Artist Portraits
Jef Aérosol: Bridging the Gap Between Ephemeral Street Art and Lasting Impact
Jul 22, 2024
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8 minutes read
Jean-François Perroy, known as Jef Aérosol, is a renowned 67-year-old French stencil artist born in Nantes on January 15, 1957, who has significantly influenced urban art since the 1980s with his iconic works and contributions to the street art movement.
Art History
Paul Strand
Jul 4, 2023
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17 minutes read
Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an influential American photographer and filmmaker. He played a pivotal role, alongside notable modernist photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, in establishing photography as a recognized art form during the 20th century...
Artist Portraits
Carolina Vis, movements and very fine lines
Aug 17, 2022
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8 minutes read
For more than 40 years, Carolina Vis has been creating paintings, sculptures, concrete tables and much more, using materials in an adventurous way...
Artist Portraits
Carlos Blanco Artero: my art and life are absolutely inseparable
Oct 17, 2023
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8 minutes read
"In the end I have always said that painting is learned by painting. If you're lucky, you find a couple of teachers who mark you and know how to guide you well, respecting your peculiarities, but this is not easy at all..."
Artist Portraits
Victor Manuel Ojeda Collado, motivation and feelings
Apr 12, 2023
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8 minutes read
"I entered the "Eduardo Abela" Academy of Plastic Arts in San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa province, Cuba, in 2005".
Artist Portraits
Aurélia Cheret, inspiration comes from everywhere
May 31, 2023
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8 minutes read
"I think it's always been part of my daily life. As a child, I saw my mother draw, paint. My sister was part of a photo club. My father-in-law is a drummer, my uncle a guitarist. For my part, I did dance."
Art History
Eliot Porter
Jun 27, 2023
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8 minutes read
Eliot Furness Porter, an American photographer, is renowned for his vibrant color photographs of nature. He was born on December 6, 1901, and passed away on November 2, 1990...
Artist Portraits
Julia Kuzina, the art of telling what's important to me
May 24, 2023
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8 minutes read
"I've loved drawing for as long as I can remember. I was good at it. I drew funny pictures of my friends, drew cartoons of teachers at school, drew posters, drew creative works for myself and friends. To my shame my textbooks and notebooks were always painted."
Artist Portraits
Merche Moriana: I tend to be very attentive to everything that happens around me
Dec 24, 2024
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9 minutes read
"When I was just 16 years old, I went to study photography in Málaga. I started studying analog photography, spending an entire year focused on taking and developing photographs with film..."
Artist Portraits
Thia Path, art as a constantly evolving journey
Dec 11, 2021
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9 minutes read
Thia Path, artist and architect, was indelibly marked by the artistic research of Mark Rothko, to such an extent that his works represent the fragments of a constantly evolving journey ...
Art History
Flemish proverbs
Feb 24, 2023
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9 minutes read
Brueghel painted this painting to illustrate Flemish proverbs because the "images" that emerge are vivid and for many understandable: "Bumping your head against the walls" or "Being armed to the teeth" ....
Artist Portraits
Bastien Bonhomme, attention to detail
Feb 4, 2023
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10 minutes read
"I do not necessarily seek to differentiate myself from other artists, I seek to be myself and to do what I love. What characterizes my work is above all the attention to detail, to seek perfection in my opinion according to all the angles of the sculpture, the finesse of the lines, the textures, the little detail that changes everything"...
Art History
Katsushika Hokusai
Mar 30, 2023
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10 minutes read
Katsushika Hokusai was an 18th and 19th-century Japanese artist, painter, and printmaker, born in 1760 and died in 1849. He is best known for his ukiyo-e prints, a genre of Japanese art that depicts scenes of daily life, landscapes, and characters.
Art History
Robert Frank
Jun 27, 2023
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13 minutes read
Robert Frank, a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, achieved American citizenship and is known for his remarkable contributions to the field...
Art History
The Revenge of Women in Abstract Art: 10 Artists to Discover
Oct 8, 2024
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13 minutes read
Abstract art is often associated with great male masters like Pollock, Kandinsky, and Mondrian, but women artists have also made revolutionary contributions, despite being less well-known. This exploration finally brings to light some of the most important female figures in the movement...
Art History
4 Women Artists Overshadowed by their Husband's Fame
Apr 30, 2021
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13 minutes read
Unjustly relegated to the rank of simple muses, accomplices or impresarios, these artists' wives were above all artists. Today, we highlight four women who were arbitrarily forgotten for several decades, by fear or contempt.
Artist Portraits
Yannick Aaron: everyone is born as an Artist
Jan 6, 2024
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15 minutes read
"I think that everyone comes into the world as an Artist, as soon as we have it, the opportunity, we start to construct, and to deconstruct, it's the same process."...
Artist Portraits
Marlène Dumas: Portraits That Reveal Emotional States
Nov 12, 2024
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15 minutes read
Marlene Dumas, born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa, grew up amid apartheid, deeply aware of social divides. She moved to the Netherlands in 1976, studying at Ateliers 63, where she found her creative voice despite initial isolation...
Lifestyle
Chicano Treasures: Cheech Marin's Passionate Collection
Aug 8, 2023
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17 minutes read
Cheech Marin's passionate collection of Chicano art has been exhibited in major exhibitions and published in various books. Its collection, rich in more than 700 works, represents the largest collection of Chicano art in private or public hands.
Art History
Edward Weston
Jul 12, 2023
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30 minutes read
Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958) , an American photographer of the 20th century, is often hailed as a pioneering and influential figure in the field...
Art History
A popular pictorial format of the Renaissance
Apr 5, 2023
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9 minutes read
Certainly, within the immense breadth of the narrative of art history, works of rectangular or square format stand out in popularity and recurrence, which have often overshadowed the less common round or, even other shaped media.
Artist Portraits
Stanislav Bojankov, art as an intimate and intuitive personal journey
Jan 5, 2022
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5 minutes read
The art of the Bulgarian painter Stanislav Bojankov, inspired by nature, human relations, culture, history and the different forms of artistic communication, aims to express an intimate and personal vital path...
Artist Portraits
Jean Turco, the art of sharing pleasure
Sep 7, 2022
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8 minutes read
Jean Turco's idea has always been to share the pleasure he felt in seeing one or other of the things that present themselves to our gaze, either as they really are when the light puts them in value, either in the way I see them, to take them out of context to make images that illustrate an idea, a smile or a message to a muse, a friend, a collector or a simple stranger...
Artist Portraits
Sophie Delpy, art that reflects on differences and inequalities in the world
Feb 7, 2022
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3 minutes read
Sophie Delpy is a self-taught artist who has found her own artistic path, creating a very personal work that combines strength, humanity and questioning....
Artist Portraits
Madeline Berger, the choice of watercolor
Jan 25, 2023
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3 minutes read
"My first paintings were painted in acrylic, but I didn't like the plastic and opaque aspect. The choice of watercolor came later"....
Artist Portraits
Evelyn La Starza: painting is a necessity
Jun 25, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I studied art history in school but as an artist I am completely self-taught, I started experimenting with materials and techniques at a young age."...
Artist Portraits
Thomas Brémaud (La Pointe): the wire-to-point technique
Jun 18, 2024
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4 minutes read
"My artistic journey began with the wire-to-point technique, exploring my imagination and my thirst for escape. Over time, my daring creativity led me to face the canvas, revealing a remarkable artistic evolution." ..
Artist Portraits
Carole Carpier, I grew up surrounded by artists
Sep 30, 2023
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5 minutes read
"Since my youngest age, I have grown up surrounded by amateur artists: photographers, sculptors, painters, musicians, actors."...
Artist Portraits
Nicky Chiarello, Motoring art
Jan 29, 2022
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3 minutes read
Nicky Chiarello's art comes from the possibility of transforming cars into an object of art, through the use of intense colors, which highlight the brightness and reflections of the bodywork...
Artist Portraits
Aéro: airbrush and charcoal
Feb 22, 2023
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3 minutes read
"When I work on a portrait, my inspiration comes first of all from the photographer's photos with the poses, the contrasts and the lights that the subject brings, then it comes naturally".
Artist Portraits
Harold Ancart: Architectural Abstraction in Nature
Oct 8, 2024
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5 minutes read
Explore Harold Ancart's unique blend of abstraction, landscapes, vibrant colors, minimalism, and architecture. Discover how he transforms nature into striking contemporary art.
Artist Portraits
Ani Ayrapetian, inspiration coming from God
Apr 23, 2022
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3 minutes read
Ani Ayrapetian's painting is inspired by God and aims to create works with warm colors that bring joy and light into the world...
Artist Portraits
Oleg Grachev, collages' irony
Jan 26, 2022
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3 minutes read
The ironic and paradoxical collages of Oleg Grachev are intended to show the dynamism, beauty, unexpectedness and elegance of the world...
Artist Portraits
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard, the love of portraits
Nov 30, 2022
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8 minutes read
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard took oil painting lessons from 2006 to 2009. She then began to exhibit in her region, then in Paris (Salon des Artistes Français at the Grand Palais, Salon des Peintres du Marais, Salon d'Automne )...
Lifestyle
Josh grew up too fast !
May 8, 2020
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2 minutes read
Josh has grown up. You may not have noticed, but he has. This morning at breakfast, he said he was sick of his "baby" bed, his teddy bear and balloon decor. It's a shock. It's time to remove the wall paper and start painting his bedroom.
Artist Portraits
Nemanja Nikolic: my creative process is highly intuitive
Oct 1, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have always been drawn to visuals, and early on, I knew I wanted to communicate through art. Growing up, I was fascinated by how simple, often overlooked things like an old wall or flaking paint could tell a story. These experiences helped me realize that art was my way of expressing emotion and capturing moments..."