
Exposition Art Blog
Painting is like silent poem, said Simonides, poet from ancient Greece.Paintings are icons, doors to the Platonian world above the heavens. Paintings on my blog are just those icons, which lead a viewer into the magic world of harmony and beauty. Artists who present their achievements on my blog have a very different cultural and national background, they represent variety of artistic traditions and schools
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Ram Kumar - Indian Abstract Art
Ram Kumar (1924 – 2018) was an Indian artist and writer who has been described as one of India's foremost abstract painters.He was associated with the Progressive artists' group along with greats like M.F. Hussain, Tyeb Mehta, S.H. Raza.He is said to be one of the first Indian artists to give up figurativism for abstract art. His art commands high prices in the domestic and international marketManuel Felguerez Barra
Manuel Felguerez Barra (1928 –2020) was a Mexican abstract artist, part of the Generación de la Ruptura that broke with the muralist movement of Diego Rivera and others in the mid 20th century.Manuel Felguérez - artist whose works are still being displayed across Mexico. One of the most important members of the Generación de la Ruptura, Felguérez was honored with the prestigious Premio Nacional de Artes in 1988. A multi-talented person, Felguérez was also a sculptor and teacher; he worked as a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.Gordon Onslow Ford
Gordon Onslow Ford ( 1912 – 2003) was one of the last surviving members of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton.Born in England in 1912 to a family of artists, Gordon Onslow Ford began painting at an early age. His grandfather, Edward Onslow Ford, was a renowned Victorian sculptor. At the age of 11, he began painting landscapes under the guidance of his uncle. Following the death of his father at age 14, he was sent to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. The ocean affected him deeply and his early works depicted ocean scenes. The metaphor of taking a "voyage" later became an important aspect of his paintingsArturo Rivera (1945-2020) was a Mexican painter living in Mexico City. Through his art, he exposes the horrors of the world, nature, dreams and imagination, and paints portraits, self-portraits, figures, landscapes and objects of classical beauty in his intricate compositions. Its main materials are acrylic, watercolor, casein, graphite, composite crayons, oil pastels, egg tempera and creta paint.