Sentences with phrase «role as a painter»

Leslie was immersed in the social, political and cultural changes of the day, balancing roles as a painter, a writer and a filmmaker.

Though many dismiss his role as a painter, his works reflect advanced formal concerns and a personal vision.

The name Alexander Liberman may be synonymous with Condé Nast Publications, but his role as a painter and sculptor of large - scale public works has earned him a place in some of the most prestigious art museums in the world.

Not exact matches

Oscar - winning Redgrave will play the role of Elizabeth opposite Spall as Lowry, the 20th century painter best known for his matchstick human figures within scenes of life in the industrial North.

In an attempt to bring a more human face to the slaughter, Saroyan brings in a historian, an Armenian woman named Ani (Khanjian, Irma Vep), to serve as an advisor to the film, since she is an expert on the life of painter Arshile Gorky (Abkarian, When the Cat's Away), reported to have eye witnessed the events, and who is to be featured in a supporting role.

As a showcase for the remarkable talents of Geoffrey Rush in the role of sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, the picture's thematic focus is on the vast personality differences that Giacometti had with a noted writer, James Lord (Armie Hammer), known today for his voluminous biography of the man he befriended.

One way in which Timothy Spall prepared for his role as British painter J.M.W. Turner was to spend two years studying painting with portraitist Tim Wright.

Her works command six figure prices at auctions and she is celebrated as one of the most influential painters of our time, heralded as a role model by art academy students the world over.

[4] On his role as a Wisconsin artist, Andrew Stevens stated in 1995 that «Holty's zeal for non-objective art was more closely identified with the younger group of American painters in the East.

It will continue with work by current mid-career painters as well as recent graduates who will play a central role in the next generation of American painting.

Williams» narrative content reveals a dark sense of humor about everyday life, often exploring the role of the painter as observer.

Collage, popular culture, or the mere appearance of both in paint has played a similar role for excluded voices, such as African Americans after Romare Bearden, and it is no coincidence that every painter that I have mentioned thus far is a woman.

Some of the main painters of these styles, such as John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase and Kenyon Cox, served a big indirect role within the Ashcan School as all of its members sought to paint in a perfectly opposite style from their highly polished work.

Pam Rogers is a painter / sculptor whose work explores the territory between the nature and the role of the artist as they engage with nature.

Jack Bush started off as an illustrator but fostered his love of abstract art in his spare time, playing a role in the Toronto - based abstract expressionist group Painters Eleven (1953 — 60) and winning the attention of Clement Greenberg in 1957.

Many highlighted the artist's role as a member of The Eight, a group led by Robert Henri, an influential teacher and painter who encouraged American artists to portray subjects from daily life.

Frowned upon by generations of art historians as the last expression of irrationality (as opposed to perfect perspective) the primitive painters played a pivotal role in bridging Medieval styles with the resurgence of classicism characteristic of Renaissance artists and architects.

In works such as these, the artist appropriates and interrogates European painters and combines aspects of her African heritage to question the role of visual power.

Oehlen's Computer Paintings, which will be affixed to Bottrop's walls, made between 1992 and 2008, exemplify Oehlen's pioneering role as one of the first contemporary painters to explore the nascent capabilities and limits of drawing and line - making through the use of a now - rudimentary Texas Instruments computer.

Exhibiting in his home city, the painter famous for his smiling self - portraits has included Christian iconography in this latest set of canvases as well as recent work leading the viewer to think about the role of Western influence in China.

He became a role model for me of a life as a painter.

Tate Britain's exhibition brings together examples by a number of prominent folk artists, such as George Smart the tailor of Frant, embroiderer Mary Linwood and Cornish painter Alfred Wallis, in order to reevaluate the important role folk art has played in shaping British culture.

Kline was best known for his role as an «action painter» of abstract expressionism, a movement that was popular in New York during the 1940s and 1950s and introduced the world to artists including Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

They've played an important role in Houston's art history, as when the black artist Peter Bradley, at the invitation of Dominique and John de Menil, curated The De Luxe Show, an integrated show of abstract painters, at a Fifth Ward movie theater in 1971.

Often associated throughout art history with the Jackson Pollock myth of the individual male painter expressing his physical prowess on the canvas, Abstract Expressionism has been recently reassessed by casting a new light on female artists who played an important role in the movement such as Lee Krasner or Grace Hartigan.

Ten circular canvases graced Elizabeth Dee's upstairs annex in a jewel - box exhibition dedicated to Betty Blayton, the late abstract painter whose artistic achievements have been partially eclipsed by her roles as cofounder of New York's Studio Museum in Harlem and as an advocate for African American artists.

Her role as female literal painter takes on epic proportions

He often left large areas of the canvas untouched, with the negative space playing a significant role in his work, as in Gamma Omicron (1960); his initial inspiration for this method is said to come from a visit to the studio of Helen Frankenthaler, a pioneering stain painter.

Following her education at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts between 1941 and 1944, Lassnig played a key role in the emergence of art informer in Austria, and in the early 1950s she exhibited in Vienna with abstract painters such as Arnu lf Rainer and Josef Mikl.

When admiring her work, one can not but feel as though someone gave a paintbrush to a Renaissance painter and set her to wonder free in the role of an emerging artist of contemporaneity.

Inspired by Giorgio de Chirico, Andre Breton and other 20th century surrealist painters, Weldon's dream - like and fantastical narratives playfully coax the viewer to consider the role of social media in our everyday lives - the absurdity of time spent scrolling through photographs and feeds, as well as the the withdrawn insularity of choosing social media over genuine social interactions.

In the first «take» performers step in and out of roles such as «Painter,» «Director,» and «Dancer,» improvising and repeating actions around a set of parameters put into motion by the rolling of dice.

Be it as a painter, stage designer, draughtsman, sculptor, architect, designer, catalogue and book designer, poet or author of theoretical works, Zobernig pursues this question in the widest possible variety of roles and thereby questions the traditional image of the artist.

This display explores the pioneering role that painters such as Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and David Hockney played in the reinvention of figurative art in the second half of the 20th century.

The building played an important role with regard to art in Milan, as shown by the great success of the exhibition of recent years that have included Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and other painters and sculptors.

I recently spoke with A.I.R. Gallery's Associate Director Jacqueline Ferrante, who is also a Brooklyn - based painter, about the gallery's history, how feminism has played a vital role in its mission, and some of the challenges she has personally faced as a woman artist.

«For contemporary figurative painter Kent Williams, «the tactile qualities of the painted surface, the mark - making itself, plays as big a role in the resonance of a work» as its narrative aspects.

As an avid collector of Pop, Op and Abstract Expressionists — including works by fellow artist (and sign painter) Robert Indiana, Frank Stella, Tom Wesselmann, Robert Motherwell, Gerald Laing and others — Gallery Director is a role that fits Bill Pugsley like a vintage Zoot Suit.

Why: We all know Edgar Degas for his work as a painter of the ballet, but this MoMA show will focus on the artist's role as printmaker.

In the spring of 2018 the Hamburger Kunsthalle is mounting Germany's first large - scale monographic exhibition on the English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727 — 1788), concentrating on his role as a pioneer of» modern «landscape painting.

Though she is known as a painter, recently her work has engaged with museum collections in which she has creatively interrogated the history and representation of the African diaspora and looked at the role of museums in discussion around cultural histories.

Reviewing the beloved early twentieth - century Italian painter Giorgio Morandi's hugely popular 2008 retrospective exhibition, The New York Times» Holland Cotter wrote, «Aspirants to the role of painter - as - poet are many.

«I never thought I would be a landscape painter,» Dan Attoe once remarked — and yet landscapes have played a role in all his work to date, as settings for figures in action.

Growing up the daughter of renowned artist Betye Saar and painter / conservator Richard Saar, played a crucial role in her formative years, as well as in the development of her artistic career.

As a painter and a teacher, and co-founder of the Blaue Reiter, the Russian - born artist Vasily Kandinsky has played a leading role in the unfolding of modern art.

The exhibition will include his monumental architectural paintings, such as To the Unknown Painter (Dem unbekannten Maler), 1983 that reflect on the neo-classicist buildings of Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, and on the role of the artist in considering collective memory.

According to Vicente Todolí, director of Tate Modern, the exhibition will «challenge assumptions about his practice and reveal his complexity and richness», looking at Gauguin's role as a narrative painter and a «maker of fables».

Joe Goode, who was born in Oklahoma City towards the end of the great depression has played a role in art history as a Los Angeles painter, adjacent to, but somewhat outside of the Ferus Gallery school, which defined the city's turn towards a major art center in the 1960s.

Awareness of Afro's art grew and continues to grow over time, thanks also to the revival of interest in the various historical contexts, more than half a century ago, in which he played a role, as an in Italian painter of international renown.

Frankenthaler's key role in the development of color - field painting is recognized in the New York Times» headline describing her as «Abstract Painter Who Shaped a Movement.»