James Rosenquist

James Rosenquist was an American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising.

Lucien Freud

Lucian Michael Freud, OM was a British painter and draftsman, specializing in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed.

Jason Martin

Jason Martin is a contemporary painter who lives in London and Portugal. He has a BA from Goldsmiths, University of London. His paintings are often monochromatic or three-dimensional.

Joan Mitchell

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Ernest Briggs

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Ghada Amer

Ghada Amer is a contemporary artist, much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornographic imagery.

Jasper Johns Flag (from Lead Reliefs Series), 1969

Flag (from Lead Reliefs Series), 1969 Lead17 x 23 in. (43.2 x 58.4 cm.) Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX Since the beginning of his career in the mid-1950s, Jasper Johns has been concerned with what he has called “things the mind already knows”—everyday images and...

Henri Toulouse Lautrec

HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901) La Clownesse assise (Mademoiselle CHA-U-KA-O), from Ellesnumbered 'Serie no. 27' in pencil lower rightlithograph in colors on wove paper watermark G. Pellet / T. LautrecSheet: 20 ½ x 15 7/8 in. (521 x 403 mm.)Executed in 1896. This work is number 27 from an edition of 100. Published...