Stuart Davis — Swing Landscape
Stuart Davis (December 7, 1892–June 24, 1964), was an early American modernist painter. He was well known for his Jazz influenced, proto pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and […]
Stuart Davis (December 7, 1892–June 24, 1964), was an early American modernist painter. He was well known for his Jazz influenced, proto pop art paintings of the 1940s and 1950s, bold, brash, and […]
On this day in 1900, American composer Aaron Copland was born. Copland is remembered as the quintessential American composer who created music reflective of the spirit of the nation. Copland’s […]
On this day in 1968 Led Zeppelin performed it’s first concert in England. The band went on to become one of the most popular acts in Rock history, selling over […]
Ronnie Miyashiro is a surrealist painter who has been influenced by Dali and Escher. His “Neiro” series combine that sensibility with a musical focus. (“Neiro” means “melody” in Japanese.) The […]
The basis of music is the rhythmic foundation on which the melody and harmony ride. It is what gives music motion and it gives rise to dance. Marc Schimsky’s “Whirling […]
One of the reasons music and art are inherently related (after the main reason that they are both human controlled methods of communication capable of expressing ideas and emotions) is […]
Multi-media artist David Ellis has created installations of fantastic constructions that “produce analogue sequences in rhythm.” Pictured above is a double bass boombox that contains two tube preamps, assorted high-end […]
Possibly the most remarkable painting from Picasso’s “Blue Period” (1901 -1904) is the painting “The Old Guitarist” (1903). The painting depicts a blind beggar with his guitar and is known […]
Austrian artist Mira Aleksandra Stefanov is world renown for her dramatic paintings of the sea, but she also applies her style to capturing the drama of music. It is particularly well-suited […]
New Orleans native Alan Flattmann is a pastel Society of America Hall of Fame Honoree who captures the architecture and life of the French Quarter with a romantic flare and […]