Artists & Special Collections

Marko Mavrovich says someone once referred to his studio as organized chaos. “I know where everything is,” he says as he maneuvers around blank canvases and easels supporting paintings in [...]

Ron Agam is one of the most exciting innovators in the field of lenticular art today. It may come as a surprise, then, that he never attended art school or had any formal training. Instead, Ron [...]

Marcel Mouly (1918-2008) is considered one of the greatest modern artists, with his works included in 20 permanent museum collections around the world. Learn more about this modernist artist who [...]

“How do you create a work of art?” That sounds like a straightforward question, but it has millions of potential answers. Every artist in the world has their own creative process when they [...]

Now considered a pioneer of modernism, 20th-century artist artist Marc Chagall risked damaging that reputation when he created a graphic series based on one of art’s most ancient subjects: The [...]

In Park West's new video, learn how Spanish artist Joan Miró revolutionized subjective art in the 20th century by exploring the subconscious mind.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is one of the legendary artists of 19th-century Paris, famous for traversing the nightspots of the city’s Montmartre district, always with a sketchbook in hand. He was a [...]

For artist Slava Ilyayev, it’s not just about expressing color—it’s about feeling. Much like the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists that influence him, Ilyayev creates art to express feeling [...]

In the art and philosophy of Itzchak Tarkay, the bounties of life await at the bottom of a coffee cup, within an armchair or a flower vase, in the composure of a woman, or amidst the company that [...]

It’s that time of year when families come together to celebrate the holidays—a tradition honored and warmly captured in the artwork of Thomas Kinkade. Although Kinkade himself was a practicing [...]