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  • List of Argentinian Artists

    A Gustavo Aguerre B Ricardo Basta Antonio Berni Marcelo Bonevardi Oscar Bony Martha Boto Pablo Bronstein Bony Bullrich C Ricardo Carpani Juan Carlos Castagnino Américo Castilla Sergio de Castro (artist) Omar Chabán…

  • Biography: Frank Lloyd Wright

    Biography: Frank Lloyd Wright

    Frank Lloyd Wright, born on June 8, 1867, in Richland Center, Wisconsin, was an architect of profound influence, whose designs and ideas heralded new thinking in architecture. His work embraced the belief…

  • Inspiration: “La Conversation,” by Jean Béraud

    Inspiration: “La Conversation,” by Jean Béraud

    Béraud was born in Saint Petersburg. His father (also called Jean) was a sculptor and was likely working on the site of St. Isaac’s Cathedral at the time of his son’s birth. Béraud’s mother was…

  • Inspiration: “In The Oak Grove,” by Guy Rose

    Inspiration: “In The Oak Grove,” by Guy Rose

    Guy Orlando Rose was born March 3, 1867, in San Gabriel, California. He was the seventh child of Leonard John Rose and Amanda Jones Rose. His father was a prominent California senator. He and his…

  • The Art Bog’s Hall of Fame: Class of 2014

    The Art Bog’s Hall of Fame: Class of 2014

    Welcome back to the most anticipated event in our calendar, the grand unveiling of this year’s entrants into The Art Bog Hall of Fame! Every year since 2003, we’ve embarked on the…

  • Biography: Auguste Rodin

    Biography: Auguste Rodin

    Auguste Rodin, born François-Auguste-René Rodin on November 12, 1840, in Paris, France, is widely acknowledged as a progenitor of modern sculpture. His work departed from the prevailing decorative, formulaic, and highly thematic…

  • Pennsylvania: The History of its Art

    Pennsylvania: The History of its Art

    The story of Pennsylvania’s art begins not with canvas or marble, but with stone worn by rivers and bone carved by steady hands. Long before European settlers set foot on its soil,…

  • Inspiration: “Les Buveurs,” by Emile Friant

    Inspiration: “Les Buveurs,” by Emile Friant

    Friant was born in the commune of Dieuze in 1863. His father was a locksmith and mother a dressmaker. The wife of a chemist, Madame Parisot would hire the wife of Émile Friant’s father to design custom clothing. The Parisots took…

  • Biography: Édouard Manet

    Biography: Édouard Manet

    Édouard Manet, born on January 23, 1832, in Paris, France, stands as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, challenging the artistic conventions of his day with his innovative…