A society of young artists and writers, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in London in 1848 to rebel against the classical academic painting conventions of the day in favor of a meeting of me
French artist Henri Matisse (1869–1954) is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary artistic developments of t
This is a lively and accessible introduction to the life and work of Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920). Modigliani, who produced some of the most memorable art of the early 20th century, was born in Livor
A lively and accessible introduction to the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008), one of the most inventive and influential artists of the post-war period. An important influence on pop ar
In 1874, a French satirical magazine ran a mocking headline: “Exhibition of the Impressionists.” The article described a bewildered exhibition-goer wiping his spectacles, thinking they are smudged, be
Swiss-born artist Paul Klee (1879?1940) created some of the most innovative and best-loved works of the 20th century. Uniquely among his contemporaries, he combined the modernist machine aesthetic wit
