Miss.Tic is a wonderful French street artist who was among the pioneers of street art. Miss.Tic was born in Paris, France in the year 1956. The artist is renown for her images of stenciled dark haired women often paired with clever text.
The artist overcame tremendous difficulties in her life. As a ten year old child her grandmother, mother, and brother were killed in a car accident. Her father died ten years later. She would relocated to California.
In this clip a wonderful montage of works by Miss.Tic:
Price range information: Prints start at $500.
What I enjoy most about this artist is the pairing of such clever text with wonderful imagery. I also enjoy the cats made by the artist!
Leon Bakst was an internationally renown painter, costume, and theater set designer. Leon Bakst was born in the year 1866 in what is now the country of Belarus.
The artist attended college at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Art in Russia.
Here a large selection of drawings and paintings that show Bakst’s skill at painting the figure and remarkable clothing:
Leon Bakst passed away in 1924.
In this clip we view more works by Bakst:
Price range information: Bakst worked frequently in watercolor and gouache. Prices range from $10,000 to $750,000.
If you enjoy the art of costumes and set designer be sure and check out my post on Erte, my favorite theater set and costume designer.
Gunther Gerzso was born in Mexico City, Mexico in the year 1915. His father died shortly after he was born, his mother remarried a German, and the family moved to Europe and then back to Mexico. These were tough times especially economically and his mother sent her child to live in Switzerland with his uncle.
Gerzso’s uncle was well respected in the art world and Gerzso found his creative side whilst living with his uncle. Gerzso also became interested in theater and set design whilst in Switzerland. Economic times would find their way to Europe and the artist was sent back to Mexico to live with his mother. The artist kept sketching and creating in Mexico and became involved in the theater creating sets and even writing plays.
Gerzso was very successful in the theater world winning his country’s version of the Oscar award five times for his work.
The artist began to paint in the early 1930s.
Winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship for his art.
Gunther Gerzso passed away in 2000.
Price range information: Works range from $1,000 to $100,000. Gerzso worked as a painter and sculptor.
Gerzso can be considered a very important artist as he contributed so much to different fields of study. A great painter and writer Gerzso was an artist’s artist!
Pavel Tchelitchew was a fantastic painter of the figure born in Russia in the year 1898 near Moscow, Russia in a city called Kaluga. His family was very wealthy and he didn’t attend school but was tutored privately.
When comparing his artistic career one artist that I profiled comes to mind, Erte, another Russian artist born in 1890. Both made great works of art in addition to designing theater sets and costumes.
In this clip a great montage of works by Tchelitchew. Its interesting to note that a theme in the 19th century was to paint figures that never made eye contact with the viewer. It makes for high emotional content as people are far more relaxed, people are more themselves, when they think no one is watching them.
In this clip more works from the master.
First U.S. show was in 1930 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York city.
For seven years worked for a magazine titled View which specialized in Surrealist paintings.
Included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Became a citizen of the United States in 1952.
Pavel Tchelitchew passed away in 1957 at the age of 58 years old.
The artist worked in many mediums. Gouache works range $5,000 to $75,000. Oils can range from the low six figures to $400,000. Watercolors range $10,000 to $80,000. Works in ink range $1,000 to $8,000. Works in pencil cost $1,000 to $5,000.
Another artist that I am reminded when looking at his drawings is Bev Doolittle. Doolittle is a world famous best known for her cleverly hiding figures in trees and other various locales of the landscapes. Tchelitchew was superb at hiding animals in his landscapes if you look closely. I never thought of Doolittle as a Surrealist painter but here is a great montage showing how easily she hides figures and animals in her paintings.
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