What is a Flashmob? History and Meaning Behind the Movement
Historically speaking, the word “mob” has been associated with acts of violence, or at the very least, social upheaval. You’ve…
What is Yarn Bombing? About the Guerrilla Knitting Art Movement
What is Yarn Bombing? Yarn bombing is part street art, part graffiti, and part activism, which combines the seemingly “cute”…
The Iconic Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock has had a tremendous impact on the art world during his tumultuous 44 years of life. The youngest…
Piet Mondrian – from De Stijl to Broadway Boogie Woogie
Pieter Cornelis Mondrian was a Dutch painter, became one of the first well known Abstract art painters and with his…
Vincent van Gogh and The Path from Dying Alone in an Asylum to Most Popular Painter Ever
Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, one of the most important post-impressionists of Western art history. Vincent was immensely…
Meet Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko was an academic. He skipped grades, spoke four languages, and received a scholarship to Yale. He was a…
Who Are The Best Abstract Expressionist Painters?
The abstract expressionism art form sprung onto the scene in the 1940s and 1950s by some influential artists. Still, this…
Henri Matisse – Father of Fauvism
Henri Matisse was a french painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor. He was also the co-founder of the Fauvism art style,…
Alexej von Jawlensky – Abstract Heads
Alexej von Jawlensky is a Russian Expressionist who joined German avant-garde during the early 20th century by mostly creating mesmerizing…
Marianne von Werefkin – Women of Expressionism
Marianne von Werefkin is a Russian-German-Swiss painter, who started to paint in the Realism style and later developed her style…