A brief examination of the strange and forward looking art of Albert Pinkham Ryder. Continue reading
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Local pop artist has modern influences
Anthony Reans via Local pop artist has modern influences. An article about a Louisiana artist and his modernist, pop art influences. I’ve always found information about artists outside the elitist art mob areas of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles very interesting, especially when it comes to smaller towns and cities. To visit Anthony Reans … Continue reading
A Note on Varieties of Modernism
I have read some of Varieties of Modernism, edited by Paul Wood. This is one of a series of four books primarily used at universities in teaching modern art history. Varieties of Modernism covers 20th century modernity in art and purports to be a book of art history. If one wonders why students these days … Continue reading
20th Century Art: Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky (Dec. 16, 1866 – Dec. 13, 1944) “Of all the arts, abstract painting is the most difficult. It demands that you know how to draw well, that you have a heightened sensitivity for composition and for colors, and that you be a true poet. This last is essential.“ This quote of Kandinsky follows … Continue reading
