Jean Arp
Painter, collagist, sculptor, printmaker and poet, Jean Arp (or Hans Arp) co-founded the Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire.
Georg Baselitz
One of the leading painters & printmakers of the Neo-Expressionist movement who were intent on reviving figurative painting on a monumental scale. Since 1967 Baselitz's characteristic style relies on painting his images upside down.
http://www.georgbaselitz.com/
George Baselitz
by Erling Mandelmann
Mary Cassatt
Not only was she a woman who succeeded in what was, in the nineteenth century, a predominantly male profession, Cassatt was the only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists.
Self Portrait (detail), 1890
Jasper Johns
Born in 1930, Jasper Johns is a famous American painter, sculptor and printmaker, known for his paintings and lithographs of iconographic images such as flags, targets, maps, letters and numbers.
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jasper-johns/
David Hockney
English painter, printmaker, photographer and stage designer, David Hockney is one of the most popular British artists of the 20th century.
http://www.hockneypictures.com/
Francisco Goya
Born in 1746, Goya was a famous Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns.
http://www.amis-musees-castres.asso.fr/goya/anglais.htm
Edvard Munch
Munch was a famous painter, lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver. He is looked upon as one of the most significant influences on the development of German and Central European expressionism.
http://www.munch.museum.no/
Judy Pfaff
Born in 1946, Judy Pfaff is famous for her organic sprawling installations, prints and drawings, which she's been recognized for since the 1970s.
http://www.judypfaff.org/
Pablo Picasso
Find out information about one of the worlds most famous artist, including information on the Museu Picasso in Barcelona.
http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/
Paula Rego
Born in Portugal in 1935, Rego is a painter and printmaker heavily influenced by childhood stories and her experiences growing up in Lisbon. Now based in London, Rego is considered as one of the foremost graphic artists of her generation.
Rembrandt
Born in 1606, Rembrandt is considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history.
http://www.rembrandthuis.nl/
Frank Stella
By the time he was In his early twenties, Frank Stella had become a revered American artist, and is considered a founding member of the Minimalist movement of the 1960s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stella
June Wayne
Wayne is highly regarded internationally for her innovations in the printmaking field.
http://www.junewayne.com/
Noon Self, lithograph, '73
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a famous Japanese sculptor, painter and printmaker who was brought up with and influenced by Disney, Spielberg, and Japanese manga and anime.
Andy Warhol
Warhol was one of the most prolific printmakers in contemporary art. He is also famous for his statement, “everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes.”
http://www.warholfoundation.org/
Self Portrait, 1986-Yellow |