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Terrance Osborne was born, in 1974, in New Orleans, a city full of culture that greatly influenced his art. From a young age, he was surrounded by artistic talent and often saw his family creating art while he was at home. Seeing this inspired him to develop a strong passion for art early in his

Born in New Jersey in 1940, Joan Snyder is known for her abstract paintings characterized by expressive brushstrokes. In contrast to her earlier artworks, which focused on landscapes such as farm scenes, Snyder later developed a more personal artistic style that incorporates materials and symbolic imagery, helping her gain wider recognition. Snyder grew up with

The famed Hau Tree Grove is situated in the patio of Honolulu’s Kaimana Hotel with its expansive views of Waikiki Beach. A scene in volume 1 of The New Human Revolution describes how Ikeda Sensei and his delegation arrived at the hotel late into the night on Oct. 2, 1960, after waiting at the airport

“Mont Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir” is among the paintings that French artist Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) captured of the mountain he loved near his birthplace in Aix-en-Provence, France. Admiring the indomitable spirit of Cézanne and the beauty of his work, Ikeda Sensei wrote the essay “Mont Sainte-Victoire: A Mountain of Sacred Victory in Provence, Southern France.”

Born in Norway in 1863, Edvard Munch was known for expressing intense emotions through his art, helping shape early Expressionism. Many of his works carry a dark, somber mood shaped by the loss of his mother and sister to illness during his childhood. His famous painting The Scream (1893) demonstrates how he conveyed emotions through

Through a dynamic mix of painting, sculpture and mixed media, abstract art comes to life with cultural storytelling and community activism in Suzanne Fitzallen Jackson’s work.  She was born in 1944 in St. Louis and in 1952, moved with her family to Alaska. At 16, she became the first African American girl selected to attend

Saturated colors. Realistic images. Subtle satire. The famous American Gothic (1930) artist, Grant DeVolson Wood, born in 1891 in Anamosa, Iowa, was a leading figure in the Regionalism art movement that depicted rural Midwestern life and scenery. At a young age, Wood lost his father and began living with his mother and brothers, working for

Alma Woodsey Thomas, born in 1891 in Columbus, Georgia, moved at 16 to Washington, D.C., where she found what she’d been denied in segregationist Georgia—the opportunity to freely pursue her education. In high school, Thomas took her first art class and fell deeply in love with painting. Excelling across the disciplines of math, science and

The Golden Gate Bridge, celebrated for its innovative design and strength, is a suspension bridge over the Golden Gate Strait, the stretch of water where the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. Each year, multitudes venture across the bridge, which opened in May 1937, admiring the steel cables that hold it together. On his

The colorful, grand mural of meticulous art encapsulates the vibrant city and culture of Los Angeles, all created using spray paint alone. Tristan Eaton (1978) was born in Hollywood, California, and began his career as an illustrator when he moved to Detroit for his father’s work. He moved to New York at the age of

Born in New York City on Feb. 3, 1894, Norman Rockwell dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue art full time at the prestigious New School of Art, then at the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduation, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys’ Life magazine.  At the young

With each breath, molten glass expands with vibrant colors dancing to life. Dale Patrick Chihuly experimented with a new glassblowing style by creating asymmetrical forms, influenced by gravity, resulting in large-scale, expansive works of art. Chihuly, born Sept. 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, first melted glass in an oven and blew a bubble from it

In every leaf, shadow and breeze, Charles Burchfield heard the silent music of nature waiting to be seen. Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893–1967) was an American painter whose visionary watercolors gave voice to the hidden rhythms and spirit of the natural world. Born in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, Burchfield began in high school jotting poetic descriptions on

A car trunk. A Florida highway. A vibrant and colorful canvas of glowing sunsets and swaying palms. In the 1950s, when art galleries refused to sell paintings by Black artists, the self-taught painters—the Florida Highwaymen—forged their own path by painting swiftly, traveling highways and selling luminous scenes of Florida’s beauty straight from the trunks of

Roughly a decade ago, James Turrell transformed the the Guggenheim Museum’s famed rotunda—originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright—into an immersive light environment titled Aten Reign. Suspended beneath the skylight, six translucent, elliptical rings created a layered structure that bathed the space in slowly shifting hues, draping visitors in a meditative glow of color and light.

American artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021) found artistic inspiration in life’s simplest pleasures. With thick brushwork and vibrant hues, he elevated everyday items—pies, lipsticks, hot dogs and paint cans—into joyful tributes to the ordinary. Thiebaud’s journey as an artist began with hands-on experience, including summer stints at Walt Disney Studios and Frank Wiggins Trade School in

Margot McMahon, a nationally recognized sculptor and environmental artist, has spent decades creating works that celebrate the quiet dignity of everyday people and the natural world they inhabit. It was fitting then that she would be commissioned to create a statue personifying the moment when Ikeda Sensei, on his first trip to the U.S. in

A New York City MetroCard. A Volkswagen Beetle. A Boeing 757. These everyday canvases have all showcased James Rizzi’s unmistakable, three-dimensional pop art style. Born and raised in Brooklyn (1950–2011), Rizzi developed his signature layered-print technique while studying at the University of Florida. Pressed for time during painting, printmaking and sculpture classes, he cleverly printed

In the late 1800s, it was uncommon to spot a woman hiking through the rugged Colorado highlands with an easel strapped to her back. Yet this was often how people spotted Helen Henderson Chain—affectionately nicknamed “Trot”—an artist, mountaineer and teacher whose adventurous spirit illuminated her art. Chain painted with striking clarity and depth. One of

Born in San Antonio, Texas, to painter Robert Jenkins Onderdonk, Julian Onderdonk studied first under his father, then in the military academy and finally, in New York, under the master American painter William Merritt Chase. He left for New York in 1901 at the age of 19, returning to Texas after eight years, at age