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Elmar Rojas, from Guatemala

Elmar Rojas Elmar Rojas (Elmar Rene Rojas Azurdia) was born in Guatemala in 1942. He practiced as an architect before studying art in Guatemala, Sp...

Winslow Homer, american landscape painter

Winslow Homer (1836 –1910) Winslow Homer was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for hi...

Paul Cesar Helleu, a french oil painter pastel artist

Paul Cesar Helleu Paul César Helleu (17 December 1859 – 23 March 1927) was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint&nbs...

Pierre Soulages, exhibition in NYC & Museum in France

Pierre Soulages, exhibition in NYC & Museum in France THE NEW YORK TIMES By STEPHAN HEYMAN PARIS — Pierre Soulages, 94, still paints every day ...

Henri Ottman, The Luxembourg Station in Brussels

Henri Ottman, The Luxembourg Station in Brussels Henri Ottmann worked in Brussels at the beginning of the 20th century. It was here at the Salon of F...

Martial Raysse, a French Pop artist

Martial Raysse, a French Pop artist Martial Raysse is a French artist born in Golfe-Juan on 12 February 1936. He lives in Issige...

Georges Lapchine, a russian painter

LAPCHINE - LAPSHIN Georgiy LAPCHINE - LAPSHIN 1885 - 1948 Lapshin Georgiy (George) Alexandrovitch (1885 - 1948) Born in Moscow. Studied in Art sch...

Giovanni Boldini

Giovanni Boldini Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years t...

Tsugouharu Foujita

Tsugouharu Foujita Tsugouharu Foujita was a painter born on November 27, in Tokyo, Japan, who applied Japanese ink techniques to...

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy Raoul Dufy was a French Fauvist painter, born on born June 3, 1877. He became famous thanks to the a colorful, decora...

Kees van dongen

Kees van Dongen Kees van Dongen was a Dutch painter and one of the "Fauves". Kees van Dongen was born on January 26th, 1877, in Rotterdam. In 1892, ...

Simon Hantai

Simon Hantaï is a Hungarian painter born on December, 7th 1922, generally associated with abstract art. He took the French Nationalit...

Diego Rivera : Art, Love and Politics

Diego Rivera Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter born on December 8th, 1886. He became famous thanks to his art and also because he was...

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904, in Figueres, Spain. From an early age, Dalí was encouraged to practice his art and would eventually go on to s...

Maurice de Vlaminck: Fauvism against Cubism

Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter born on April, 4th 1876. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse he is considered one of the prin...

Andy Warhol: leader of the American Pop Art movement

Andy Warhol was an US painter, film-maker and author, and one of the leading figure of the American Pop Art movement. His artwork explore the relatio...

Max Pechstein

Max Pechstein Max Pechstein's artistic talent was discovered and encouraged at a very early age. His conventional career, first as an apprentice with...