Margaret Olley was a famous Australian painter and philanthropist. She is best known for her intimate interiors and still life paintings. Famous Margaret Olley artworks include “Chinese Screen with Still Life", “Marigolds and Limes”, "Still Life with Leaves", "Ranunculus and Pears", "Late Afternoon", "Portrait in the Mirror", "Clivias", "Wildflowers in the Kitchen", "Yellow … [Read more...] about Margaret Olley Quotes on Art
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Edouard Vuillard Quotes on Art
Édouard Vuillard was a famous French Post-Impressionist artist associated with the Les Nabis group of painters. He is best known for his paintings of interiors and for portraits of people in their homes. Famous Edouard Vuillard artworks include “The Seamstresses", “In the Waiting Room”, "Arthur Fontaine Reading", "Venus de Milo", "Morning in the Garden, Clos Cezanne", "The … [Read more...] about Edouard Vuillard Quotes on Art
Pierre Bonnard Quotes on Art
Pierre Bonnard was a famous French Post-Impressionist artist associated with the Les Nabis group of painters. He is best known for his interiors and female nudes in the bath. Famous Pierre Bonnard artworks include “Table Set in a Garden", “Woman with Cat”, "The Mimosa Workshop", "The Bowl of Milk", "The Terrace at Vernon", "Siesta", "Nude Against the Light", "Dining Room in the … [Read more...] about Pierre Bonnard Quotes on Art
Marcel Duchamp Quotes on Art
Marcel Duchamp was a famous French conceptual artist. He is best known for his readymade artworks like the urinal that he signed R. Mutt. and for abandoning art to play chess. Famous Marcel Duchamp artworks include “Fountain", “L.H.O.O.Q.”, "The Large Glass", "Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2", "Nude (Study), Sad Young Man on a Train", "Coffee Mill", "Bottle Rack", "Bicycle … [Read more...] about Marcel Duchamp Quotes on Art
Robert Rauschenberg Quotes on Art
Robert Rauschenberg was a famous American pop artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and photographer. He is best known for his Neo-Dadaist or pop art paintings, collages, prints and combines which combined painting and sculpture. Famous Robert Rauschenberg paintings include “Canyon", “Bed”, "Retroactive II", "Studio Painting", "Buffalo II", "Monogram", "Erased de Kooning … [Read more...] about Robert Rauschenberg Quotes on Art
Jasper Johns Quotes on Art
Jasper Johns is a famous American painter, printmaker and sculptor. He is best known for his US flag paintings, targets, and his letters and numbers works. Famous Jasper Johns paintings include “White Flag", “Three Flags”, "0 through 9", "Target with Four Faces", "Corpse and Mirror II", "Painting With Two Balls", "False Start", and "Between the Clock and the Bed". Mini … [Read more...] about Jasper Johns Quotes on Art
Ernest Hemingway Quotes and Life
Ernest Hemingway was a famous American writer, novelist, journalist and essayist. He is best known for his novels which have gone on to become classics of American literature. Famous Ernest Hemingway books include “In Our Time”, "The Sun Also Rises", "A Farewell to Arms", “To Have and Have Not”, "For Whom the Bell Tolls", and "The Old Man and the Sea". Mini biography: Born … [Read more...] about Ernest Hemingway Quotes and Life
Nick Cave Quotes about Music
Nick Cave is a famous Australian born musician, songwriter, poet, and singer. He is best known for being the singer in the Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds bands. Popular Nick Cave albums include “Kicking Against the Pricks", “The Good Son”, "Henry's Dream", "Let Love In", "Murder Ballads", "The Boatman's Call", "No More Shall We Part", "Push the Sky Away", and … [Read more...] about Nick Cave Quotes about Music
Chuck Close Quotes on Art
Chuck Close was a famous American realist painter, printmaker and photographer. He is best known for his large format portraits that range from photorealistic through to pixelated, almost abstractions of the face. Famous Chuck Close paintings include “Mark", “Big Self-Portrait”, "Kate Moss", "Fanny/Fingerpainting", "Phil", "Francesco", "John", and "Lucas". Mini biography: … [Read more...] about Chuck Close Quotes on Art
Francisco Goya Quotes on Art
Francisco Goya was a famous Spanish painter, draftsman and printmaker. He is best known for his court works, iconic works like his May Second and May Third paintings, his shocking war etchings, and his late darker works where he explores the depravity of mankind and the monsters of his imagination. Famous Francisco Goya paintings include “Yard with Lunatics", “La maja desnuda”, … [Read more...] about Francisco Goya Quotes on Art
Andrew Wyeth Quotes on Art
Andrew Wyeth was a famous American realist painter. He is best known for his realist works of rural scenes, usually with a figure, object, or animal in it. His unusual compositions tend to add to the understated drama of his work. Famous Andrew Wyeth paintings include “Christina's World", “Winter Fields”, "Pennsylvania Landscape", "Sea Boots", "Public Sale", "Braids", "Henry … [Read more...] about Andrew Wyeth Quotes on Art
Peter Tosh Quotes on Reggae Music
Peter Tosh was a famous Jamaican reggae singer. He is best known for being a part of the Bob Marley and the Wailers group between 1963-1976 and for his successful solo career where he made much more hardcore protest songs. Popular Peter Tosh albums include “Legalize It", “Equal Rights”, "Bush Doctor", "Mystic Man", "Wanted Dread & Alive", "Mama Africa", and "No Nuclear … [Read more...] about Peter Tosh Quotes on Reggae Music
Rembrandt Quotes on Art
Rembrandt was a famous Dutch master painter, draftsman and printmaker. He is best known for his probing self portraits, mythical, biblical and historical scenes. Rembrandt was also a master printmaker and produced many etchings and drawings. Famous Rembrandt paintings include “The Prodigal Son in the Brothel", “Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar”, "Bathsheba at Her … [Read more...] about Rembrandt Quotes on Art