Many people know about The Simpsons. It’s a classic. But not many art fans know about the episode with Jasper Johns and Pop Art. In this episode, Homer has a bad encounter with the making of a barbecue. He throws the “junk” away but an art dealer realizes the value and encourages him to [...]
In 1936, Patrick Caulfield was born and raised in London. He studied at the Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art between the years 1956-1963. After his years in school, he became a teacher at Chelsea School of Art. Patrick Caulfield had a huge part in Pop art. His art [...]
In October, the first major exhibition just for pop art will be opening in London. “Pop Art Portraits” brought 52 major works in pop art together. They included pieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Richard Hamilton, Patrick Caulfield, Robert Rauschenburg, and Sir Peter Blake. The exhibition includes a section just for portraits of [...]
Guido Daniele lives Italy. He was born in Soverato and with artistic ability. He specializes in two things; body painting and trompe l’oeil. Trompe l’oeil is the art of painting on a two dimensional painting realistically and creating an optical illusion. Daniele is exceptional at this. The way he can create such vivid images [...]
This was suggested to me as a comment, and I must say that this video was simply amazing. I love the way the music and images blend together to make this incredible video. What I find completely fascinating is that all of these images are of real life masterpieces, such as Mona Lisa.
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Graffiti is images or words made on public surfaces such as brick walls. Graffiti is the defacement of a surface using spray paint, markers, or other utensils. If graffiti is done without the property owner’s permission it can be considered vandalism, which is against the law in most countries. Graffiti has been around for centuries, [...]
Jim Dine was born June 16, 1935, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy during his senior year of high school and then went to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the University of Cincinnati, and Ohio University, Athens, from which he received his B.F.A. in 1957. A B.F.A. [...]
This painting by Roy Lichtenstein was created in 1963, and is currently on display in the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Roy was born in 1923 in New York. There he attended school, and even studied with Reginald Marsh at the Art Students League. In 1943 he went and served in the army for [...]
Abstract art is art that is not supposed to take shape of a recognizable figure, but instead uses colors and shapes in a different way. Abstract art is not a new thing of this century, it has been around for centuries. Calligraphy is an example of abstract, and non-figurative art. The Islamic religion, the showing [...]
This piece of Pop Art was created by Anthony Matos. Anthony Matos has quite a few paintings for sale at the website, “allposters.com”. This particular painting he has is like the Marilyn Monroe painting by Andy Warhol, except Anthony Matos used ducks. I really like the use of bright colors, and it’s in such a [...]