JOAN MIRO "QUELQUES FLEURS #31: SLEZ & TAILLANDIER", 1964 Louise Nevelson Cubism Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989)

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989) helped elevate photography to be considered as fine art in the 1970's thanks to his uncompromising images rich in contrast

He is particularly favored by celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt

He is also remembered as an important and influential instructor at Concordia University

"Oedipus Rex" is an ancient text by Sophocles that recounts the brutal and carnal stories of this sinister and tragic royal family

Today these drawings are paradigms of his creative genius and his ability to convey complex emotional images with a stylistic simplicity as a master draftsman

JOAN MIRO "QUELQUES FLEURS #31: SLEZ & TAILLANDIER", 1964 Louise Nevelson Cubism Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 - 1989)Joan Mir is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is renowned internationally as a painter, sculptor, and ceramicist. Mirs works began receiving international attention in the 1920s and he was active working internationally in an array of media until the time of his death in 1983. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundaci Joan Mir, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundaci Pilar i Joan Mir, was