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Mario Schifano was an Italian painter and collage artist of the Postmodern school who was born on this day 20 September 1934 in Khoms, Libya. On his day of birth, we at Abir Pothi have combined a list of 11 interesting facts and life events of Schifano that might entice and interest the readers. 11 […]
There is only one attribute that describes the entire being of this artist – positiveness. Janarthanan Kesavan was born on this day 19 September 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. On the evening of 4 March 2000, the eight-year-old Jana (as he is popularly known), while playing with his friends on
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17 th Sep’ 2023 ON THIS DAY “Art is always ahead of time. Tomorrow, they will understand it” —M. F. Husain Early Moorings M. F. Husain, popularly hailed as the ‘Picasso of India’, was born on this day, 17th September, in 1915. Maqbool Fida Husain was born in Pandharpur, in Maharashtra today and then in
16th September, 2023. ON THIS DAY. Jean Arp, born on this day as Hans Arp in 1886, was a pioneer of Dadaism and an influential sculptor, painter, and poet. In 1966, he passed away and left behind a great artistic legacy. He sought to break away from conventional artistic norms and embrace the freedom of
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When we think of the quirky and unforgettable characters of Charles Dickens and their hold over British readerly imagination in the 19th century, we wholeheartedly pay tribute – and rightly so – to the impeccable writing skill of Dickens as an author but what we often fail to acknowledge is the role of illustrators like
Namboothiri: Kerala’s Master Illustrator, Cartoonist and A People’s Artist Read More »
12th September 2023. ON THIS DAY. “The artist must operate on the assumption that the public consists in the highest order of individual—that he is civilized, cultured, and highly sensitive both to emotional and intellectual contexts…And while the whole public most certainly does not consist in that sort of individual, still the tendency of art
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On this day, September 7th, 1822, Brazil gained its independence from Portugal. Commemorating this historical landmark, we at Abir Pothi have compiled a list of 11 Brazillian artists you should know about: 1. Tarsila Do Amaral Brazilian-born Tarsila do Amaral, studied in Paris and was influenced by Cubism. She was inspired by Modern Art Week
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2nd September 2023. ON THIS DAY. “Artists have this desire for a vision of the world…There’s some painting someplace that’s not in a museum and it’s your idea as a painter to put that one thing that is missing there.” – Romare Bearden Introduction As an artist, Romare Howard Bearden’s work spanned boundaries and sparked
Romare Bearden: A Journey Through Art and Identity. Read More »
When we think of portraying traumatic events of history through painting, we often wish to communicate it using a visually unsettling image that draws the viewer and does – to whatever degree possible – artistic justice to the event. Beauty, one presumes, bears no immediate relationship to the appalling. For the renowned Indian artist Arpana
Famous Neoclassical painter Jacques-Louis David was born on this day, 30th August 1748. He produced a great body of work throughout the 18th and 19th centuries that caught the spirit of the time while drawing inspiration from classical themes and historical events. His artwork displays an acute eye for detail, a dedication to precision, and
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