Henri Lebasque was a French painter born on 25 September 1865 in Maine-et-Loire, France. In 1865, Lebasque enrolled at the École régionale des beaux-arts d’Angers, studying under Leon Bonnat. The following year, Henri moved to Paris and made acquaintances with Camille Pissarro, Pierre Bonnard, Auguste Renoir, and Edouard Vuillard. Lebasque was a founding member of …
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Martin Johnson Heade was an American painter born on 11 August 1819 in Lumberville, Pennsylvania. Martin received his first artistic training from his neighbor, Edward Hicks, and his cousin Thomas Hicks, a portrait painter. Heade traveled to Europe in 1838 and settled in Rome, where he continued practicing and learning by himself. Martin Heade exhibited …
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Anton Pieck was a Dutch artist and designer best known for his fairy-tale-like works. He designed the popular Dutch theme park De Efteling. Pieck studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts as well as the Bik en Vaandrager institute. Pieck later became an art teacher from 1912 to 1920 in The Hague as well …
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Adam Lister is an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor born in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1978. Adam expressed a deep passion for painting and drawing as a child and was supported by his family in pursuing an art career. Moving to New York after high school, he studied at The School of Visual Arts, receiving a …
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Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022) the Swiss-born American inspired Pop Art artist is best known for his fun, whimsical, pioneering Pop Art sculptures. Some of the works he created over his long life and career as an artist include, Lipstick Ascending on Caterpillar Tracks (1969), Clothespin (1976), and Spoonbridge and Cherry (1988). Today, the artist’s work is …
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Peter Blake (1932-) is an English artist and one of the founders of British Pop art and the Pop art movement. One of his most famous works is On the Balcony (1955-1957). What makes the work unique is that it looks like a collage, but on further inspection the viewer can see it was painted …
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David Hockney (1937-) is a British is a painter, printmaker, and stage designer for opera and ballet, who is most well known for his Pop art style. He was born in 1937 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. David is known as one of the most influential British painters of the 20th century. He …
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Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005), the Scottish born, British Pop art artist worked making collages, graphic works, sculptures, and even mosaic murals. As one of the founders of the British Pop art movement, he is most well known for his early collage I was a Rich Man’s Plaything (1947). The Early Years and Education of Eduardo Paolozzi Born …
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Pauline Boty (1938-1966) was a British Pop art artist and the only female painter in the British Pop art movement. She was considered an “It Girl” in Swinging London, who also found work as a model, dancer, and actor on television, film, and in the theatre. Pauline Boty adored music and became part of the …
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Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) was an American Pop Art artist based in New York City. Originally creating works in Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, his works had a Western and Americana theme. Later, he became a pioneer in American Pop art, focusing on popular culture and mass media. As a teen Lichtenstein initially studied with painter Reginald …
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