José Arcadio Limón was born on the 12th January, 1908 in Culiacan, Mexico. At aged seven, to escape the Mexican Revolution, his family moved to Arizona, USA and later to California.…
He did 2-3 years of design work to keep himself financially stable. During this period, he claimed to drawing every night and sculpting every weekend. He became more known to the world when he had a successful exhibition at the Palmer Gallery New York, and from then he kept exhibiting and making his name bigger and work…
Later, when he was about twenty years old he became very famous and created his own studio in Milan, Italy. After that, he was offered to…
The painting, Cane Cutting Scene, and the poem “Sugar Cane”, from I is a Long Memoried Woman by Grace Nichols, were two completely separate works about the same thing. One, the poem talks about the life and death of the cane while the other, the painting, shows the labor and torture of the workers, both telling the story of sugar. The painting shows the grueling work put into raising sugar cane, as back then humans did not have machines to do dirty work. Slaves had to complete back breaking work of ripping up stalks in the hot sun, wheeling them away, and, as the painting describes, continuously repeat the tasks until the field was empty. The poem does not talk about the hard work of the laborers, it is about the hard work of the cane itself.…
Returning to the United States in 1878, he gradually became a prominent figure in American art. His talents as a draftsman secured him a professorship at the Art Students League of New York, where he taught from 1878 to 1882 and from 1886 to 1887.[1] As an artist, he concentrated mostly on portraits, figure studies, and detailed renderings of historical monuments, but he never lost his interest in decorative design. He married Bertha Hall on June 1, 1887, and his friend John Singer Sargent gave them a Venetian watercolor as a…
Salvador Dali was born in Figures, Spain on May 11, 1904. His father was a…
His art is focused more on the common man and everyday realities of life like most work at this time. In The…
to fame. He worked hard to master a variety of instruments which brought him success but…
Mother Nursing by a Cradle with a Dog at her Feet is a Genre painting by Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch. Its medium is oil on canvas, and its dimensions are unknown. This seventeenth-century painting draws our attention to a homemaker, it challenges our perception of how something as ordinary as breastfeeding a child should not be undermine, for it is as important as any other job and it demonstrate a strong work ethic. In this essay, I will discuss the visual literacy of this painting. When concluded one should be able to understand the value of domestic labor.…
Rivera, born in 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico is one of the best known Mexican artists of the 20th century. During his adolescent years, Rivera studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City. At age 21 Rivera was given a governmental scholarship to study in Spain. Rivera later on lived in Paris where his circle of friends included many intellectuals and artists. In 1921 Rivera returned to Mexico, where he took a government job to create several public murals. Rivera was labeled the father of the Muralist Movement because of these works. Later on in his life Rivera led the Social Realist style that helped him connect with his fellow Mexicans.…
Although he had what it took to permanently color others ' skin, he was not satisfied with the skill level he was at. He went to Japan to study the Japanese art form that would mold him into the artist he is today (Sharks Ink, 2003). While living in Japan, he was able to adapt the Japanese culture into his own artwork. This culture that he shows in his art distinguishes him from others and makes his works recognizable.…
. His love for drawing and painting spawned from his fascination with the grotesque images of Garbage Pail Kids and Tales from the Crypt comics. This is where his Artworks started and he has devoted every second since to creating new pieces and unique characters.…
Jackson Pollock was born January 28, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming into a family of four boys with Jackson being the youngest. His family moved to California where his father worked for the government as a surveyor. In 1930 Jackson joined his eldest brother Charles in New York City where he attended the Art Students League. There Pollack studied under Thomas Hart Benton. It was at the Art Student League that he first started dabbling in art. Some of his first works were “sketches using twisted counter shifts modeled after European artist such as Michelangelo, Rubens, and one of his personal favorites El Greco.” (nga.gov) He also experimented in pottery. He made several ceramic pieces like vases, bowls and plates. Most of the bowls he created were donated to Mrs. Benton Thomas Benton’s wife to sell for profits to help benefit the struggling artist in the area.…
it as an artist but his style was not popular in the contemporary art scene and…
The artist, Antoine Vollon, was born in France in the year 1833. He focused primarily on still life painting but also painted figures and landscapes. During his lifetime he enjoyed the status of a celebrity and was widely acknowledged with a great reputation. After completing an apprenticeship as an engraver, teaching himself painting and printmaking, he moved from Lyon to Paris in the year 1859 to further his craft. He was very inspired by the Dutch style of still life painting during that time, which is evident in his own style.…