On This Day

“Expression, for me, does not reside in passions glowing in a human face or manifested by violent movement. The entire arrangement of my picture is expressive; the place occupied by the figures, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything has its share.” Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was a French artist known for his colorful,

DECEMBER 30, ON THIS DAY Francois Andre Vincent was a French painter and draughtsman who was one of the leading Neo-classical artists in France during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He is best known for his classical history paintings, especially those depicting episodes from the works of Virgil and Dante, as well as

DECEMBER 29, ON THIS DAY \”Art is a weapon that penetrates the eyes, the ears, the deepest and subtlest human feelings. The artist must paint as he would speak. I don\’t want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand.\” David Alfaro Siqueiros David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter, muralist, and

DECEMBER 27, ON THIS DAY Hermann Paul was a French painter and lithographer best known for his caricatures, illustrations and posters. He was a member of the artistic movement known as the Nabis, a group of Post-Impressionists who favoured flat shapes and bright colours in their work. His artistic style was heavily influenced by the

DECEMBER 26, ON THIS DAY \”On a particularly boring day, I had a clever but unfortunate inspiration. I seized a piece of cardboard, some tubes of tint and petroleum base – since I lacked real oil – and, confronting a typical Montmartre street corner, I suddenly found myself a practitioner of this difficult and thankless

DECEMBER 24, ON THIS DAY “Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the shimmering but more enduring planets—a connotation of moon and tides—the association of waterless subtle, as when driftwood pieces make up a proscenium to set off the dazzling white

DECEMBER 23, ON THIS DAY Art has no place in modern life. It will continue to exist as long as there is a mania for the romantic and so long as there are people who love beautiful lies and deception… Every modern cultured man must wage war against art, as against opium… Photograph and be

DECEMBER 22, ON THIS DAY “If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you’ve got to realize that influence is not influence. It’s simply someone’s idea going through my new mind.”  Jean-Michel Basquiat Basquiat was well-known for showing his subjects\’ heads rather than their full bodies. Many modern critics also agreed that his use of

DECEMBER 21, ON THIS DAY I was once that which you are, and what I am you will also be. —– Masaccio Masaccio was renowned for creating opulent altarpieces that served as chapels\’ focal points. Due to his discovery of numerous innovative artistic techniques, the artist is best regarded as one of the founding figures