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Lovis Corinth
Lovis Corinth , 1858-1925, German painter and graphic artist. He studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin secession group, and later succeeded Max Liebermann as president. His early work was naturalistic in approach. Corinth was antagonistic toward the expressionist movement, although after a... Read more |
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Nicholas Konstantin Roerich
Nicholas Konstantin Roerich , 1874-1947, Russian artist, scene designer, and archaeologist. He was connected with the Moscow Art Theatre and the Diaghilev ballet. His stage sets for Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps (1913) revealed him as a brilliant colorist. He traveled to the United States where... Read more |
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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under the terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The... Read more |
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Susan Kathleen Hartung
Hartung, Susan KathleenPersonalBorn in Ann Arbor, MI. Education: School of Visual Arts (New York, NY), B.F.A. (illustration), 1990.AddressesHome—Brooklyn, MI. E-mail—mailbox@susanhartung.com.CareerIllustrator of children's books, 1993—. Has worked in advertising, design, and photography. Picture... Read more |
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Graffiti
Graffiti art (also called Spraycan art and Subway art). A type of painting based on the kind of spraycan vandalism familiar in cities all over the world and specifically in the New York subway system; the term can apply to any work in this vein, but refers particularly to a vogue in New York in the... Read more |
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Agnes Martin
Agnes Martin (Agnes Bernice Martin), 1912-2004, American painter, b. Macklin, Canada. She moved to the United States in 1931, became a U.S. citizen in 1950, and emerged as an important artist in the late 50s and early 60s. Martin is best known for her spare, abstract all-over grid paintings.... Read more |
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Dorothea Tanning
Tanning, Dorothea (1910– ). American painter, sculptor, designer, and writer, born at Galesburg, Illinois. Except for two weeks of classes at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930 she was self-taught as an artist. In 1935 she settled in New York, where she worked at odd jobs (including being a... Read more |
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Ernest Lawson
Ernest Lawson 1873-1939, American landscape painter, b. San Francisco. He studied art in Kansas City, in New York City under Twachtman and J. Alden Weir, and in Paris. On returning to New York he joined the independent artists' group called the Eight . His impressionist landscapes won him many... Read more |
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Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg , 1929-, Swedish-American artist, b. Stockholm. Usually considered part of the pop art movement, Oldenburg explores the ironic and humorous aspects of common objects by grossly distorting them in scale, shape, and material. He is noted for soft sculptures of stuffed cloth (e.g., ... Read more |
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Tony Smith
Tony Smith 1912-80, American sculptor, b. South Orange, N.J., studied Art Students League, New York City (1933-37), New Bauhaus, Chicago (1937-38). Trained as a painter and architect and for a time associated with Frank Lloyd Wright , Smith had his own architectural firm during the 1940s. He... Read more |
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