Art Reflection – Buchanan Beverly Buchanan (1940-2015) was a Black artist. She grew up in South Carolina often going with her father on trips to the countryside for his work as Dean of the School of Agriculture at South Carolina State College. Beverly never forgot her views of the sharecropper’s shacks on these trips. She was later trained in medical …

Art Reflection – De Koonig Elaine de Koonig (1918-1989) was an American artist of the Abstract Expressionism movement. She was married to Willem de Koonig, also a famous artist. Elaine painted many portraits including this one of President John F. Kennedy. She received this commission in 1962. She spent several sessions with him crafting a unique contemporary likeness far from …

Art Reflection – Arp Hans Arp (1886-1966) was an abstract painter and sculpture of French and German descent. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Dadaism Movement between 1916 and 1920. Dadaism is often called the art of the happy accident but it dates to a time that was far from happy. This was an anti-war and anti-culture movement …

Art Reflection – Stella Frank Stella (b. 1936) is a American painter, printmaker and sculptor of the Minimalist Movement. He is an artist of international acclaim with works and exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. Frank Stella’s art reflects his growth and experimentation. He first found success with paintings and prints of flat, colorful, mainly geometric designs. He …

Art Reflection – Ashevak This is an iconic print by Inuit graphic artist, Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013). Kenojuak led a remarkable life. She was born in an igloo, and later forcibly separated from her young children for three years when she suffered tuberculosis. Her life was marked by loss and prolific art making. Her work is exhibited in major collections including …

Art Reflection – Manet Edouard Manet (1832-1883) lived and painted in Paris. He did many portraits in Realism and later, with the encouragement and friendship of French Impressionist Berthe Morisot, began to do Impressionistic works like this one. Here we see a scene implied with inexact strokes and shapes of color. We understand the scene without details of faces or …

Art Reflection – White Charles White (1918-1979) was an African-American artist. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago. His mother took him to the Art Institute of Chicago as a child. This piece is now part of the collection at that institute. Charles White worked in the style of the Harlem Renaissance. He drew, painted and created lithographs …

Art Reflection – Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) challenged most art conventions in his long career. If he came upon a rule in art, he found a way to break and invent around it. He is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, credited with the co-founding of Cubism, constructed sculpture and collage. He worked as a …

Art Reflection – Riley Bridget Riley is a British artist born in 1931. She became a pioneer of perceptual abstract in the Op Art Movement. She precisely painted optical illusions creating a third dimension on a two dimensional canvas. Her pieces move, vibrate and sparkle in this illusion. Movement in Squares is part of her body of work from 7 years …

Art Reflection – Kern Theodor Kern (1900-1969) was born in Salzburg, Austria. He studied art in Austria, Paris, and Italy and settled in England in 1938. He painted in many styles including the abstracted style of this painting. With the Christ child as the focus of line and light amid muted colors, Kern seems to capture the energy of those …