Throughout most of history men have dominated the art scene, it is only in the last several hundred years that female artists have had the opportunity to blossom and pursue art as a career. For many of the women listed here the path to becoming a famous female artists was wrought with both personal struggles … Read more
To the general public the term contemporary artists will generally mean any artists that is alive and working today. However contemporary art it is often confused with modern art and it is a fairly easy mistake to make considering that in the English language the two words are often assumed to mean the same thing. … Read more
The majority of early collage artists would have had strong roots in the Dada art movement. However, it’s origins are somewhat earlier and has long been attributed to Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Collage art has allowed artist to break free from the more traditional 2D forms on canvas and not only add an extra … Read more
As a medium pastel painting has been somewhat overlooked in the history books. Without doubt oil paints have dominated for hundreds of years with watercolor and acrylics firmly behind it. Yet pastel whether it is oil pastel or chalk pastel as a medium has been largely underappreciated. There are plenty of pastel artists over the … Read more
The 20th century heralded a significant shift in the art world and the most famous 20th century artists leave behind a massive collection of famous art that spans many different movements. Their contribution to the advancement of art cannot be underestimated. Not only did the simple medium brush and canvas see a plethora of new … Read more
Whilst the majority of famous German artists tend hail form the late 18th century on there are one or two standout artists that come from earlier times. Modern day German artists are famed for their contribution to many of the most exciting art movements of the past 100 years but there are still some artists … Read more
Being a a somewhat isolated country for may centuries meant that a lot of Japanese artists followed the traditional styles and schools of art almost religiously The cultural and feudal history of Japan also had a marked influence on how Japanese art evolved. For many hundreds of years woodblock printing and ink wash painting were … Read more
Diego Rivera, now thought to be one of the leading artists of the 20th century, was born in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1886. Rivera was a Mexican artist and a Muralist who sort to make art that reflected the lives of the working class and the native Mexican people. Diego Rivera Biography Diego Rivera’s passion for … Read more
Born in 1907 in Mexico, Frida Kahlo has become very popular today and is arguably the most famous Mexican artists to have ever lived. Kahlo was born to a Wilhelm, a German photographer who had immigrated to Mexico and married her mother, Matilde. Frida Kahlo was enrolled at the renowned National Preparatory School, where she … Read more
Andy Warhol made a name for himself as a recognized pop art artist in the early 1960s when he began focusing on paintings and his own method of silkscreen prints of brand name foods and celebrities. He became one of the 20th century’s best-known modern artists for the pop art and commercial beginnings to his work … Read more