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Karel Appel (1921-2006) : Dutch Abstract Expressionist Painter. Karel Appel was one of the founders of the COBRA group, which has had great influence on art in Scandinavia. His works are exhibited in all major museums of modern art in the world.


Marc Chagall (1887-1985) : Russian-born French Painter and Stained Glass Artist. Chagall occupied a unique place in world art. Even though at times he was slightly influenced by the contemporary developments in arts throughout his long life he was an independent artist, often criticized for his lack of "realism" or for his lack of desire to explore non-objective art. 


Patrick Chevailler : "After 20 years painting all kinds of old sailing 
ships, my brushes suddenly sank in the big blue, within a short time of 
returning to the Caribbean. The painting hobby turned then to a serious 
job, with these underwater subjects. Meanwhile, I reduced my medical 
activities to merely a hobby!"


Salvador Dali (1904-89) : Salvador Dali was the 20th century's most famous surrealist artist. Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and designer. After passing through phases of Cubism, Futurism and Metaphysical painting, he joined the Surrealists in 1929 and his talent for self-publicity rapidly made him the most famous representative of the movement. 


Willem DeKooning : Born in the Netherlands in 1904, he moved to the 
United States in the 1920s and became a key player in the New York 
school of art in the 1950s and a pioneer in Abstract Expressionism. As 
an action painter, he tried to capture a sense of energy and emotion in 
his work. In doing so, he alternated between abstract and figural 
painting. 


Jim Dine : American Pop Artist, born in 1935 (Cincinnati, Ohio). He is 
sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement.


Erté (1892-1990) : Russian-born French Art Deco Painter and Designer. 
Born Remain de Tirtoff in imperial St. Petersburg, Erté derived his pen 
name from the French pronunciation of his initials "R.T." Over a long 
and distinguished career, he had a major influence on the style and 
design of the 20th Century.


Sam Francis (1923-1994) : American Abstract Expressionist Painter. 
Noted for his lyrical, colorful abstract works, was one of the first 
American artists to experiment with "empty-center" painting.


David Hockney : British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, photographer, 
and designer. After a brilliant prize-winning career as a student at 
the Royal College of Art, Hockney had achieved international success by 
the time he was in his mid-20s, and has since consolidated his position 
as by far the best-known British artist of his generation.


Mark Hopkins : A creator of wildlife sculpture, usually suspended in 
air, with much negative space around them, Mark Hopkins does partial 
animal figures creating illusions of levitation.


Jenik Cook : Jenik is a painter in the tradition of such visual 
theorists as Gorky, Kandinsky, and Motherwell. Absorbing and processing 
a vast range of material, from ancient languages to modern painting 
movements, her works convey a sense of confidence over this broad 
spectrum of experience.


Steve Kaufman : Pop-Art .. has created portraits of icons such as 
Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mantle, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, James Dean 
and others.

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) : Often regarded as the most important French 
painter of the 20th century. The leader of the Fauvist movement around 
1900, Matisse pursued the expressiveness of color throughout his 
career. His subjects were largely domestic or figurative.


Roberto Matta (1912-2002) : Chilean-born French Abstract 
Expressionist/Surrealist Painter. Known for his compelling, dream-like 
rendering of space, Matta was born in Chile in 1912. Originally he was 
trained in his native country as an architect and interior designer. He 
left for Paris in 1932 to work as a draftsman in the Paris studio of Le 
Corbousier. Through a letter of introduction from Frederico Garcia 
Lorca he met Salvador Dali, who suggested he show his drawings to Andre 
Breton. Matta joined the Surrealists in 1937, and exhibited in the 
major international Surrealist exhibit that opened in Paris in 1938. 
Because of the ominous threat of war, Matta left for New York in 
1938--and produced his strongest works ever.

Joan Miró (1893-1983) : The collages, sculptures, tapestries and 
abstract paintings created by Joan Miró were bright, fantastical and 
reminiscent of cave paintings. Miró is closely associated with both 
Barcelona and Paris: he was raised in Barcelona and moved to Paris in 
1920, where he became acquainted with other young artists and writers, 
including Pablo Picasso, Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway (who bought 
Miró's painting The Farm in 1923).


Claude Monet (1840-1926) : Monet was a founder and central figure of 
the 19th century art movement known as Impressionism. Early in his 
career, Monet painted realistic landscapes, but after the 1870s he 
focused more on the effect of changing light on everyday objects.


Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) Motherwell is one of the most recognized 
of the American Abstract Expressionist painters. He synthesized his 
unique abstract style, and the materials and technical characteristics 
of printmaking to create over 200 editions over the next 30 years. 


Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Pablo Picasso was a child prodigy who was 
recognized as such by his art-teacher father, who ably led him along. 
The small Museo de Picasso in Barcelona is devoted primarily to his 
early works, which include strikingly realistic renderings of casts of 
ancient sculpture.


Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French Impressionist Painter. Renoir 
seems to have had the enviable ability to see anything as potentially 
of interest. More than any of the Impressionists, he found beauty and 
charm in the modern sights of Paris.


Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) : Rufino was a Zapotecan Indian born in the 
Mexican state of Oaxaca. He is one of the best known Latin American 
artists. His exhibitions have been in major museums such as the Palacio 
Nacional de Bellas Artes, México, The Philips Collection in Washington, 
The Guggenheim Museum in New York, The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte 
Reina Sofia in Madrid as well as important art galleries throughout the 
world.


Marcus Uzilevsky : Distinguished California artist Marcus Uzilevsky, 
most known for his linear landscapes and music series, is represented in 
the permanent collections of numerous museums around the world. Since 
1974 he has had over 50 one-man shows and obtained many awards in 
juried museum competitions.


Andy Warhol (1928-1987) : Andy Warhol began as a commercial illustrator 
in New York, doing artwork for ads and magazines in the 1940s and 
1950s. Eventually he crossed from commercial work to fine art, blurring 
the line between the two along the way. In the early 1960s his huge and 
colorful silk-screen renderings of banal objects like Coke bottles and 
a Campbell's Soup can were hugely popular and established him as the 
leader of the so-called Pop Art movement. (His multi-color, multi-image 
portrait of Marilyn Monroe is another famous image from this era.) 
Warhol died on February 22, 1987 as a result of complications from 
gallbladder surgery.

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