Milton Avery
Although Milton Avery was not an abstract artist, we have decided to include his work because of our admiration of him as an artist and his contribution to modern art. Milton Avery was a modern artist born in Altmar, New York on March 7, 1885. Having been born into a working-class family,...
Josef Albers
Albers was born in Bottrop, Germany on March 19, 1888. He studied art in Berlin, Essen, and Munich, before enrolling at the famous Bauhaus-Weimar school in 1920. It was there that the Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus asked him to teach the course ‘Werklehhre’ that...
Joan Miro
Joan Miro was born on April 20, 1893 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was the son of a goldsmith and a jewellery maker. His work is often referred to as whimsical and childlike and is primarily associated with the Surrealist art movement. In his youth, Miro was enticed by the art...
Jean Arp
Born Hans Arp in Strasbourg, Germany on September 16 1886, He was a distinguished sculptor, painter and poet. He studied art at the Strasbourg School of Arts and Crafts in Weimar from 1905 to 1907, and moved to Paris in 1908 to study at the Julian Academy. He was also a poet and a founder...
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock is considered by many to be one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century, although he has had his share of detractors. He created a completely new form of art, free from the confines of paint brushes and easels, where his mind and body worked together on the...