Category Archives: Artist

Two Artists That Were Masters of Protest

Caricature, Romanticism, Expressionism, Dada, and Social Realism are the labels scholars have pinned on the art of social comment. Yet the works that continue to interest us are those of individual artists who have pressed beyond the strictures of any … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Presents a Day with Salvador Dali and the Surrealist’s

For your art information, we’ll center on Salvador Dali today. There were two major influences on the artist, Salvador Dali.  One was Sigmund Freud, and the other was Surrealism.  It was Freud’s ideas on the unconscious mind and dream interpretations … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Presents the Ashcan School~Apostles of Ugliness

We’re proud to present information at the art center about the Ashcan School, contemptibly know as the Apostles of Ugliness. Having spurned academic painting and Impressionism as an art, Robert Henri wanted ‘paint to be as real as mud, as … Continue reading →

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Maria Howard Weeden Portrayed the Era of Her Time With Watercolors

The Civil War left Maria Howard Weeden impoverished.  However being talented and accomplished at drawing, Howard (the professional name she used), made a unique contribution to an era in the history of the South with her watercolor portraits. In 1893, … Continue reading →

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When Art Meets Social and Political Conditions: Social Realists

During the 1930s, there were many groups of art styles and “isms” working in varied ways.  The Stieglitz group, abstract artists, regionalists, social realists, and Expressionists were captivating the art world.  Social conscious art persisted for several decades.  The Great … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Presents Two More Artists From the Hudson River School

Art Center Information presents two more great landscape artists from the Hudson River School.  The artwork below represents Jasper Francis Cropsey and Sanford Robinson Gifford.   Jasper Francis Cropsey was trained as an architect but eventually became a noted artist … Continue reading →

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Frederick Edwin Church: For a Period, the Highest Paid Living American Artist

In 1909, Frederic Church’s painting, The Heart of the Andes, sold to Margaret Dows, widow of David Dows, for $10,000.00.  At that time it was the highest amount ever paid a living American artist. In 1859, Church introduced the huge … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Shines Light on the Hudson River School Artists

The discussion at  Art Center Information centers on light as used by the Hudson River School artists, often termed the Luminists. Many of the colleagues at the Hudson River School began painting scenes of New England and the Hudson River … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Visits Still Life Artists of the 19th Century

Life’s transient reminders of things past such as, worn out objects, rough and scrumbled surfaces, cut flowers on a table, a broken wine cork, fruit in a basket and more makeup the models of still life.  With origins in the … Continue reading →

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