Category: Artists

Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming.  His full name was Paul Jackson Pollock and heContinue Reading

Philip Guston was born on June 27, 1913 as Phillip Goldstein in Montreal, Canada.  His parents immigrated from Russia toContinue Reading

Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn on December 22, 1960.  He had two younger sisters and an older brother.  HisContinue Reading

Salvador Dalí was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.  His full name was Salvador Domingo Felipe JacintoContinue Reading

Francisco Goya was a Spanish painter.  His full name is Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.  He was born onContinue Reading

Pauline Baynes was an artist and illustrator.  Her middle name is Diana and her work was featured in hundreds ofContinue Reading

Francis Bacon was a contemporary artist that created thought evoking and brutal paintings.  He lived from 1909 to 1992.  ItContinue Reading

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Andalusia (southern Spain).  His father was the painter José RuizContinue Reading

Robert Crumb is a prolific cartoonist.  He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 30, 1943.  R. Crumb is hisContinue Reading

Ellsworth Kelly was a printmaker, painter, sculptor and born on the 31st of May, 1923.  He was the middle childContinue Reading