Art Students League Essay Examples

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The Life and Works of Norman Rockwell (1207 words, 3 pages)

Norman Rockwell is a recognized and loved American artist. He was an artist as well as an illustrator who was recognized for his illustrations which were heartwarming. He was born in the year 1894 on 3rd February to Waring and Nancy Hill and they lived in New York though during ... Read More

The Life and Times of Georgia O’Keeffe (684 words, 1 pages)

Georgia OKeeffeGeorgia OKeeffe was an American, woman artist. Early on in life, she attended many schools to develop her skills. The style that OKeeffe is most know for is, representational and abstraction. Landscapes, flowers, and animal bones were what she studied. She lived for 98 years and completed over 900 ... Read More

A Short Autobiography of Georgia Totto OKeefe, an American Artist (570 words, 1 pages)

My name is Georgia Totto OKeefe, the second child of Francis and Ida OKeefe. I was born in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on November 15, 1887. I am of Irish, Hungarian, and Dutch descent. With five other siblings, I always craved attention and praise from my parents, and always wanted to ... Read More

A Biography of Norman Rockwell, an American Illustrator (569 words, 1 pages)

was one of Americas greatest illustrators of this century who made many significant contributions to the field of graphic design with his works that promoted patriotic unity, conveyed the national scene, and often time just evoked or inspired emotions in his audiences. Ironically this painter was regarded as an illustrator ... Read More

An Introduction to the History of the Fitchburg Art Museum (1435 words, 2 pages)

The Fitchburg Art Museum is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. For the first time in this museum's history, there is a gallery reflecting it's founder's passions. The art that is now on exhibit is that of Eleanor Norcross. These pieces are from Norcross's own collection and long term loans from ... Read More

Jackson Pollock’s Adventures in the World of Art (653 words, 2 pages)

Jackson Pollock Working MethodsJackson Pollack was a complex man who brought many things into the forefront of impressionism. Although he led a very short life of 44 years he was known as one of the pioneers of abstract impressionism. His abstract painting techniques and unhealthy psychological being made him very ... Read More

A Biography of Alexander Sandy Calder an Artist (490 words, 1 pages)

Alexander Sandy CalderAlexander Sandy Calder was born into a family of renowned artists who encouraged him to create from a very young age. As a boy, he had his own workshop where he made toys for himself and his sister. He received a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919 but ... Read More

Account of the Life and Works of Robert Rauschenberg (1889 words, 4 pages)

Robert Rauschenberg was one of the artists that mainly defined the technical and philosophic art landscape and its offshoots after Abstract Expressionism. This form of art that he and many other artists started was Pop Art. Robert Rauschenberg would combine silk-screening and photographic printing techniques, in his pieces of art ... Read More

A Report on the Techniques and Styles of Jackson Pollock (2019 words, 5 pages)

Jackson Pollock Working MethodsJackson Pollack was a complex man who brought many things into the forefront of impressionism. Although he led a very short life of 44 years he was known as one of the pioneers of abstract impressionism. His abstract painting techniques and unhealthy psychological being made him very ... Read More

The Early Life and Photorealistic Art Works of Audrey Flack (919 words, 4 pages)

Audrey Flack is often referred to as one of the leading artists of Photorealism. Inthe 1960s, Audrey Flack began her career in the realm of Photorealistic art even thoughher earlier training was in abstract expressionism. She interpreted the photographs butreworked them into more expressive representations. Audrey Flack was born in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Fitchburg Art Museum (1423 words, 2 pages)

The Fitchburg Art Museum is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. For the first time in this museums history, there is a gallery reflecting its founders passions. The art that is now on exhibit is that of Eleanor Norcross. These pieces are from Norcrosss own collection and long term loans from ... Read More

The Life and Illustrations of Norman Rockwell (569 words, 1 pages)

Norman Rockwell was one of Americas greatest illustrators of this century who made many significant contributions to the field of graphic design with his works that promoted patriotic unity, conveyed the national scene, and often time just evoked or inspired emotions in his audiences. Ironically this painter was regarded as ... Read More

A Descriptions of the Reasons To Visit Museums and Galleries (1893 words, 3 pages)

We visit museums and galleries not just to view and comment on artworks that we see. We go to these places because they interest us, educate us and interact with us. Viewing an artwork is like speaking to someone - except we are listening with our eyes. An artist's work ... Read More

A Biography of Audrey Flack (737 words, 2 pages)

Audrey Flack Born in New York City in 1931, Audrey Flack immediately knew she wanted to become an artist. Despite her familys lack of enthusiasm about her artistic goals, Flack attended the high school of Music and Art, where she won the St. Gaudens medal. Following graduation from Cooper Union ... Read More

The Life and Early Works of Georgia O’Keeffe (1982 words, 3 pages)

Georgia OKeeffe was born on November 15, 1887. She was one of seven children. Georgia didnt grow up with just her mom and dad her aunt mostly raised her. Georgia did not care much for her aunt though she once referred to her as, the headache of my life. She ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Frederic Remington (299 words, 1 pages)

Born October 4, 1861, in Canton, New York, Frederic Remington was one of the last major artists to record the swiftly fading Wild West as an illustrator and painter. In 1881 he left to wander the west. For a time, he worked as a cowboy, but he left in 1886 ... Read More

A Biography of Yasuo Kuniyoshi (616 words, 1 pages)

Very well written Yasuo Kuniyoshi has been described as, "Japanese by birth but American by long residence and conviction" (Current Biography 477). Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-American painter born in Okayama, Japan, on September 1, 1893. At first, he was uninterested in becoming a artist and studied dyeing and weaving ... Read More

The Life and Works of Peter Max (465 words, 1 pages)

Peter Max was born in 1931 in Europe, then was raised in Shanghai China where he spent the first 10 years of his life living a pagoda style house situated in a Buddhist Monastery, and with all the richness and diversity around him he still had a dream of coming ... Read More

A Biography of James Rosenquist (477 words, 1 pages)

James Rosenquist was born in 1933 in Grand Forks county, North Dakota in a hospital that is now known as the Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant. His family moved from Grand Forks to Minneapolis in 1944. In 1948 he began his studies of art at the Minneapolis Art Institute and in ... Read More

A Biography of Georgia O’Keefe the American Artist (1371 words, 2 pages)

Georgia O'Keeffe was an American painter, famous for the purity and brightness of her still-life compositions. O'Keeffe was the second of seven children and was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Education was important in the O'Keeffe family and as such, all of the children were well ... Read More

A Biography of Alexander Sandy Calder, America’s First Abstract Artist of International Renown (491 words, 1 pages)

Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born into a family of renowned artists who encouraged him to create from a very young age. As a boy, he had his own workshop where he made toys for himself and his sister. He received a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919 but soon after ... Read More

A History of the Fitchburg Art Museum (1423 words, 2 pages)

The Fitchburg Art Museum is currently celebrating its 75th anniversary. For the first time in this museums history, there is a gallery reflecting its founders passions. The art that is now on exhibit is that of Eleanor Norcross. These pieces are from Norcrosss own collection and long term loans from ... Read More

The Life of Alexander Calder, an American Sculptor (340 words, 1 pages)

Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. He had an artistic upbringing, as his father and grandfather were sculptures as well. Both of his parents went to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine arts. Despite Calder's artistic upbringing, he didn't go immediately to art. He first studied ... Read More

A Biography of David La Chapelle the Photographer (670 words, 2 pages)

David La Chapelle began taking photographs in high school. At the age of 18, at the end of the 70s, he moved from North Carolina to New York's Lower East Side. After a chance meeting with Andy Warhol, he began shooting for Interview, the place he calls "art school." He ... Read More

A Biography of Artist Georgia O’Keeffe (1384 words, 2 pages)

Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin to a farming family, the second of seven siblings. Her childhood farm life in the Midwest greatly influenced her art and her later life she would never be as comfortable living in cities. When O'Keeffe was sixteen, the ... Read More

A Brief History of Fleischer Studios, Once the Biggest Competitior of Disney (1061 words, 2 pages)

Fleischer Studios was an animation company that was headed by brothers, Max and Dave Fleischer who were both East Coast American animators. The company opened in 1921 and at the time was Disney's biggest competitor. Originally from Vienna, Max and Dave Fleischer immigrated to New York in the 1880's along ... Read More

The Life of American Painter Jackson (Paul) Pollok and His Action-Painting Concept (1824 words, 3 pages)

Jackson (Paul) Pollock, was an American painter, who was a leader of the abstract expressionist movement. He was born in Cody, Wyoming, and studied at the Art Students League in New York City with Thomas Hart Benton. Pollock spent several years traveling around the country and sketching. In the late ... Read More

A Biography of Robert Rauschenberg (540 words, 1 pages)

Robert Rauschenberg Robert Rauschenberg was born Milton Rauschenberg on October 22, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas. He began to study pharmacology at the University of Texas at Austin before being drafted into the United States navy, where he served as a neuropsychiatric technician in the navy hospital in San Diego. ... Read More