Today is the 134th birthday of the revolutionary Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco. How can your not immediately love a muralist? So much narrative, and
Tag: Pablo Picasso
Happy 94th Birthday Roy Lichtenstein
Today is the 94th birthday of the pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. I am drawn to the purity of his subject matters and saturation of colors.
Happy 136th Birthday Pablo Picasso
Today is Picasso’s 136th birthday. He died 42 years ago at the impressive age of 91. A long life only matched by his long long full
Happy 92nd Birthday Robert Rauschenberg
Today is the 92nd birthday of artist Robert Rauschenberg. Seeing things differently, interpreting them from other views and giving people the ability to do the same
Happy 130th Birthday Le Corbusier
Today is the 130th birthday of the architect and designer Le Corbusier. His designs are widely admired and even copied to this day. His true
Happy 114th Birthday Mark Rothko
Today is the 114th birthday of the artist Mark Rothko. His works are inspiring in their pure boldness. Photographs remove the texture and movement. The world
Happy 118th Birthday Brassaï
Today is the 118th birthday of the photographer Brassaï. I learned about him while researching some of his contemporaries on their birthdays and became fixated on
Happy 134th Birthday Coco Chanel
Today is the 134th birthday of the woman that said, “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in
Happy 135th Birthday Edward Hopper
Today is the 135th birthday of the artist Edward Hopper. I was first introduced to his art in that same college library where I read
Happy 137th Birthday André Derain
Today is the 137th birthday of the fauvist painter André Derain. The progression of his work through his lifetime is beautiful, I love looking at them
Happy 135th Birthday Georges Braque
Today is the 135th birthday of the man who is widely recognized as the co-founder of Cubism: Georges Braque. While his counterpart’s name is much
Happy 113th Birthday Salvador Dalí
Today is the 113th birthday of the artist Salvador Dali. My very favorite description of one of his pieces is that of the 1940 Painting “Daddy
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