January 2012
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Frida Kahlo
1907 - 1954 Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter best known for her surreal portraits and figurative images. Because of these images, her face is recognised worldwide and her sad story is narrated throughout her work. Kahlo suffered from polio and, after a terrible accident surrounding a bus crash, she broke her spine, collarbone and pelvis, and her reproductive system become severely damaged after...
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4kneeayy-deactivated20120423 asked: Just stubbled across your blog and I am pumped Frida Kahlo is next week. I would like to make a suggestion for the following week's artist; Alphonse Mucha, from the Art Nouveau movement. Thanks!
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Winslow Homer
1836 - 1910 Winslow Homer was an American artist who primarily worked in a Realist style depicting landscapes and marine scenes. He used oils and watercolours but also experimented with wood engravings and etchings. Homer travelled to England and France during his career and later ventured to the exotic climate of the Caribbean, where Salt Kettle, Bermuda was painted. In America, he worked around...
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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Henri Matisse
1869 - 1954 Henri Matisse was a prominent French artist most known for his vibrant use of colour and wild Fauvist style. He studied in Paris under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Gustave Moreau, where he specialised in simple figurative studies, landscapes and Impressionist-looking still lifes. The painting below is the second version of his study Dance and is a perfect example of Matisse’s...
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“I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no...”
– Henry Ossawa Tanner
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Spring 2012 Gallery Exhibitions
Miracle & Charms 6/10/11 - 26/2/12 Wellcome Collection, London  Venetian Visions: The Art of Canaletto, Tiepolo, Carlevarijs and their contemporaries 1700-1800 7/10/11 - 1/4/12 V&A Museum, London David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture 21/1/12 - 9/4/12 Royal Academy, London Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton 8/2/12 - 22/4/12 V&A Museum, London Lucian Freud Portraits...
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