Author and artist, Austin Kleon explains “steal like an artist” best with his 10 rules to follow in his bestselling book “Steal Like an Artist”:
Throughout history, man has been creating. Louis XIV tried to set rules on creativity setting the standards with the French Salon. Paris was the art capital in the world throughout the 19th century. Manet challenged the Salon rules with his “Picnic in the Park”, stirring the Romantic period. The 20th century began with Munch’s “The Scream”, heard around the world. The Surrealists, Cubists, Dadaists and Fauvists opened our eyes to Modern Art. Many works of art were covered by masks during this period. Then the Bauhaus School would expose painting with their philosophy “form follows function.” Joseph Albers, moved from Europe and taught his “Homage to the Square” ideals influencing new artists like Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, setting the stage for New York to be the art capital of the world and calling it Contemporary Art.
Today the winner is Amedeo Modigliani’s “Reclining Nude” oil on canvas (1916), a rehearsed theme, commanding $157.2 million in Sotheby’s Auction, the highest bid ever. Modigliani’s reputation has soared from his poverty sickened, premature death and claiming no style or movement for his art.
“History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.” -W.H. Auden
Artists have long developed their own styles by apprenticing and copying. We yearn to explore the techniques of those we admire and to try our hand (or brush!) at them. Equally so, I desire to tutor others, passing along this grand tradition.
As a Rockport Artist, a SoBA Artist, a Nation Association of Woman Artists member, and a Contemporary American Impressionist, a Boston School Painter, and a Copley Master, my life is fully devoted to art as the expression of life.
Message me and let’s make plans! If I may assist you, please contact me at 843-540-3963 or email cwl@candacelovely.com. Browse my website to learn more about my art and to sign up for my newsletter.
Cheers,
Candace Whittemore Lovely
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