Hazel, Lady Lavery (1880–1935) was a socialite, actress and painter. She was the second wife of portrait artist Sir John Lavery.
Hazel Lavery by E.O. Hoppé gelatin silver print, 1916 © 2019 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc. (NPG) via
Hazel Lavery by E.O. Hoppé gelatin silver print, 1916 © 2019 E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection / Curatorial Assistance Inc. NPG via
Lady Lavery dressed as Flora (mythology) in Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera painting, between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915 via
Meret (or Méret) Elisabeth Oppenheim (1913 – 1985) was a German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer. Oppenheim was a member of the Surrealist movement along with André Breton, Luis Buñuel, Max Ernst, and other writers and visual artists. Besides creating art objects, Oppenheim also famously appeared as a model for photographs by Man Ray, most notably a series of nude shots of her interacting with a printing press.
Man Ray, Portrait of Meret Oppenheim, 1933 via
Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim with a drawing by her self, 1936 via
Man Ray, Portrait of Meret Oppenheim, 1934 via
Man Ray, Portrait of Meret Oppenheim, 1933 via
Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim, rue Val de Grâce, Paris, 1933 via
Man Ray, Portrait of Meret Opphenheimer via
Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has worked in a wide variety of media, including painting, collage, soft sculpture, performance art, and environmental installations, most of which exhibit her thematic interest in psychedelic colors, repetition, and pattern. A precursor of the pop art, minimalist and feminist artmovements, Kusama influenced her contemporaries such as Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, and George Segal and exhibited works alongside the likes of them.
In 1957, she moved to the United States, settling down in New York City where she produced a series of paintings influenced by the abstract expressionist movement. Switching to sculpture and installation as her primary media, Kusama became a fixture of the New York avant-garde during the early 1960s where she became associated with the pop art movement. Embracing the rise of the hippiecounterculture of the late 1960s,
Kusama came to public attention when she organized a series of happenings in which naked participants were painted with brightly colored polka dots.
Although largely forgotten after departing the New York art scene in the early 1970s, Kusama is now acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan, and an important voice of the avant-garde.
Yayoi Kusama, Horse Play in Woodstock, 1967 via
Yayoi Kusama, Horse Play in Woodstock, 1967 via
Yayoi Kusama, Horse Play in Woodstock, 1967 via
Tamara De Lempicka in Marcel Rochas Dress and Rose Descat Hat, in L’Officiel, 1935 via
Xenia Kashevaroff (1913 – 1995) was an American painter, sculptor, bookbinder, conservator, and musician notable for her surrealist mobiles and artistic collaborations.
Her work has been described as on the “cutting edge of surrealism in sculpture” for her time. From 1935 to 1945, she was married to the musician and composer John Cage and performed in his percussion ensemble throughout their marriage.
Xenia Kashevaroff by Edward Weston (1931) via
Xenia Kashevaroff by Edward Weston (1931) via
Xenia Kashevaroff by Edward Weston (1931) via
Xenia Kashevaroff by Edward Weston (1931) via
Xenia Kashevaroff by Edward Weston (1931) via
Johan Hagemeyer, Portrait of Salvador Dali, 1944 via
