During most of the country’s existence, famous American painters had to compete with their European rivals, most notably the artists from France, who helped make Paris the 19th century’s creative capital that it was.
Stuart’s overall reputation and lasting legacy are defined by the seemingly contradictory aspects of his life. Despite bouts of sorrow, he was a prolific artist.
A key figure in the Impressionist movement, Cassatt’s portraits were exceptional in their clear and honest quality, in contrast to the classics and of the Renaissance period.
Hopper’s particular use of illumination to confine persons and things in space, whether in brilliant morning light or the sinister illumination of an all-night restaurant, heightened his figures’ estrangement.
What he displayed was usually presented with simple elegance and a sense of humor. Some critics thought he lacked actual creative talent, his intentions for painting were founded in the world around him.
Pollock used his entire body to spill, splatter, and pour paints and enamel over an unprimed canvas that was resting flat on the wooden ground of his Long Island studio.
Roy Lichtenstein, a pivotal figure in the Pop art movement, built his enormously successful career on imitation, starting with images drawn from graphic novels and advertisements in the early 1960s.
Warhol was a forefather of pop art, a type of art that aimed to profit on iconography and motifs from popular culture, notably advertising and the media.
Basquiat’s art was heavily influenced by the New York City graffiti scene of the 1970s. Basquiat’s approach was supposed to reveal what he saw as his characters’ inner self, private thoughts, and innermost ambitions.