Edward Hopper (born – 22nd July in 1882, died – 15th May in 1967), is one of the most prominent 20th century American Realist painters, born to a middle-class family…
A French painter who spearheaded the Realist Movement against Romantic paintings of his time, Gustave Courbet was a prominent name during the mid-nineteenth century. Courbet went to Paris from a…
Karnataka is a state in the south-western region of India, rich in terms of culture, language traditions, art, craft, and architecture. It has been home to some of the most…
“You’ll grow in the ghetto livin’ second-rate and your eyes will sing a song called deep hate” rap Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five in their 1982 debut anthem. The…
Artist Subodh Gupta, considered the precursor of contemporary art in India, was born in an Indian town called Bihar in 1964. Gupta and his family lived most of their lives…
Pierre Auguste Renoir, a founding member of the Impressionist movement was born in 1841 in south-west France. He started out working in a porcelain factory painting designs on fine china…
Zaha Hadid, also known as Dame Zaha Hadid, was the first woman to have been awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004. Having studied for a bachelor’s degree in mathematics…
A French painter and an art patron, Gustave Caillebotte is closely associated with the impressionist movement. Although he was a strong advocate of impressionism and adopted impressionist techniques, his work…
Known for his surrealistic and avant-garde paintings, Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, has had a significant impact on modern society and history. Artist Salvador Dali’s paintings are the memories…
Art has always been, and will always be, the precursor of change in civilizations and, these are brought about by the artists who create small changes that lead to movements…
Trying to challenge and break the norm is one of the common goals of an artist as art is one of the media to deliver critics and that is what…
The artist Edward Hildebrandt Carl Gustav Roddenbury was born in August 1830 in the old city of Gdańsk which is now modern Poland. Artistically inclined, he began his journey under…