“I’ll be damned if I don’t love you” Francesco Hayez, born on February 10, 1791, in Venice, is celebrated as one of the foremost Italian painters of the 19th century and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. His artistic journey transitioned from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, making him a pivotal figure in the evolution of […]
Articoli con il tag pop-surrealism
Anish Kapoor
“We live in a fractured world. I’ve always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness” Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor, born on March 12, 1954, in Mumbai, India, is a prominent British-Indian sculptor known for his innovative installation and conceptual art. He has lived and worked in London since the […]
Paul Gauguin
“I shut my eyes in order to see” Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin, born on June 7, 1848, in Paris, is a French painter renowned for his pivotal role in the Post-Impressionist movement. His life and artistic career were marked by a series of travels, spiritual exploration, and a continuous evolution of style. Gauguin spent his […]
Francis Bacon
“Painting is a duality and abstract painting is an entirely aesthetic thing” Francis Bacon is an Irish renowned artist known especially for his disturbing paintings. He was born in Dublin in 1909 and his production counts more than 500 paintings. He had inherited asthma from his grandfather and he couldn’t stay near dogs or horses. […]
Roy Lichtenstein
“Pop art looks out into the world” Roy Lichtenstein was a pivotal figure in the American Pop Art movement, renowned for his distinctive style that drew heavily from comic strips and commercial art. Born on October 27, 1923, in New York City, he was the first child of Milton and Beatrice Lichtenstein. His father was […]
Ray Caesar
“Get back up and try again” Ray Caesar is an English digital surreal artist, born on October 26, 1958, who currently resides in Toronto, Canada. His artistic journey has been significantly influenced by his early experiences and professional background. Caesar was born in England and moved to Canada with his family in 1967. He spent […]
Alex Gross
“The future we imagined a generation or two ago, where we would have robot servants and flying cars, is not the one we got. We got a much more disturbing one, wherein most people need to be connected all of the time, and where no one can pay attention for very long.” Alex Gross is […]
David Hockney
“Anything simple always interests me” David Hockney, born on July 9, 1937, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is a prominent English painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly noted for his contributions to the Pop Art […]
Amy Sol
“It’s easy to think of art as an escape but really I need it to feel centered and more fulfilled as a human” Amy Sol is an American artist born in 1981 in Korea, who currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is recognized for her contributions to the Pop Surreal and Lowbrow art movements, […]
Audrey Kawasaki
“When I was a child, my major influence came from Japanese manga” Audrey Kawasaki is a Japanese-American artist known for her distinctive paintings of young women. Born in 1982 in Los Angeles, California, Kawasaki studied fine art painting at the Pratt Institute in New York for two years before leaving without completing her degree. Kawasaki’s […]