“Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.”
Henri Matisse
Dec 31, 1869 - Nov 3, 1954
The Circus (Jazz)
Henri Matisse • 1947
Museus Castro Maya #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom.
Patti Smith
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“Art is a weapon that penetrates the eyes, the ears, the deepest and subtlest human feelings.”
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Dec 29, 1896 - Jan 6, 1974
América Tropical
David Alfaro Siqueiros • 1932
The Mural Conservancy of Los
Angeles #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Feininger's purpose in photography was documentation of the unity of natural things, their interdependence, and their similarity to constructed forms. His images emphasize design, deploying the principles of simplicity, clarity, and organization. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Ching Ho Cheng was an artist active in New York City from the late 1960s through the 1980s. He described himself as working “with” as opposed to “on” paper, using a variety of means, including drawing, painting, printing, tearing, and oxidizing. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
“I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to let me know why I am doing it.”
Louise Bourgeois
Dec 25, 1911 - May 31, 2010
Spider
Louise Bourgeois
VISIT KC
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Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty youtube.com/watch?v=0ybM...
His best-known building is the exhibition hall he built for the Secession on the Ringstrasse, which carried above its portal the slogan "To every age its art; to art its freedom." #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Nothing monstrous here
John P. Frankenstein emigrated from Germany to Cincinnati, Ohio, with his family of artists when he was fifteen years old. Entirely self-taught, he was encouraged by local sculptor Hiram Powers to pursue a career in art. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
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Sex, drugs, Rock and Roll #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty Keith Richards survived it all and more youtube.com/watch?v=Jwty...
POST-RETIREMENT SOUTHERN STORYTELLER WHOSE COMEDIC NARRATIVES OFTEN DREW FROM LOCAL ORAL HISTORY AND WHOSE EPIC PARABLE, THE SAGA OF RED EYE THE ROOSTER, BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
As her fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, they'd like you to know it's a mistake to simply dismiss her work as light, frothy romances. It's full of intricate plots, class satire and biting wit…. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
While the Eiffel Tower bears Gustave’s name, the concept came from his employee Maurice Koechlin…Koechlin’s design called for 18,000 pieces of wrought iron, 2.5 million rivets, and hundreds of workers to complete. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Hailed in his lifetime as “the poster king,” E. McKnight Kauffer believed that the street was an art gallery for the people. While living in England between 1914 and 1940, Kauffer produced radical posters for advertising that introduced modernism to the public.
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Eva Mudocci was a famous British violinist who, together with the pianist Bella Edwards, had concert tours throughout Europe, including Norway.
Edward Munch met her in Paris in 1903. The two of them became close friends.
The Brooch. Eva Mudocci
Edvard Munch • 1903
MUNCH #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
Adolf Loos
Steiner House
ADOLF LOOS
Date: 1910
Address: St.Veitgasse 10, Vienna, Austria #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Margaret Brainard Hamilton (December 9, 1902 – May 16, 1985) was an American actress,… is best known to modern audiences for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 MGM's film classic The Wizard of Oz. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Ready-to-Wear
Stuart Davis • 1955
The Art Institute of Chicago
Throughout his lengthy career as one of the preeminent American Modernists, Stuart Davis looked to the sights and sounds of the United States for his subject matter.
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Vj Day
Alfred Eisenstaedt 1945-08-14
LIFE Photo Collection
A jubilant Amer. sailor clutching a pretty white-uniformed nurse in a back-bending, passionate kiss as he vents his joy while thousands jam the Times Square area to celebrate the long awaited victory over Japan. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
It kills me when people talk about California hedonism. Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento.
Joan Didion #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
Siskind's abstract photographs from the late 1940s and early 1950s were a major force in the development of avant-garde art in America. In rejecting the third dimension, this work belied the notion that photography was tied exclusively to representation. #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
“I always begin with the
shadows...as that’s what
strikes you the most,
it’s therefore what one
ought to render first.”
Georges-Pierre Seurat
Circus Sideshow
(Parade de cirque)
Georges Seurat
The Metropolitan Museum of Art #DecemberBirthdayArtistParty
