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Constant Troyon (French, 1810 to 1865) Constant Troyon was born in Sevres and began his career as a painter of porcelain, following family tradition. By the 1830s he had abandoned this path for a life as a landscape painter, making his debut at the Salon of 1833. Troyon became one of the central artists of the Barbizon school. By 1840 he was painting with Theodore Rousseau and Jules Dupre, and in 1844 he submitted [...] Click here to continue reading. Alexandra Nechita (Romanian, American, born 1985) Born in Romania Alexandra began painting at seven years and had her first solo exhibition in Los Angeles at eight. She has been labeled “The Petite Picasso” by the press and has attracted international attention. Information courtesy of Ivey-Selkirk, May 2010. Harry G. Aitken – American, New Jersey, 1867 to 1952 Harry G. Aitken, a designer and head of the decorating department for the Onondaga Pottery Company (now Syracuse China), spent forty-four years there prior to his retirement in 1946. At that time he was supervising the largest china-decorating force in the U.S. Due to his congenial nature and his willingness to share his time and knowledge of art by giving free lessons, he was [...] Click here to continue reading. David Bates – American artist born 1952 David Bates spent his childhood in Garland, Texas, where his father took him hunting and fishing, a theme that often has been incorporated into his artwork. Both his portraits and his scenes of swamps in Louisiana, Arkansas, and east Texas convey a sense of regionalism, focusing on the people, the scenery, and the local pastimes of the area of the country where Bates lives. In many [...] Click here to continue reading. Rolf Armstrong – American Artist, 1889 to 1960 Rolf Armstrong’s glowing portraits of gorgeous film stars and vivacious girls-next-door soon established him one of the best paid commercial artists in America. Often dubbed the “Father of Pinup Art,” his very first calendar pinup, created in 1919, set a new standard for the depiction of feminine charm for over forty years. Armstrong’s art is imbued with grace, vibrancy, and life, and as a result, his [...] Click here to continue reading. John French Sloan (American, 1871 to 1951) A student of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Sloan’s early artistic career was spent as an illustrator for local newspapers in Philadelphia. In 1904, he moved to New York where his many etchings and paintings of New York City, part of the Ash Can School, led to his considerable fame. “His posters display a firm control of graphic design that continued throughout his extensive career as [...] Click here to continue reading. “The Eight” – Ashcan School The Ashcan School was a realist artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early 20th century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York’s poorer neighborhoods. In 1908, the Macbeth Gallery in New York mounted an independent exhibition of artists who became known as “The Eight,” consisting of Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, John [...] Click here to continue reading. Nicolai Ivanovich Fechin (Russian, American, 1881 to 1955) Nicolai Fechin was born in 1881 in the city of Kazan near the Volga River to a craftsman who gave his son his earliest instruction in drawing and sculpting. At fourteen, he enrolled at the Art School of Kazan, then studied at the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg, from which he eventually graduated in 1908. In just a few years, the young artist attained international success, [...] Click here to continue reading. Jack Butler Yeats, (Irish, 1871 to 1957) Jack B. Yeats, described by T. G. Rosenthal as “Ireland’s greatest visual artist (The Art of Jack B. Yeats, London, 1993, page 1), was born in 1871, the son of John Butler Yeats (1839 to 1922), painter, illustrator, and in later life the drinking companion of the Ashcan School painter John Sloan and the American collector John Quinn. Jack Yeats’ older brother was the poet, William Butler [...] Click here to continue reading. Theodore Waddell (American, born 1941) Both Montana rancher and artist, Theodore Waddell depicts the land and animals that he sees and works with on a daily basis. His work is striking evidence that the Art of the American West has evolved to include a very wide range of subjects, styles, and techniques. Waddell is a third generation Montanan who trained in the art academies far from his family roots only to return to first [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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