Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai Great Wave Off Kanagawa is also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai. It was originally printed in the 1830s, in spite of its modern effect.
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Bob Ross Robert Norman “Bob” Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was best known as the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, a television program that aired on PBS in the United States, Canada, and Europe. In explaining what he was
Roy Fox Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) His most celebrated image is arguably Whaam! (1963, at Tate Modern, London), which is one of the earliest known examples of pop art, adapted from a comic-book panel drawn by Russ Heath in a 1962 issue of DC Comics’ All-American Men of War. Most of
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Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso (1937) Dora Maar (November 22, 1907 – July 16, 1997) was a French photographer, poet and painter, best known for being a lover/companion of Pablo Picasso. He had a lot of affairs, usually dropping one woman for a younger one.
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Le Rêve (The Dream) by Pablo Picasso (1932) 50 year old Picasso portrayed his 22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January 1932. Note the male organ (probably his) on top of her head.
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) by Pablo Picasso (1907) When it was first exhibited it was considred scandelous and immoral. One of the advantages of Primitivism and proto-cubism is that today this is pretty safe for work (SFW). Pablo preferred calling it ‘The Brothel of Avignon’ because the models were, in fact,
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Pierrot With Mask by Pablo Picasso (1918) A Pierrot is, in evolutionary terms, the missing link between harlequins and clowns.
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The Kiss (Le Baiser) by Pablo Picasso (1904) This was among the last of his ‘blue’ and first of his ‘rose’ periods. The most commonly accepted periods in Pablo Picasso’s work are: the Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period (1904–1906), the African-influenced Period (1907–1909), Analytic Cubism (1909–1912), and Synthetic Cubism (1912–1919).
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Girl Before Mirror by Pablo Picasso (1932) X-Rays indicate that there is a much more realistic version of this painting of Marie-Thérèse Walter.
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