KNOX MARTIN
(aka, the coolest name i've ever heard of!)
Knox (such a cool name) was born in 1923. He attended the Art Students League of New York. (Why do most great artists seem to come out of New York!?) Since then he has taught at several prestigious schools including Yale Graduate School of the Arts, the New York University, and even the International School of Art in Umbria, Italy.
Knox Martin is best known for his repertory of signs and symbols that allude to nature and, in particular, to the female form. Flatly and freely painted in brilliant colors, his works have often been executed on a grand scale, as in the outdoor wall painting, the twelve-story mural Venus, done in 1970. He mostly creates painting, sculpture and wall paintings using media such as acrylic, collage, fresco, ink drawing, mixed-media and oil.
"Art is at its cutting edge out of a specific lineage - the creation of reality. The subject matter of what I do, is creation." - Knox Martin (1999)
(aka, the coolest name i've ever heard of!)
Knox (such a cool name) was born in 1923. He attended the Art Students League of New York. (Why do most great artists seem to come out of New York!?) Since then he has taught at several prestigious schools including Yale Graduate School of the Arts, the New York University, and even the International School of Art in Umbria, Italy.
Knox Martin is best known for his repertory of signs and symbols that allude to nature and, in particular, to the female form. Flatly and freely painted in brilliant colors, his works have often been executed on a grand scale, as in the outdoor wall painting, the twelve-story mural Venus, done in 1970. He mostly creates painting, sculpture and wall paintings using media such as acrylic, collage, fresco, ink drawing, mixed-media and oil.
"Art is at its cutting edge out of a specific lineage - the creation of reality. The subject matter of what I do, is creation." - Knox Martin (1999)
This quote about Knox Martin's work I thought was very insightful:
"Beauty
is fury, color is God!" -
J. Krishnamurti
Knox is now almost 90 years old, which to me shows that filling your life with something like beauty and color can fuel a passion for life that never seems to run out:)
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