Sculptor: Claes Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg is known for his unique sculptures that reflect the pop-culture era. Born in Sweden, his family moved to the United States when Oldenburg was just a baby. When Oldenburg got older her attended Yale University and moved to New York where he met the two people that inspired him artistically, Jim Dine and Allan Kaprow. With this inspiration, Oldenburg began his career as an artist.

William Henry Rinehart was an American sculptor who was born in 1874. He is known for his classical style and working with material such as marble. Rinehart piece Clytie is of the beautiful mythology water nymph, who gracefully stands while holding a sunflower. Frederick William MacMonnies is also an American sculptor born in 1863 who was also a painter and a portraitist. MacMonnies piece Bacchante and Infant Faun is of a bacchante teasing an infant with grapes while she appears to be drunk from drinking wine. Rinehart’s Clytie and MacMonnies “Bacchante and Infant Faun” focused on each women beauty and importance.

John Chamberlain is best known for junk art and assemblage artist. He was born in 1927 in Rochester, Indiana and died in 2011. He grew up in Chicago and he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Black Mountain College. Since 1955, he began working in metals and remained many works using wrecked automobiles.

John Augustus Walker was an artist based out of Mobile, Alabama. He was born February 9, 1901 to John L. Walker and Lilly Roche Walker. “Walker was first encouraged to pursue art by his teacher Maud Mayme Simpson during his years at elementary school in the Mobile County School System. At age 16, Walker entered the work force as a stenographer for real estate agent F. M. Backes to augment the family

Hamilton’s sculpture stands as a representation of the Civil War’s many brave and courageous United States colored troops also known as the (USTC) One side of Ed Hamilton’s sculpture has the title “The spirit of freedom,” On the other side there is a text that says “Civil War to Civil rights and beyond.” The memorial honors more than 200,000 who severed In the Union army and navy during the Civil War. The 209,145 names inscribed on the walls the surround the sculpture honors the fighters of freedom. On the highest wall in the memorial there is an 1863 quote by Fredrick Douglas: "Who would be free themselves must strike the blow. Better even die free than to live slaves.” The United States began the organization (USTC) in 1863, the enlistment

Pablo Picasso, although usually known as just Picasso. His full name though is actually: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. His signature is worth more than some of his paintings. In fact in some restaurants he just drew a quick face and then signed it (when he was famous). He was one of the most well known people in the 20th century. He was born in 25th of October 1881 in Malaga, Spain, and then died on the 8th of April 1973 Mougins, France. He was a: painter, drawing, sculpture, print making, and ceramics.

Andrew Clemons the artist is well recognized by society's elite. "Capt. George M. Rising purchased the jar and presented it to General Lawler last Saturday afternoon, who, no doubt will treasure the miniature pontoon bridge, made of sand by the deaf and dumb artist boy, Andy Clemens, as one of the finest works which graces the sand in his study."(2) The Mark of a great artist is selling their art without intention. Andrew displays great qualities of a good artist. The twenty old Andrew Clemons success as an artist did not guarantee his livelihood. Andrew rejected two offers one made by the Smithsonian Institution to train him as a teacher. The other offer was from deaf salesman selling door-to-door tried to encourage Andrew to sell door-to-door

John roger’s is the famous name very popular in all over the world as an American sculptor whose style and production methods shows an inventory path to the modern art. His art was very popular with middle-class art collectors in the 19th century and defines the feelings of nostalgia and a longing for simpler times, helped Americans come to terms with the contentious issues of the Reconstruction period following the Civil War in between 1859 to 1892.

selves do not relate to each other when they are all together as James has painted them each item gives meaning to the next and as a whole they convey the modern world we are living in today in the 60s.

Lynn Chadwick (b. 24 November 1914 – d. 25 April 2003) was an influential semi-abstract British sculptor during the 20th century. He attended the Merchant Taylor’s school in London, his hometown, for his public education. K.F.P Brown encouraged him to continue in the arts since he saw, early on, his abilities in artistic disciplines. However, Chadwick refused to go to art school and never formally trained as a sculptor. Between 1933 and 1939, Chadwick worked for architectural companies still in London. During these years, he met the art master Rodney Thomas and learned a lot from him. After engaging in the Royal Navy and serving during World War II, Lynn Chadwick resumed his work with his teacher Rodney Thomas and specialized in exhibition

A major exponent of abstract expressionism and action painting, Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) arrived in the United States as a stowaway and first supported himself here as a house painter, toward the end of his life he worked on sculptures.

He was an artist from America who became famous mainly for his wall drawings. In his works, he often chooses a colourful range of colours, not a gradient, but sometimes also a black and white palette. Then he creates series of lines with these colours which are usually parallel to each other but not necessarily. One can also notice in his other pieces a use of 3D-appearing shapes, again made of different colours. These various paintings seem to my eye as some kinds of optical illusions. Sol LeWitt has also produced some sculptures, which are, likewise, focused on using shapes, in most cases hollow

The president of the Rockan Group and a partner in Creative Transaction Solutions, Robert Kantor performs a range of investment and administrative functions in greater Sun Valley, Idaho. He also founded and directed the National Philanthropic Trust, a public charity that supports the expansion of charitable giving by providing philanthropic expertise to donors and financial institutions. In addition to his accomplishments in the business world, Robert Kantor is an experienced sculptor who has exhibited his work at Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art and galleries in three different states.

Before the Bath by Pierre-Auguste Renior was created in 1875 on an oil canvas. This piece was one of 19 paintings Renior created to sell to the public in Paris (Barnes). Before the Bath can now be seen in the Barnes Foundation in room 7, in west wall. The oil canvas itself is 32 5/16 x 26 3/16in which makes viewers really appreciate the paintings beauty. When Renior displayed this painting for sale it caused an uproar and fistfights because people thought it was too revealing. Even with the public not accepting it at first, this painting became one of Renior’s most celebrated works (Barnes).

During this time period artists became famous and inspired many people with their works. Caspar David Friedrich was a famous artist who lived from 1774-1840 in Greifswald, Germany. He was known for painting mediums with watercolors and oils, which is landscape art. Friedrich changed the face of landscape paintings with his intense and emotional focus on nature and became a key member of the