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Utagawa Kuniyoshi
An underdog artist pits monsters vs. superheroes
In 1811, the 14-year-old son of a silk-dyer was admitted to Japan’s famous Utagawa school of printing. The boy was named Yoshisaburo, but the school’s master, Toyokuni Utagawa gave him a new name: Kuniyoshi Utagawa. This name lives in history as the artist who brought Japan’s ghosts, demons and heroes to raging, colorful life. read more
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, The Artists
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on February 19
André Breton, The ArtistsPortrait of André Breton

André Breton

A psychiatrist releases his mind and invents Surrealism

1896 – 1966
Constantin Brancusi, The ArtistsPortrait of Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi

1876 – 1957
Gabriele Münter, The ArtistsPortrait of Gabriele Münter

Gabriele Münter

1877 – 1962

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