Méret Oppenheim

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Méret Oppenheim (1913 – 1985). Oppenheim was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist who worked in painting, photography and sculpture. She is best known for several sculptural works that entice and unsettle the viewer and that are...

Joanne Tod

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Joanne Tod. She is a Canadian contemporary artist and teacher whose paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally for the past thirty years. From the Canada Council Art Bank : “Evolving from an early interest in...

Dora Maar

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Dora Maar (1907 – 1997). Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch, she was a French photographer, painter, and poet. Too often dismissed as ‘simply’ a model and muse for Pablo Picasso, any examination of her life and...

Niki de Saint Phalle

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 – 2002). A French – American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books, she was born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle. She is recognized as one of the...

Dora Carrington

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932). She was an English painter, designer and decorative artist, remembered (perhaps too much so) for her association with members of the Bloomsbury Group. Born Dora de Houghton Carrington, she was...