September 17, On This Day Path-breaking, exiled It was 106 years ago today that Maqbool Fida Husain was born, on September 17, 1915, although he left this world a decade ago, depriving it of his monumental talent. Known as one of the most globally recognized and celebrated Indian artists of his time and beyond, MF...
September 9, On This Day An iconic American artist, Sol (Solomon) LeWitt is said to have helped to establish both Minimalism and Conceptual Art through his work. He was born today, 93 years ago — September 9, 1928 — although he passed away in April 2007. LeWitt achieved fame in the late 1960s and has...
August 23, On This Day That’s some expensive clumsiness! It was a cringe moment, and how. Six years ago, on this day — aka Sunday of August 23, 2015 — a 12-year-old boy accidentally tripped and fell straight into a painting worth $1.5 million at an exhibition in Taiwan, ripping his arm right through it....
August 16, On This Day David, by Michelangelo Michelangelo’s statue of David has become one of the most recognized works of Renaissance sculpture; a symbol of strength and youthful beauty. On August 16, 1501 — a full 520 years ago — the famed Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance, at the...
August 9, On This Day Hieronymus Bosch: The virtuoso of triptychs Born in 1450, seven centuries ago, Hieronymus Bosch was a Dutch/Netherlandish painter who became one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. While he died on August 9, 1516 — 505 years ago — within his lifetime, his work was...
On This Day, July 23 The expansive legacy of Sayed Haider Raza or SH Raza cannot be confined to a single form. And yet, the ‘bindu’ (circle or dot) that he focused on and painted so lovingly for a major phase of his artistic career is an excellent symbol for his oeuvre — it is...
July 22, On This Day Acclaimed as one of the most well-known names in American art, Edward Hopper was a realist painter (oil and watercolours) as well as printmaker in etching, born on July 22, 1882. Hopper grew up with a view of the Hudson River in New York — he was initially trained as...
July 20, On This Day A master of figurative art, British painter and draughtsman Lucian Freud was known for his work in portraiture and the nude — and as the grandson of famed Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Sometimes called a realist, Lucian painted in a highly individual style, which in his later years was characterized...
July 14, On This Day Born 159 years ago today, on July 14, 1862, Gustav Klimt is today one of the most well-known names in global art, who was one of the most radical artists of the 20th century. The Austrian symbolist painter is one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement,...
July 10, On This Day Making quite an impression Born on July 10, 1830 — that’s 191 years ago — Camille Pissarro is a famous Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter. His trajectory as an artist began in the beautiful Caribbean climes, as he was born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US...