Roman Opalka (1931-2011), Remembered

Roman Opalka, Polish Numbers Painter, Remembered

Artists who devote their entire lives to a single project are rare.
Roman OPALKA will go down in art history as one of the most ascetic and most coherent of them all. Roman Opalka died suddenly on 6 August 2011 aged 79, putting an end to a work that he began 45 years earlier, originally called 1965 - ∞, and now entitled 1965-2011…

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Pop Art George Segal

George Segal, Pop Artist?

George Segal was born in the Bronx in 1924. His parents arrived from Eastern Europe and operated a butcher shop. They moved to New Jersey where they opened a chicken farm. George worked on the farm but was accepted into Stuyvesant High School in New York forcing George to move in with an aunt who lived in Brooklyn. Stuyvesant was an elite school for those proficient in math and science. George found that more than math and science he was attracted to art. George attended New York University where he secured a teaching degree in art. As soon as his works began to sell he left teaching to join the artist ranks in New York focusing on abstract expressionism.

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Lucian Freud (1922-2011) Remembered

Lucian Freud - British Painter, Remembered

Lucian Freud, grandson of the founder of psycho-analysis, Sigmund Freud, passed away on 20 July 2011. His powerful body of work, adored by some, hated by others, is nevertheless immortal and the world’s major museums and top collectors will continue to keep it alive.

Attracting fierce bidding at auctions, in 2008 Lucian FREUD became the world’s most expensive living artist… read the entire article (copyright ArtPrice): Lucian Freud (1922-2011) - British Painter, Remembered

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