Tihanyi Lajos
[Born in Budapest, as a young man, Tihanyi was part of the "Neoimpressionists" or "Neos", and later the influential avant-garde group of painters called The Eight (A Nyolcak), founded in 1909 in Hungary].
Nude, 1910 and Most, 1921
Otobong Nkanga (b. 1974) is a Nigerian visual and performance artist based in Belgium. She also works in installation, photography, drawing, and sculpture.
•In Pursuit of Bling: The Transformation, 2014
•Otobong Nkanga, Infinite Yield, 2015. Museum of Modern Art, Antwerp
On a day like today, Canadian painter Tom Thomson was born.
(1877-1917)
[Thomson’s working method involved quick on-site sketches later elaborated into studio canvases, combining natural observation with Art Nouveau and post-impressionist influences].
Moonlight, 1915
by Tom Thomson
[Thomson directly influenced a group of Canadian painters who would later be known as the Group of Seven, although he died before their official formation].
Vincent van Gogh
Tarascon Stagecoach, 1888
[Significant piece of art from his period in Arles, France. However, the original painting is believed to have been lost]. (Vincent to Theo, letter)
Milton Avery
(US Artist, 1885-1965)
[Avery is considered one of North America’s greatest 20th-century colourists. According to The New York Times, “Only Matisse – to whose art he owed much, of course – produced a greater achievement in this respect”].
Boathouse by the Sea, 1959
by Milton Avery
[This work is a striking example of Avery’s late-career exploration into near-abstraction, where recognizable forms dissolve into luminous fields of color and shape].