"Nothing evokes emotional resonance quite like the artwork that emerged after World War II. Artists in this diverse and dynamic period gave the era a unique voice by combining Abstract Expressionism with Minimalism, drawing inspiration from easily digestible imagery found in emerging mediums like pop art and photography. Born in 1941, Anthony V. Martin is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who mastered cultural, social, and political overtones in his landscapes. His body of work, especially ""Home from School,"" offers a ghostly portrayal of everyday life in the ever-evolving Postwar world."
Asawa was a woman of Japanese ancestry making art in the years after World War II, which was a double whammy.
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: 64/99 Signed and Numbered in pencil Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, ''L'Art Informel,'' was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote ''without form.'' The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher and Kazuo Shiraga among others, claimed an individual freedom embodied in the spontaneity of the gestural brushstroke. Miotte developed a vocabulary of bold, quasi-calligraphic markings whose vaulting, liquid jets and arcs of paint were at once suggestive of the body in motion while at the same time denying corporality. Of prime importance for Miotte was the aspiration for this gestural, abstract language to create a bridge between cultures, to break beyond national barriers of geography or expression to form a truly international language. The power and transcultural appeal of this painting was soon seen in its international reception. Miotte was invited to exhibit throughout Europe, America, the near and far East long before the concept of globalization was current in artistic terms. But whereas globalization tends toward cultural uniformity, Miotte's work fostered individual dialogue within each culture. While Miotte's work remains committed to the Utopian aspects of gestural abstraction, he has continued to grow, fighting the repetition of a signature style constantly pushing the boundaries and possibilities of the line, the gesture and the liquidity of paint. His works are included in public collections such as the The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich. less
The New York School of Artists has participated in creating contemporary art from the early 1940s in and around New York City. The New York School marked a
After being detained by the Gestapo for his involvement with the Resistance during World War II, Jean Fautrier (1898-1964) began working on the series 'Hostages' as a response to the horrors that took place in German-occupied France.
In 1944, at the age of twenty-two, Jonas Mekas left his small village in Lithuania, then occupied by the Nazis, in the company of his brother Adolfas.
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Dimensions (Overall): 12.0 Inches (H) x 8.5 Inches (W) x 1.6 Inches (D)Weight: 5.1 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 500Genre: ArtSub-Genre: Graphic ArtsPublisher: SkiraFormat: HardcoverAuthor: Giancarlo CalzaLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: November 30, 2021TCIN: 84908350UPC: 9788857245782Item Number (DPCI): 247-33-1545Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Robert Pinart, who began his creative adventure in glass in his native France, crossed the ocean after World War II and settled in the greater New York/New Jersey area. What followed was his collaboration in the design of many architectural stained glass masterpieces with Bill Cummings of Cummings S...
Set of 4 classic, minimal and elegant lightweight comfortable pinewood chairs from Sweden around 1900. These are massive pine that shows a nice warm patina. We did not touch anything to preserve the almost 100 years of use. _________________________________________________________ Swedish art refers to the visual arts produced in Sweden or by Swedish artists. Sweden has existed as a country for over 1,000 years, and for times before this, as well as many subsequent periods, Swedish art is usually considered as part of the wider Nordic art of Scandinavia. It has, especially since about 1100, been strongly influenced by wider trends in European art. After World War II, the influence of the United States strengthened substantially. Due to generous art subsidies, contemporary Swedish art has a big production per capita. Though usually not especially a major centre for art production or exporter of art, Sweden has been relatively successful in keeping its art; in particular, the relatively mild nature of the Swedish Reformation, and the lack of subsequent extensive rebuilding and redecoration of churches, has meant that with other Scandinavian countries, Sweden has had an unusually rich survival of medieval church paintings and fittings. One period when Nordic art exerted a strong influence over the rest of northern Europe was in Viking art, and there are many survivals, both in stone monuments left untouched around the countryside, and objects excavated in modern times. The Reformation greatly disrupted Swedish artistic traditions, and left the existing body of painters and sculptors without large markets. The requirements of the court and aristocracy were mainly for portraits, usually by imported artists, and it was not until the late 17th or 18th century that large numbers of Swedes were trained in contemporary styles. The political success of the Vasa dynasty led to a considerable revival, expressed in the "Gustavan style", which again had some influence over neighbouring countries. Among famous Swedish artists are John Bauer, Hilma af Klint, Carl Milles, Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson and Carl Eldh.
Jean Miotte - Original Etching 1998 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Edition: /40 From La Déchirure Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, ""L"Art Informel,"" was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote ""without form."" The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher and Kazuo Shiraga among others, claimed an individual freedom embodied in the spontaneity of the gestural brushstroke. Miotte developed a vocabulary of bold, quasi-calligraphic markings whose vaulting, liquid jets and arcs of paint were at once suggestive of the body in motion while at the same time denying corporality. Of prime importance for Miotte was the aspiration for this gestural, abstract language to create a bridge between cultures, to break beyond national barriers of geography or expression to form a truly international language. The power and transcultural appeal of this painting was soon seen in its international reception. Miotte was invited to exhibit throughout Europe, America, the near and far East long before the concept of globalization was current in artistic terms. But whereas globalization tends toward cultural uniformity, Miotte"s work fostered individual dialogue within each culture. While Miotte"s work remains committed to the Utopian aspects of gestural abstraction, he has continued to grow, fighting the repetition of a signature style constantly pushing the boundaries and possibilities of the line, the gesture and the liquidity of paint. His works are included in public collections such as the The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Musée d"Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich. less
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For six decades, this Austrian-born artist merged classical rigor and earthly sensuality in ceramics that have a power far beyond their size
March 20, 2017Design aficionados like to visit Long Island City’s Noguchi Museum, in the New York City borough of Queens, to see Isamu Noguchi’s massive hand-carved stone sculptures, delicate Akari paper lanterns and 1950s biomorphic — and now iconic — furniture designs. Housed in a once-industrial building near the artist and designer’s former studio, with an adjacent […]
The Architecture Of Tokyo - A Visual Guide. One of the most famous architecture movements is the so-called Metabolism. The word describes the process of maintaining living cells. After World War II young Japanese architects used this term to describe a new vision - cities and buildings are not static entities...
Robin and Lucienne Day transformed British design after World War II with striking furniture and textiles that signaled a new era of modernist sensibilities for…
A collection of original essays from leading academics on the media during and after World War 2. The chapters in this volume address both contemporary and post-war uses of World War 2 - with contributions from television, journalism, cinema, popular music, radio and popular memory studies.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.2 Inches (H) x 8.2 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)Weight: 1.15 PoundsSuggested Age: 22 Years and UpNumber of Pages: 96Genre: Biography + AutobiographySub-Genre: Artists, Architects, PhotographersSeries Title: Masters of PhotographyPublisher: ApertureFormat: HardcoverLanguage: EnglishStreet Date: October 31, 2014TCIN: 16326067UPC: 9781597112864Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-4072Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Aquatint Engraving Title: Abstract Composition Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, ''L'Art Informel,'' was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote ''without form.'' The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher and Kazuo Shiraga among others, claimed an individual freedom embodied in the spontaneity of the gestural brushstroke. Miotte developed a vocabulary of bold, quasi-calligraphic markings whose vaulting, liquid jets and arcs of paint were at once suggestive of the body in motion while at the same time denying corporality. Of prime importance for Miotte was the aspiration for this gestural, abstract language to create a bridge between cultures, to break beyond national barriers of geography or expression to form a truly international language. The power and transcultural appeal of this painting was soon seen in its international reception. Miotte was invited to exhibit throughout Europe, America, the near and far East long before the concept of globalization was current in artistic terms. But whereas globalization tends toward cultural uniformity, Miotte's work fostered individual dialogue within each culture. While Miotte's work remains committed to the Utopian aspects of gestural abstraction, he has continued to grow, fighting the repetition of a signature style constantly pushing the boundaries and possibilities of the line, the gesture and the liquidity of paint. His works are included in public collections such as the The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich. less
The Architecture Of Tokyo - A Visual Guide. One of the most famous architecture movements is the so-called Metabolism. The word describes the process of maintaining living cells. After World War II young Japanese architects used this term to describe a new vision - cities and buildings are not static entities...
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This artwork is included in our Slim Aarons Summer Sale. A 15% discount on the print and 20% discount on framing will be applied automatically when added to basket. Slim Aarons is an American photographer known for capturing (in his own words) ‘attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.’ Aarons’ distinctive style, developed over six decades in the profession, has provided inspiration for big names like Paul Smith, Jay Z and Tom Ford. This previously unseen photograph was released in 2023 to celebrate the publication of Slim Aarons: The Essential Collection – a book charting Aarons’ career from his early days as a war photographer, through to travelling the world for Harper’s Bazaar. In this piece, Aarons captures French painter, Gaëtan de Rosnay, showing his work in Klosters, Switzerland in 1981. This C-Type photography print has been produced from the original negative and the image quality is reflective of the original photograph. It is available in five sizes, and is part of an open edition, stamped by the publisher. Please note: The images in the Slim Aarons collection have slightly different sizes, this is quite common for photography that was shot in analogue as opposed to digital. The print dimensions provided refer to the paper size, including the white border, and not to the printed area. In some instances we may be able arrange for prints to have exactly the same measurements of the printed area (at an additional charge). If you require this service please contact the gallery. Slim Aarons, Getty Images Gallery. Getty Images is the home of the Slim Aarons collection.
With the emergence of Abstract Expressionism after World War II, the attention of the international art world turned from Paris to New York. Dore Ashton captures the vitality of the cultural milieu in which the New York School artists worked and argued and critiqued each other's work from the 1930s to the 1950s. Working from unsifted archives, from contemporary newspapers and books, and from extensive conversations with the men and women who participated in the rise of the New York School, Ashton provides a rich cultural and intellectual history of this period. In examining the complex sources of this important movement--from the WPA program of the 1930s and the influx of European ideas to the recognition in the 1950s of American painting on an international scale--she conveys the concerns of an extraordinary group of artists including Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Philip Guston, Barnett Newman, Arshile Gorky, and many others. Rare documentary photographs illustrate Ashton's classic appraisal of the New York School scene.
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The Architecture Of Tokyo - A Visual Guide. One of the most famous architecture movements is the so-called Metabolism. The word describes the process of maintaining living cells. After World War II young Japanese architects used this term to describe a new vision - cities and buildings are not static entities...
Bregenzer Festspiele is one of those performing arts festivals that has large floating stages. What else is special about the Bregenzer Festspiele? Let’s find out…
Johfra Bosschart, Unio Mystica, 1973 Born in 1919 as Franciscus Johannes Gijsbertus van den Berg in Rotterdam or as more commonly known Johfra Bosschart (The Artist adopted the pseudonym JohFra by using the first three letters from each of his two first names in reverse order.) was a Dutch surrealist Artist. Johfra and his wife Artist Ellen Lórien, established themselves in Paris and then Fleurac, France after relocating from the Netherlands after World War II. Johfra described his works in his own words as
Description Giclee print on Fine Art paper Dimensions 109 × 74 cm | 152.4 × 101.6 cm Weight 1 kg | 2 kg Creation date 2015 Certificate of authenticity The artwork is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. Framing The artwork is sold unframed (contact us with any specific request) Origin Earley, United Kingdom (UK) | Ask for a private view
Jean Miotte - Original Signed Etching 1994 Dimensions: 41 x 33 cm Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: /60 From Près du mur Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016 Miotte came of artistic age in the decade after World War II when non-figurative gestural abstraction was emerging on both sides of the Atlantic as the contemporary artistic language. The term, ''L'Art Informel,'' was coined by the French critic, Michel Tapi, to connote ''without form.'' The negation of traditional form, a radical break from established notions of order and composition, was particularly suited to a cultural environment born out of the circumstances of post war Europe where abuse of morals and fascist ideology had led to such horror and destruction. While Informel is often regarded as the European equivalent of Abstract Expressionism, it is distinguished from its American counterpart, by a loss of faith in progress and the collective possibilities of an avant garde. Rather the artists who came to be grouped as Informel, Jean Miotte, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Emil Schumacher and Kazuo Shiraga among others, claimed an individual freedom embodied in the spontaneity of the gestural brushstroke. Miotte developed a vocabulary of bold, quasi-calligraphic markings whose vaulting, liquid jets and arcs of paint were at once suggestive of the body in motion while at the same time denying corporality. Of prime importance for Miotte was the aspiration for this gestural, abstract language to create a bridge between cultures, to break beyond national barriers of geography or expression to form a truly international language. The power and transcultural appeal of this painting was soon seen in its international reception. Miotte was invited to exhibit throughout Europe, America, the near and far East long before the concept of globalization was current in artistic terms. But whereas globalization tends toward cultural uniformity, Miotte's work fostered individual dialogue within each culture. While Miotte's work remains committed to the Utopian aspects of gestural abstraction, he has continued to grow, fighting the repetition of a signature style constantly pushing the boundaries and possibilities of the line, the gesture and the liquidity of paint. His works are included in public collections such as the The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich. less
The Architecture Of Tokyo - A Visual Guide. One of the most famous architecture movements is the so-called Metabolism. The word describes the process of maintaining living cells. After World War II young Japanese architects used this term to describe a new vision - cities and buildings are not static entities...
The 'Spitfire' piece is a breathtaking view from the clouds of a WW2 battle scene featuring the popular Supermarine Spitfire, which was a fighter plane used by the Royal Air Force and the Allied countries during and after the Second World War. The cool blues and tan coloring of this piece make it an excellent artwork for a variety of traditional settings, but the sleek metal construction also work with more eclectic/modern decorating as well, like the example photograph in a baby boy's nursery. This piece also makes a spectacular gift for a pilot, and more specifically for the honorable war vets - the wonderful men and women who have served (or are serving) our country. Steven Heyen is an extremely talented painter who specializes in aviation paintings, with a particular emphasis on World War 2 (WWII) era planes and aerial warfare. He is one of the latest contributors to the Modern Crowd family, with a line of 3 fighter plane paintings offered for the first time ever as metal giclees. Recommended Decorating Style: Historical & Educational / Traditional / Aviation / Boys Room