Portinari, Candido
Candido Portinari was born of Italian immigrants on a coffee plantation near Sao Paulo. At the age of 9, he assisted with restoring the paintings in his hometown church — he was put in charge of...
View ArticleLawrence, Jacob
I hope Jacob Lawrence thanked his mama for turning him into an artist! At the age of 13, his mother moved the family to New York City and enrolled her son in classes at an arts and crafts settlement...
View ArticleMunch, Edvard
Norwegian-born Edvard Munch was raised by a caring but obsessively religious father — who not only entertained the children with ghost stories, but also terrorized them with morbid superstitions....
View ArticlePrison Art
The months or years spent in prison can be a time of great introspection (I say this hypothetically, having never been to jail myself) — a look back on the decisions one has made, the consequences, and...
View ArticleDeKooning, Willem
Willem DeKooning studied at the Rotterdam Academy, before kicking off his career as an assistant art director in a department store. In 1926, DeKooning stowed away on a freighter bound for the United...
View ArticleBell, Vanessa
Wondering who the heck this Vanessa Bell is? If you’ve seen or read The Hours, you might remember her as Virginia Woolf’s sister — although in the film, they made her out to be a flighty brainless...
View ArticleMoore, Henry
Henry Moore was born to a miner who was self-taught in music and literature — his father was determined that his sons would not end up shoveling coal, and worked hard to guarantee all 8 children an...
View ArticleStoryPeople
Brian Andreas is a rare and precious storyteller who combines well-chosen words with quirky pictures to express his unique insights into human nature. Andreasa started out in the early 1990's...
View ArticleHartley, Marsden
Marsden Hartley was born in Maine, but moved to Manhattan at the age of 22 — where he attended the National Academy Of Design, studied at the Art Students League Of New York under William Merritt...
View ArticleGauguin, Paul
Paul Gauguin’s life was hard from day one. Born in Paris then taken to Peru when he was three for political reasons, his father died on the voyage — leaving Paul, his mother, and his sister to fend for...
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