Today marks the 82nd birthday of one of the cleverest, tallest and most wonderfully bearded artists we know, John Baldessari. The towering 6'7" ar...
In honor of Maurits Cornelis Escher's birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the Dutch artist's life and work. ...
Today is the birthday of Austrian-born photojournalist Arthur Fellig, better known by his professional moniker, Weegee. The 20th century artist is fam...
In honor of Gustave Courbet's birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist's life and work. We can think o...
In honor of Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist's life and work. Today marks...
In honor of Diego Velazquez's birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist's life and work. Today we would...
Today is the birthday of French painter and Post-Impressionist mastermind, Henri Rousseau. Known for his fanciful jungle landscapes and primitivist wo...
In honor of Lisa Yuskavage's 51st birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist. Lisa Yuskavage's signature...
In honor of Jasper Johns' 83rd birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist's life and work. Today is the ...
In honor of Salvador Dali's 109th birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the late artist's life and work. Today...
Today marks the birthday of one of the art world's most debated, yet utterly beloved figures, Yves Klein. Known for his rich blue pigments and procliv...
Today is the birthday of American artist, Edwin Parker Twombly, Jr., better know as Cy. The well-known painter and sculptor, whose work existed somewh...
Today is the birthday of Dutch American artist, Willem de Kooning. The abstract expressionist pioneer, and husband of the great Elaine de Kooning, wou...
Today marks the birthday of British photographer and moving image master, Eadweard Muybridge. Considered by many to be the Father of the Motion Pictur...
Today is the birthday of Dada devotee and Surrealist artist, Max Ernst. The prolific painter, sculptor and creative partner of Dorothea Tanning, would...
Today marks the birthday of Dutch post-Impressionist icon, Vincent van Gogh. The sunflower devotee and master of the color spectrum would turn 160 yea...
Today is the birthday of German-American architect and Bauhaus great, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. The master of modern architecture would turn 127 years...
Today is the birthday of Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known by his shorter and much catchier moniker, Tennessee Williams. The American playwrigh...
Today is the birthday of British composer and all around musical mastermind, Andrew Lloyd Webber. The man behind works such as "Cats," "Evita," and "T...
Today is the 84th birthday of avant-garde artist and high priestess of the polka dot, Yayoi Kusama. The Japanese artist began her career in the la...
Today is the birthday of abstract expressionist painting maven Elaine de Kooning. The acclaimed landscape and portrait artist, who also happened to th...
Today is the birthday of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, the Italian Renaissance mastermind who counts artworks like the Sistine Chapel ce...
Today is the birthday of Italian baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi. The master of concertos, famous for creating the violin masterpiece, "The Four Sea...
Today is the birthday of famed French painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Considered one of the leading figures in the Impressionist art movement, the bel...
Today is the birthday of American photographer and noted environmentalist, Ansel Adams, who is famous for his monochromatic landscapes and heartfelt e...
