"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." - Salvador Dali
Contemporary and Modern Artists
Paula Scher
America Graphic Designer / Artist / Art Educator First Female Principal at Pentagram Paula Scher is one of the most influential graphic designers in the world. Described as the “master conjurer of the instantly familiar,” Scher straddles the line between pop culture and fine art in her work. Iconic, smart, and accessible, her images have entered into the American vernacular.
Andy Goldsworthy Sculptor - Photographer - Naturalist Works creating sculptures using only his hands as tools and objects he finds in nature, then photographs his sculptures. Became famous from the photo books he created of his temperary nature sculptures.
Christopher Niemann
Graphic Designer know for his lite hearted style of taking everyday object and adding a drawing he calls "Sunday Sketches". Created many covers of the New Yorker Magazine.
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was an American artist, movie director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. He often took photos of popular objects and people and turned them into silkscreen artistic prints.
above three Multimedia self portraits by Andy Warhol
Mr. Palombo loves Campbell's Soup.
Photo of artist Andy Warhol taking a polaroid photo of himself.
Silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe from photos he took of her.
10 Campbell's Soup Cans
Salvador Dali
Portrait of Salvador Dali and details from his Surreal paintings. Salvador Dali worked with great photographer Philippe Halsman to create wonderful surreal Photographs like "Dali Atomicus".
"Dali Atomicus" by Philippe Halsman - 1948 Famous Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, painting in mid air, long before Photoshop existed.
Shepard Fairey graphic artist & founder of OBEY clothing uses photographs to create his graphic portraits like "We the People" and "Obama Hope"
Shepard Fairey was sued over Obama Hope picture because he stole the photo from an associated press photographer that had the photo on the internet.
Shepard Fairey’s ‘We The People’ Full-Page Ad in New York Times
“We the People” ad was part of a grassroots campaign originating on Kickstarter that raised over $1 million to place Fairey’s art in major newspapers on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and to be used as posters for the Woman's Day March.
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker from the 1600's. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art.
Rembrandt Lighting
Rembrandt was known for using one Key Light from above. Rembrandt Lighting creates a small triangle under the model’s eye on the shaded side of the face, it is a type of Low Key Lighting.
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson is a Swedish-born artist based in Prague who creates surreal images by recombining photographs and other materials. He captures ideas by combining images in new ways to create what looks like a real photograph, yet with logical inconsistencies to impart an effect of surrealism.
Kate Moross
Graphic Designer known for her typographic illustration based in London, England