Daily Art Fixx

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William Blake: 1757-1827

Born on November 28, 1757, William Blake is ranked among the greatest English poets and one of the most original visual artists of the Romantic era. The son of a working-class family, Blake studied art as a boy at the drawing academy of Henry Pars. In 1772, he began an apprenticeship with the commercial engraver […]

Otto Dix: 1891-1969

Born on December 2, 1891, in Untermhaus, Germany, Wilhelm Heinrich Otto Dix was a painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is widely considered one of the most influential artists of the Weimar Republic of the 1920s. From 1905 to 1914, Dix trained as a decorative wall painter in Gera and Dresden. Starting in 1909, he taught […]

Esao Andrews: Painting

Today, I Stumbled upon the dark and sometimes eerie paintings of American artist Esao Andrews.  Andrews grew up in Mesa, Arizona and moved to New York City in 1996 to study illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Early influences include Klimt, Schiele, Mucha, Victorian/ Pre-Raphaelite painters, and Joe Sorren. Andrews graduated in 1996 and […]

TED: Phil Hansen: The Art of the Imperfect

Artist Phil Hansen uses unique media (his torso, x-rays, a tricycle…) to create his version of meta-art, videos that document the creation process – showing that art is action, not just result. Phil is a finalist to give a full TED talk at the TED Conference 2013, so if you like this, please rate it […]

Remembering 9/11: Architecture of the
World Trade Center Memorial & Museum

It has been eight years since the tragedies of 9/11 and for many people, myself included, the memory of that day still rings loudly in our hearts and minds.  With this in mind, I decided to bring myself up to date on the rebuilding of the site of the World Trade Center, specifically the architectural […]

Pierre-Auguste Renoir: 1841-1919

Born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was (with Claude Monet), a leading painter and originator of the Impressionist movement. Renoir’s family moved to Paris in 1844 and in 1854, at the age of 13,  he was apprenticed to the porcelain maker M. Levy where his artistic skills enabled him to […]

Spring – Armand Guillaumin

Impressionist painter (Jean-Baptiste) Armand Guillaumin was born on February 16, 1841 in Paris, France.  Guillaumin studied at the Academie Suisse in 1861 where he formed life-long friendships with Cezanne and Pissarro. Guillaumin exhibited at the Salon des Refusés in 1863 and later became a friend of Vincent van Gogh, meeting him through his brother Theo, […]

Twins Seven Seven: 1944 – 2011

Born in 1944 in Ogidi Ikimu, Nigeria, Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki is a Nigerian painter, sculptor, and musician. He changed his name to Twins Seven Seven, (Ibeji Meje Meje. Ibeji in the Yoruba language), because he is the only surviving child of seven sets of twins born to his mother. Twins Seven-Seven began […]

Kristina Svartz Rydmark:Painting

Sunday’s pic is by Swedish illustrator/painter Kristina Svartz Rydmark. To see more of her work, visit her profile (zoundsister) on Deviant Art.  

C215: Christian Guémy-Street Art

This incredible stencil work is by the French street artist known as C215 (Christian Guémy).  For a complete bio and more images, visit C215’s photostream on Flickr.

Gabriel Wickbold: Photography

Gabriel Wickbold is a 25 year old photographer from São Paulo, Brazil. These colourful photographs are from his recent series called “Sexual Colours”. Wickbold has worked in numerous artistic genres including poetry, music, and he studied television broadcasting. He has no formal education in photography, however Wickbold believes that “photographic technique is so basic that […]

Yuliya: Painting/Drawing

Born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine, artist Yuliya now lives and works in Ontario, Canada. Yuliya graduated with honours from Kiev National Art College as well as Kieve National Institute of Applied Art and Design. Yuliya creates both traditional and digital art. Her “Linear Art” is created with acrylic paints, ink, gold and other precious […]

Lori Earley: Painting

Sunday’s pic is by American painter Lori Earley.  Born and raised in New York, Earley trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York. “My oil paintings are a combination of classical realistic rendering with a personal element of distortion This distortion comes from my innate desire to transform my emotions into tangible planes […]

Vincent van Gogh: 1853-1890

Born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands, Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Post Impressionist painter and  one of history’s most famous artists. An active artist for only ten years, Van Gogh produced approximately 1000 watercolours, drawings and sketches and about 1250 paintings. At age 16, Van Gogh […]

Vesna Parchet: Painting

Today’s image is by emerging artist Vesna Parchet. Parchet has German roots but was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan until the age of ten. She currently lives and works in London, England. Her artistic training includes a BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design and a National Diploma in Printmaking from the London College […]