Essays on Artists

Lewis Binford’s birth took place in Norfolk in Virginia at the time of the Great Depression in 1932. The name of his father was Joseph Lewis Binford while his mother’s name was Eoline Roberts Binford. Binford went to government established schools due to his parents’ humble income. As early as...

Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism is a 19th century art movement that was formed between the year 1886 and 1905. It comprises of painters who worked independently led by Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Georges Seurat. There was a movement that was reacting to impressionists concerns about the representation of...

Jackson Pollock is a famous artist well known for his great talent in painting. He was the youngest in his family (Pollock 11), born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming. Thomas Benton was his tutor, taught him the basics of painting and influenced most of his early works. Later...

Frida Kahlo, Mexico's most outstanding female craftsman, painted severely legal self-representations that find her mental reaction to difficulty. She was once conceived on July 6, 1907, in Coyoacan, a suburb of Mexico City. When she was six years of age, she contracted polio which left her with a twisted...