Max Liebermann began capturing his immediate enviorment on paper at the age of nine. When the renowned Berlin painter Carl Steffeck saw drawings by the 15 year old he recommended that the boy´s talent should be encouraged as much as possible- much against the parents ideas. Steffeck gave Lie

Jessa Gilbert is a visual Artist who uses painting as a primary means of articulating movement and action.  Her work focuses on using color, shape, and line to create a rhythm within each piece that emphasizes change.  She is always searching for diffe

Oskar Kokoschka was born in Poechlarn, Bohemia. He began his course of study at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts in 1905. At that time, Vienna was not only the capital of an empire but also the center of the new Freudian school of thought. Kokoschka was expeled from the school in 1908for his E

Catherine Tafur was born in Lima, Peru in 1976 to a Peruvian father and a Japanese mother. After spending the first part of her childhood in Peru and the latter part in Wilmington, Delaware, she moved to New York City to study at the Cooper Union School of Art where she earned her BFA. She live