Individual Artist category: 1922 books

Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 – Giverny, 1926) Pour Claude Monet, le qualificatif d'impressionniste est toujours resté un sujet de fierté. Malgré tout ce que les critiques ont pu écrire sur son oeuvre, Monet n'a cessé d'être véritablement impressionniste jusqu'à la fin de sa très longue vie....

Dalí, Salvador (Figueras, 1904 – Torre-Galatea, 1989) Peintre, artiste, créateur d’objets, écrivain et cinéaste, il est connu du public comme un des représentants majeur du surréalisme. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso, Breton… : ces rencontres constituent autant d’étapes dans la carrière de...

Paul Gauguin (Paris, 1848 – Atuona, Iles Marquises 1903) Paul Gauguin fut tout d'abord marin puis agent de change émérite à Paris. En 1874, il commença à peindre pendant les week-ends, tel un peintre du dimanche. Neuf ans plus tard, après un crack boursier, il sentit qu'il pourrait faire vivre...

Georgia O’Keeffe (Sun Prarie, Wisconsin, 1887 – Santa Fe, 1986) En 1905, Georgia O’Keeffe suivit des cours à l’ Art Institute de Chicago et débuta sérieusement sa carrière artistique. Elle s’installa ensuite à New York et s’inscrivit à l’Art Students League School. Georgia adorait...

Ever wondered how Kevin Bacon rose to stardom?Once in a very close-knit Norwood Bacon’s family with many children, living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the most usual baby Kevin was born in July 8, 1958. The boy's parents were educated people: his mother, Ruth Hilda had worked as school...

Sam Worthington is undoubtedly well-known as one of his age group’s most creative and blunt gifted artists. This biography in the form of e-book, about the English-born Aussie actor encompasses the story of his struggle and sheer hard work. A wonderful aspect of his individuality was his decision...

Ever wondered how Michael Caine rose to stardom? Michael Caine is an actor of international repute who has spent his entire life in acting and giving great performances to his admirers. He spent his early life in great difficulties and severe financial crisis but these factors could never deter...

Ever wondered how Paul Walker rose to stardom? Born on September 12, 1973 in Glendale, California, as Paul William Walker IV, he grew up in San Fernando Valley area of LA County. Paul’s handsome looks and body were of Irish, English and German descent. Paul starred in many more commercial...

Ever wondered how Tom Hardy rose to stardom? At the age of 24, Hardy almost left his acting career for the sake of pleasures. The fear of completely losing control of oneself only stopped. He does not hide his past, frankly says in interviews even about the ugly facts of his biography. At first,...

This represents a small selection of the artists on Fine Art America as well as a few other websites. Artists were picked because of their expressive style and commitment to their art. Each one of these artists are worthy of note. Some or all of these artists may be unknown to you, however you should...

Gustave Doré's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. His wood-engraved illustrations for John Milton's monumental epic poem Paradise Lost, recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan, were...

Put knowledge and experience in the hands of your parish with this FREE book! At last, a down to earth, short and sweet, “layman’s terms” guide to understanding the great responsibility entrusted to those who seek to acquire sacred furniture for God’s house! Inspired by the U.S. Bishop’s...

An illustrated examination of a 1995 work by Mike Kelley that marked a significant change in his work. One of the most influential artists of our time, Mike Kelley (1954–2012) produced a body of innovative work mining American popular culture as well as modernist and postmodernist art—relentless...

Examining a work that marked the emergence of photography as an art made for the gallery wall instead of the printed page. Jeff Wall's Picture for Women (1979) marks the transition of photography as an art form from the printed page to the gallery wall. Before this, photographs—from the orthodox...