Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/29~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

This painter played an important role in the formative years of the New York School, but did not achieve recognition for his own work until late in his career.

Despite 27 years of clashes with Disney, this artist and children’s book author rose through the ranks to become both illustrator and screenwriter before finally leaving.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/29/january-29/

26Jan2018

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/26~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What 18th century French artist made his reputation with his acclaimed marble sculpture of Mercury, now in the Louvre?

What Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice satirical cartoonist went on to author books, plays, revues, and screenplays?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/26/january-26/

21Jan2018

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/21~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What artist progressed from a freelance illustrator of ornithological books to establishing wildlife art as a genre?

What artist created a tall topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy comprised of soil and living flowers?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/21/january-21/

10Jan2018

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/10~

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This prominent late 19th/early 20th century illustrator’s most famous poster was a young woman dressed in a Navy uniform with the caption, “If I were a man, I would join the Navy”.

This American artist’s images depicted the flapper era in a way that both satirized and influenced the styles of the time, and have continued to define the jazz age for subsequent generations.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2016/01/10/january-10/

6Jan2018

Artist Birthday Quiz for 1/6~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

In 1861, this artist self-published a folio edition of etchings for Dante’s Inferno, which became instantly successful and to this day colors our collective imaginings of the Divine Comedy.

This Russian suprematist/constructivist painter, theatrical designer, and book illustrator divided her life between Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, and Paris.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2016/01/06/january-6/

1Jan2018

January First: Happy New Year!

Posted in LGBTQ+, Miscellanea by Christy

Link~ J.C. Leyendecker, Father of the New Year’s Baby

“Joseph Christian Leyendecker wasn’t the first artist to use an infant to represent the new year. But over the span of 36 years, he made the New Year’s baby as familiar to Americans as Father Time.

A consummate illustrator — and mentor to Norman Rockwell — Leyendecker was continually searching for better ways to depict the holidays. He created many fanciful covers that caught the spirit of Christmas, Fourth of July, Easter, and Thanksgiving. But the New Year’s babies are arguably his most memorable.

His first baby was delivered for the December 29, 1906, issue of the Post. It shows a cherub atop a globe, turning over a fresh page in a book of New Year’s resolutions. The series continue without interruption until 1943…”
http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2014/12/31/art-entertainment/art-and-artists/new-years-babies.html

20Dec2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/20~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

What Dutch-Indonesian painter — who worked in various styles including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Impressionism, and Pointillism — was also an illustrator and graphic designer?

What American artist produced caricatures for the New York Review of Books for nearly 45 years — as well as for Esquire, Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and more?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/20/december-20/

17Dec2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/17~

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What self-taught Czech painter and writer created his own style as a caricaturist for newspapers and later as an illustrator?

What artist used the classical technique of egg tempera to create satirical images of American life, portraying gritty situations in urban settings?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/17/december-17/

16Dec2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/16~

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This 20th century illustrator captured the essence of daily life in Baltimore by sketching from direct observation.

This Mexican-Spanish painter is remembered for her contribution to the artistic movements of Surrealism and Symbolism.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/16/december-16/

13Dec2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/13~

Posted in Artist Birthday Quiz by Christy

This Dutch painter and designer was part of the Dutch modernism movement in the 1920’s, creating lithographic posters for a variety of clients including KLM, Amstel, and the 1928 Summer Olympics.

This Catalan artist began drawing in his teens during a long convalescence from a serious illness contracted in 1940, and later abandoned his law studies to devote himself entirely to art.

This painter played an important role in the formative years of the New York School, but did not achieve recognition for his own work until late in his career.

Despite 27 years of clashes with Disney, this artist and children’s book author rose through the ranks to become both illustrator and screenwriter before finally leaving.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/29/january-29/

What 18th century French artist made his reputation with his acclaimed marble sculpture of Mercury, now in the Louvre?

What Pulitzer Prize-winning Village Voice satirical cartoonist went on to author books, plays, revues, and screenplays?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/26/january-26/

What artist progressed from a freelance illustrator of ornithological books to establishing wildlife art as a genre?

What artist created a tall topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier puppy comprised of soil and living flowers?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/01/21/january-21/

This prominent late 19th/early 20th century illustrator’s most famous poster was a young woman dressed in a Navy uniform with the caption, “If I were a man, I would join the Navy”.

This American artist’s images depicted the flapper era in a way that both satirized and influenced the styles of the time, and have continued to define the jazz age for subsequent generations.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2016/01/10/january-10/

In 1861, this artist self-published a folio edition of etchings for Dante’s Inferno, which became instantly successful and to this day colors our collective imaginings of the Divine Comedy.

This Russian suprematist/constructivist painter, theatrical designer, and book illustrator divided her life between Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna, and Paris.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2016/01/06/january-6/

What Dutch-Indonesian painter — who worked in various styles including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Impressionism, and Pointillism — was also an illustrator and graphic designer?

What American artist produced caricatures for the New York Review of Books for nearly 45 years — as well as for Esquire, Time, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and more?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/20/december-20/

What self-taught Czech painter and writer created his own style as a caricaturist for newspapers and later as an illustrator?

What artist used the classical technique of egg tempera to create satirical images of American life, portraying gritty situations in urban settings?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/17/december-17/

This 20th century illustrator captured the essence of daily life in Baltimore by sketching from direct observation.

This Mexican-Spanish painter is remembered for her contribution to the artistic movements of Surrealism and Symbolism.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/16/december-16/

This Dutch painter and designer was part of the Dutch modernism movement in the 1920’s, creating lithographic posters for a variety of clients including KLM, Amstel, and the 1928 Summer Olympics.

This Catalan artist began drawing in his teens during a long convalescence from a serious illness contracted in 1940, and later abandoned his law studies to devote himself entirely to art.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/13/december-13/