
Spotlight Artist: Romanticism - Eugene Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix was born in 1798, the son of Charles Delacroix who had served briefly as minister of foreign affairs under the Directory...

Spotlight Artist: Contemporary African Art: Zanele Muholi
Zanele Muholi, Sebenzile, Parktown,2016,From the series "Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Black Lioness)",Silver gelatin print Synopsis Zanele...

Spotlight Artist: Neoclassicism - Jacques-Louis David
The art of Jacques Louis David embodies the style known as Neoclassicism, which flourished in France during the late eighteenth and early...

Spotlight Artist: James Rosenquist
Marilyn 1962 Oil and spray enamel on canvas 7' 9" x 6' 1/4" Gallery label text from MoMA: "Screen icon and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe...

Spotlight Artist: Shepard Fairey
Welcome Visitor Shepard Fairey Silkscreen and Mixed Media Collage on Paper 2018 Synopsis Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is...

Spotlight Artist: Rococo - Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard - 5 April 1732[2][3] – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was...

Spotlight Artist: #5 Chuck Close (b. 1940) Photorealism
Chuck Close Big Self Portrait 1967 - 1968 Acrylic on canvas 8’ 11” x 6’ 2” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Summary Adapted from...

Spotlight Artist: #4 Caravaggio (1571-1610) Italian Baroque
Caravaggio David with the Head of Goliath 1607 (Italian Baroque) Oil on wood panel Summary Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or...

Spotlight Artist: #3 Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906)
The Basket of Apples 1893 Oil on canvas, 2’ 2” x 2’ 7” The Art Institute of Chicago Readings 1. Read this introductory article about...

Spotlight Artist: #2 Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750)
Still-Life with Fruit and Insects 1711 Oil on wood, 44 x 60 cm (approx. 18” x 24”) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Synopsis READ:Adapted...