Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris based artists. The name of the movement is derived from the title of a Claude Monet painting, called Impression, Sunrise:
The Impressionists changed the approach to painting by recreating the sensation in the eye that views the subject, rather than recreating the subject.
It may seem gray outside during these long winter months, but take some time to appreciate all the colors you may be missing. There are so many colors that reflect off the snow, especially in the early morning and late afternoon.
Here is a great example, and a great website if you love colors:
Norman Percevel Rockwell was born on February 3 1894. He was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine for more than four decades.
A Tumblr appropriately named #GoVote is helping to get people to vote through art. The blog collected more than 100 election-day images, from Post-It note scribbles to watercolors, to encourage people to vote today. #GoVote is not the only site plugging patriotism through art. A typographic poster reading only “Tumblr, actually vote tho” has been posted more than 45,000 times — including, very recently, by the Obama campaign.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz was born October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1970 she took a job at Rolling Stone magazine. In 1983 she began working for the entertainment magazine Vanity Fair. During the late 1980s, Leibovitz started to work on a number of high-profile advertising campaigns. From the 1990s to the present, she has been publishing and exhibiting her work. She photographs some SERIOUS celebs!
The picture above, taken by Leibovitz, is of the band The White Stripes. Leibovitz often plans elaborate photoshoots based on the music, personality, or upcoming movie of the celebrities involved.
About 100 limited-edition drawings by John Lennon will be on view in a free exhibition that starts next week in Soho.
The show, “The Artwork of John Lennon,” at 130 Prince Street, is presented by Yoko Ono, Bag One Arts and Legacy Productions will benefit Citymeals-on-Wheels, a nonprofit organization that delivers meals to the homebound elderly.
It runs October 5-9 In honor of what would have been Lennon’s 72nd birthday, on Oct. 9.
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