Quelques notions sur l’art américain contemporain avant d’assister à la conférence de Cyril Grignon lundi 23 janvier en salle Renaissance.

extract from the wikipedia article : Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol (...)

Pollock, Jackson (1912-56). American painter, the commanding figure of the Abstract Expressionist movement. He began to study painting in 1929 at the Art Students’ League, New York, under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton. During the 1930s he worked in the manner of the Regionalists, (...)

“On the floor I am more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around in it, work from the four sides and be literally `in’ the painting.” — Jackson Pollock, 1947. Pollock, Jackson (1912-56). American painter, the commanding figure of the Abstract (...)

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