She loved to include elements from Mexican culture in her artwork, like bright colors and images from nature. Frida was disabled by polio as a child but was still planning to go to school to become a doctor. However, at 18, she was hit by a bus, which caused her lifelong pain and ...
Tee A. Corinne (November 3, 1943 – August 27, 2006) was a photographer, author, and editor notable for the portrayal of sexuality in her artwork. According to Completely Queer : The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia, "Corinne is one of the most visible and accessible lesbian artists in the wo...
She also acted as a model for his artwork Monument à Apollinaire, which pays respect to the late poet Guillaume Apollinaire. Maar's earliest known images were from the early 1920s, when she used a Rolleiflex camera on a cargo ship destined for the Cape Verde Islands. In the early 1930s...
Shocking people by doing something stupid and outlandish used to be the province of disc jockeys, graffiti artists, and Jerry Springer but now it has apparently become mainstream. So not only is Picasso famous for his artwork but now so is the idiot who walked into a museum andvandalized one...
is known for his colourful paintings. His work was influenced by his many travels to exotic places such as Martinique, Panama and Tahiti. He was a friend of Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch painter. One of his paintings is considered the most expensive artwork in the world as it was sold for...
We've had the pleasure of interviewing Paula several times over the years, learning about her influences from album artwork and how she designed some of the world's most famous logos. When we asked what advice she would give new designers, she said: "I think that the first thing is to ...
Michael Wynn-Jones. In 2012 Smith was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six ...
Among these was the technology enabling the iconic 'bronze' artwork for which Nigeria is famous.doi:10.4102/td.v2i1.307Dick-Read, RobertTd the Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern AfricaDick-Read, Robert (2006): 'Indonesia and Africa: Questioning the Origins of some of Africa's ...
Lost on December 31,1990, this artwork that used to be on exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford was stolen the night before the city’s Millennium celebration. The thieves planned the robbery in time with the fireworks exhibition during peak of the celebrations. This artwork is estimated...
Artwork 'Jellyfish Eyes' by Takashi Murakami Famous Japaneseare: Miyamoto Musashi, a samurai 1584 - 1645 Yoko Ono, anti-war activist and artist (and widow of Beatles star John Lennon). Born in 1933 Haruki Murakami, writer (born 1949), he won many awards for his works ...