Shepard Fairey is a famous American street artist, designer, political activist, illustrator, muralist, printmaker and propagandist. He is best known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" campaign with a portrait of the famous wrestler and the word OBEY and for his HOPE campaign poster for Barack Obama. Famous Shepard Fairey artworks include “Andre the Giant Has a Posse … [Read more...] about Shepard Fairey Quotes about Art
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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
Jim Dine Quotes about Art
Jim Dine is a famous Canadian American painter, printmaker and draftsman associated with the Neo-Dada and Pop art movements. He is best known for his skill as a draftsman and for repeating motives like the love heart, bathrobes, tools, Pinocchio, and everyday objects. Famous Jim Dine artworks include “Tool Box", “Four Hearts", "Walking Dream with a Four Foot Clamp", … [Read more...] about Jim Dine Quotes about Art
Robert Motherwell Quotes about Art
Robert Motherwell was a famous American abstract painter and printmaker associated with the Abstraction Expressionism art movement. He is best known for his bold, gestural works using a limited palette with black being the lead. Famous Robert Motherwell artworks include “Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110", “The Little Spanish Prison", "The Homely Protestant", "Open No. 122 … [Read more...] about Robert Motherwell Quotes about Art
Robert Rauschenberg Quotes on Art
Robert Rauschenberg was a famous American pop artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and photographer. He is best known for his Neo-Dadaist or pop art paintings, collages, prints and combines which combined painting and sculpture. Famous Robert Rauschenberg paintings include “Canyon", “Bed”, "Retroactive II", "Studio Painting", "Buffalo II", "Monogram", "Erased de Kooning … [Read more...] about Robert Rauschenberg Quotes on Art
Jasper Johns Quotes on Art
Jasper Johns is a famous American painter, printmaker and sculptor. He is best known for his US flag paintings, targets, and his letters and numbers works. Famous Jasper Johns paintings include “White Flag", “Three Flags”, "0 through 9", "Target with Four Faces", "Corpse and Mirror II", "Painting With Two Balls", "False Start", and "Between the Clock and the Bed". Mini … [Read more...] about Jasper Johns Quotes on Art
David Hockney Quotes on Art
David Hockney is a famous British painter, printmaker and draftsman. He is best known for his sunlit California works of figures in and around the swimming pool. Famous David Hockney paintings include “A Bigger Grand Canyon", “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)”, "Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool", "We Two Boys Together Clinging", "A Bigger Splash", "Bigger Trees … [Read more...] about David Hockney Quotes on Art
Jacob Lawrence Quotes on Art
Jacob Lawrence is a famous African-American artist. He is best known for his depictions of black culture in America. Famous Jacob Lawrence works include “In the North the Negro had better educational facilities”, "Harriet Tubman Series", “Pool Parlor” and "Blind Beggars". Mini biography: Born Jacob Armstead Lawrence on the 7th of September, 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, … [Read more...] about Jacob Lawrence Quotes on Art
Lee Krasner Quotes on Art
Lee Krasner was an American abstract expressionist painter who was married to Jackson Pollock. She is best known for her large abstract paintings and collages. She produced paintings, collages, prints, and works on paper. Famous Lee Krasner paintings include “Imperative”, “Gold Stone”, “Polar Stampede”, “Number 3 (Untitled)”, and “Night Creatures”. Mini biography: Born … [Read more...] about Lee Krasner Quotes on Art
Brett Whiteley Biography
Famous Australian painter, draftsman and sculptor. Brett Whiteley was a prolific artist but he struggled with addiction which hindered his growth and cut his life short. He produced paintings, drawings, prints, collage, sculpture, and ceramics. Here's some Brett Whiteley Quotes and Sayings. Popular Brett Whiteley paintings include “Untitled Red Painting”, “Self Portrait in the … [Read more...] about Brett Whiteley Biography
Henri Matisse Quotes on Art
Henri Matisse is a famous French artist who influenced many 20th century painters. He was part of the short lived Fauvist art movement where he pushed colors to their extremes. Matisse went on to produce works which could be expressive, bold, colorful, decorative, simplified, and sometimes almost completely abstract. He produced paintings, collages, sculpture, murals, prints, … [Read more...] about Henri Matisse Quotes on Art
Franz Kline Quotes on Art
Franz Kline was an American abstract painter linked to the abstract expressionist movement and the action painters. He is best known for his gestural black strokes of paint on white backgrounds which are almost calligraphic in nature. He produced paintings, collages, and works on paper. Famous Franz Kline paintings include “Shenandoah”, “Flanders”, “Green Cross”, “New York, … [Read more...] about Franz Kline Quotes on Art