Wynn Bullock (April 18, 1902 – November 16, 1975) is a recognized American master photographer of the 20th Century whose work is included in over 90 major museum collections around the world.[1] He received substantial critical acclaim during his lifetime, published numerous books, and is mentioned in all the standard histories.[2]
Wynn obtained patents in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain for a "Photographic Process for Producing Line Image" in the late 1940s. He was granted a second U.S. patent on the "Methods and Means for Matching Opposing Densities in Photographic Film" in the early 1950s. In 1957, he was honored with a medal from the Salon of International Photography and, throughout the 1960s, he received several awards from various professional photographic organizations. In 1968, Wynn became a trustee and chairman of the exhibition committee during the formative years of Friends of Photography in Carmel, California.[11]
Along with Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, and Frederick Sommer, he became part of the founding group of photographers whose archives established the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in 1975. Wynn taught advanced photography courses at the Institute of Design in Chicago during Aaron Siskind’s sabbatical and at San Francisco State College at the invitation of John Gutmann. He was a guest instructor for the Ansel Adams Yosemite Workshops. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, he lectured widely, led photographic workshops, and participated in many seminars and symposia on various topics and issues in photography.[3]
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Pedro Lira (17 May 1845 – 20 April 1912) was a Chilean painter. He was one of the founders of the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts
Lira came from a wealthy family, the son of José Calvo Santos Lira and Martina Rencoret Cienfuegos. Chile was experiencing a time of great economic prosperity, especially after the end of the War of the Pacific. During his childhood and adolescence he studied at the Instituto Nacional where he received a liberal education. He entered the Academy of Painting directed by Alejandro Ciccarelli. By 1862, Lira entered the workshop of master landscape painter Antonio Smith, while pursuing parallel career in law at the University of Chile, where he finished successfully in 1867. However, his interest in painting would aprevail and he went on to devote full time to art. From 1873 to 1884 he lived in France. He was a fan of Eugène Delacroix, copying several of his paintings. After his return to Chile helped by the innovative spirit of the government of Domingo Santa María, he felt an opportunity to create an environment similar to the Parisian culture and exhibit his art.
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Oil on canvas; 162.6 x 97.8 cm.
André Derain, (b. June 10, 1880, Chatou, France—d. September 8, 1954, Garches), French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and designer who was one of the principal Fauvists.
Derain studied painting in Paris at the Académie Carriere from 1898 to 1899. He developed his early style in association with Maurice de Vlaminck, whom he met in 1900, and with Henri Matisse, who had been Derain’s fellow student at the Académie Carriere. Together with these two painters, Derain was one of the major exponents of Fauvism from 1905 to 1908. Like the other artists who worked in this style, he painted landscapes and figure studies in brilliant, sometimes pure colours and used broken brushstrokes and impulsive lines to define his spontaneous compositions.
Derain broke with Fauvism in 1908, when he was temporarily influenced by the works of the Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne. Derain worked for a few years in a stylized form of Cubism, but by the 1920s his paintings of nudes, still lifes, and portraits had become increasingly Neoclassical, and the spontaneity and impulsiveness that had distinguished his earlier work gradually disappeared. His art underwent virtually no change after the 1920s, though his more conservative style brought him financial success.
Derain had considerable ability as a decorator and created theatrical designs, notably for the Ballets Russes. He also produced numerous book illustrations, often in woodcut, for works by authors such as François Rabelais, Antonin Artaud, and André Breton.
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COUNTRY: GHANA
ETHNIC GROUP: ASHANTE
MATERIAL: BRONZE
HEIGHT: 2 in.
These mask pendants are very common. They are made almost exclusively for the international art market. The projection of the top is a loop for hanging. The Ashante are known for their metalwork which includes gold weights and gold jewelry.
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