Josef Albers, (born March 19, 1888, Bottrop, Ger.—died March 25, 1976, New Haven, Conn., U.S.), painter, poet, sculptor, teacher, and theoretician of art, important as an innovator of such [...]
This exhibition catalogue focuses on Manet’s maritime paintings. Edouard Manet (1832 -1883) was passionate about the sea. Before becoming a painter, he spent six months [...]
Robert Motherwell’s birthday was Celebrated at Modern Now. Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American painter, printmaker, and editor. He was one of the [...]
Edouard Manet’s Birthday is celebrated at Modern Now™. Édouard Manet was a French painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, and a pivotal [...]
Yves Tanguy’s birthday was celebrated at Modernnow. Yves Tanguy came to painting late (in his early 20s) after a work by Giorgio de Chirico fired his imagination and changed his destiny. He [...]
Wassily Kandinsky’s birthday is celebrated at Modernnow. Often called the “Father of Abstract Art,” Kandinsky trained as a lawyer in his native Russia, but [...]
Seurat: A Biography First published in English translation in 1943, and in a second edition in 1946 by Wittenborn and Company, this well-documented essay examines the life and work of the [...]
Georges Seurat’s Birthday is celebrated at Modern Now. Georges-Pierre Seurat (2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his [...]
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Birthday is celebrated at Modern Now. Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa or simply Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ; 24 November 1864 – 9 September [...]
Magritte by A.M. Hammacher. 1995. Oversize format. 167 pp., with 138 illustrations, including 48 color plates. This work surveys the enigmatic paintings of Rene Magritte, who [...]
Happy Halloween! Come See Picasso & André Villers collaborative work at Modern Now. The image of Picasso dressed as Popeye, taken by André Villers, gives a rare glimpse of the iconic artist [...]
Francis Bacon’s Birthday is celebrated at Modern Now. Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, graphic and [...]