A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture; often uses techniques from commercial art and advertising.
Stuart Davis grew up in an artistic environment. He studied with Robert Herni and made drawing for social realist periodical the masses. All of this experience made him succeed. Later in his life he started painting words, something different. As he says “I paint what I see in America, in other words I paint the America scene.”
Report from Rockport
1940 (180 Kb); Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 in; Collection Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lowenthal, New
I like this painting because it is very different and fun. A lot of artists would not dare to make their painting this busy. It is mostly organic and colorful. This painting shows that anything can be art, and still be pretty.
Robert Indiana took any kind of design, like symbols on the roadside and made it into art. He studied a lot up on art, and went to Herron School of Art and then the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. From there he received a Degree in Chicago. When he was in America he showed off his hard-edged painting the following years. In his work he was giving a new meaning of such basic words like; eat, love, and die.
Artist: Robert Indiana
Title: Green Peace Love
Year: 1994
This painting is a lot different then Stuarts’ painting, but it is also very pretty. It is pretty in a different simple way. It is a very calm and something you would want to hang in your room. He takes a word and makes it so strong.
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