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Marc Chagall: 1887 – 1985
Móyshe Shagál (the Hebrew name of Marc Chagall) was born on July 7, 1887 in Liozno, near Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus). As a child, he showed promise as an artist and in 1907, after moving to St. Petersburg, he studied at the Imperial School of Fine Arts, and privately under Russian artist Léon Bakst at […]
Travis Louie – “The Creature Show” – Roq La Rue Gallery
Travis Louie’s “The Creature Show” is on now at Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle. This new exhibition features a series of his signature monster infused alt-Victorian daguerreotype style paintings featuring “people and their pets”, (as well as a few Lovecraftian entities on their best behavior). The Creature Show runs through May 7, 2011. For […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 57
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5 Random Art Facts: XXII
1. The masterpiece sculpture Pietà (1498–1499) is the only work Michelangelo Buonarroti ever signed. It is housed in St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Michelangelo signed the Pieta only after its completion when Lombard visitors to St. Petronilla thought the statue had been carved by “il Gobbo nostro da Milano”. Read more 2. The […]
Nicolas Alan Cope & Dustin Edward Arnold: Photography
Nicolas Alan Cope & Dustin Edward Arnold met through a commercial job in 2007 and began collaborating on personal projects in October 2009. They are currently working on an ongoing series of four project-based publications entitled: “Vedas”, “Stamen”, “Putesco”, and “Aether”. Raised in Maryland, Nicholas Alan Cope moved to Los Angeles in 2004 and attended Art […]
Nick Georgiou: Paper Sculpture
These cool paper sculptures are by Tucson, Arizona based artist Nick Georgiou. Georgiou’s work is inspired by “the death of the printed word/world, economic collapse, political and environmental uncertainty. Georgiou states: “Books and newspapers are becoming artifacts of the 21st century. Whatever we used to read off paper, we’re now reading off digital screens. Our […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 62
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Joshua Burbank: Mixed Media
Born in 1968 in Los Angeles, California, Joshua Burbank currently lives and works in San Francisco, California. Burbank has a BFA from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and studied sculpture with Argentine sculptor Aurelio Macchi. To see more of Burbank’s work, visit JoshuaBurbank.com.
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 139
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Kris Lewis: Painting
Today’s artist is American painter Kris Lewis. Lewis studied illustration at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and then relocated to Los Angeles where he currently lives and works. Influences include “Alfonse Bougereau, Andrew Wyeth, Hans Holbein, Albrecht Durer, Hieronymus Bosch, Gustav Klimt, Antonio Mancini, and Jules-Bastien LePage. His reverence for masters of old […]
Video: How to Recognize Baroque Art
An excellent short video from SmartHistory on how to recognize Baroque art with comparisons to Renaissance art. Hosted by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. Artists featured in this video include Michaelangelo, Bernini, Carravagio, Raphael and Vermeer. Smarthistory is a non profit organization and a collaboration of more than 200 art historians, archaeologists, curators and other specialists who […]
