He was only 22 when he became an expatriate, and found the unspoiled island of Paros in the middle of the Aegean Sea. There he developed an extraordinary approach to painting, fragmenting space as he captured his environment with a 360° view, as if he were painting in the 4th dimension.
Thanks to his eponymous museum, this prolific expressionist master is finally emerging as one of the most important artists in the South during the 20th century. The discovery of his diverse and complex body of work in every medium presents a paragon from whom contemporary artists may grasp how to...
Richard Timperio is a rarity because while he is painter of compelling imagery he is also a pioneering gallerist. In the late 1970s he was at the forefront of a small group of artists who left Manhattan to settle in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. By the mid 1990s he had created an alternative exhibition...
Troyan was the only Abstract Expressionist to have survived the Holocaust. If Jackson Pollock’s artistic drive came from deep introspection, ontological exploration, and Jungian psychology, Troyan’s horrific experiences at three Nazi concentration camps — and his consequent spiritual...
A self-taught sign painter in Harlem during the Great Depression, late in life this Outsider artist created a large series of collage portraits that celebrated historically significant black Americans from all professions. His portraits-as-signs engage in social commentary as they captivate viewers...
Don ZanFagna might be the most famous visionary artist you never heard of. Buckminster Fuller admired him as “a great visionary, artist, and architect.” He was 60 years ahead of his time in predicting the impact of technology on the environment. This idiosyncratic genius was eerily prescient...