Plenty of collectors want to donate artworks to museums, but the museums don't always welcome them with open arms. "We say 'no thanks' 19 times out of 20," says Betsy Broun, director at the American ...
New Market watercolor artist Mick Williams tends to add a magical, abstract touch to what could easily be straightforward, realistic cityscapes. A downtown street corner is given a Van Gogh sky. The ...
The female nude has historically been a source of inspiration for male artists, and New York-based artist Matt Story says his underwater paintings of women are informed by classical figurative ...
Sanjay Bhattacharya has been known for his iconic realistic paintings for almost four decades. He has deviated from his original style to create huge canvases of pure geometrical abstractions. Was it ...
Recently the Benton has been holding a weekly series of 30 minute art lectures. This week’s was centered on the idea of abstract and realistic portraiture. Lead by tour guide Shoshana Levinson, an ...
BANGALORE: One platform, and 26 artists, and almost as many styles. Palette 2009, an exhibition of paintings by Palakkad Chitrakala Trust, currently being showcased at Chitrakala Parishath, is a ...
Ismail Gulgee being realistic and abstract in nature acquired totally a different meaning and entirely new sensitivity to the painting world. On his canvas the dynamic forces of creation and ...