Imogen Pettyfer

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Blog Post 5: Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo was not just an influential artist but one of the most determined individuals I have ever heard of. In Kahlo’s young life she suffered from polio. This life-threatening disease was the…

Blog Post 4: Yves Tanguy

Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy was a French-born American painter. Before his career as a Surrealist painter, he joined the Merchant Marine in 1918. This was during the first world war as a ship…

Blog Post 3: Camille Pissarro

French Impressionist painter, Camille Pissarro, was a significant artist during his lifetime. (from 1830 to 1903). He is one of the oldest and most methodical artists of the impressionist movement and was often…

Blog Post 2: Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich was a German landscape painter for the Romanticism Movement of the nineteenth century. As a young boy, he often encountered death through his family. First his mother died when he…

Blog Post 1: Parmigianino

Parmigianino’s meticulous style went a long way to be a part of how Italian art was finally accepted in high society. In contrast to current and traditional beauty of the time, Parmigianino preferred…