Month November 2019

Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo is a famous Mexican painter, born July 6, 1907. Frida is often referred to as a surrealist and was known for her paintings of self portraits. She dealt with themes like self-identity, body image and death…. Continue Reading →

Robert Motherwell Robert Motherwell was an American abstract expressionist painter, who was one the first artist to have properties in his work that were accidental. Robert at only eleven years old received a scholarship to study art but actually preferred… Continue Reading →

Fernand Leger Fernand Leger was a French painter born in 1881, who is considered to be a Cubist, though more specifically his art is described as “machine art”. This style used bold colours to model mechanistic forms. He started off… Continue Reading →

Emil Nolde Emil Nolde was a German expressionist painter, born in 1867. He was famous for making violent religious works, and foreboding landscapes. He started off as a woodcutter but later formally studied art in Paris where he was invited… Continue Reading →

Rebelling Through Typography During the 1920’s people were still fresh from the suffering and loss from the war, this lead to a new art movement starting to emerge called the Dada Movement. This movement was all about anti-establishment, a sort… Continue Reading →