Went to an incredible event today with noted photographer Art Wolfe. He came to Austin to hold his shiny new Photography as Art Seminar and I have to admit it was such a joy getting…
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For many, the word southwest conjures up familiar motifs like adobe buildings, cactus flowers in the desert, and even the ever-so-iconic abandoned animal skull in an otherwise barren landscape. One of the artists most closely…
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The French born Edward Degas is perhaps better known for his subject matter than his individual paintings. Born in Paris, France on July 19, 1834, Degas is now remembered for his “Degas dancers,” as over…
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The American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1930 but quickly moved to South Carolina to live with his grandparents after the separation of his parents. Unlike some of the…
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The American painter Edward Hopper was born in the suburban New York town of Nyack into a comfortable but strict middle class Baptist family. His father was a merchant and his mother came from a…
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