In GRATITUDE to the ARTISTS WHO LEAD and INSPIRE ME
Saul Steinberg
whose minimal lines are a stunning wealth and always inspire
Raoul Dufy
who showed me at age 4 the power of thin black lines over colored shapes
Pablo Picasso
who made a royalty of line
Agnes Mills
who filled my life with art
The Asian Brush Painters
who still lead us along those lines
Alexander Calder
who mentored my mother and moved lines through space by wire
Paul Curtis
who taught me to Qualify Extremities
R. Stine
whose lines share wit and insight
Roz Chast
Maria Kalman
and other female innovators
who helped break the ink ceiling and create new paths through the field
And gratitude to the cartoonists contributing over eons to the New Yorker Magazine, the Funny Times, and to the comics sections of our local newspapers. Outside and inside of us, they keep the candle burning.
Lineage Links:
Saul Steinberg
https://saulsteinbergfoundation.org
https://www.wikiart.org/en/saul-steinberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Steinberg
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/saul-steinberg-4620
Raoul Dufy:
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/dufy-raoul
https://www.wikiart.org/en/raoul-dufy
Pablo Picasso
https://www.pablopicasso.org/drawings.jsp
https://books.google.com/books
https://www.menil.org/exhibitions/245-picasso-the-line
Agnes Mills
agnesmillsart.weebly.com
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/5002/Mills/Agnes
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/agnes-mills-papers-16144
Asian Brush painters
Chinese:
Chinese Watercolors by Josef Hejzlar
Qi Baishi:
https://fascination+of+Nature+Qi+Baishi
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/qi-baishi
Japanese:
http://www.sumiesociety.org/whatissumie.php
https://www.sfexaminer.com/art-of-zen-sf-asian-art-museum
https://www.brushmind.net/exhibitions
https://www./the-art-of-japanese-sumi-e-painting
Alexander Calder:
https://www.mutualart.com/Article/The-Alexander-Calder-you-have–likely–n/C567BFA408A92B44
https://calder.org/works/wire-sculpture/wire-sculpture-by-calder-1928
https://www.moma.org/artists/922
Paul Curtis:
https://www.americanmimetheatre.org/story
https://paul-j-curtis-founder-american-mime-theatre-1927-2012
https://youtu.be/_-hiQrwOKrw?si=TCywJmhtswmZdJOV
https://www.mcall.com/paul-curtis-theories-of-mime
R. Stine:
https://www.imagekind.com/MemberProfile
https://richardstinememoir.com/home
https://archive.org/details/worldofrichardst00stin
Roz Chast:
https://rozchast.com
https://www.nytimes.com/roz-chast-art
https://www.danesecorey.com/artists/roz-chast
Maria Kalman:
https://mairakalman.com
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/maira-kalman-finds-truth-in-the-mess
https://www.theguardian.com/maira-kalmans-women-holding-things
https://www.artofthepicturebook.com/2021/8/13/interview-with-maira-kalman