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David Hockney is considered one of the most influential living artists. He contributed heavily to the pop art movement in the 1960s and is still active today. He works in many mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, set… Continue Reading →
Maurice de Vlaminck was born in Paris in 1876 to a pair of music teachers. Vlaminck learned violin from his father early in life and had many artistic interests, including poetry and (gasp!) writing light pornographic stories. In Vlaminck’s early… Continue Reading →
William Blake was unrecognized during his life and considered mad by most of his contemporaries. The London-born artist was critical of organized religion and held many idiosyncratic views for his day. Despite this, he was a self-proclaimed Christian which inspired… Continue Reading →
Jan Havickszoon Steen lived and painted during the Dutch Golden Age. Jan’s family brewed ale and operated a small tavern in the south of Holland. His father eventually leased him a tavern of his own, though he never quite got… Continue Reading →
The painter Rafaello Saanzio da Urbino (Raphael) spent his early life studying beneath the Umbrial school leader, Perugino. Eventually, the young artist would leave the province of Umbria, settling in Florence during the height of notoriety of two other creative… Continue Reading →