by Village Copier | Feb 2, 2016 | Artist Inspiration, Uncategorized
Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), was a French Impressionist painter who is considered one of the founders of the movement. Enrolling in the studio of the academic artist Charles Gleyre, he met Claude Monet. The two would go out painting together where they developed the...
by Village Copier | Nov 16, 2015 | Artist Inspiration
Frank Stella (1936) is an American painter and printmaker noted for his work in the minimalist and post-painterly style. The youngest artist to receive a retrospective show at the MOMA NYC, his abstract geometric paintings are a reaction against an expressive use of...
by Village Copier | Nov 9, 2015 | Artist Inspiration
Solomon “Sol” LeWitt (1928–2007) was an American artist considered to be the founder of Conceptual art and Minimalism. Famous for his wall drawings and structures, he came to fame in the 1960s and has been the subject of hundreds of shows since then. He...
by Village Copier | Oct 26, 2015 | Artist Inspiration
Pablo Picasso (1881–19730) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet, and playwright. Considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is best known for co-founding the cubist movement, constructed...
by Village Copier | Oct 19, 2015 | Artist Inspiration
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) was a French painter and printmaker who was a founding member of the Post-Impressionist avant-garde group Les Nabis. Recognized for his unique use of color and complex imagery his work is know to rely less on traditional modes of pictorial...
by Village Copier | Oct 12, 2015 | Artist Inspiration
Francisco Oller (1833–1917) was a Puerto Rican visual artist. He is the only Latin American to have played a role in the development of Impressionism, and revolutionized the school of painting in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was his main source of inspiration where he...
