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NatalieIrish.com writes, “There are rumors that she has been creating works of art since in utero. Following her birth, Natalie Irish quickly began to shock and amaze every entity with her astonishing artwork of all conceivable mediums and dominate all competitions of the arts. Formally her achievements began with Best in District at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Competition at the tender age of 5. More »
Victor’s website says, “Victor Nizovtsev is a masterful oil painter of theatrical figurative composition, fantasy, landscapes, and still life. While his professional art training occurred in Russia, as an artist Victor is a student of rich and diverse experiences. More »
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Created Equal series
Born in Detroit in 1960, Mark was raised by Lithuanian parents. His mother was a model and his father worked in GM’s styling department. His family moved to Chicago when he was ten where he discovered photography and began assisting commercial photographers after high school. He attended Northern Illinois University, University of Illinois and Columbia College, where Mark received a BA in Photography.
Mark Laita’s Website
http://www.marklaita.com/
On A Caravan writes, “Renowned Egyptian artist Mohamed Abla, winner of the prize at the 1998 Cairo Biennale and of many prestigious awards in Egypt and abroad, is a man of curious character and any faces. Born in Mansoura, Egypt, he graduated at the top of his class in 1977 from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Alexandria. Upon graduation he took part in Egypt’s “Young Artists Exhibition,” winning the grand prize. He then spent 7 years traveling around Europe, paintings and studying.”
More on Mohamed Alba at OnACaravan.orghttp://www.oncaravan.org/exhibition1/abla/bio.htm
The most distinguished African-American artist of the nineteenth century, Henry Ossawa Tanner was also the first artist of his race to achieve international acclaim. Tanner was born on June 21, 1859, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , to Benjamin Tucker and Sarah Miller Tanner. Tanner’s father was a college-educated teacher and minister who later became a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopalian Church. Sarah Tanner was a former slave whose mother had sent her north to Pittsburgh through the Underground Railroad. Tanner’s family moved frequently during his early years when his father was assigned to various churches and schools. In 1864 Tanner’s family settled in Philadelphia where his early artistic interests were developed. At age thirteen, Tanner decided to become an artist when he saw a painter at work during a walk in Fairmount Park near his home. Throughout his teens, Tanner painted and drew constantly in his spare time and tried to look at art as much as possible in Philadelphia art galleries. He also studied briefly with two of the city’s minor painters. More at the National Archives website
Henry Ossawa Tanner at the National Archives
http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/hot-bio.html
