On This Day

Abhishek Kumar February 16, ON THIS DAY I don’t think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it. Keith Haring Keith Haring was a well-known American artist and political activist who rose to prominence in the […]

Abhishek Kumar February 15, ON THIS DAY “My mythology is de-conventionalised and personal, as indeed are my methods and materials. […] My idea of the sacred is not rooted in any specific culture. To me it is a feeling that I may get in a church, mosque, temple, or forest. […] My inspiration and visual

Abhishek Kumar February 14, ON THIS DAY Theodor Werner was a German painter, best known for his landscapes and portraits. Werner’s works are characterized by his use of vibrant colours and his ability to capture the essence of the natural world in his paintings. He was particularly skilled at rendering light and shadow, and his

Abhishek Kumar February 13, ON THIS DAY Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is the depth and intensity of an artist’s experience that are the first importance in art. Grant Wood Grant Wood is one of the

Abhishek Kumar February 12, ON THIS DAY “Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the quest of our self that drives us along the eternal and never-ending journey we must all make.” Max Beckmann Max Beckmann was a German Expressionist painter

Abhishek Kumar February 11, ON THIS DAY Graham Ovenden is an English artist and photographer. He is best known for his highly detailed and realistic paintings of rural English landscapes, as well as his photographs of historical buildings and monuments. His photographs and paintings often depict young children in a manner that some people have

Abhishek Kumar February 09, ON THIS DAY Simplicity of shape does not necessarily equate with simplicity of experience. Robert Morris Robert Morris is an American artist and writer who was instrumental in the development of Conceptual Art in the 1960s. He was one of the first artists to reject the traditional notion of art as

Abhishek Kumar February 08, ON THIS DAY Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times. Franz Marc Franz Marc

Abhishek Kumar February 07, ON THIS DAY “A man who has the power of sight need not be told what light is. And where there is light there is colour.” Benode Behari Mukherjee Benode Behari Mukherjee was an Indian painter and muralist who was one of the pioneers of the Bengal School of Art, which

Abhishek Kumar February 06, ON THIS DAY Rich Buckler is an American comic book artist known for his work on Marvel Comics characters such as Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, and Captain America. He is highly regarded for his detailed and dynamic penciling style, as well as his ability to convey a sense of motion