Max Stern

The next person of importance in this series is Max Stern (1904 – 1987). Although not an artist, Stern occupies the same space as several previous features that focused upon Alan Jarvis and Jack Pollock. Stern was extremely important as an art collector, dealer...

Dorothea Rockburne

The next Artist You Need To Know is Dorothea Rockburne. Dorothea Rockburne is a Canadian abstract painter : she is strongly influenced by mathematics and astronomy in her often geometric works that can seem superficially simplistic but that are her attempts to embody...

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,...

Alma Thomas

The next Artist You Need To Know is Alma Thomas (1891 – 1978). Thomas was an African-American artist and art teacher who spent the majority of her life and career in Washington, D.C.. She is considered one of the most significant painters from the United States...

Roger Selden

The next Artist You Need To Know is Roger Selden. Selden (born 1945) is a visual artist from the United States whose artworks straddle abstraction and more illustrative – even cartoonish – themes. He’s focused primarily on painting and has also...