Art / Symbols

Art of Francis Bacon

"Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures." --wikipedia

Art of Anselm Kiefer

by request. "Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor... His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac." --wikipedia

Art of Roy Lichtenstein

Pop art in comic book style. Paintings sold in the range of $28 million to $95 million.

Art of Basquiat

"Since Basquiat's death at the age of 27 from a heroin overdose in 1988, his work has steadily increased in value...a 1982 painting by Basquiat depicting a black skull with red and yellow rivulets, sold for $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased." --wikipedia

Art of Rothko

"best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970." --wikipedia

Art of Gustav Klimt

His paintings from the early 1900s have sold for over $100 million

Art of Kandinsky

"Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art." --wikipedia

Art of Goya

"considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries." --wikipedia

triquetra

"used as an ornamental design in architecture, and in medieval manuscript illumination"

Eye of Horus

"an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power, and good health." --wikipedia

Ichthys

Fish profile pictogram used by Christians.