There are other artists' works in this post.... Internationally known artists and a few that I became acquainted with while reading fiction.
Both Members of This Club
by George Wesley Bellows
painted in 1909
Bellows' brush strokes underscore the violence of this boxing scene.
model in 1909, cast before 1932
I didn't know that Pablo Picasso sculpted. I can see hints of his Cubist works in this piece with interlocking facial planes.
by Amedeo Modigliani
painted in 1917
painted in 1917
The Modigliani Scandal was published under Ken Follett's pseudonym, Zachary Stone, in 1977. It iss a very pleasant art theft novel that awakened my interest in Amedeo Modigliani's works.
painted 1917 - 1918
Danielle Steel's The Kiss features Klimt's The Kiss. I read Danielle Steel off and on when I was working as a librarian. Star crossed lovers, Isabelle and Bill, suffer a tragedy during a tryst in London, England.
Pablo Picasso
painted in 1924
shows his Cubist
development
Using metal to create art....
created in 1929
Calder is also known for
his metal creatures.
This artist explored one topic, in its various forms.
painted in 1930
by Georgia O'Keeffe
painted in 1930
No. 5 by Georgia O'Keeffe
painted in 1930
was painted in 1949
Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)
by Jackson Pollack
painted in 1950
Light Rising by
painted in 1950 altered in 1959
Jackson Pollock
painted in 1951
Target by
C & O by Franz Kline
painted in 1958
by Morris Louis
painted in 1960
Look Mickey by
Roy Lichtenstein
painted in 1961
painted in 1962
I remember Andy Warhol's dramatic entrance onto the art scene in the 1960s. He said, "In the future everyone will be world famous for 15 minutes." Did he have inside knowledge about the internet?
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