Happy Birthday, Paul Cézanne
Today marks the birthday of Paul Cézanne. Paul Cézanne’s life is a poignant reminder that it is not easy to be the bridge between ideas. It takes courage to go… Read more Happy Birthday, Paul Cézanne →
Happy Birthday, Wassily Kandinsky
“Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to… Read more Happy Birthday, Wassily Kandinsky →
Happy Birthday, Gilbert Stuart
“When I painted him, he had just had a set of false teeth inserted, which accounts for the constrained expression so noticeable about the mouth and lower part of… Read more Happy Birthday, Gilbert Stuart →
Happy Birthday, Marina Abramović
“Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.” So, sometimes with art, it is important just to look.” Marina Abramović Happy Birthday, Marina Abramović (November 30, 1946 – ) Performance artist who explores the connection between the performer and audience. “The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you.” Marina Abramović
Happy Birthday, Claude Monet
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” Claude Monet, Founder of French impressionist painting. (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926)
Happy Belated Birthday, Antonio Canova
“I have read that the ancients, when they had produced a sound, used to modulate it, heightening and lowering its pitch without departing from the rules of harmony. So must… Read more Happy Belated Birthday, Antonio Canova →
Happy Birthday, Alfred Sisley
“Though the artist must remain master of his craft, the surface, at times raised to the highest pitch of loveliness, should transmit to the beholder the sensation which possessed the… Read more Happy Birthday, Alfred Sisley →
Happy Birthday, Pablo Picasso
“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must… Read more Happy Birthday, Pablo Picasso →
