Sandro Botticelli
(c. 1445-1510)
Italian painter. Botticelli was Florentine and
extremely successful at the peak of his career, with a highly
individual and graceful style founded on the rhythmic capabilities
of outline. With the emergence of the High Renaissance style at
the turn of the 16th century, he fell out of fashion, died in
obscurity and was only returned to his position as one of the
best-loved quattrocento painters through the interest of Ruskin
and the Pre-Raphaelites.
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Paul Gauguin
(1848-1903)
One of the leading French painters of the Postimpressionist
period, whose development of a conceptual method of representation
was a decisive step for 20th-century art.
After spending a short period with Vincent van
Gogh in Arles (1888), Gauguin increasingly abandoned imitative
art for expressiveness through colour.
From 1891 he lived and worked in Tahiti
and elsewhere in the South Pacific. His masterpieces include the
early Vision After the Sermon (1888) and Where Do We Come From?
What Are We? Where Are We Going? (1897-98).
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Marcel Duchamp
(1887-1968)
Who is Marcel Duchamp?
Marcel Duchamp is the only one of all his contemporaries
who is in no way inclined to grow older.
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Medieval Stained Glass
Windows
Themes found in the
sculptural repertoire of the great French Cathedrals of this time
are represented, including the Virtues and Vices.
Even the everyday life of the citizens is reflected, in scenes
from the Life of Mary.
The windows give a unique insight into the Medieval
world, and into the technical and artistic aspects of the production
of stained glass.
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Wayne Thiebaud
(1920-)
Often associated with the so-called Pop Art
movement of the 1960s, Thiebaud is perhaps best known for his
wry yet carefully studied still lifes of commonplace objects,
such as cakes, slices of pie, sandwiches, clothing and household
goods.
Thiebaud is also well known for his stylized,
plunging San Francisco cityscapes. Approaching his subjects with
his signature "Californian" style, featuring an intensity of light
and color and rich paint handling, Thiebaud strikes a delicate
balance between realism and abstraction that gives his works a
strongly personal character.
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The kids!
On February 17 the children will show their
work through this session.
We'll share art and drinks and laughts and cookies!
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