Yes, a street artist can become a master. “The Wizard of Brooklyn” was a completely self-taught artist who was also a holistic healer at one of the world’s largest mental hospitals. Psychoanalysts said he fit the profile of a classic reclusive hoarder. Bartnikowski found it...
During the period between the two World Wars, Europe was left staggering. Empires had disappeared. New borders were drawn. And the ensuing deep economic recession seemed a permanent quagmire. Little wonder that within this environment artists and writers would explore themes that expressed...
In 2013, ABC’s “Good Morning America” featured the Pinajian Discovery of thousands of paintings rescued from a Dumpster as “the unlikely discovery that has rocked the art world.” Here’s the compelling story of how a master’s life and works were nearly lost forever.
In the history of American landscape painting, the visionary artists who pursued the paths of fantasy and mysticism are few. Here are poetic landscapes, part real, part fantasy — and always mystical.
