Art appreciation, with a penchant for the fantastic, esoteric and erotic.
This is a selection of works by Wolfgang Paalen. For more please consult the reference literature or send us an email. This artwork is protected by copyright. It’s posted here …
1948 – Born in Ryazan, Russia. 198 – Graduate of the St. Petersburg Art Institute. 1985 – Graduate of the Repin Art Academy, Studio of Professor E.E. Moiseinko. 1987 – Accepted into the Union of Russian Artists. Works by Andrei Averyanov are found within private and corporate collections in Russia, England, Italy, Spain, Canada, New...
If you live in the Washington DC area and have a love for the various artistic styles from the 20th century, you might want to stop by the...
Leonor Fini was an Argentinian painter best known for her paintings of erotically powerful women. Despite being self-taught and having no formal artistic training due to her being expelled from a slew of schools, Fini possessed the technical skill to study Renaissance and Mannerist painting. She also learned anatomy by going to the local morgue
Varo’s drawings crack the cold flawlessness of her paintings, and it’s exciting to see the looser, simpler skeletons underneath the surface.
Born in England to a wealthy family, artist Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) lived most of her life in Mexico and died aged 94 in Mexico City. She was a rebellious girl, expelled from two scho…
Remedios Varo Spain, 1908-1963, active Mexico and Spain Mimetismo (1960) Oil on Masonite IN WONDERLAND: Surrealist Women Artists at LACMA (May 3, 2012)
