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Elaine Fried de Kooning: 1918-1989 — Daily Art Fixx – Art Blog: Modern Art,...
Born on March 12, 1918 (or 1920) in Brooklyn, New York, Elaine Marie Catherine Fried de Kooning was a painter, sculptor, draughtswoman, printmaker, writer, and wife of influential artist Willem de...
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Vincent van Gogh Birthday – March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890 — Daily Art Fixx –...
At age 16, Van Gogh worked as an apprentice for the art dealer Goupil & Cie in Hague at a gallery run by his uncle. Between 1873 and 1876, Van Gogh moved between the London and Paris branches of...
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Marc Chagall Birthday – July 7, 1887 – March 28, 1985 — Daily Art Fixx – Art...
Móyshe Shagáll, Chagall was born on July 7, 1887 in Liozno, near Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus). As a child, he showed promise as an artist and in 1907, after moving to St. Petersburg, he studied at...
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Gustav Klimt – Birthday – July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918 — Daily Art Fixx –...
1892 both Klimt’s father and brother Ernst died, leaving Gustav responsible for both families. Around this time, Klimt met Emilie Flöge, who became his life long companion. Outside of his...
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Edward Hopper Birthday — Daily Art Fixx – Art Blog: Modern Art, Art History,...
Hopper studied illustration with the Correspondence School of Illustrating in New York City in 1899 and then at the New York School of Art between 1900 and 1906. He studied painting a year later with...
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Mucha Birthday — Daily Art Fixx – Art Blog: Modern Art, Art History,...
Alphonse Maria Mucha was born on July 24, 1860 in Ivančice, Moravia (now Czech Republic) and is known for his prominent role in shaping French Art Nouveau. Mucha loved art as a child but studied on a...
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Beatrix Potter Birthday — Daily Art Fixx – Art Blog: Modern Art, Art History,...
Potter had a lonely childhood and was educated at home by a governess. By the age of eight, she was filling sketchbooks with drawings of animals and plants and her artistic endeavors were encouraged,...
View ArticleHenry Moore – Birthday – July 30, 1898 – August 31, 1986 — Daily Art Fixx –...
Henry Moore: 1898 – 1986 Recognized as the most important British sculptor of the 20th century, Henry Spencer Moore was born on July 30, 1898, in Castleford, Yorkshire. Moore had an early interest in...
View ArticleART-O-MAT: Pocket Art — Daily Art Fixx – Art Blog: Modern Art, Art History,...
Many art lovers simply don’t have the budget to purchase original works of art. Enter the Art-O-Mat – re-purposed cigarette vending machines that have been converted to sell pocket size original works...
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Alma Thomas Birthday — Daily Art Fixx – a little art, every day
Born on September 22, 1891, in Columbus, Georgia, Alma Woodsey Thomas grew up in a family that encouraged education and appreciation of literature and the arts. In 1907, the family moved to Washington...
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