The Art of Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was a French painter, who teamed up with Andre Derain to form the Fauvists, a group of artists who were often ridiculed and discredited by the public for their emphasis on color over the structure and perspective of a painting. (Matisse, Henri. La Raie Verte "The Green Line." c. 1905. Oil & tempera on canvas. Statens Musseum for Kunst, Copenhagen.)Matisse once

The Art of Miguel Avataneo

Argentine artist, Miguel Avataneo, was born in 1962 in San Cristóbal, Argentina. In 1988 he graduated from La Escuela de Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. (Avataneo, Miguel. Muchacha Con Flores "Girl with Flowers") Avataneo is one of the brightest talents in Argentina’s art world. He is a painter of images that combine a love of classicism with the South American tradition of

The Art of Ikrano Theodorus

Ikrano Theodorus is a contemporary abstract painter, he uses bold color and interesting inperfect geometric shapes to express himself. He describes the purpoase of his art in the following statement. "I am a self-taught artist with a wholehearted commitment and dedication to master the art of painting, which I realize will be a lifelong learning and striving in effort to achieve even the smallest

The Art of Georges Braque

Georges Braque (1882 - 1963) trained as a house decorator before moving to Paris in 1900 to continue his apprenticeship and study art. By 1906, Braque was involved with the Fauve movement, but two events were to lead to a drastic change of style. (Braque, Georges. Cabez de Mujer. c. 1908. Oil on canvas.) In 1907 he was impressed by Cezanne’s retrospective at the Salon d’Automne and he met