R. B. Kitaj

Our next Artist You Need To Know is R. B. Kitaj (1932 – 2007). He was an American painter, printmaker, and draughtsman who spent the majority of his life in England, being an integral part of post WW II British art. Kitaj was one of the most prominent figures of the...

Tim Mara

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Tim Mara (1948 – 1997). Mara was an Irish printmaker whose practice embraced digital printing techniques in tandem with more traditional methods, employing a printing press as often as he used inkjet printers, scanners and...

Hairy Who | 1966–1969

Our next Artists You Need To Know are the group known as the Hairy Who (1966–1969, also sometimes called The Chicago Hairy Who) :  Art Green (b. 1941), Gladys Nilsson (b. 1940), Jim Nutt (b. 1938), Jim Falconer (1942 – 2022), Suellen Rocca (1943 – 2020)...

Fanny Brennan

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Fanny Brennan (née Fanny Myers, 1921 – 2001). Brennan was a French-American surrealist artist (working in paint and printmaking) whose unique approach is instantly recognizable : her artworks rarely were more than a few inches...

Jo Manning

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Jo Manning (1923-2022). Manning was a Canadian etcher, painter and author. Manning was one of Canada’s foremost printmakers, specifically in terms of her etchings over a career that spanned several decades and garnered her several...