Carmen Lozano Wifredo lam Wifredo Oscar de la Concepcion Lam y Castilla was born in December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, province of villa Clara, Cuba. His father was a Chinese immigrant and his mother a African descent. Wilfredo Lam was a afro-Cuban artist, his work is describe as unique style and characterized of hybrid figures, his artistic influences represent the African roots and Santeria. In 1916 Lam moved with part of his family to Habana, where his mother wanted him to studied law where he refuse to, instead he started to study tropical plants and botanical gardens. From 1918 to 1923 Lam studied painting at the “la academia de san Alejandro “ where he received classes from Sulroca and meet Leopoldo Romañach and Victor Manuel.
Renoir’s first exhibition was in 1864, when he was accepted to display his painting “La Esmeralda” at the Paris Salon exhibit. Several other works were produced prior to 1867, including “Diana” and “Lise.” He was forced to take a break from his art though in 1870 when he was recruited to the French Army where he participated in the Franco-Prussian War. Soon after his return to Paris, Renoir and his friends Monet, Cézanne and Edgar Degas displayed several of their works in Paris in 1874, in what is now considered as the first Impressionist exhibition. This first exhibition was not a great success though, as much of the public did not appreciate the works, known as ‘impressions’, which were not traditionally completed painting. Instead, Renoir and the other impressionists
Cubism came about during the early part of the twentieth century and Pop Art came during the late 1950’s. The Cubist movement began in Paris where there was an artistic environment. To depict the world in a new way, artists devised innovative technical methods in painting. The world events and exciting new technological inventions including the production of the car and the first airplanes drastically changed the lives of ordinary people. The advent of the motion picture also occurred during this time period.
Carlos Schwabe Part A Carlos Schwabe was famous symbolic artist which he was born on July 21st, in 1866 and died in 1926. When Carlos Schwabe moved to Geneva in Switzerland from Altona he started studying art which he got brief success there which his talent was later unlocked when he moved to Paris while he was still a young man. He developed considerable graphic skills. He soon became active in Symbolist circles winning, favour as an illustrator of mystical religious themes. His highly refined drawings and watercolours accompany texts such as Le Reve by Emile Zola While working as a wall paper designer he became familiar with symbolist artists which then lead him to usually painting mythological and allegorical topics.
In his poem, “Fishing on the Susquehanna in July,” Billy Collins emphasizes the power of art and discusses the importance of experience. Collins uses powerful, lifelike imagery when describing a painting to blur the line between real and manufactured experiences. Collins uses powerful diction that references multiple senses to describe a painting, as though he has experienced the image in question, even though he has not. Starting with the title of the poem, “Fishing on the Susquehanna in July”(1), Collins gives the impression that he has, in fact, had this experience even though he never has been, implying in the title the ability to live through other people's paintings. He goes on to state that the nearest he ever comes to fishing
In a series of visits to America, from 1930 to 1940, Rivera brought his unique vision to public spaces and galleries, enlightening and inspiring artists and laymen alike. Diego Rivera was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1886. He began to study painting
David LaChapelle David LaChapelle photographic style I would say I more of a “hyper-real and slyly subversive” and as “kitsch pop surrealism.” LaChapelle is a contemporary photographer who also has work created as an American commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, film director, and artist. Andy Warhol discovered LaChapelle in 1980 and offered David his first job shooting for interview magazine, which was the epicenter of pop culture at that time. David LaChapelle speaks to our culture by creating music videos that influences our youth to dress and be a certain way. When LaChapelle takes pictures of celebrities, it is sending us a message even if we don’t know it or not. Sometimes in his work LaChapelle can produce a lot of controversy and provocative photos.
History: The Birth of the Crocodile Who is not familiar with the Lacoste crocodile? It is one of the most famous and recognizable logos in the world. Its birth was accidental since it came from a simple bet between the members of the French tennis team in 1925.While walking through the elegant streets of the Boston , René Lacoste stopped in front of a boutique where his eye was drawn to a superb suitcase made of crocodile skin and he said to Pierre Gillou, the captain of the team, “If I win the match, you must buy me this suitcase.” In the days that followed, the story was told to a journalist and, although the French team did not win, the journalist reported the story, saying “The young Lacoste has not won his crocodile skin suitcase but he fought like a real crocodile.” As early as 1927, his friend and great sportsman, Robert George, designed a crocodile with its mouth wide open, which René Lacoste wore conspicuously on his blazer. The Beginnings of an Industry It was in 1927 that René Lacoste had made for himself a batch of shirts he said were “more comfortable to wear in the heat of the American courts.” These shirts were of a mesh material, which completely absorbed perspiration, and they caused a sensation on the courts. Lacoste’s shirt allowed freedom of movement while remaining gracefully elegant.
The Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibition entitled "The Color of my Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art" was of great interest to me because of the focus it lent on surrealist art, what it means and how one can interpret it. Aside from all the false connotations and endless discussions lent to various surrealist art pieces during the years, the essential expression within surrealist art is not really one to just please the public, but it is a personal statement or vision about the artist and in this lies its greatest value, to allow the escape and freedom that the artist yearns for. This may be freedom from a specific problem, feeling or indeed freedom from all reality. "The Color of my Dreams" exhibition featured works by Salvador Dali, one of my favorite surrealist artists. His most well known is "The Persistence of Memory", is pictured below.
His wild sketches became unnoticed until he was 17 years old. Due to his driving passion, 17 year old Gaultier mailed his sketches to powerhouse Pierre Cardin. Without hesitation, Gaultier quit school after being offered to work as an assistant at Cardin’s Paris studio in 1970, at age 18. After briefly working for Pierre Cardin, he began working for Jacques Esterel in 1971. It was during his time working with Esterel that Jean Paul Gaultier learnt what was eventually to become his signature style.