Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

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Marcel Duchamp Jan 17, 2023

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Marcel Duchamp liked to portray himself as a rebel and an outsider courting controversy. While he was bold and pushing boundaries, he also came from a family of artists and he served as an advisor to the likes of Peggy Guggenheim and MoMA. Two of Duchamp's best known pieces were Nude Descending a Staircase 2 and Fountain.

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Jan van Eyck Jan 16, 2023

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Jan van Eyck was a remarkable painter. He worked in oils during the Renaissance, and created stunning photorealistic portraits centuries before photography was developmed. In the Arnolfini portrait, he captures not only the subjects standing before him, but also a reflection of the room in a convex mirror showing the full scene and accurately rendering the distortions caused by the curved glass.

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Louis Sullivan Jan 15, 2023

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In 1896, Louis Sullivan wrote about skyscrapers and architectural design in “The Tall Building Artistically Considered” This was the origin of the famous phrase, “form follows function.” What Sullivan actually said was “form must ever follow function” but regardless of phrasing, the meaning remains the same - architects should first consider how a building will be used then base the design on that.

One of his most famous designs was for the Carson Pirie Scott building downtown Chicago. Today the building is actually called the Sullivan Center in his honor, but Sullivan was such a difficult man to deal with, he was actually passed over for the third phase of it's construction. Essentially Louis Sullivan couldn't get the job of designing The Sullivan Center.

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Charuvi Agrawal Jan 14, 2023

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Charuvi Agrawal made a name for herself with a stunning computer-animated film about Hanuman. In 2014, she grabbed more headlines as she created a record-setting 25-foot tall monumental work comprised of 26,000 bells.

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Frida Kahlo Jan 13, 2023

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Frida Kahlo was a painter in the early 20th century associated with the Surrealist movement. While she had some moderate success as a painter during her lifetime, her fame grew in the decades after her passing. Today she is among the most popular figures in art history. She is best known for her self-portraits that give viewers a sense of her pain but more importantly, her strength.

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Janet Sobel Jan 12, 2023

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When you think of bold and revolutionary modern artists from the 20th century, you probably don't think of a grandmother laying across her living room floor painting, but maybe you should. Janet Sobel was a Ukrainian American painter who was dripping paint across the canvas long before Jackson Pollock "invented" the technique.

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Art Smart: Surrealism

Art Smart: Abstract Expressionism

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Alexander McQueen Jan 11, 2023

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Alexander McQueen quickly rose to prominence in the 1990s with his dramatic looks that were impeccably tailored. He is one of 64 artists selected for this year's Arts Madness Tournament where listeners will decide which artist is better in a series of head to head matches until just one is left.

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Alexander McQueen | Jellyfish Ensemble

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Jim Davis Jan 10, 2023

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Jim Davis is famous for creating Garfield. He was born and raised in Indiana. As a child he wanted to be a farmer like his father, but found that he was much better suited to indoor life. He found his love of drawing early in life and developed his talents first in school, then working in advertising and assisting in the Tumbleweeds comic. Davis's first comic, Gnorm Gnat, was a bit of a flop. People felt his jokes and illustrations were great, but bugs just made for an offputting subject. Davis took the setback in stride and began developing a new comic about a cartoonist named Jon. The Jon comic was later renamed Garfield, and it went on to be published in hundreds of papers read by hundreds of millions of people.

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Raphael Jan 09, 2023

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While Raphael sadly passed away just in his 30s his work has lived on for hundreds of years. Learn a bit about the great Renaissance painter and architect as well as his most famous work, The School of Athens.

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Pablo Picasso | Guernica Jan 08, 2023

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Pablo Picasso was among the most influential artists of the 20th century and Guernica is possibly his greatest work. While I am not a fan of Picasso as a person, his significance as an artist is undeniable.

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