Born in Columbus, Ohio, Ron was a student whose artistic talents were immediately recognized. He has been interested in art since he was 4 years old and growing up in Columbus, Ohio. His mother pursued art as a hobby and took correspondence courses. The young Hicks would scan the critiques of his mother's works and [...]
Paul Gaugin was a French post impressionist painter whose lush color, flat two-dimensional forms, and subject matter helped form the basis of modern art. Gauguin was born in Paris on June 7, 1848, into a liberal middle-class family. After an adventurous early life, including a four-year stay in Peru with his family and a stint [...]
"The Art of Photography Show is the very best photography competition among all of the competitions which were represented at the APA-LA panel, by far. You guys stand alone as being a pure high-end photography exhibition, produced with excellence and with integrity." - Jim McHugh APA-LA Vice Chair The Art of Photography Show 2010 is [...]
Lowbrow meets highbrow on Bravo's new reality-television series Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. The show, which premieres next Wednesday, tracks 14 contestants as they compete to win $100,000 and a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum. “Look—we’ve done it with food and fashion and hair and interior design, I think we [...]
These beautiful paintings were created by artist Stephen Pan. Stephen Pan was born into a family that has been renowned in China for artistic talent. At the age of five, his grandfather, Bo Yin Pan, gave him his first lesson in drawing and painting. Although Pan had an intimate relationship with formal Chinese art traditions, [...]
Live Music Take a break in the Art Students League garden located on the north side of the school and enjoy some music. Check out the schedule for a line-up of the performances. Free Adult Art Classes Free art classes for adults are located inside the Art Students League of Denver building. Classes are limited [...]
(Reuters) - Auction house Christie's is offering a Monet water-lily painting worth an estimated 30 to 40 million pounds ($44-59 million) this month in what it expects to be the biggest sale it has ever mounted in London. With the international art market booming again after a slump when financial markets crashed, the [...]
Dorian Iten is an Austrian born painter and illustrator currently residing in Florence, Italy. Dorian earned a degree from Kantonsschule Zug in 2005 and soon entered The Angel Academy of Art, in 2006. A highly trained classical drawer Dorian has studied under Canadian Classical Realist, Micheal John Angel and Classical Painter Jered Woznicki. He is [...]
Louise Bourgeois, the grande dame of contemporary artists best known for her sculpture and disquieting symbolism, died Monday of a heart attack at a hospital in Manhattan. She was 98. Sculpture became Ms. Bourgeois' primary medium after 1945 when the Peridot Gallery, a prestigious venue in Manhattan's then-intimate art world, staged her first [...]
These beautiful illustrations were created by contemporary artist and illustrator Edward Kinsella. Edward was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1983 and graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design in 2006, having also attended two summers of the Illustration Academy. He now lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. To learn more about Edward Kinsella [...]