Joseph G. Manning, is a native Floridian. Born in Coconut Grove and currently resides in the City of West Palm Beach, Florida in the Pineapple Park District where he owns a 1947 Florida Pine home. Joseph is Graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received two academic scholarships and graduated […]
Hazel T. Cork
Hazel T. Cork is a graduate of Vesper George School of Art, and has studied with Carl Maier and Emile Cook. He worked as a freelance designer, illustrator and art director, gradually channeling his efforts to watercolor painting and teaching. A Rockport resident, he is a member of the American Watercolor Society, Rockport Art Association […]
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery. Klimt’s primary subject is […]
Mitchell S. Gaitan
Mitchell S. Gaitan is recognized as one of America’s finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art instruction at the Vesper George School of Fine Art. Gaitan’s love of paint and canvas and his thorough understanding of color theory and paint technique eventually led him to become Headmaster of the Gloucester Academy […]
Odilon Redon
Redon started drawing as a young child, and at the age of 10 he was awarded a drawing prize at school. At age 15, he began formal study in drawing but on the insistence of his father he switched to architecture. His failure to pass the entrance exams at Paris’ École des Beaux-Arts ended any […]