Artists Collected In Depth
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta (American, born Cuba 1948–1985) is an artist whose career can be distinguished in part by her experimentation with a diverse range of artistic media. As a student at th...
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon (British, born Dublin, Ireland, 1909–1992) grew up in Dublin and London amidst the upheaval of World War I and the Irish Home Rule movement. After leaving home at 16, ...
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Hiroshi Sugimoto (born Tokyo, 1948) is one of Japan’s most important contemporary artists. Throughout his career, he has avoided choosing easily identifiable subjects, preferring, i...
Alexander Calder
The son and grandson of artists, Alexander Calder (American, born Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976) earned a degree in mechanical engineering before deciding to become an artist. Af...
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning's sixty-year career began in his native Holland, where he studied fine and applied arts at the Rotterdam Academy. In 1926, after serving an apprenticeship in commerc...
Jean Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet (French, born Le Havre, 1901–1985), one of the most significant European artists of the postwar era, invented a body of imaginative work based on his iconoclastic conc...
Alberto Giacometti
Throughout his life, Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, born Borgonovo, 1901–1966) was devoted to portraying the human figure in various styles and media. In 1922 he moved to Paris to study...
Henri Matisse
Best known for his brilliantly colored paintings, Henri Matisse (French, born Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869–1954) worked in various media, including printmaking, paper collage, a...
Henry Moore
After studying and teaching at the Royal College of Art in London, Henry Moore (British, born Castleford, England, 1898-1986) determined to create modern sculpture that had dignity, monum...
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