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Keith Haring | DJ Dog
Season 8
Keith Haring is one of my absolute favorite artists because he was earnest and direct in his paintings. In his works, he would reduce complicated mes…
2 years ago
Polykleitos | Doryphoros
Season 8
Around 450 BCE as Polykleitos walked the dusty streets of Argos, art and philosophy intertwined. The Greeks of the classical era produced works that…
2 years ago
Gustave Caillebotte | Paris Street; Rainy Day
Season 5
Many know the image of Paris Street; Rainy Day, but somehow far fewer know the artist who painted it, Gustave Caillebotte. He was born in Paris in th…
2 years, 1 month ago
Max Beckmann | The Night
Season 8
Max Beckmann was a German painter born on February 12, 1884. While he is often associated with the expressionist movement, he actually rejected that …
2 years, 1 month ago
Bob Ross | Mystic Mountain
Season 8
Bob Ross served in the United States military for 20 years before he became America's favorite painter of "happy little trees." This week, my guest T…
2 years, 1 month ago
Louis Prang | Father of the American Christmas Card
Season 8
Louis Prang not only started the company that makes some of my favorite art classroom supplies, he created the artist's color wheel and introduced Ch…
2 years, 1 month ago
Tom DesLongchamp | Portrait of Don
Season 8
Tom DesLongchamp is an incredible multidisciplinary artist, but it is his marker drawings that caught my attention. Tom has long felt the drive to cr…
2 years, 1 month ago
The World's Oldest Artwork? (encore)
Season 8
Scientists have discovered some fossilized impressions of hand and footprints they estimate to be well over 100,000 years old. They also believe that…
2 years, 1 month ago
Man Ray | Ingres's Violin
Season 8
Man Ray was a pioneer of cameraless photography. His signature technique was the "Rayograph" created by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive…
2 years, 1 month ago
Victor Vasarely and Op Art
Season 8
Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist known for his innovative style and contributions to the Op Art movement. One of Vasarely's most famous …
2 years, 1 month ago