Artists' Letters: Leonardo da Vinci to David Hockney

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The paint would be dripped or splattered from above the canvas which was usually laid flat on the floor with the artist working above it. Artist Richard Mirando, better known as SEEN UA, is a veteran US graffiti artist, famous all around the world. People from around the RA pay tribute to leading architect Sir Richard MacCormac, who has died aged 75 following a long illness. Read more Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Delacroix was born on April 26, 1798, and he lived until August 13, 1863 he is primarily known as the leader of the French Romantic movement.

Henri Matisse was born in 1869 in the North of France and is known as being one of the leading members of the Fauvist art movement of the early twentieth century. Shortlisted for a major European art award, the Royal Academician tells us about her recent work on show in The Hague. Read more I wish to thank Oliver House, Superintendent, Special Collections Reading Rooms, Special Collections Weston Library, Bodleian Libraries, for his assistance in my research on the Isidore Spielmann archives; and Julia Watson for her suggestions on the genre of letter writing. Multi-media artist Bruce Nauman works with video installation, performance, sculpture, and photography, but his most text-heavy worksare his neon light sculptures. Focusing on semantics, his work often centerson how slight changes in words can have a fundamental effect on meaning. “Perception itself—the viewer’s encounter with his or her body and mind in relation to the art object—can be interpreted as the subject matter of Nauman’s work,” writes Nancy Spector, chief curator of the Guggenheim in New York.Klimt was already a well-known artist when the Art Nouveau style emerged in the late 19th century, and his vivid works, the bulk of which depicted women, were well-known. Strain has several other eye-catching typography posters in his portfolio, including portraits of David Lynch, Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, and Freddie Mercury. Artists (such as Michel Majerus and pop artists) often used the words they saw around them in popular culture as the inspiration for their work. Collect brand names, slogans or ‘found’ printed words and texts (such as flyers, fast-food leaflets etc.). Use these – or bits of these to reflect popular and consumer culture today. You could use these in an abstract way, ripped up to create visual texture or directly to put across your message or to make point. This week, RA Magazine travels to Oxford to take a look at a cluster of art events opening in the city, from the Ashmolean to the Bodleian Library. Read more

Though he made more than a modest income, he spent his money with wild abandon, leaving himself penniless most of his life. A new exhibition juxtaposing the works of Henry Moore with those of Antony Gormley RA, Richard Deacon RA and Anish Kapoor RA, among others, shows the enduring influence of one of Britain’s most iconic sculptors. Read more We speak to the painter in her minimalist studio in London’s East End, which is filled with an unexpected riot of colour. Read moreLettering can easily be described as the art of drawing letters. A great deal is put into hand lettering to make a design look flawless. A remarkable look into how a chance encounter in 1988 liberated the Academician’s painting practice. Read more Explore the first ever winter Summer Exhibition like never before and discover a myriad of works by household names and emerging artists inside this virtual tour. Read more When he’s not creating decorative type with a pencil or pen, inventive lettering artist Ian Barnard sometimes uses vegetables as unconventional tools. So far, he’s injected a broad bean, chili pepper, and even a courgette with ink to draw surprisingly beautiful “vegetable calligraphy.” The artist says, “Who knew that some broad beans would make such a great monoline marker.” This goes beyond being a simple or random arrangement of letters—it’s an art that helps brands make a statement.

articles published under an open access Creative Common CC BY license, any part of the article may be reused without Barrington, Mrs Russell. 1906. The Life, Letters and Works of Frederic Leighton. 2 vols, London: George Allen. [ Google Scholar]Including diverse perspectives such as those of Cassatt and Lawrence was, in the eyes of Savig, vital to the integrity of the Pen to Paper project. If issues of race, gender and sexuality were consequential enough for the profiled artists to wrestle with in their private correspondence, then, according to Savig, it was “important for a lot of the authors to touch on [them] too.” Language is a powerful tool. And no one understands that better than artists who thoughtfully utilizetext to make a statement and draw out emotion. By using text as the central communication vehicle in their artistic expression, these artists push forth letters, numbers, and words as their primary means to get out their message. He’s also a huge fan of Wes Anderson’s movies, so you’re bound to find some of them depicted in his work.

The book owes its existence to the unmistakable handwriting of minimalist painter Ad Reinhardt, whose flowing, calligraphic phrases seamlessly blend emphatic lines and breezy arcs. Over a sushi lunch, the sculptor and Academician talks about “getting away with” art that challenges our preconceptions of the world around us. Read more Editor’s Choice articles are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world.

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