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Carol Brooks MacNeil (American, 1871 to 1944) Carol Brooks MacNeil studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago and assisted Lorado Taft in creating statues for the 1893 World’s Exposition. She continued her studies in Paris under the famous sculptor Frederick MacMonnies and, in 1894, married sculptor Herman A. MacNeil. She exhibited and won awards at later expositions. Information courtesy of New Orleans Auction, July 2007. Claude Michel Clodion (French, 1738 to 1814) In 1755 Clodion went to Paris and entered the workshop of his uncle Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, and upon his uncle’s death became a pupil of the noted J. B. Pigalle. In 1759 he won the grand prize for sculpture at the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture, and in 1762 went to Rome. Catherine II tried to convince him to come to work for her court in [...] Click here to continue reading. Milton Clark Avery (American, 1885 to 1965) Milton Avery was one of 20th century America’s foremost artists, known for his unique combination of color and abstraction, and his depiction of the natural world. Born in 1885 in Altmar, New York, Avery was interested in art from an early age. He studied art at the Connecticut League of Art Students in Hartford and the Art Society of Hartford, while working various factory jobs to support [...] Click here to continue reading. Ramstonev Cooperative Arts Project A New Hope, Pennsylvania cooperative group of artists comprised of Louis Stone, Charles Ramsey, and Charles Evans. Information courtesy of Alderfer Auction Company, December 2005. Herbert Bayer (Austrian/American, 1900 to 1985) Herbert Bayer was a student in the early to mid-1920s under Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus in Weimar. Though he was adept at many forms of art, he was encouraged by Gropius to specialize in graphic design.(1) He became an instructor at the Bauhaus in Dessau from the mid- to late-1920s, teaching advertising, page design, and typography. Like Gropius, Bayer immigrated to the United States after the Nazi [...] Click here to continue reading. Ben Carlton Mead (American, 1902 to 1986) Ben Carlton Mead was born in Bay City, Texas, but spent most of his childhood in Amarillo. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1926, was a staff artist for the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and taught art at Amarillo Junior College. During the Great Depression, Mead was commissioned by the WPA to do several murals throughout the Southwest, most notably in the Tucumcari [...] Click here to continue reading. Satish Gujral (Indian, born 1929) Satish Gujral was born in Jhelum, a former city in West Punjab, now Pakistan. From the ages of fourteen to nineteen, he attended the Mayo School of Art, which was the first colonial art school in Punjab since its annexation to British India in 1849. Gujral continued his education between 1944 to 1947 at the venerable Sir J. J. School of Art in Bombay. In his late twenties, Gujral [...] Click here to continue reading. Edith Anne Hamlin (American, 1902 to 1992) Edith Hamlin’s landscapes evoke the mood of the Southwest, reflecting her time spent in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Mexico. She was born in Oakland, California, and as a child lived in both Oakland and Santa Cruz. Her interest in art began while she was living in Santa Cruz and accompanied her father, Charles Hamlin, on sketching trips. Hamlin studied at the California School of [...] Click here to continue reading. Oscar Florianus Bluemner (German, American, 1867 to 1938) Oscar Bluemner Bluemner was born near Hanover, Germany, he studied painting and architecture at the Royal Academy of Design in Berlin in the early 1880s. He then traveled to America where he became one of the leading American Modernists and the subject of an important monographic retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, from October 2005 through February 2006. Information courtesy of [...] Click here to continue reading. Peter Robert Keil (German, born 1942) Peter Robert Keil is one of the leading figures in the early German Neo-Expressionist movement. Keil moved from Poland to Germany as a young boy, following the death of his father. He is best known for his dynamic use of vibrant colors, harmonius forms and vigorous lines. As a child he was intrigued by the work of Pablo Picasso, and his playful images and bright colors which offered [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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