Cameron Booth was a prominent regionalist and abstract expressionist painter. During his career, especially from the 1920s to the 1970s, he played a significant role in the development of art in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Biography Cameron Booth was born in 1892 in...

Mr. Brainwash, the pseudonym for Thierry Guetta, is an artist and videographer whose graffiti and large-scale contemporary installations have gained international acclaim and are highly valued by art enthusiasts. Biography Thierry Guetta, a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash, was...

Gabriel Argy-Rousseau was a French ceramicist, master glass craftsman, and sculptor. His innovative work encompasses a range of objects from lamps, vases, and bowls to brooches, boxes, and pendants. Biography Gabriel Argy-Rousseau was born as Joseph-Gabriel Rousseau...

Paul Jenkins was an American abstract artist often associated with the New York School. With a chance-based, intuitive approach to painting, Jenkins worked with oil paints and acrylics, often avoiding paintbrushes and instead allowing paint to pool or roll across his...

André Kertész was a Hungarian photographer well known for his contributions to photojournalism, especially his authoritative photo essays. Biography Born as Andor Kertész in Budapest in, André Kertész belonged to a middle-class Jewish family. After his father's death,...

Fay Jones paints provocative and playful images using an eclectic and rich vocabulary filled with various characters. Her imaginative paintings are dreamlike and their subject matter alludes to unpredictable and comical narratives. Biography Fay Jones was born Fay...

Ando Cloisonné Company, located in Sakae, Nagoya, central Japan, specializes in Japanese cloisonné. The company has offered handcrafted cloisonné from accessories to artworks since 1880.  Background Introduction of Cloisonné to Japan Cloisonné is an ancient technique...

A Russian-born French artist known by the pseudonym Erté, Romain de Tirtoff was a diversely talented 20th century designer known for his glamorous sets for opera, theatre, and film, as well as his bronze sculptures, graphic arts, and jewelry.  His work...

Painter, illustrator, and printmaker Bertha Lum is recognized for her color woodblock prints utilizing Chinese and Japanese techniques. Much of her artwork reflects the style of classic Japanese ukiyo-e prints, depicting landscapes, women, kabuki actors, sumo...

With his frank depictions of Native American life, Fritz Scholder created a unique combination of Pop Art, Color Field, and Expressionism in his sculptures, paintings, prints and books. Biography Fritz Scholder was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, on October 6, 1937....