Lothar Baumgarten (b. 1944)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Conceptual artist Lothar Baumgarten was born in Rheinsberg, Germany, in 1944. Based in New York and Berlin, Baumgarten's output encompasses sculpture, photography, installation, and film. He studied first at Staatliche Akademie für bildende Künste, Karlsruhe (1968) and then at Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1969–71). Baumgarten was a student of Joseph Beuys for a year at the latter.
Thomas Demand (b. 1964)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Photographer and filmmaker Thomas Demand was born in Munich, Germany, in 1964. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (1987-89), the Düsseldorf Art Academy (1989-92), Cité des Arts, Paris (1992), Goldsmiths' College, London (1993-4), and Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (1995).
Gustav Stickley (1858-1942)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in 1858 in Osceola, Wisconsin to two German immigrants, designer Gustav Stickley's career began in 1876 when he apprenticed in his uncle's chair factory at the age of eighteen.
Ilonka Karasz (1896-1981)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The multitalented Hungrian-born designer Ilonka Karasz, an important member of New York City’s émigré colony, was engaged by silver manufacturer Paye & Baker to design several modern silver-plated holloware lines introduced in 1928.
Francesco Fontebasso (1707-1769)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Francesco Fontebasso was a student of Sebastiano Ricci and was later influenced by and associated with Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. As a teenager, he studied in Rome and Bologna. His work from the 1730s shares many similarities with his teacher, but his mature paintings incorporated a lighter palette akin to Tiepolo.
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
After spending his youth in the Danish West Indies, Camille Pissarro settled in France in 1855.
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Paul Gauguin was born in Paris during the unsettled political era of the Paris Commune in 1848. His family soon left for Lima, Peru, where Gauguin lived until he was seven. Between 1865 and 1871, he was a sailor with the merchant marines.
Émile Bernard (1868-1941)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Émile Bernard was born in Lille, France, but moved with his family to the Paris suburb of Asnières in 1881. In 1884, he enrolled in the atelier of the artist Ferdinand Cormon, an École des Beaux-Arts professor.
George Shiebler (1846-1920)
George Shiebler (1846-1920) was born to a German immigrant family living in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Andrew, and mother, Christine (née Fox), had several other children. Two older brothers, Andrew K. and William, also entered the New York jewelry and silverware trades and all achieved a great measure of success.
Robert Henri (1865-1929)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Robert Henri's importance to American painting lies not only in his work, but also in his accomplishments as a teacher and crusader against academic conservatism. He favored a new democratic humanism in life and art, and his dedication to liberal ideas and younger artists fostered the development of modern painting in America. Henri was the founder of The Eight, a group of American painters who launched independent group exhibitions beginning in 1908 at the Macbeth Gallery (New York, NY).