French: La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (Le Grand Verre) Artist Marcel Duchamp Year 1915–23 Type Oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels …
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Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even
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Max Ernst; frottage to free the freeze
Max Ernst used texture rubbings to overcome his fear of the white canvas, and ignite his imagination. “Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of …
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Diebenkorn at Work
“The pretty, initial position which falls short of completeness is not to be valued – except as a stimulus for further moves.” – Richard Diebenkorn
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Diebenkorn’s Notes to Himself
The following list was found among the papers of the painter Richard Diebenkorn after his death in 1993. Spelling and capitalization are as in the original. Notes to myself on …
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Diebenkorn’s Sketchbooks
Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed Text from Stanford.edu: Throughout his long career, seminal California artist Richard Diebenkorn (Stanford BA ’49) always kept a sketchbook—a “portable studio,” as he called it—to …
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Patty Haller in the Studio
PROCESS UPDATE: It has been a delight to have our official “Artist Not In Residence” Patty Haller around the studios. She has been at the studio almost every day, and openly …
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Diebenkorn on Beginning a Painting
“…but when they get a bit besmirched, well then they are fair game.” – Diebenkorn “I don’t go into the studio with the idea of ‘saying’ something. What I do …
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My Personal Thoughts on Diebenkorn
Richard Diebenkorn Diebenkorn was an American painter. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. His later work were …
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Patty Haller: The League’s Official “Artist Not in Residence”
The League is proud to announce our official Artist-Not-In-Residence: Patty Haller. She will be using the front studio space to paint a 12′ panel for her January solo show at Smith & Vallee …
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