The next Artist You Need To Know is Germaine Krull (1897-1985). Krull was considered one of the most significant photographers of the early twentieth century : her images were often political in tone, focusing upon ‘controversial’ ideas such as gender,...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Alina Szapocznikow (1926 – 1973). She was a Polish artist primarily known for her sculptural artworks that were fragmented and corporeally unsettling interpretations of the human form. Surrealism, Nouveau Réalisme [New Realism] and...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Gustave Caillebotte (1848 – 1894). Caillebotte was a French painter most often associated with the French Impressionists, though his style was in a more realistic sphere than many of the others in that group. The common ground...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Honoré Daumier (1808 – 1879). Honoré – Victorin Daumier was a French artist who worked in painting and sculpture : but his true legacy was in printmaking and his artworks in that field were essential to the development of...
The next Artist You Need To Know is Balthasar Klossowski de Rola who was better known as Balthus (1908 – 2001). Balthus was a Polish-French painter whose works often had an uncomfortable, erotic element but also a dreamlike atmosphere and imagery. He was reticent to...