Hortense Gordon

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Hortense Gordon (1886 – 1961).  Hortense Mattice Gordon was a Canadian artist, arts advocate and educator : she was one of two female founding members (the other being previously featured Artist You Need To Know Alexandra...

Karel Appel

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Karel Appel (1921 – 2006). Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch artist who worked primarily in paint but also in sculpture and poetry. In 1948 he co founded the CoBra art movement, an important group focused upon the...

Alexandra Luke

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Alexandra Luke (1901 – 1967). Luke was a Canadian abstract artist who was essential to the group of artists known as Painters Eleven. Besides being one of the most significant artists of that group Luke was also a vocal...

Sandra Blow

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Sandra Blow, R.A. (1925 – 2006). Blow was a trailblazing artist in the British abstract movement of the 1950s and 1960s who “stands alone as the earliest and most original woman painter in Britain able to challenge the...

Guido Molinari

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Guido Molinari (1933 – 2004). Molinari was a Canadian artist who was known internationally for his serial abstract paintings that were often massive and explored hard edged abstraction. “Considered one of the most...