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June 21, On This Day; 1928; J Swaminathan was born Credited with the discovery of legendary Gond tribal artist from Madhya Pradesh, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Jagdish Swaminathan — commonly known as J Swaminathan — was a renowned Indian artist, painter, poet and writer in his own right, and also a member of the Communist Party […]
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Not everyone can harness the power of shapes and geometry the way Magdalena Abakanowicz has. A trailblazer in fibre-based sculpting, she was born on 20th June, 1930 in a Polish aristocracy. Her teenage years were spent amidst the Nazi occupation. The horrors of the war scarred her, which can be felt in most of her
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June 18, On This Day Amid a lineage of prolific littérateurs and artists, the Tagore family, was yet another eminent painter and woman. Sunayani Devi was the younger sister of painters Abanindranath, Gaganendranath and Samarendranath Tagore, and the niece of Rabindranath Tagore. She was born to Saudamini Devi and Gunendranath Tagore on June 18,
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Maurits Cornelis Escher, Graphic Artist On his birthday, we remember Maurits Cornelis Escher, the Dutch graphic artist whose mind bending works continue to fascinate and inspire. Best known for his intricate woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, Escher seamlessly blended art with mathematics and scientific concepts, Escher explored themes of infinity, symmetry, and spatial logic, often visualizing
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June 18, On This Day Amid a lineage of prolific littérateurs and artists, the Tagore family, was yet another eminent painter and woman. Sunayani Devi was the younger sister of painters Abanindranath, Gaganendranath and Samarendranath Tagore, and the niece of Rabindranath Tagore. She was born to Saudamini Devi and Gunendranath Tagore on June 18,
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Fine art is knowledge made visible. – Gustave Courbet Image Courtesy: Wikipedia Gustave Courbet was a renowned French artist and leader of the 19th century Realist movement. Courbet rebelled against the Romantic painting tradition, turning to everyday events for his subject matter. His huge shadowed canvases with their solid groups of figures, such as The
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In the revolutionary ferment of early 20th-century Russian art, few figures proved as transformative as Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov. Born in Tiraspol, a city near Odessa, Russia (now Odesa, Ukraine), on June 3rd, 1881 on the periphery of the Russian Empire and dying in Parisian exile, Larionov’s artistic journey embodied the tumultuous cultural shifts of his
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Who was Ellsworth Kelly? Ellsworth Kelly, an iconic figure in American minimalist art, was born in 1923 in Newburgh, New York. As the second eldest of three brothers, Kelly spent much of his childhood in northern New Jersey, immersed in solitude and the natural world. Observing birds and insects, he cultivated a sensitivity to form,
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Birth During the Paris Commune During the chaotic “Bloody Week” marking the end of the Paris Commune, Georges-Henri Rouault was born in a cellar on May 27, 1871. After an unguided missile hit the family home, the pregnant mother was forced to deliver her child underground. Rouault, a weak and delicate child, had a joyful
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Philippe de Champaigne’s The Last Supper, a French Baroque Gem overshadowed by da Vinci’s Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674) was a highly influential French Baroque painter whose work transcended religious, political, and artistic boundaries. Born in Brussels and later settled in Paris, Champaigne became one of the leading artists of 17th-century France. His paintings, especially in
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