Tag Archives: Photography
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/29~
What photographer provided a respectful portrait of the rural culture and craftspeople of the Appalachian Mountains and the Gullahs of South Carolina?
What painter, known for her incisive self-portraits, began as an artist by taking children’s art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago at age eight?
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/27~
What French expressionist artist’s mature style as a painter was undoubtedly influenced by his work on the restoration of medieval stained-glass windows?
What German abstract artist, active mostly in France, was not only a famous painter but also among the most innovative photographers of his time?
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Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/20~
Which German baroque sculptor also worked as an architect and built many state buildings in Berlin during his role as Court Architect?
Which photojournalist and his wife became LIFE magazine’s first husband and wife photographer-reporter team to be sent overseas?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/20/may-20/
Photographer Captures 100 Female Artists In Their Homes And Studios
A great portrait is more than just a frozen reflection of the subject’s appearance. It’s a chance moment, blanketed in natural light, in which the subject’s authentic self is visible in her expression, her stance, her aura. A great portrait blurs the line between a subject and her surroundings, all contributing equally to the overall impression of a singular human being.
Photographer Barbara Yoshida captured not one great portrait, but 100. And to make it all the more glorious, her subjects are all female artists, groundbreaking in their own right.
Source: Photographer Captures 100 Female Artists In Their Homes And Studios | HuffPost
Kentucky Derby: May 6, 2017
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/2~
What photographer’s career began with his close-up portrait of Ezra Pound in 1928?
Which photographer shot the famous image of Albert Einstein in a pensive moment?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/05/02/may-2/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/28~
The term this photographer invented to describe himself – Bildjournalist – is still the German word for photojournalist.
In 1960 this artist patented a color of his own invention, which he called International (__) Blue after himself.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/28/april-28/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/27~
Which painter and photographer with “an artist’s heart” achieved his enduring success as an inventor?
Which illustrator’s most recognizable work was not even executed by the artist himself, but were copies done by other artists?
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/27/april-27/
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/25~
This artist created a vocabulary of various signs and marks that read metaphorically, rather than according to any form of traditional iconography.
This Dutch-born artist was part of the original CoBrA group (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam) founded at the Café de l’Hotel Notre Dame in Paris.
Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/04/25/april-25/
The Misty Miss Christy 