Pablo Picasso

Brooke Webb Dr. Stephanie Chadwick Arts 1301: Art Appreciation 9/29/2015 Porcelain Elegance of the Centuries For my Museum Exhibition review I decided to review The Eisenstadt Gallery Collection at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Dr. Heinz and Ruth Eisenstadt donated their lifetime legacy of paintings and porcelain collections to the gallery, in return this exhibit in the gallery was placed in honor of their name. The collection consists of 147 paintings, 252 porcelains, 8 sculptures, and…

While in Paris, he had encountered countless influential artists such as: Picasso, Miro, and Rene Magritee. During this time, his paintings began to associate with these themes: “1) man’s universe and sensations 2) sexual symbolism and 3) ideographic imagery” (biography.com). All of the above led to Dali’s first Surrealistic period…

From a very young age, Salvador Dali understood that he was different from other people. An extremely shy young boy – insecure to a point – he went out of his way to draw attention to himself, and when the attention arose, he reveled in it. From his early years until his death, Dali at home when he pushed a friend off of a cliff, to his years in art school when he flung himself down a flight of stairs, to his obsession with thinking he remembered being in the womb and being birthed, to his…

Salvador Dali Born in May 11, 1904 in Figures, Spain, Salvador Dali eccentric nature and talent for self promotion made him the most famous representative of the surrealist movement and one of the most recognized artists in the world. At the age of six-teen Dali’s mother passed away having a profound effect on him because in his mind there were two tragedies, the lost of his beloved mother and the fear that one day she would be forgotten when he vowed to never be forgotten. In 1922, Dali moved…

The History of 'Guernica' begins in January 1937, when the Government of the Republic orders Picasso a large square of 11x4 meters for the Spanish pavilion of the Universal Exhibition to be held that year in Paris. However, a few days before, on April 26, the Basque town of Gernika had been bombed and devastated by the German Condor Legion. The subject runs by word of mouth among the Spanish in Paris and the French press also echoes this. All the experts agree that the popular comments and the…

Salvador Dali was an artist born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was the third Salvador Dali after his father and brother, who died 9 months before Dali's own birth due to meningitis. Dali lived in the shadow of his brother all of his life. This had a great impact on his artwork. A lot of his works were an expression of how he felt towards his brother. These works included deterioration, degeneration, and other disturbing images. Dali began painting at the age of 10 and some of his more…

Carolee Schneemann: Kinetic Painting Review Xiao Xiong On May 13, 2017, Carolee Schneemann(American, b.1939) was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Fifty-Seventh Venice Biennale - “VIVA ARTE VIVA”. For more than sixty years, Schneemann has made the groundbreaking innovations in the field of photography, performance, film, video, mixed media, and installations, she has constantly broken the boundaries and challenged the limits of contemporary art. As one of the most…

In a room full of paintings done by multiple artists, it is said that picking out the art done by Magritte is rather extremely easy. Picasso was a famous artist during this time who used synthetic cubism as his main form of art. He would take various shapes and objects cut out from paper or other materials and use them to create a painting. Jean Arp was another prominent artist during…

and is his late teens somewhat of a graffiti artist. His art now reflects the gritty and colorful streets of Lower Manhattan in the 1980’s whilst concurrently remaining contemporary and timeless. Basquiats’ Neo-Expressionist art is in the league of Picasso, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and other innovative art legends. His character seduced and enamored those around him. He even befriended Madonna. An average painting is his lifetime went for $5000- $10,000 at the least and just recently his…

The Golden Coach is a 1952 film directed by Jean Renoir. The film tells the story of a commedia dell’arte troupe in 18th century Peru. Renoir is a French film director, and the son of impressionist painter Pierre Renoir. His films, in both silent and later eras, are noted for their realism and narrative. Inspired by both Mérimée's short play, “Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement” and Vivaldi’s music, Renoir's film unfolds naturally in a dramatic atmosphere that is both theater and life. Indeed,…