On This Day

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

DECEMBER 20, ON THIS DAY Beverly Pepper was an American environmental artist and sculptor known for her monumental works made of cast iron, bronze, steel, stainless steel, stone, and soil. She was one of the modern era\’s well-known and influential artists. Her sculptures are featured in some of the most significant public and private collections

DECEMBER 19, ON THIS DAY “For me, painting is that magical material, that beautiful stuff that was invented, the ground-up pigments in oil which makes it very malleable. It can be manipulated and changed, darkened, lightened, given different hues and colours, so that by manipulating this material somehow I can find that figure I\’m looking

DECEMBER 17, ON THIS DAY Paul Cesar Helleu was a French oil painter, pastelist, drypoint engraver, and designer most renowned for his countless depictions of stunning Belle Epoque society women. He also designed the constellation ceiling painting at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Helleu also created elegant and vibrant landscape paintings, drawing inspiration

DECEMBER 16, ON THIS DAY “Everything that she did or undid, however disparate that looked to an observer with prejudices, was done for what should be done, that is, with courage and without fear of consequences.” Remedios Varo Remedios Varo is a surrealist painter best known for her paintings of lanky, heart-faced people with big