#american-art

#american-art

Ben Shahn was not just an artist, but a social realist whose work communicated deep social emotions, appealing to both the masses and the elite.

The American Fine Arts Society building, home to the Art Students League, is a landmarked gem at 215 West 57th Street, its front doors swinging open at frequent intervals, offering a glimpse of the teeming creative life that still hums inside.

Warhol is the defining figure of pop art, an artistic movement that burst forth in the early Sixties, taking fine art on a wild roller-coaster ride.

Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog captures a solitary figure poised on a rocky peak, symbolizing the search for truth amidst a transforming world.