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Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts

Helen Frankenthaler woodcuts are especially celebrated for her use of woodcut amongst all of the printmaking techniques and  media used by the artist. A particularly rigid and difficult artistic medium to use, woodcuts are a far cry from the spontaneous, energetic painting Frankenthaler is also well known for. Her creative process was driven by a … Continued

Jim Dine Prints – The Printmaker

Jim Dine Prints Born in 1935 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jim Dine became one of the most prolific of all the printmakers, painters, poets, sculptors and performance artists of the 20th Century. The son of Jewish parents who had fled Eastern Europe in the ‘20s to settle in the US, much of Dine’s artistic works were … Continued

Is Modern Art Valid?

  Love it or hate it, modern art can certainly divide opinion. After all, when it comes to art these days it seems that anything goes. For some, modern art is a way of expressing their emotions and ideas in a thought-provoking and original way, but to others it just seems like a quick method … Continued