Tag Archives: Painting
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/12~
This painter, a founding member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, was also a poet, illustrator, and translator.
This artist—noted for his work in the minimalism, hard-edge painting, and post-painterly abstraction movements—continues to live and work in New York.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/12/may-12/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/11~
What artist, the leading French sculptor of his time, created works that form a prelude to the art of his student and admirer Auguste Rodin?
What artist went to Hollywood to work with Alfred Hitchcock on the film Spellbound, crafting a dream sequence full of psychoanalytic symbols?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/11/may-11/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/10~
This Danish-German Neoclassical painter concentrated on heroic figure compositions; working primarily in pencil, chalk, watercolor, and tempera and rarely in oil.
This Russian artist began his career as an illustrator and painter but went on to revolutionize scenery and costume design and to influence the fabrics and fashions of his day.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/10/may-10/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/9~
Known mostly for his drawings and engravings, this Dutch painter of the Flemish School also designed tapestries.
This ceramist and her husband were both largely self-taught studio potters who worked together throughout their 69 year marriage.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/09/may-9/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/8~
Which 17th century Italian painter, whose principal works are his frescoes, was also a renowned portraitist who won commissions to paint seven consecutive popes?
Which designer — who brought his minimal style to logos, packaging, corporate identities, and more — is best known for his film posters and title sequences?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/08/may-8/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/7~
What court painter and tapestry designer later focused most of his activities on designing tapestries and stained glass, including windows for the Brussels Cathedral?
What abstract painter was also a singer who auditioned for the New York City Opera and became a success as a dramatic soprano?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/07/may-7/
Barry Nemett on Gwen John
Gwen John, A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907-09, Oil on canvas, 12.3 x 9.8 inches, National Museum Cardiff, Wales
The building weighs less than a flower. The parasol stem dreams about being a wicker chair. A blade of wall threatens the throat of the outside world . . .
Source: Barry Nemett on Gwen John
The Misty Miss Christy 