“trip to palm springs”

Artwork of the Week Richard Misrach Richard Misrach focuses on the deserts of the American West and is recognized internationally for the cultural, social, political, and environmental emphasis he br…

Artwork of the Week Robert Bechtle Like other Photorealists who emerged in the late 1960s-70s, Robert Bechtle used photographs as a point of departure for his hyperrealist paintings. Similar to earli…

Gunther Gerzso Influenced by modern and abstract art movements—combined with a passion for ancient Meso-American art and architecture—Gunther Gerzso pioneered a form of painting that was distinc…

Get Inspired by Baziotes William Baziotes was profoundly affected by his encounters with Surrealists who were living in New York City in the 1940s. The Surrealists were, in part, inspired by dreams a…

Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud first gained national renown in the early 1960s for his boldly colorful paintings of pies, cakes, and delicatessen foods that were linked critically with the then emergi…

Artworks of the Week William Robinson Leigh Originally from West Virginia, William Robinson Leigh studied painting at the Baltimore Institute before continuing his studies in Munich, Germany, wh…

Artwork of the Week Manuel Felguérez Manuel Felguérez was part of Mexico’s Generación de la Ruptura, whose members favored post-war abstraction and broke away from the representational muralist tradi…