Today we remember and celebrate the birth of Abstract Expressionist Franz Kline. Kline was best known for his role as an "action painter", creating large-scale canvases, which featured abstract motifs and calligraphic bolts of black paint over white fields. This spontaneous, gestural style of work became iconic amidst mid-20th-century Abstract Expressionism. Kline helped pioneer this movement alongside other notable artists including Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Jo

Joan Miro uses color and form in a symbolic manner to develop intricate compositions and a wandering linear style. With L’Adorateur Du Soleil, bold circles of blue and red are placed on top of one another, encased in a swirling motion of black strokes dotted with bits of green, pink, and yellow. The piece holds a textured surface quality; one can literally feel the bright colors emanating from the work. Miro’s use of expressive splatters of line and form swirl around like mas

Discover authentic works by American Neo-Expressionist painter and sculptor, Eric Fischl at Burgess Modern and Contemporary. Fischl is best known for his figurative paintings and ambiguous, imaginative imagery. Inspired by his own middle-class upbringing on Long Island, Fischl captures both the mundane and the taboo; in bright, gestural strokes. His wonderfully, vibrant beach-going scenes are reminiscent of warmer days and remind viewers that the intrigue of summer is just ar

Today we celebrate the birth of the world’s best-known Surrealist artist, Salvador Dali. Dali was born May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was an intelligent and creative child who displayed notable artistic abilities. Dali would go on to study art in Madrid and Barcelona where he assimilated a vast number of artistic styles. It was not until the late 1920s, however, that two events brought about the development of Dali’s mature artistic style: his discovery of Sigmund Freud’

This week we mourn the death of American painter and sculptor, Donald Baechler, who sadly passed on April 4th, 2022. The New York artist’s deliberately naive-looking paintings, sculptures, and collages received significant attention starting in the 1980s. Baechler was part of the downtown New York scene, which also included the likes of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, who similarly worked in a manner that evoked children’s drawings. “Donald Baechler's depictions of eve

Amazing piece by Damien Hirst (b. 1965) Skull Spin Painting, 2009 | Acrylic on paper | 27.87 x 20 in This work was created with spin painting machines at the opening of Requiem at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev. Hirst commemorated the event by using the public's collaboration to create each of the pieces Each bears the Hirst stamped signature and inscription ‘This painting was made by to celebrate the opening of Damien Hirst, Requiem, at the PinchukArtCentre on Damien Hirst [st