John A. Schweitzer

The next Artist You Need To know is John A. Schweitzer. Schweitzer is a Canadian artist, gallerist and collector who has worked in a variety of media, but is best known for his mixed-media collage where text is a major component. He often worked in thematic series,...

Kurt Schwitters

The next Artist You Need To Know is Kurt Schwitters (1887 – 1948). Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German artist but he spent the latter part of his life in exile from his country due to the rise of fascism in Germany. The latter labelled him as a...

Lorna Simpson

The next Artist You Need To Know is Lorna Simpson. Simpson (born 1960) is an American artist who works in a variety of media, but with a focus on photography as her primary studio. She’s exhibited around the United States as well as internationally and became...

Hedda Sterne

The next Artist You Need To Know is Hedda Sterne (1910 – 2011). Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters. Her work is often associated with Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism. She was one of the...

Joseph Cornell

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Joseph Cornell (1903 – 1972). Cornell was an American visual artist and filmmaker : his pioneering work in assemblage set a standard for many artists who followed him. Primarily self taught – and living in isolation for most...