Born #onthisday1912 Jackson Pollock influential American #painter & leading force in #abstractexpressionism & #surrealism movements famous “drip paintings” represents one of 20th-century’s most original bodies of work redefining painting & detaching line from colour …
… to #Impressionism Early masterworks were highly controversial & rallied young painters who would create Impressionism Today these are viewed as watershed paintings marking the beginning of modern art
Born #onthisday1832 Edouard Manet #artoftheday French #Modernist #painter heeding Baudelaire’s call for artists to become painters of modern life Manet scandalized Paris’ Salon public & was one of most influential French #painters & pivotal figure in transition from #Realism …
… paintings eighty+ were engraved His touch in drawing & painting is frequently seen as dry but intelligent producing his best work towards the end of his career improving his deftness in creating a sense of harmony between art and nature
Born #onthisday1690 Nicolas Lancret master of #Rococo art form & brilliant #painter of balls fairs & weddings showing French social tastes & manners under the regent Orleans Later his pastels palette deftly captured a sense of harmony between art & nature Many of Lancret’s…
Born #onthisday1820 Joseph Wolf German #artist & the father of wildlife painting At British Museum from 1848 Wolf’s accurate lifelike illustrations made him preferred illustrator for explorers & naturalists Lanseer described him as "...best all-round animal artist who ever lived"
Born #onthisday1913 Eugène Brands Dutch childlike #painter & early member of the COBRA #avantgarde art movement Participated in the 1946 group exhibition "Young Painters" in Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum filling a room with his work In 1949 he showcased his art in …
Born #onthisday1856 John Singer Sargent American #artist considered leading #portraitpainter of generation for his depictions of Edwardian luxury Created roughly 900+ oil paintings 2,000+ watercolors + countless charcoal drawings & sketches His work characterised by remarkable…
Born #onthisday1503 Parmigianino Italian #Mannerist #artist & #printmaker from Parma Work characterized by prodigious talent & "refined sensuality" Career disrupted by war & then ended by premature death at only 37 Produced phenominal drawings & was one of 1st Italian #painters…