Christopher Wool is widely regarded as one of the most important abstract artists alive today. Best-known for his word paintings and prints, Wool has also created numerous abstract pieces of work, and these are highly sought-after on today’s market. Though Wool is a controversial figure in the art world, his pieces fetch incredibly-high sums; his […]
Julian Opie is a British artist most famous for his stylised, minimalistic portraits which draw on many elements of Pop Art. His highly distinctive work is instantly recognisable, and though his repertoire is in some ways limited, it has been enough to propel him into the public eye as a leading and much-respected contemporary artist. […]
British artist Julian Opie was born in 1958 and graduated from Goldsmiths in 1982. Since then, he has focused on honing his highly distinctive minimalistic style, and he has successfully established his reputation as one of Britain’s foremost contemporary artists. Opie’s work is most popular in the United Kingdom, however there is also a strong […]
Ben Nicholson is widely recognised as one of the leading British artists of his generation. His Abstract paintings, prints, and reliefs gained him significant success during his lifetime, and his influence can still be felt today, more than forty years since his death. Nicholson’s work also still fetches respectable prices, especially in the United Kingdom. […]
During his long career, Ben Nicholson established his reputation as one of the most important British Abstract artists of the 20th century, and his contribution to Modernist art is still widely hailed to this day. By the time of his death in 1982, Ben Nicholson had achieved significant fame and success, and his art continues […]
Frank Stella was a giant of the contemporary art world until his death in May 2024, aged 87. Mainly associated with Minimalism and Abstraction, Stella’s love for exploring different styles and experimenting with new techniques changed the art world forever, and his influence will undoubtedly continue to be felt for many years to come. He […]
American artist Frank Stella rose to prominence in the mid-1950s, and he quickly established a reputation as an important and innovative artist. He grew to become a towering figure of the contemporary art world, endlessly experimenting with new techniques and styles until his death in May 2024. Stella’s influence can still be keenly felt, however, […]
British artist David Shrigley has garnered a significant following with his witty, whimsical, wryly humorous artwork. Much of his art is executed in a deliberately rudimentary, almost childlike style, though it always contains a shrewder underlying message about humanity and the way we live our lives. Interest in Shrigley’s work has really increased in the […]
William Scott is the most celebrated of the 20th century Ulster painters, best known for his still life and abstract paintings and prints. Born in 1913, he achieved significant success during his 76 years, and his fame has continued to grow since his death. Interest in William Scott’s art has remained steady for the last […]
William Scott was one of the foremost British artists of his generation. His main artistic focus was the theme of still life, though this came to be heavily influenced by abstraction, resulting in the clean, flattened forms and bold sweeps of colour that dominate his work. Scott achieved notable success during his lifetime, and interest […]
The British artist Bridget Riley rose to prominence in the 1960s as a result of her Op Art pieces, which cleverly use colour and geometric shapes and patterns to create disorientating optical illusions, giving the impression the two-dimensional artworks are moving before the viewer’s very eyes. Riley’s work has grown steadily in popularity over the […]
Bridget Riley is practically synonymous with the Op Art movement which developed in the late 1950s and ‘60s. Her striking paintings often appear deceptively simple on the surface, but they are meticulously planned to create mesmerising effects and optical illusions. Over her 70-year career, Bridget Riley has firmly established herself as an important contemporary artist. […]
Paula Rego was brave, unapologetic, and determined to succeed in the male-dominated art world in which she rose to fame, and these are all qualities reflected in her works. Her art can be by turns whimsical and terrifying, beautiful and grotesque, tender and brutal, but it is always driven by a strong sense of narrative, […]
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is best known for his vibrant, bright, and frequently bizarre works that take inspiration from both traditional Japanese art and popular culture such as manga and anime. In the past 20 years, Murakami’s fame has increased exponentially, and he is now one of the most celebrated contemporary artists in the world, […]
Takashi Murakami emerged in his native Japan in the 1990s, and since the early 2000s, he has experienced a meteoric rise to global stardom. His work is particularly focused on combining high and low forms of art, and on blurring the boundaries between them. He is generally regarded as a pioneer of Japanese contemporary art […]
The American artist Jeff Koons is a divisive figure, and during his 40-year career, he has been both widely praised and heavily ridiculed for his work, which tends to be inspired by everyday objects and consumer culture. The conflict at the heart of the debate around Koons’ work was well summed up by the art […]
Though he often said “painting is agony”, Howard Hodgkin became one of the most prominent British painters and printmakers of his generation. He is most closely associated with the Abstract movement, and his use of deep, rich colours to render images of memories and emotional situations is particularly striking. Hodgkin died in 2017, yet his […]
Howard Hodgkin is widely regarded as one of the most important British artists of his generation. Best known for his abstract paintings and prints, Hodgkin’s use of rich, vibrant colours and textures singled him out as a leading figure of contemporary art, and it is a reputation which has remained secure since his death in […]
British artist Damien Hirst made a name for himself as an enfant terrible of the Young British Artists. His works are often focused on death and the confrontation of mortality, and they overwhelmingly involve animal corpses or memento mori as their central features. Hirst is a polarising figure in today’s art world, with some finding […]
