Geoff Collins

Born 15 March 1906 in Iowa, Foster came to the artist world’s knowledge as a result of Roosevelt’s New Deal public works program. The program contained an Art Project, and this painting: Pipe Works, was one of its products.

Born February 22 1857, in Albany, New York, Eaton was primarily a lanscape painter, with two distinctive styles. The first subject, intimate,and tonalist in style, typically contained pasture, trees and sometimes a small patch of water or stone fence. The second subject, grander in manner, was a landscape with a grouping of tall pine trees,

Born 20 February 1912 (according to multiple reputable sources, or it could be Feb 12th if you prefer Wikipedia, but the website quoted on Wiki provoked my virus checker – so who knows?) in New York City, Johnson was associated with the Abstract Imagists. She received many awards and was featured in Peggy Guggenheim’s 1943

Born February 12, 1884 in Leipzig, Beckmann was one of many German artists to be classified as degenerate in the 1930s as a result of Hitler and the Nazi’s hatred of modern art. He personally disliked the concept of Expressionism, and did not want to be so classified, instead he joined with the New Objectivity

Born February 12, 1910 in New York, Abelman is usually described as a Social Realist. Known for her graphic work, particularly murals, she was very active during the Depression years. She was heavily influenced by Constructivism, Surrealism and Social realism, with her work often combining mechanical parts with human or organic forms to convey both

Born 8 February 1880 in Munich, Marc is possibly one of the least known of the great artists. (Spoiler alert: he also ranks highly amongst my favourite artists). He founded The Blue Rider (Der blaue Reiter) journal, which became a whole art movement in itself, also featuring August Macke and Vassily Kandinsky. Highly influential, the

Born February 5 in Chur, Switzerland, Giger was best known for his “biomechanical” airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines. He was also responsible for creating the “Alien” creature for the film of the same name. His work is permanently featured in a dedicated museum in Gruyères. This is: Mikrokosmos (it reminded me of

Born February 4, 1881 in Argentan France, Léger was a key influence on pop artists of the . Initially trained as an architect, he switched to painting and developed his own style based on (and named similarly to) cubism – he called this tubism, due to his frequent use of tubular and conical forms. He

Born January 29, 1914 in Minnesota, Kamrowski was a pioneer in the American Surrealist and Abstract Expressionist Movements. He is best known for his work with Jackson Pollock (and William Baziotes) moving from Surrealist image-coaxing techniques to Action Painting, after a session experimenting with dripping laquer paint. This is: The Open Twist

Born January 25 1908 in Oklahoma, Zornes became known for his watercolour works in the “California Style”. An early talent for drawing developed but he was unable to settle down, studying architecture and engineering but not really being prepared to study for either. Reverting to his passion for art, during The Depression he focused on