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Camille Claudel Camille Claudel (French pronunciation: [kamij klɔdɛl] ( The national Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine opened in 2017, and the Musée Rodin in Paris has a room dedicated to her works. Early years[edit] Camille moved with her mother, brother, and younger sister to the Montparnasse area of Paris in 1881. Her father remained behind, working to support them.[4] Creative period[edit] John Hughes video explains ‘Ferris Bueller’ scene at Art Institute - The Style Blog Posted at 09:37 AM ET, 11/16/2011 Nov 16, 2011 02:37 PM EST TheWashingtonPost Just as John Hughes’s movies had a way of explaining the entire world through a small slice of life — a prom, a day off of school, a 16th birthday — the director’s explanation of pointillism in the museum scene of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is so much more than an art history lesson. Alan Ruck and Matthew Broderick in “Ferris Bueller's Day Off.”

Learn to Create. Influence Change. Dot magazine is published by the Department of Marketing and Communications. Art Center College of Design 1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, CA 91103artcenter.edu We welcome your feedback on Dot magazine. Please email your comments to: dotmag@artcenter.edu EDITOR Sylvia Sukop WRITERS Teri Bond, Jered Gold, Carolyn Gray Anderson, Mike Padilla, Christine Spines, Sylvia Sukop, Mike Winder The Waltz (Claudel) The Waltz, a 1905 cast of the second version The Waltz (French: La valse) or The Waltzers (French: Les valseurs) is a sculpture by French artist Camille Claudel. It depicts two figures, a man and a woman, locked in an amorous embrace as they dance a waltz. The work was inspired by Claudel's burgeoning love affair with her mentor and employer Auguste Rodin.

Visit the World's Greatest Art Galleries (Virtually) Culture and Design By Tony Cross 02 Feb 2011 Visiting 17 of the world's most famous art galleries has been transformed by the Google Art Project, a website which allows virtual tours of the museums and artworks via the internet. The project, unveiled at London's Tate Britain gallery, lets users roam the galleries and then focus in on specific artworks which have been captured using ground-breaking high definition imagery. Institutions taking part include New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) and The Metropolitan (whose exhibit The Temple of Dendur, pictured above, can be found on the site), the Uffizi in Florence, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Cy Twombly American painter Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928 – July 5, 2011)[1] was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. University of Edinburgh Art Collection Discover over 2,500 works of art collected over 400 years. Read more... Art UK, previously called the Public Catalogue Foundation, is a small charity. Lester Gaba Lester Gaba (1907 – 12 August 1987) was an American sculptor, writer and retail display designer. Early life[edit] Born in Hannibal, Missouri. His parents owned a general store, but Gaba took no interest in the shop, spending most of the time on his own, drawing. At the age of 10, he participated at a soap sculpture contest[1] organised by Procter & Gamble. Although he did not win it, participating changed his life.

Szépművészeti Múzeum - Main Page A Revolution in Art - Russian Avant-Garde in the 1910s and 1920s Avant-Garde Works from the Collection of the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts 29 January 2016 - 1 May 2016 It is exceptionally momentous for Budapest to host a major collection of Russian avant-garde art from a single museum, especially when the works in question have never been seen together before outside Russia. Lester Gaba: From Soap to Mannequins Lester Gaba: From Soap to Mannequins Written by Janet Mabie on November 27, 1935 Excerpt from Beautiful, but Dummies, an article written by Janet Mabie for Weekly Magazine Section, November 27, 1935 issue Photo below: Lester Gaba mannequin photographed by Frederick Bradley from Weekly Magazine Section Nov. 27, 1935 Lester Gaba was born in Hannibal, Missouri, and he doesn't look anything like Mark Twain, but he has a sense of humor. He would have to, for when he gave up the foregoing and succeeding information, hew was in the midst of moving into a new apartment and it was about 10 o'clock in the morning, and anyone who can be in good humor at 10 o'clock in the mroning whe he is also in the act of moving, surrounded by boxes and bales and the evidence of several invaluable possessions having been smashed by the moving men, that person is indubitably possessed of a sense of humor. Well, as has been said, he was born in Hannibal.

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