Author: The Artist Editorial

Jeff Koons is one of America’s preeminent working artists. By the early 1980s, he was exhibiting “readymades” in earnest—everyday objects in a new context as works of art, and let’s have a look at the 7 Most Powerful Works By Jeff Koons Inflatable Flower And Bunny Here you can see an inflatable rabbit and a balloon flower.     Inflatable Flower And Bunny were made in the year 1979. Cheery and impersonal, these works are reminiscent of Surrealism. This artwork encourages the use of everyday source material. The bunny reminds the easter holiday decorations. Cartoon iconography and the use of…

Marcel Duchamp was a man wrapped in mystery. With a career beginning in the early 1900s up to his death in 1968, interest in Duchamp and his influence on the art world has proven to be inescapable. Few artists have been able to ask as much as Duchamp as to what art really means and then so confidently suggest that any decent answers would only lead to more questions anyway. Much of Duchamp’s work, as shown in these 10 famous and innovative Marcel Duchamp Artworks, provide responses to the question, “what is art, really?” and reflect the artist’s ongoing inquisitive…

Mark Rothko, an American of Jewish and Russian heritage, is a famous painter well known for his works of abstraction and particularly for the fusion of colors throughout his work. A historic building in Houston, Texas, known as the Rothko Chapel, has fourteen of his paintings on display.  Perhaps one of the more remarkable milestones of his career, Rothko was commissioned to paint a mural at the Four Seasons restaurant on Park Avenue. However, he is famously known for discontinuing the project on account of his refusal to have his art in the presence of the affluent classes of people.…

India is quite famous for its culture worldwide and the most important aspect of it is the art that is interwoven with it, and the country is home to quite wonderful artists who portray India’s culture quite beautifully. Let’s have a look at the famous art masterpieces ever made in India. Bharat Mata Bharat Mata is a painting by Abanindranath Tagore done in 1905. This painting depicts a woman dressed in saffron like a sadhvi. The woman is holding a book, bundles of paddy, a piece of white cloth, and a garland in her four hands. It was painted keeping…

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, born in c.1445 in the era of the early renaissance. Botticelli sought to achieve a loose and rhythmic composition, using an undulating line that’s meant to lighten the borders of his figures precisely. The result of his ambition was the creation of an imaginary world, where everything seems to have a superficial existence – it is as if in our thoughts that the subjects came alive. Despite having an innate preference for conservative methods he also had an open mind for innovative trends. Let’s check out the ten most famous Botticelli Paintings. The Birth…

Yayoi Kusama, born in 1929 in Matsumoto, Japan, is a Japanese artist who is knowns as ‘the princess of polka dots’.  Although Kusama makes lots of different types of art – paintings, sculptures, performances, and installations – they have one thing in common, DOTS! Let’s check out nine experimental artworks of Kusama Yayoi. The Woman The watercolor depicted as a singular biomorphic form with subtle dots in the center floating in a seemingly black abyss. The Woman was made in the year 1953. This artwork is reminiscent of female genitalia with red spikes surrounding it. The overall effect of the…

Born on 7th June 1965, Damien Hirst is one of the Young British Artists and United Kingdom’s richest artists who dominated the art world during the 1990s. Damien Hirst is known for conceptual art, installation art, paintings, and sculpture. He is also an entrepreneur and art collector.  Let’s take a look at some of the most famous and controversial works of Damien Hirst. The central theme of most of Hirst’s works is Death. He got famous for a progression of artworks in which dead animals are preserved in formaldehyde. Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable The Treasure from the Wreck…

Here are some of the most revolutionary paintings of all time that shows the connection between art and politics. Art and politics share a very common connection made of mutual benefits and common purpose. If we look back in the past you can see that how artistic research has set a stage for politics to express them freely a place where you can freely support and protest any propaganda. In the Past art was mainly entitled to empower politics and celebrate the dominance of certain reign through symbolic art. In the current time, art acts as a form of protest…

Famous Eugene Delacroix paintings by Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix a french romantic artist. He was considered the leader of the french romantic school. He was a prolific artist, who produced over 9000 work during his lifetime. The paintings ranged from watercolors, pastels, and drawings. His work molded the Impressionist artist and encouraged the Symbolist movement. The Barque Of Dante The Massacres At Chios The massacre at Chios is a Famous Eugene Delacroix Paintings done in 1824. It is an oil painting. In the forefront, there is a group of distressed Greek men, women, and children laying clustered on the ground…

Famous Paintings of Keith Haring an American social activist and street artist is also one of the few contemporary artists that have pervaded the subconscious of the general public on a quite grand scale. In his short life, Keith Haring was a prolific artist both on the street and in the studio, making him one of the true street art legends. His colorful figures are instantly recognizable to many even if they don’t know him, much of the work by Keith Haring revolved around themes of politics, sexuality, war, religion, and AIDS, largely in response to the street culture prevailing…