Tag: painting
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Series Focuses on Intimate Portraits of Famous Artists and Their Pet Cats
Author Alison Nastasi has just released her latest book, Artists and Their Cats, which features over 50 legendary creatives and the stories behind their feline friendships. Among many iconic artists, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Frida Kahlo are all known to have had kitty accomplices. Having lived with many cats throughout his life, Picasso even…
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Rare, Candid Photos of Frida Kahlo During the Last Years of Her Life
Last month a book of photographs taken of Frida Kahlo in the last years of her life was published by Harry N. Abrams. For two years, photographer Gisèle Freund was welcomed into the home of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera allowing her to intimately document their daily lives. The images provide a glimpse into the…
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Filmmaker Reveals All of the Movie Scenes That Were Directly Influenced by Iconic Paintings
The casual movie-goer might not notice, but often film producers are inspired by iconic paintings of our time and subtly integrate them into their own movies. Recently, observant film maker Vugar Efendi released Film Meets Art, a project that explores the relationship between fine art and cinema. Scroll down to see our favorites. What other…
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Artist Makes Mashups Of The Most Famous Artworks In History And Contemporary Pop Culture
Hayati is a visual designer from Cyprus. He’s an absolute photoshop master and one of his biggest joys is mixing random people into classical paintings. Scroll down to see some of his work and upvote your favorites and upload your own!. [zombify_post]
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An Eccentric Cookbook by Salvador Dalí Is Being Reissued for the First Time in Over 40 Years
Like eccentric food? Then Dali has a cookbook for you! Published only once in 1973, Les Diners de Gala was a dream fulfilled for surrealist artist Salvador Dali who claimed at the age of 6 that he wanted to be a chef. The bizarro cookbook pairs 136 recipes over 12 chapters (the 10th of which…
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Because The Only Thing Better Than Bob Ross Are Memes About Bob Ross
People love Bob Ross. He painted amazing landscapes in a very short period of time, but was always humble and more focused on teaching others to do the same than anything else. He was a very calm, friendly figure on screen, but viewers could also tell that he was passionate about painting, about animals, about…
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90 Year Old Grandma Turns Small Village Into An Art Gallery With Hand Painted Flowers
Anežka (Agnes) Kašpárková, a 90-year-old resident of Louka, Czech Republic, spends every spring and summer adorning window and door frames with majestic designs. A former agricultural worker, Agnes picked up the hobby from other local woman who had been doing the same for years. Using vibrant blue paint and a small brush, she creates intricate floral…
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The Art Institute of Chicago Makes Thousands of Hi-Res Images Available To Download For Free
After the fire that totally destroyed Brazil’s Museu Nacional in Rio, many people lamented that the museum had not digitally backed up its collection and pointed to the event as a tragic example of why such digitization is so necessary. Just a couple decades ago, storing and displaying this much information was impossible, so it…
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Artist Paints Cats in Different Art Styles Across The Ages
Artist Veselka Velinova loves cats so much so that she recently challenged herself to paint a cat in different styles of art history. She also tried to recreate artistic ideals, style, as well as the technical approaches of each and every art period. Scroll below and let us know what you think! [zombify_post]
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Huge Mural Paintings of Pigeons By Artist Reveal Their Unexpected Beauty
A lot of people aren't the greatest fans of pigeons, considering them 'the rats of the sky'. Not so artist Adele Renault, who creates realistic portraits of the animals to give you a different perspective. She has recently published a book entitled Feathers and Faces, which documents documents Adele's pigeon portraits with paintings of other equally overlooked…