Art History Artist of the Week
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Who: Jackson Pollock
What (style): Abstract Expressionism When: 1950 Where: United States Jackson Pollock, Number 31, 1950: https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6162/6137314821_cfed990f25_b.jpg (Artist): Romare Beardon What (Style): Collage When: 1964 Where: USA Title: The Dove http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/downloads/pdfs/Resource_Guide_Chapters/ PictAmer_Resource_Book_Chapter_17B.pdf Who (Artist): Louise Nevelson What (Style): Assemblage When: 1960 Where: US Title: Royal Tide 1 Who (Artist): Georges Braques What (Style): Cubism When: 1929 Where: France Title: Still Life: Le Jour Who (Artist): Robert Rauschenberg What (Style): "Combines" (combining painting & painting) When: 1955 Where: America Title: "Bed" Oil and pencil on pillow, quilt, and sheet on wood supports, 6' 3 1/4" x 31 1/2" x 8" (191.1 x 80 x 20.3 cm) http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/robert-rauschenberg-bed-1955 Who (Artist): Albert Pinkham Ryder What (Style): Tonalism When: 1896 Where: New York Title: Race Track (Death Rides a Pale Horse) Oil on canvas 27 3/4 x 35 1/8 in. (70.5 x 89.2 cm) Cleveland Museum of Art http://artchive.com/artchive/r/ryder/race_track.jpg.html Who: Artist Unknown (Yombe group, Kongo People) What (style): Nkisi Nkondia (African Power Figure) When: 19th century Where: Zaire, Africa https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/africa-ap/a/nkisi-nkondi Who: Leonardo da Vinci What (style): Italian High Renaissance When: 1503-1506 Where: Italy Title: Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Mona_Lisa%2C_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci%2C_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg/687px-Mona_Lisa%2C_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci%2C_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg Who: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) What (style): Italian High Renaissance When: Between 1509 and 1511 Where: Italy Title: The School of Athens (Italian: Scuola di Atene) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Raphael_School_of_Athens.jpg Who (Artist): Marcel Duchamp What (Style): "Assisted Readymades" When: Original 1913 (Lost) Third Version 1951 Where: USA Title: Bicycle Wheel https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/marcel-duchamp-bicycle-wheel-new-york-1951-third-version-after-lost-original-of-1913 Who: Jackson Pollock What (style): Abstract Expressionism When: 1950 Where: United States Jackson Pollock, Number 31, 1950: https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6162/6137314821_cfed990f25_b.jpg Who: Ulysses Davis What (style): Outsider Art (Folk Art) When: 1913-1990 Where: Savannah, Georgia Title: "Lost Tribe in Swamp with Alligators" https://redtreetimes.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/ulysses-davis-lost-tribe-in-the-swamp-with-alligators.jpg Who: Frida Kahlo What (Style) Surrealism When: 1940 Where: Mexico Title: Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.galleryintell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/frida-kahlo_self-portrait-with-hummingbird1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.galleryintell.com/artex/self-portrait-thorn-necklace-hummingbird-frida-kahlo/&h=1314&w=1000&tbnid=R5xjgGvfo27trM:&vet=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=94&docid=uZQLTMF1wD-ykM&itg=1&usg=__ZzGjMaG4_sMIJCXnn9DAi-qdSTs=&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOhdPbwtvRAhUSl5AKHa2fDNoQ_B0IcTAK Who (Artist): Yves Klein What (Style): Conceptual Art When: 1964 Where: France Title: The Specialization of Sensibility in the Raw Material State into Stabilized Pictorial Sensibility, The Void https://www.google.com/search?q=yves+klein+the+void&safe=strict&biw=1366&bih=667&source= lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOjOvHjbbKAhVDyT4KHTBfAmUQ_ AUIBygC#imgrc=BkPs9h8RCQ39qM%3A Who (Artist): Man Ray (Style): Dada When: 1921 Where: France Title: Cadeau (serie II) https://360ciel.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/img_0479.jpg Who (Artist): Georges Braques What (Style): Cubism When: 1929 Where: France Title: Still Life: Le Jour Who (Artist): Marcel Duchamp What (Style): "Readymades" When: Original 1913 (Lost) Third Version 1951 Where: USA Title: Bicycle Wheel Who (Artist): Frank Gehry What (Style): Modern Architecture When: 2000 Where: USA Title: Disney Concert Hall Who (Artist): Joseph Beuys What (Style): Conceptual Art When: 1964 Where: Germany Title: Fat Chair Material: fat, wax, wire, wooden chair Dimensions: 94.5 x 41.6 cm http://www.wikiart.org/en/joseph-beuys/fat-chair-1964-1 Who (Artist): Albert Pinkham Ryder What (Style): Tonalism When: 1896 Where: New York Title: Race Track (Death Rides a Pale Horse) Oil on canvas 27 3/4 x 35 1/8 in. (70.5 x 89.2 cm) Cleveland Museum of Art http://artchive.com/artchive/r/ryder/race_track.jpg.html Who (Artist): Joseph Cornell What (Style): Surrealism When: 1942 Where: New York Title: A Pantry Ballet (for Jacques Offenbach) Wood, plastic, paper, and metal.10 1/2 x 18 1/8 x 6 inches (26.67 x 46.05 x 15.24 cm) http://nelson-atkins.org/collections/iscroll-objectview.cfm?id=6817 Who (Artist): Albert Bierstadt What (Style): Realism When: 1865 Where: America Title: Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Looking_Down_Yosemite-Valley.jpg Who (Artist): Méret Oppenheim What (Style): Surrealism When: 1936 Where: Germany Title: Object Le Déjeuner en fourrure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ret_Oppenheim#mediaviewer/File:M%C3%A9ret_Oppenheim_Object.jpg Who (Artist): Robert Rauschenberg What (Style): "Combines" (combining painting & painting) When: 1955 Where: America Title: "Bed" Oil and pencil on pillow, quilt, and sheet on wood supports, 6' 3 1/4" x 31 1/2" x 8" (191.1 x 80 x 20.3 cm) http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/robert-rauschenberg-bed-1955 |