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Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon An Iconic Artistic Rivalry and Friendship
Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud' - three portraits of Bacon’s friend Lucian Freud, painted in 1964, sold for £23million at Sotheby's in 2012. | Source: telegraph.co.uk
Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon: An Iconic Artistic Rivalry and Friendship
In 1964, Francis Bacon executed a 78 x 58 ⅛ in. portrait depicting Lucian Freud, his fellow artist, constant companion, and rival. And on June 29th, 2022, the painting titled Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud achieved £43.3 million (USD $52 million) at Sotheby’s London Sales, making it the most expensive contemporary painting offered in…
Henri Matisse Master of Color and Light
Henri Matisse, “The Red Studio” (1911), the star of the MoMA’s 2022 exhibition. | Credit: Succession H. Matisse/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY | Source: nytimes.com
Henri Matisse: Master of Color and Light
Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist’s brain. - Henri Matisse The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) recreates Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio (L’Atelier rouge) (1911), bringing together seven paintings, three sculptures, and one ceramic plate for a mini retrospective titled “Matisse:…
An Exploration of Cave Paintings The Story of Humanity’s Longest Art Form
A new technique for dating cave art pushes the earliest works back to at least 41,000 years ago and raises the possibility that Neandertals were responsible for some of it. Credit: Pedro Saura; (BOTTOM LEFT) Rodrigo de Balbin Behrmann | Source: science.org
An Exploration of Cave Paintings: The Story of Humanity’s Longest Art Form
In May 2022, a team of researchers published the details of what is now recognized as the largest known ancient cave art image in the US. The record-breaking cave painting of a nearly 10 feet long serpent-like figure is more than 1,000 years old. The Indigenous Americans that left the etchings on the cave ceiling…
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Color Black: What It Means In ArtThere’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it. – Georgia O’Keeffe Not many artists utilized the full potential of the color black, as Joan Witek did. The New York-based American artist has used the color black for life and preserved its purity in most of her artworks, most notably in The Road at Night (PS-28) (1984)and That He…
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Female Artists Who Changed The WorldFeet, what do I need you for, when I have wings to fly? – Frida Kahlo We’ve all heard their names — the famous female artists that influenced generations that followed. Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt — chances are, you are at least somewhat familiar with their work…
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Women In Art Throughout HistoryI am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands. – Louise Bourgeois It is a fact that, historically speaking, women did not enjoy the same rights as men. Male artists were mostly free to experiment and express their creativity to their heart’s desire, while female artists were often not taken…
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The Rise Of Graffiti ArtWhile the world grapples with fighting off coronavirus, the way we usually participate in the arts is changing. In-person gatherings at various shows and exhibitions are still impossible. However, we can still find ways to engage culturally and artistically while we respect important social distancing measures in order to stop the spread of this pandemic.…
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Berthe Morisot And Radical FeminismI would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Everyone is familiar with the great names of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, and more. Many may not be aware that a woman named Berthe Morisot was one of the…
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Wayne Thiebaud 100: Celebration Of Food And LifeI don’t like the term ‘artist.’ It is a term which I’m uncomfortable with, but I love the idea of being a cartoonist, a draftsman, a designer, a painter… – Wayne Thiebaud The three crucial things you need to know about Wayne Thiebaud are that:  His last name is pronounced TEE-boh,He does not like to be…