Meeting Benches World art in all forms
IMRO WEINER KRAL (1901/1978), SLOVAK PAINTER – Walking around painting, illustration and graphic art.
CHARLES LEICKERT (1816/1907), DUTCH PAINTER – Exploring the nuances of the evening sky and the rosy-fingered dawn
THE DEVELOPMENT OF EUREOPEAN PAINTING AVANT/GARDE – Jean Arp, an career influenced by various groups of artists
JEAN ARP 1/3 – He was born a German citizen, and died French. When he spoke in German, he referred to himself as “Hans”, and when he spoke in French he referred to himself as “Jean”. He was born in Strasbourg (the son of a French mother and a German father), during the period following the Franco-Prussian War. He was …
Read More »JEAN ARP (1886/1966), FRENCH PAINTER – Abstract form and colour in two and three dimensions
WHEN EACH NEW DISCOVERY IS ANOTHER MAGICAL MOMENT – Donald James Zolan: paint the magical moments of childhood
DONALD JAMES ZOLAN 1/3 – A positive man, he saw the good in every human being. He was born in Illinois on August 11, 1937, in a bungalow in the small town of Brookfield. He had a way of curious approach: when he met someone for the first time, he always used to say “Hello, I’m Donald Zolan, an artist, …
Read More »DONALD JAMES ZOLAN (1937/2009), AMERICAN PAINTER – This love and joy is reflected in his works
THE UNUSUAL LIFE OF A WOMAN NAME GERDA – The love between a painter and muse that transcends borders sexes
GERDA WEGENER 1/3 – She was born on March day, 1886. She was a Danish fashion illustrator and painter of lesbian erotica in the 1930s, she grew up in Hobro, but she left home at the age of 17 and moved to Copenhagen as a teenager to pursue her artistic interests. She worked as a successful fashion illustrator for magazines, …
Read More »GERDA WEGENER (1886/1940), DANISH PAINTER – Fashion illustrator and painter of lesbian erotica
PRANAS DOMSAITIS (1880/1965), LITHUANIAN PAINTER – The intuitive wisdom of the peasant, whit Chagall’s enchanting visions
IGNORING ALL RULES – Naoto Hattori: painting whatever comes, into stream of consciousness
NAOTO HATTORI 1/3 – Ignoring all rules, he paints whatever comes into his stream of consciousness. However, he starts each painting by making many sketches to put all his thoughts together. His vision is like a nightmare, or just a trippy dream. First, just take it in as it is and paint whatever you see in your mind with no …
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