Tibor Csernus

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Tibor Csernus (1927 – 2007). He was a Kossuth Prize – winning Hungarian graphic designer and painter. Csernus was one of the most significant painters when considering 20th Century Hungarian artists. Born in the town of...

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...

Komar and Melamid

Our next Artists You Need To Know are Komar and Melamid. The Russian born conceptual artists Vitaly Komar (born 1943) and Alexander Melamid (born 1945) have – for over 35 years – created artworks where they function as a singular entity, as their process...

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...