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- 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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- Joan Miro
- Joan Miró i Ferrà, 1893-1983, was a Catalan Spanish painter, in the movement of Surrealism, Dada, Personal, Experimental. Two museums dedicated to Miró art, the Fundació Joan Miró, and the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró. The artist developed unique style: organic forms and flattened picture planes drawn with a sharp line, interest in automatism and the use of sexual symbols. Joan Miró paintings were sold for between US$250,000 and US$26 million. In 2012, Painting-Poem was sold for $26.6 million ......
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- 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 ......
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- Pino Daeni
- Pino Daeni, 1939-2010, was an Italian-American painter who was known for his style of feminine, romantic women painted with loose but accurate brushwork. Pino art often revolved sensuous women in beaches and boudoir settings indoors in tetradic color schemes that evoked the 20th century with women that were beautiful yet confident. Pino paintings are characterized by softly lit females painted with smooth greenish shadows and distinctive, often with vibrant colored dresses and backgrounds. His w ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Pino-Daeni-Artist-1656/
- Rene Magritte
- René François Ghislain Magritte, 1898-1967, was a Belgian surrealist artist, well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images that fell under the umbrella of surrealism. Contemporary artists have been greatly influenced by him, include Andy Warhol. His influence of Pop art has been widely recognized. René Magritte art has been frequently adapted in advertisements, posters, book covers and the like. The Magritte Museum in Brussels displays some 200 Magritte paintings and drawing ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Rene-Magritte-Artist-1658/
- Tamara de Lempicka
- Tamara de Lempicka (Polish: Tamara Łempicka), 1898-1980, female and was bisexual, Poland-born, was a Polish Art Deco painter and "the first woman artist to be a glamour star". Lempicka's distinctive and bold artistic style developed quickly, epitomizing the cool yet sensual side of the Art Deco movement.A retrospective of Lempicka art in 1973 drew positive reviews. At the time of her death, the early Art Deco paintings were being shown and purchased once again. American singer-son ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Tamara-de-Lempicka-Artist-1661/
- David Smith
- David Smith, 1906 – 1965, was an American sculptor and painter, in art movement of Abstract expressionism and Modernist, best known for creating large steel abstract geometric sculptures, received a Creative Arts Award from Brandeis University. Smith sculptures were included in two traveling exhibitions organized by the Museum of Modern Art and were shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art's Annual exhibition in New York. Smith represented the United States in the 1951 São Paulo Art Bien ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/David-Smith-Artist-1676/
- Naum Gabo
- Naum Gabo KBE, 1890 – 1977, Jewish, was a prominent Russian sculptor in movement of Constructivism and a pioneer of Kinetic Art; the essence of Gabo's art was the exploration of space. His earliest constructions originally in cardboard or wood were figurative such as the Head No.2 in the Tate collection. Gabo and Antoine Pevsner had a joint exhibition at the Galerie Percier, Paris in 1924. During 1928 he realised a design for a fountain in Dresden (since destroyed). ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Naum-Gabo-Artist-1678/
- Mira Schendel
- Mira Schendel or Myrrha Dagmar Dub, 1919 - 1988, was a Swiss artist living in Brazil, was considered as one of the exponents of contemporary Brazilian art. In 1994, his works were exhibited in a special room on the 22th International Biennial of São Paulo. The artist is represented in the following museums: MoMA, Tate Modern in London, and more. ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Mira-Schendel-Artist-1680/
- Kansuke Yamamoto
- Kansuke Yamamoto (山本悍右) , 1914 – 1987, was a Japanese photographer and poet, and a prominent surrealist. He often created works which indicated liberty, antiwar and anti-government in surrealistic ways. There are two books by Kansuke Yamamoto: “Yoruno Funsui”, 1938; and ”Batafurai (Butterfly)", 1970. He donated his body to science upon his death. His works were collected by below museums: Nagoya City Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The J. P ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Kansuke-Yamamoto-Artist-1683/
- Chang Dai-chien
- Chang Dai-chien (1899.5.10-1983.4.2, Chinese name 张大千), born in the city of Neijiang, Sichuan Province, was a contemporary Chinese painter of “splash-ink” traditional Chinese painting and calligrapher. He was honored with the title “Zhang in the South and Qi in the North” together with Qi Baishi, which means that they were the best two Chinese painters of the time. He was elected “The Best Contemporary Painter in the World” by the International Fine Arts Association in New York, and was awarded ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Chang-Dai-chien-Artist-1673/
- Li Jiahui
- Li Jiahui (1940-2010) was a contemporary Chinese oil painter born in the city of Putian, Fujian province. He was a dean and associate professor of the Art Department in Jimei University. His style was based on real life and full of the poetic quality of tranquility and simpleness. He was as homely as his works and was very kind. His works were on display in many art exhibitions at home and abroad and collected by many collectors and museums from many countries. His oil painting Huan Guang Qu &nb ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Li-Jiahui-Artist-1971/
- 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/
- Zhang Xiaogang
- Zhang Xiaogang (1958- ; Chinese name 张晓刚), born in Kunming, Yunnan Province, was a world-renowned contemporary Chinese painter. He has been taking part in important exhibitions at home and abroad frequently since early 1990s and has won many international prizes. He began to be known world-wide when his “Bloodline: the Big Family” series were collected by many European museums in the beginning of 21st century. The artist expressed collective psychological memories and emotions by using the ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zhang-Xiaogang-Artist-1667/
- Zeng Fanzhi
- Zeng Fanzhi (1964- ; Chinese name 曾梵志), a Chinese painter born in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, was considered to be one of the most representative contemporary artists who have international influence. His works were displayed at a series of important international art events and impressed the audiences with the expressionist techniques of metaphor and symbol, featuring masks. More than 50 thousand audiences were attracted to a retrospective exhibition of Zeng’s paintings held at Musé ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Zeng-Fanzhi-Artist-1666/
- Ding Yanyong
- Ding Yanyong (1902-1978; Chinese name 丁衍庸), born in Maoming County, Guangzhou Province, was a Chinese painter and art educator who was good at oil painting, traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy. He was one of the vital advocator of contemporary Chinese Art and held many solo exhibitions at home and abroad. He began to teach traditional Chinese painting at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and also held the additional post of dean of the Art Department in Tsinghua Academy. Ding Yanyong ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Ding-Yanyong-Artist-1642/
- Slobodan Peladić
- Slobodan Peladić (1962 - ) is a Serbian contemporary painter, sculptor and multimedia artist who was born in Šabac (Yugoslavia, now Serbia), was founder of Independent Artistic Association Kolektiv and director of The Association of Fine Artists of Šabac since 2000. Peladić artworks can be found in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad, National Museum in Šabac; and were exhibited at some group exhibitions in the country and abroad. ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Slobodan-Peladić-Artist-1752/
- Deryk Houston
- Deryk Houston (1954 - ) is a contemporary Canadian installation artist, sculptor, and painter who was interviewed by many televisions, radios, and newspapers. The subject of his artworks is about peace and exploring “why we are here”, as the artist said. Houston travelled to Baghdad and created large-scale art installations to call attention to the situation of the children of Iraq. Houston's artworks were featured in the documentary film “From Baghdad to Peace Country” by the National ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Deryk-Houston-Artist-1755/
- Yiannis Melanitis
- Yiannis Melanitis (also named as Ioannis Melanitis; Greek: Γιάννης Μελανίτης; 1967 - ) is a contemporary conceptual artist, performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, and digital artist who was born in Athens, Greece. Melanitis is a PhD Fellow; he was elected as a Lecturer, Assistant Professor at the Sculpture Department of the Athens School of Fine Arts.He held many personal exhibitions and joined numerous group exhibitions, often publish academic texts, and his works are collected by a ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Yiannis-Melanitis-Artist-1969/
- Lin Xinghu
- Lin Xinghu (1949.8- ) is a contemporary Chinese ink cartoonist who was born in Xiapu county, Fujian province. His pen name is “Master of Lanxin House”. He is a member of Fujian Artists Association and Fujian Cartoon Association.Based on real life experience, this artist has created more than 300 pieces of works. His ink cartoon is bold and creative, which praises the healthy atmosphere and criticizes the ugliness of the society. The purchasers of his works include collectors in Southeast Asia an ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Lin-Xinghu-Artist-1781/
- 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/
- Romaya
- Romaya Puchman. artist. Graduated from the Art Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan.Romaya's art exhibitions were held in USA, Canada, Israel and Azerbaijan and her works can be found in many private collections in USA, Canada, Europe and Asia. Romaya is a winner of 123SOHO NY 2005 AWARD. Romaya’s art reflects she’s Asian background. She’s oriental images acquired an added meaning after she’s arrival in she’s adopted country--Israel. A rare blend of the old and the new c ......
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- Ryota Matsumoto
- Ryota Matsumoto(Japanese name 松本良多; 1972 - ) is a Japanese artist, educator, and architect, based in New York and Tokyo. As a media theorist, he is regarded as the forefather of the postdigital art and architecture movements.Born in Tokyo, he was raised in Hong Kong and Japan. He received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 after his studies at the Architectural Association in London and Mackintosh School of Architecture, the Glasgow School of Art in the e ......
- www.contemporary-art.org/Ryota-Matsumoto--Artist-2088/