THE POWER OF LIVE COLORS RUFINO TAMAYO 1/4 – His painting shifted from realism to expressionism, until he came to abstractism. “America,” his masterpiece, was the highlight of an auction of a Latin American Art night at Sotheby’s in November 2008. This work is a vinyl and sand on a canvas and was created in 1955 for a bank in …
Read More »KUSUMA AFFANDI (1907/1990), INDONESIAN ABSTRACT/EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER
PAINTING NATURE, INTO TECHNOLOGY AGE KUSUMA AFFANDI 1/3 – He was born in Cirebon (West Java) in 1907. He is known as a painter adhering to abstract expressionism, which is why his paintings are difficult to understand, especially from those, who look to the world of painting without seeking explanations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81MjkJhwkPU He was a truly prolific painter, who painted more …
Read More »FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ (1932/2011), FILIPINO PAINTER
MUSICALLY PAINTING FEDERICO AGUILAR ALCUAZ 1/2 – He was born in Santa Cruz (Manila) in 1932 and graduated from Fine Arts at the University of Philippines. Among his professors were the pillars of Philippine art. After 1955 he decided to do art full-time, winning numerous awards for his works. After he studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San …
Read More »CAESAR JOSEPH TANEDO (1979), FILIPINO FIGURATIVE PAINTER
DREAMY AND SWEET WORKS CAESAR JOSEPH TANEDO 1/2 – He is a contemporary painter of the Philippine art scene, who was born in Makati City in 1979. After dreaming to become an architect, he entered a college, discovering that painting was his best expressive horizon. He has held many personal and group exhibitions, both inside and outside his country. His …
Read More »ANDRES BARRIOQUINTO (1975), FILIPINO SURREALIST PAINTER
PAINTING GOTIC INQUIRY ANDRES BARRIOQUINTO 1/2 – He was born in Manila IN 1975, but his family changed his residence several times due to the nature of his father’s work (a writer and publisher). After spending teen age in Hong Kong, he returned to Manila to get his college education. Starting 2011, he began to paint with a deeply stratified …
Read More »JOGEN CHOWDHURY (1939), INDIAN PAINTER
KNOWLEDGE, ART AND MEMORIES JOGEN CHOWDHURY 1/2 – He is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century. His most famous paintings are ink, watercolor and pastel color. The impulse and rhythm of his art comes from an affinity with nature and the environment. He is a master of lines and has mastered to make curves …
Read More »LALITA LAJMI (1932), INDIAN PAINTER
PAINTING INNER STRESS REFLEX LALITA LAJMI 1/2 – She described natural bond between women and between mother and daughter. She is a self-taught artist, who has not received any formal art formation. Coming from a family involved in the arts, as a child she has enjoyed classical dance. But she also had the impetus to paint, and her uncle had …
Read More »SUNIL DAS (1939/2015), INDIAN EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER
PAINTING 7000 HORSES IN TEN YEARS SUNIL DAS 1/2 – To prevent the production of the same type of work, he continued to change his vision of art. From the day, when people began to regard him as a painter, a huge responsibility fell on his shoulders – to respond to people’s feelings. His creative horizon was inspired by the …
Read More »SHAHRAM KARIMI (1957), IRANIAN VISUAL ARTIST – Lifelong issue: the search for a place to call home.
THE GRAY-BLUE COLORS OF MEMORY SHAHRAM KARIMI 1/2 – He lives and works between Germany and the United States, but he was born in 1957 in Iran, growing up in Shiraz. He is a self-taught artist, who has achieved success both in his country and in the West. http://www.shahramkarimi.com/ His paintings depict the dilemma of contemporary Iranian, seeking identity combining …
Read More »NASSER OVISSI (1934), IRANIAN PAINTER – One of few pre-Islamic Revolution artists, who achieved success prior and after the revolution
NASSER OVISSI 1/2 – He was born in Tehran in 1934, where he studied Law and Political Sciences at the Unversity of Tehran. In Rome (Italy), he studied Fine Art. He was diplomat and Cultural Attachee at the Iranian Embassy in Rome and Madrid and currently he resides in Virginia (USA). http://galleryovissi.com/ During his diplomatic activity, he worked to bridge …
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