Jacob Lawrence is a famous African-American artist. He is best known for his depictions of black culture in America. Famous Jacob Lawrence works include “In the North the Negro had better educational facilities”, "Harriet Tubman Series", “Pool Parlor” and "Blind Beggars". Mini biography: Born Jacob Armstead Lawrence on the 7th of September, 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, … [Read more...] about Jacob Lawrence Quotes on Art
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Mark Rothko Quotes on Art
Mark Rothko is a famous American Abstract Expressionist painter. He is best known for his large scale color field abstract paintings that dealt with some of the most elemental aspects of a picture like color and composition. Famous Mark Rothko works include “Black in Deep Red”, "White Center", “Orange and Tan” and many of his late period paintings were simply called … [Read more...] about Mark Rothko Quotes on Art
Jeff Koons Quotes on Art
Jeff Koons is an American conceptual artist who works with a team of artists to create his works. He is best known for his pop culture inspired works of celebrities and everyday items that sell for record prices at art auctions worldwide. He has produced paintings, sculptures, prints, found objects, major outdoor works, and works on paper. Famous Jeff Koons works include … [Read more...] about Jeff Koons Quotes on Art
Georgia O’Keeffe Quotes on Art
Georgia O'Keeffe was an American painter of abstracted floral forms and the arid landscapes of New Mexico. She is best known for her large abstract paintings and collages. She produced paintings, watercolors, prints, and works on paper. Famous Georgia O'Keeffe paintings include “Jimson Weed”, “Blue and Green Music”, “Ram's Head White Hollyhock and Little Hills”, “Red Canna”, … [Read more...] about Georgia O’Keeffe Quotes on Art
Lee Krasner Quotes on Art
Lee Krasner was an American abstract expressionist painter who was married to Jackson Pollock. She is best known for her large abstract paintings and collages. She produced paintings, collages, prints, and works on paper. Famous Lee Krasner paintings include “Imperative”, “Gold Stone”, “Polar Stampede”, “Number 3 (Untitled)”, and “Night Creatures”. Mini biography: Born … [Read more...] about Lee Krasner Quotes on Art
Franz Kline Quotes on Art
Franz Kline was an American abstract painter linked to the abstract expressionist movement and the action painters. He is best known for his gestural black strokes of paint on white backgrounds which are almost calligraphic in nature. He produced paintings, collages, and works on paper. Famous Franz Kline paintings include “Shenandoah”, “Flanders”, “Green Cross”, “New York, … [Read more...] about Franz Kline Quotes on Art
Jackson Pollock Quotes on Art
Jackson Pollock was one of the leading abstract expressionist artists of the twentieth century. He is best known for his large scale abstract drip paintings that were created on the ground, horizontally, using his own drip technique. He produced paintings and works on paper. Famous Jackson Pollock paintings include “Troubled Queen”, “Male and Female”, “Alchemy”, "Blue Poles", … [Read more...] about Jackson Pollock Quotes on Art
Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes about Art
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a Neo-expressionist painter who brought the street into the art gallery. He first started being noticed with his SAMO graffiti tags that he and fellow graffiti artist Al Diaz placed around the streets of downtown Manhattan. Basquiat was an art star for a brief moment while he was alive but unfortunately his life ended prematurely. His works have sold … [Read more...] about Jean-Michel Basquiat Quotes about Art
Cy Twombly Quotes on Art
Cy Twombly is one of the highest selling artists in recent times and has influenced many contemporary painters. Twombly is known for his large gestural works that are part scribble and part calligraphy. His earlier works were much more incoherent scribbles or very uniform in nature, but his later works were much more refined and ordered yet still very free and expressive. The … [Read more...] about Cy Twombly Quotes on Art
James Rosenquist Quotes
James Rosenquist was one of the leading pop artists of the twentieth century. Along with contemporaries like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein they used images from popular culture and turned them into fine art. Rosenquist used his background as a commercial artist who painted large billboard advertising images to create his big, bold and powerful pop art paintings. He produced … [Read more...] about James Rosenquist Quotes