minimalism and Geometric Abstraction art movements. He is best known for his brightly colored abstract paintings and his large outdoor sculptures. Famous Frank Stella artworks include “Cones and Pillars", “Shoubeegi", "The Marriage of Reason and Squalor", "Riallaro", "Six Mile … [Read more...] about Frank Stella Quotes about Art
Georges Braque Quotes about Art
Georges Braque was a famous French painter, sculptor and printmaker associated with the Cubism art movement. He is best known for his developing Cubism with Pablo Picasso which went on to influence many modern artists. Famous Georges Braque artworks include “Baigneuse (Le Grand Nu, Large Nude)", "Man with a Guitar", “Violin and Candlestick”, "Clarinet and Bottle of Rum on a … [Read more...] about Georges Braque Quotes about Art
Joan Miró Quotes about Art
Joan Miró was a famous Spanish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist, and printmaker. He is best known for his whimsical and quirky paintings and 3D works which crossed the paths of dada, surrealism, abstraction and automatic drawing. Famous Joan Miro paintings include “The Farm", “Harlequin's Carnival”, "Blue II", "The Gold of the Azure", "Women and Bird in the Moonlight", "The … [Read more...] about Joan Miró Quotes about Art
Jean-Léon Gérôme Quotes about Art
Jean-Léon Gérôme was a famous French painter and sculptor associated with realism and academic art. He is best known for his realistic depictions of mythological scenes, history paintings, religious paintings, and Orientalism. Famous Jean-Léon Gérôme artworks include “The Birth of Venus", "Prayer in the Mosque", “Bonaparte Before the Sphinx”, "The Large Pool of Bursa", "The … [Read more...] about Jean-Léon Gérôme Quotes about Art
Michelangelo Quotes about Art
Michelangelo was a famous Italian sculptor, painter, draftsman, poet and architect of the High Renaissance in Italy. He is best known for his frescoes in the Sistine chapel and for his iconic sculptures. Famous Michelangelo artworks include “The Last Judgment", “Pietà”, "Statue of David", "Tomb of Julius II", "The Doni Tondo", "Madonna and Child", "Dying Slave", "Bacchus", … [Read more...] about Michelangelo Quotes about Art