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- Liu Guosong’s Blue Moon Landscape was Sold for 4.88 Million HongKong Dollars at Sotheby Auction
- Liu Guosong (1932 - ) is a contemporary Taiwan painter and educator born in Anhui province. He advocates “the modernization of traditional Chinese painting” and strives for the popularization of moder ......
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- A photographic Work by a European Double Artists Group was Sold for about 1.15 Million Pounds
- Double artists group “Gilbert and George” is combined by Gilbert Proesch (1943 - ) from Italy and George Passmore (1942 - ) from British. This group is famous for their artworks based on photography w ......
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- Wuhan Rongbao House Art Gallery
- ... stick, ink slab and paper), famous calligraphy and painting, artistic drawing ...
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- Beijing Meimen Art Gallery
- ... gallery);November, 2014, “Remote Clarity” Famous Russian Oil Painting Exhibit ......
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- “Man and Sword Becomes One” in Art
- ... ?Why I can’t be famous?These are questions troubling many ... is a common feature of famous modern paintings, that is, the ...
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- Chen Yifei
- Chen Yifei (1946-2005; Chinese name 陈逸飞), a famous Chinese painter and visual artist, was a key figure in the history of the development of Chinese oil painting and also the most famous Chinese painter among the western world. Taking Chinese elements as his subjects, Chen’s realistic works are filled with strong classical nostalgia and romantic feelings, especially those blue and lonely women who wear traditional clothes. By interpreting new conceptions about modernity and lifestyles, the p ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Chen-Yifei-Artist-1640/
- Edward Hopper
- Edward Hopper, 1882-1967, was a prominent American realist painter, was most popularly known for his oil paintings, and equally proficient as a watercolorist. Significant paintings by Edward Hopper are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Des Moines Art Center, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1924, the oil painting titled "Hotel Window (1956)" was sold for $7,000; In 1999, it grow to around $10 million; In 2006, it sold for $26.89 million. East Wind Over We ......
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- Jackson Pollock
- Paul Jackson Pollock, 1912-1956, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting. In 2004, One: Number 31 was ranked the 8th most influential piece of modern art in a poll of 500 artists, curators, critics, and dealers. In 2000, the artist was the subject of an Academy Award-winning film Pollock. In 2006, No. 5, 1948 became the world's most expensive painting, when it was sold for the sum ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Jackson-Pollock-Artist-1649/
- Pablo Picasso
- Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, was a Spanish painter, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Among Picasso paintings,the most famous are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, and Guernica (1937). Several oil paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world. Garçon à la pipe was sold for US$104 million in 2004. In 2010, Green Leaves and Bust was sold for $106.5 million. He remained the t ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Pablo-Picasso-Artist-1655/
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Roy Fox Lichtenstein, 1923-1997, was an American pop artist, a leading figure in the new art movement. Lichtenstein painting defined the basic premise of pop art through parody. He favored the comic strip as his main inspiration. Whaam! and Drowning Girl are generally regarded as the most famous and influential Lichtenstein art. In 2010 his cartoon-style 1964 painting Ohhh...Alright..., was sold at a record of US $42.6m. In 2012 the comic painting Sleeping Girl was sold $44.8 million a ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Roy-Lichtenstein-Artist-1659/
- Robert Smithson
- Robert Smithson, 1938 – 1973, famous American artist using photography in relation to sculpture and installation art, in movement of land art. His most famous work is Spiral Jetty (1970), a 1,500-foot (460 m) long spiral-shaped jetty extending into the Great Salt Lake in Utah. In 2015, documentary film "Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art" contains rare footage and interviews with Smithson and other 2 artists, Troublemakers was one of twelve documentary films selected by th ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Robert-Smithson-Artist-1679/
- Wu Guanzhong
- Wu Guanzhong (1919.8.29-2010.6.25, Chinese name 吴冠中), born in the city of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, China, was a contemporary Chinese painter, and an educator of modern painting. He taught at China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and won many honors at home and abroad, for example, Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, corresponding academician of Académie des Beaux-Arts. The artist was famous for both his artistic achievements and his moral character. He had published more than 40 alb ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Wu-Guanzhong-Artist-1675/
- Wu Zuoren
- Wu Zuoren (1908.11.3-1997.4.9, Chinese name 吴作人), born in the city of Suzhou, was a contemporary Chinese artist famous for oil painting and traditional Chinese painting. He was the chairman of China Artists Association and the Dean of China Academy of Fine Arts, and was also in charge of other positions. He was honored with “Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture and a top level Belgian royal honorary order. Between 1966 and 1972, due to the ongoing G ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Wu-Zuoren-Artist-1674/
- Chu Teh-Chun
- Chu Teh-Chun (1920.5.22-2014.3.26, Chinese name 朱德群) was a Chinese-French painter who was born in Xiao County, Anhui Province. He was the first academician of Chinese origin in the Académie des Beaux-Arts. The famous Chinese painter Wu Guanzhong claimed him to be “the one who has influenced my whole life”. The artist held more than 50 exhibitions at home and abroad. His works are collected by Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Saint Louis University, Musée royal d'art moderne à Bruxe ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Chu-Teh-Chun-Artist-1669/
- Zao Wou-Ki
- Zao Wou-Ki (1921.2.13-2013.4.9, Chinese name 赵无极) was a French-Chinese painter who was born in Beijing. He was awarded “Praemium Imperiale Award for Painting” by the Japanese Art Association, Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur, academician of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and many other honors. He held more than 160 solo exhibitions in over 100 countries. His works were highly appreciated and recommended by French President Chirac. In his early days, he studied with Lin Fengmian, a famous Chin ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zao-Wou-Ki-Artist-1668/
- Yue Minjun
- Yue Minjun (1962- ; Chinese name 岳敏君), a famous contemporary Chinese painter who was born in the city of Daqing, has held many solo exhibitions at home and abroad. His works are collected by many museums at home and abroad, for example, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Francois Mitterrand Cultural Center. His typical male images that close their eyes and smile exaggeratively with their mouth wide open are regarded as a kind of nationalization and marketization. They are often connect ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Yue-Minjun-Artist-1665/
- Qi Baishi
- Qi Baishi (1864.1.1-1957.9.16; Chinese name 齐白石), also called Qi Chunzhi previously, was a modern master of traditional Chinese painting who was born in Xiangtan County, the city of Changsha, Hunan Province in Qing Dynasty. Picasso once praised him to be an outstanding Chinese painter. In his early years, he was a carpenter and later made a living by selling paintings. He settled down in Beijing when he was 57 years old. Qi Baishi was good at painting flowers and birds, worms, landscape and ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Qi-Baishi-Artist-1657/
- Yang Xiyuan
- Yang Xiyuan, born in 1945 in Beijing, Contemporary Traditional Chinese painter, and Member of Artist Association of Shanxi Province. Due to his family’s nurturing, he was fascinated by Chinese ink painting since his childhood, and was coached by Li Keran and Liu Haisu later; the style of his works tends to be decorative. In 1987, he studied in Senior Workshop of Academy of Chinese Painting (directly subordinate to the Ministry of Culture). In 1988, his on-site painting was collected in the Great ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Yang-Xiyuan-Artist-1883/
- Liu Yuzhu
- Liu Yuzhu (1967.4 - ) is a contemporary Chinese traditional painter who was born in Cangzhou, Heibei province. His pen name is Tian Shi. He is a member of council at the Artists Association in Gansu Province; and vice president of the Artists Association in the city of Baiyin; director of the Traditional Chinese Painting Art Committee; as well as first rank art committee member of the Artist Department, China Talent Research which is under the charge of the Ministry of Personnel; and is The Nati ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Liu-Yuzhu-Artist-1981/
- Zhao Junzhong
- Zhao Junzhong (1972 - ) is a contemporary Chinese painter who is good at oil painting, was student of famous oil painter Chen Yifei. ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zhao-Junzhong-Artist-323/
- Zheng Xingye
- Zheng Xingye (1949 - ) is a contemporary Chinese painter who is good at traditional Chinese painting. The artist is student of famous painter Liu Haisu. He holds positions in several government run art institutions and folk art organizations. The contemporary artist has taken part in many art exhibitions at home and abroad and won awards. Zheng Xingye’s works are already collected by organizations and collectors. ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zheng-Xingye-Artist-386/
- Andrey
- Andrey Grintsevich was born in 1956 in Ulyanovsk within a modest family of a retired military man. His four elder brothers and a younger sister were his dearest childhood companions which Andrey remained affected to throughout his entire life, despite its most challenging times. During his school studies he became interested in drawing, making copies of book illustrations and reproductions, elaborating his own romantic style and expressing in this way his dreams about travels an ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Andrey-Artist-2024/
- Zhang Heding
- Zhang Heding(1962 - ) is a contemporary Chinese traditional painter who was born in Jinan city, Shandong province. His pen name is Yunhe, meaning crane in clouds. He was taught by famous artists in China such as Zhang Zhiming, Cai Yushui, Song Shangzhai, etc.. Heding is good at painting Chinese landscapes, birds & flowers, especially green mountains.The artist has won many awards at various art exhibitions and competitions in China, and some paintings were exhibited in Jilu, Japan.Zhang Hedi ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zhang-Heding-Artist-2030/
- Garry Molleno Jr
- I grew up from a very common family of carpenters and furniture makers in Batangas City, Philippines. I still clearly remember when I was about 8 years old, I asked my grandfather if I can help him with an old piano he’s trying to restore so he taught me how to remove the old worn paint on the piano. The chemical we were using to remove the paint was quite sticky and irritating on the skin but even on my early age, I really enjoyed what I was doing. As time goes by I realized I r ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Garry-Molleno-Jr-Artist-2035/
- Kinuko Y. Craft
- Kinuko Y. Craft (1940 - ) is an American painter, illustrator, and writer and is one of the most respected and renowned fantasy artists in the world today. Through her works, she conveys her love for beauty and pursuit of art. Her works are filled with magic and mystery, depicting the infinite possibilities of the fantasy world through delicate brushstrokes and rich colors. She was born in Kami-zaki-cho, Japan and graduated from the Kanazawa College of Art. Her past commissions include book cove ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Kinuko-Y.-Craft-Artist-2104/
- View of Nuremberg
- ... is authentic. Dürer painted this famous watercolour after returning from his ...
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