Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Vincent Van Gogh
This is one of my favorites by Van Gogh, and probably one of his most famous.
A tribute to Van Gogh
A tribute to Van Gogh
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
The Sceam by Edvard Munch
"I was walking along a path with two friends—the sun was setting—suddenly the sky turned blood red—I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence—there was blood and tongues of fire above the blue-black fjord and the city—my friends walked on, and I stood there trembling with anxiety—and I sensed an infinite scream passing through nature."
—Edvard Munch
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ngk) , 1863—1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris and traveled in Europe. In the 1890s he abandoned impressionism to portray from his profound sense of isolation the themes of death, fear, and anxiety. Munch said he heard "the scream of nature." To describe this, he developed an exciting, violent, and emotionally charged style that is recognized as being of primary importance in the birth of German 
After graduating as a Batchelor of Fine Arts in 1949, Warhol shortened his name and started work as a commercial artist and illustrator for well-known publications like Vogue and Harpar's Bazaar. Although foremost his career was as a commercial artist he was desperate to have his work taken seriously and to be seen as a "pure" artist. 
