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Apr 18, 2020 · Ford Bailey. By William Grimes. April 18, 2020. William Bailey, whose pristine, idealized still lifes and female nudes made him one of the leading figures in the return of figurative art in...
He died at his residence in Sacramento on Christmas Day 2021, at age 101. Work Three Machines, 1963, de Young Museum, San Francisco. Thiebaud is well known for his paintings of production line objects found in diners and cafeterias, such as pies and pastries.
May 1, 2020 · Art World Luminaries Who Died in 2020. In 2020, the art world weathered the loss of pioneers of painting and avant-garde illustrators, titans of curation and collectors whose memory endures beyond ...
Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Game Fowl, Vegetables and Fruits (1602), Museo del Prado, Madrid. A still life (pl.: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).
Aug 7, 2020 · Artists who make still lifes create suggestive worlds, placing clues about their lives and their often invented, absent characters into their compositions. The 17 contemporary artists below explore the material world through abstract painting, performance, craft, and digital media.
Dec 22, 2020 · Compiled by Gabe Cohn , Peter Libbey and Lauren Messman. Dec. 22, 2020. It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis upon crisis, some of ...
Jasper Johns. Jasper Johns, Painted Bronze, 1960. In the mid twentieth century still life is invigorated by American artist Jasper Johns with an attitude that foreshadows the emergence of Pop Art. Though Johns is known primarily for his painting, this sculptural take on the still life is stoic in its simplicity.
