Our next Artist You Need To Know is Amrita Sher – Gil. Though she died at the age of 28, Sher – Gil has been acclaimed as one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century and a pioneer in modern Indian art. Khushwant Singh, writing...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Rufino Tamayo. His full name was Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (1899 – 1991) and he was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico: very active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York (his...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Cal Lane. She “is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. To date, her pieces stand alone in capturing a delicacy and intricacy quite apart from her closest contemporaries....
Our next Artist You Need To Know is someone who helped shape the Niagara visual arts community, as an artist, educator and arts journalist: David Partridge. David Partridge (1919 – 2006) was a Canadian painter, etcher, sculptor and educator. He’s best known for...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is painter, mixed media sculptor, performance artist, writer, teacher and lecturer Faith Ringgold. From ARTnews: “Faith Ringgold has made flags bleed and girls fly. She has painted indelible images that speak to the racism...
