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Michael Zeno Diemer was a German artist remembered for his panoramic paintings capturing mountainous landscapes and seascapes. He was born in Munich on February 8, 1867, and studied art at the Academy there. Once he completed his education, Michael Zeno Diemer traveled along the coast of southern Italy, gaining inspiration…
Berenice Abbott was an American photographer best known for her portraits of 20th century New York City cultural figures, architecture and urban design, in particular through the WPA Federal Art Project. Early on in her career, she also worked in Paris, assisting in the studio of Man Ray. The Museum…
Patrick William Adam was a Scottish painter, best known for his genre and interior paintings. He was born in Edinburgh to a well-known lawyer on October 12, 1854, and would study art from a young age. He attended the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and worked under artists such as William…
Ansel Adams is perhaps America’s best-known photographer and environmentalist. His black & white images are seared into our minds, but his photos were a powerful force in his advocacy. Whether demanding protection for our national parks and monuments, or his outrage at the injustice of the Japanese American internment camps…
John Ottis Adams was born on July 8, 1851, in Johnson County, Indiana. His visit to the 1869 Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis inspired him to become an artist. In the same year, he enrolled at Wabash College in Crawfordsville for an art degree. Then in 1872, John Ottis Adams…
David Octavius Hill was born on May 20th, 1802, in Perth, Scotland. David and his brother got their education from the Perth Academy. Then his brother moved to Edinburgh for work, and David Hill studied at the School of Design. He exhibited his early landscape paintings at the Institution for…
Known for: Paintings of city buildings and landscape views
Swedish artist Hilma af Klint created large abstract paintings starting in 1906, well before such artists as Wassily Kandinsky explored non-representational imagery. She felt that people were not ready for her paintings since they were so radical, she seldom exhibited them during her life. When her sister died in 1880,…
The German artist Anni Albers worked mainly in textiles, and through this medium challenged the separate notions of art and craft. Her work was abstract and focused on color theory, which greatly influenced Modernism. Along with her husband and fellow artist Josef Albers, she studied at the famous Bauhaus where…
Albers was a German-born artist, who worked in the U.S. as well. He was also a key modern art educator.
Carlos Almaraz was a Mexican-American artist. His work inspired the Chicano Art Movement in Los Angeles and his series “Echo Park” received worldwide acclaim.