René Magritte was a famous Belgian painter associated with the Surrealism art movement. He is best known for his surreal, sometimes humorous images that place objects in weird contexts and use visual trickery. Famous Rene Magritte artworks include “The Son of Man", “The Treachery of Images", "Golconda", "Time Transfixed", "Not to Be Reproduced", "The Human Condition", … [Read more...] about René Magritte Quotes about Art
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Hans Hofmann Quotes about Art
Hans Hofmann was a famous German-born American painter and art teacher associated with the Abstraction Expressionism art movement. He is best known for his abstract expressionist paintings dealing with color relationships, shapes, texture and paint. Famous Hans Hofmann artworks include “Pompeii", “Auxerre", "The Gate", "The Golden Wall", "Deep Within the Ravine", "The … [Read more...] about Hans Hofmann Quotes about Art
Isamu Noguchi Quotes about Sculpture
Isamu Noguchi was a famous American sculptor, furniture designer and landscape architect. He is best known for his public sculptures, landscaped gardens and various iconic furniture designs which are still produced today. Famous Isamu Noguchi artworks include “Radio Nurse", “Lunar Landscape", "Sky Viewing Sculpture", "The Cry", "Noguchi Coffee Table", "Red Cube", "Even the … [Read more...] about Isamu Noguchi Quotes about Sculpture
Barbara Hepworth Quotes about Art
Barbara Hepworth was a famous 20th century British sculptor and printmaker. She is best known for her modernist abstract sculptures, natural stone forms, and for opening up her sculptures to show the insides of the work. Famous Barbara Hepworth artworks include "Mother and Child", "Two Forms (Divided Circle)", “Landscape Sculpture", “Pierced Hemisphere", "Oval Form (Trezion)", … [Read more...] about Barbara Hepworth Quotes about Art
Ben Nicholson Quotes about Art
Ben Nicholson was a famous British painter and draftsman. He is best known for his paintings and reliefs that blurred the lines between still life and abstraction. Famous Ben Nicholson artworks include "1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall)", "April 57 (Arbia 2)", "Sept 53 (Balearic)", “1934-6 (Painting - Still Life)", “August 1956 (Val d'Orcia)", "1936 (White Relief)", "July 27-53 … [Read more...] about Ben Nicholson Quotes about Art
Henry Moore Quotes about Art
Henry Moore was a famous English sculptor and draftsman associated very loosely with abstraction and surrealism. He is best known for his monumental sculptures of the abstracted human form. Famous Henry Moore artworks include “Large Two Forms", “Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5”, "Large Reclining Figure", "Family Group", "King and Queen", "Nuclear Energy", "Recumbent Figure", … [Read more...] about Henry Moore Quotes about Art
Jean Arp Quotes about Art
Jean Arp or Hans Arp was a famous German born French sculptor, poet and painter associated with dada, surrealism and abstraction. He is best known for his sculpture that has been broken down to its simplest forms, to rounded abstract objects that point towards nature, the human figure, and organic forms. Famous Jean Arp artworks include “Human Concretion", “Shirt Front and … [Read more...] about Jean Arp Quotes about Art
Fernand Léger Quotes about Art
Fernand Léger was a famous French painter, sculptor and printmaker associated with cubism, purism and modernism. He is best known for his stylized works, with thick black outlines, and often used bright primary colors. Famous Fernand Leger artworks include “La Femme en Bleu (Woman in Blue)", “Still Life with a Beer Mug”, "The Railway Crossing", "Soldier with a Pipe", … [Read more...] about Fernand Léger Quotes about Art
Alexander Calder Quotes about Art
Alexander Calder was a famous American abstract sculptor. He is best known for his mobile kinetic sculptures, his wire portraits and enlarged outdoor monumental sculptures. Famous Alexander Calder artworks include “Devil Fish", “Arc of Petals", "Red Mobile", "La Grande Vitesse", "Autumn Leaves", "Poisson volant (Flying Fish)", "Trois Disques", "Floating Clouds" and "Lily of … [Read more...] about Alexander Calder Quotes about Art
Georges Rouault Quotes about Art
Georges Rouault was a famous French painter, watercolorist and printmaker loosely associated with the fauvist and expressionist art movements. He is best known for his emotion-filled clowns, ladies of the night and religious figures. Famous Georges Rouault artworks include “The Old King", “Slaughter”, "The Three Judges", "The Clown", "Christ Mocked by Soldiers", "Two Nudes (The … [Read more...] about Georges Rouault Quotes about Art