Robert Ryman, abstract artist who made white paint his medium, dies at 88
Robert Ryman, a revered abstract artist who experimented with the most basic elements of painting — including the shape and…
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Grayson Mathews (May 29, 1948 – February 2, 2007)
In 1971 Grayson Mathews, traveling in his Chevy pickup on the highways and back roads of the American West, began…
We Decoded All the Ingenious Art-Historical References in the Horror Movie ‘Midsommar,’ From Hilma af Klint to Judy Chicago
Art plays a key supporting role in the the recent hit horror-thriller Midsommar. Once you get to the end of the film, it…
Georges Rouault (27 May 1871 – 13 February 1958)
Georges Rouault was a French artist whose work melded Fauvism and Expressionism with its jewel-like tones and bold graphic lines. Alongside Henri…
Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965)
Best known for her iconic photograph Migrant Mother, photographer Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) had a career that spanned more than four decades.…
Shige Yamada (Born May 25, 1933)
Shige Yamada, American artist. Certified teacher, Hawaii. Designated Living Treasure of Hawaii, Honpa Hongwangi Mission of Hawaii. With United States…
Charles Napier Hemy (24 May 1841 – 30 September 1917)
Charles Napier Hemy RA was a British genre and marine painter. He was born to a musical family in Newcastle-on-Tyne, and trained in the…
James Prosek (born May 23, 1975)
James Prosek is an American artist, writer and naturalist. He was born in Connecticut and grew up in the town of Easton, CT where he still lives. His father…
Simka Simkhovitch (May 21, 1885 / February 25, 1949)
Simka Simkhovitch was a Russian artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career…
Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 — April 6, 1528)
Albrecht Dürer sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation…