Helen Frankenthaler in 1956. Photograph: Gordon Parks/Getty Images Frankenthaler said in an interview that she does not paint things but climates, feelings.  That her concept is dangerously always inspiration, leading

Hesse with Not Yet 1966 When I began my double major in Sculpture in 2004; it seemed like half of us were trying to be the next

Portrait of the Bourgeoisie 1939 A powerful muralist of both moral/political conviction and bold experimental skill and style, David Alfaro Siqueiros is one of the important figures of

America Today mural panel 1930 One of Jackson Pollock's influential teachers, Benton was a figure in the Regionalism movement.  His painting subjects focused on workers and rural

Male and Female 1942 Above is not necessarily my favorite Jackson Pollock, but the one I fell in love with first.  A student of realism when I

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