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quality of work and unique style will be forever acknowledged. Throughout Penn’s career he photographed everything from food, flowers and still lifes to celebrities, nudes, street life and fashion. Penn declared “that ‘photographing a cake can be art,’ his later work showed an astonishing ability to find the beauty in the commonplace” (Bernstein and Shapiro). But Penn’s contributions to fashion and editorial photography may have influenced and changed the field forever.…

family moved to Marceline, Missouri, and Walt lived most of his childhood there. Walt really liked art, selling his drawings or pictures to neighbors for money. He took art classes on the weekends. He even traded his drawings to a local barber for free haircuts. He decided to pursue an art career. (Biography.com) Later, after his family moved to Chicago, he was able to attend the Chicago Art institute. There, he drew for the school newspaper. His career was put on hold for a year when he…

passed; as a Hollywood business mogul and icon, he also founded The Walt Disney Company. Walter (Walt) Elias Disney was born December 5, 1901, Hermosa, Chicago, IL, he was one of five children from his German Mother and his Irish father. Him and his family then moved to Marceline, Missouri.…

artistic child, and he would draw and paint pictures that he would sell to his friends and neighbors. Disney had an interesting school life. He went to McKinley High School in Chicago where he took art and photography classes and made cartoons for the school newspaper. At night he also took classes at the Chicago Art Institute. But at age 16 he dropped out of high school to join the army. But Disney was underage and rejected so he joined the Red Cross and drove ambulances in France instead.…

who were beginning their careers. He was a friend and mentor to Henri Matisse, who visited him in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera in 1904. He also became an art collector, amassing a collection of some 250 works. Although several important art critics had supported Signac since the 1880s, he did not receive acceptance from the larger art world or the public until the turn of the century. His first one-man exhibition was held at a gallery in Paris in 1901. In 1913, Signac separated from his…

was too young to join and was rejected. Instead, he joined the American Red Cross and was sent to France to drive an ambulance for a year. When he returned in 1919, Walt pursued a career of being a newspaper artist by getting a job at Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio. From then on Walt had many jobs filming commercials and doing hand-drawn animation. Walt started his own animation business and hired is first employee, Fred Harman. He eventually married Lillian Bounds, who was a secretary at the Disney…

Nightlife represents the jazz life African Americans brought with them; jazz was a big part of their culture. There are people dancing, and in the back there are a group of musical performers. It was said by The Art Institute of Chicago that, “Motley conveyed the sound and motion of jazz through the composition and color.” Also, the roll of implied diagonal lines is huge. “He outlined the figures with simplified, geometric shapes and emphasized diagonal lines, creating a…

Walt Disney is perhaps the greatest visionary in the American entertainment Industry. From the humble beginnings of his working class childhood to the highest levels of fame and success he epitomized the American dream. This paper will show how his leadership modes and methods were shaped and how they evolved throughout his life. Hackman and Johnson in their book Leadership: A Communication Perspective, state the following as it relates to leadership styles. “Over the past 120 years, five…

My first ever art experience was doodling on a piece of paper when I knew how to hold a pencil. I don’t know where this artist gene came from, since all my family members worked in engineering or business. I am happy that my mom stands by my side all the time, and even encouraged me to go to an art school when I had no plan for my future college. My focus in this school, The School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), is visual communication. I am preparing for the portfolio review this semester…

DESCRIPTION: Literal Qualities ABOUT THE WORK: Marry Cassatt created the painting The Child’s Bath in 1893. The painting is oil on canvas and is currently in the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. FROM THE WORK: Immediately we see a woman who is wearing a stripped tunic with her hair tied in a bun holding a small child who is wearing a towel around her waist. The woman appears to be washing the small child’s feet in a china bowl containing water with a pitcher nearby. The woman…