When his art made him wealthy he turned to bronze and marble, but he never turned away from england. For all its rain and taxes it was h and he cleared a new path for english art. anthony caro you look at the history of english art, and its pretty miserable after constable and turner and so on, and henry, somehow, was competing with braque and picasso and so on. You know, he was in that same league. And so it made people realize you can be an artist and you can be english. narrator sculpture made him famous, his celebrity enshrined in wax at madame tussauds. Other celebrities bought his works and enjoyed his company. Dorothy Kosinski i actually think that one has to consider quite seriously a very intriguing dilemma, and that is whether an artists sense of direction and value and worth is that potentially obscured by fame . narrator henry moore was born in the mining town of castleford in 1898. His career began in 1921 when he left yorkshire with a scholarship to study at the Royal Col
Captioning made possible by the annenberg cpb project the events of world war ii cast a shadow over the rest of the century and perhaps over the rest of history. Inevitably, they changed the course of western art. In europe, the unbelievable scale of the nazi genocide against the jews left europeans with the task not only of restoring their broken cities, but of repairing their shattered culture. In america, the explosion of the first atom bomb in the deserts of the southwest meant that medieval mans fears might come true, that the world might be destroyed in a single terrifying apocalypse. It was against this background that the postwar artists created their art. While europeans couldnt forget their past, in america, artists turned their backs on what they saw as the public and political dimension of art. The abstract expressionists, centered in new york, escaped to an interior world, where the subject of landscape and the struggle with brushwork and pigment became the goal of paintin
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Jeff koons is having a moment. In new york or magazine calls him the most original controversial and expensive american artist in the last two decades. Duces his 10 foot stainless steel sculpture sold for 58. 4 million. Is the most extensive piece of art ever sold by a living artist at auction. They are presenting him with his first retrospective. It is the largest solo exhibition ever mounted at the museum. Here is a look. I love that. I always like the way they make me feel. I feel like i come into contact with my feelings and ive always love them. You have seen all you have done. In that museum. What do you think . Atis nice for me to look some of the images because i dont live with all those pieces and a lot of them are fresh to me again. Collectors and attend to live with other art. My studio all day long and im around my work. It shows to me that it has been fun. I think i have been doing exactly what ive wanted to do and i
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Jeff koons is having a moment. The new yorker magazine calls him the most original, controversial, and expensive american artist in the last two decades. His his 10 foot stainless steel sculpture sold for 58. 4 million. Is the most extensive piece of art ever sold by a living artist at auction. And they are presenting him with his first retrospective. It is the largest solo exhibition ever mounted at the museum. Here is a look. I love that. I always like the way they make me feel. I feel like i come into contact with my feelings and ive always love them. You have seen all you have done. It is there in that museum. What do you think . Is nice for me to look at some of the images because i dont live with all those pieces and a lot of them are fresh to me again. Owned by collectors and attend to live with other art. I am in my studio all day long and im around my work. It shows to me that it has been fun. I think i have been doing e
The events of world war ii cast a shadow over the rest of the century and perhaps over the rest of history. Inevitably, they changed the course of western art. In europe, the unbelievable scale of the nazi genocide against the jews left europeans with the task not only of restoring their broken cities, but of repairing their shattered culture. In america, the explosion of the first atom bomb in the deserts of the southwest meant that medieval mans fears might come true, that the world might be destroyed in a single terrifying apocalypse. It was against this background that the postwar artists created their art. While europeans couldnt forget their past, in america, artists turned their backs on what they saw as the public and political dimension of art. The abstract expressionists, centered in new york, escaped to an interior world, where the subject of landscape and the struggle with brushwork and pigment became the goal of painting. For the first time, europe looked to new york. Abst