Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

Alphonse Mucha

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In December 1894, Alphonse Mucha just happened to be in the print shop checking some proofs for a friend, when in walked an actress, Sarah Bernhardt i...

Marcel Duchamp

17 Jan 2023

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Marcel Duchamp liked to portray himself as a rebel and an outsider courting controversy. While he was bold and pushing boundaries, he also came from a...

Jan van Eyck

16 Jan 2023

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Jan van Eyck was a remarkable painter. He worked in oils during the Renaissance, and created stunning photorealistic portraits centuries before photog...

Louis Sullivan

15 Jan 2023

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In 1896, Louis Sullivan wrote about skyscrapers and architectural design in “The Tall Building Artistically Considered” This was the origin of the...

Charuvi Agrawal

14 Jan 2023

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Charuvi Agrawal made a name for herself with a stunning computer-animated film about Hanuman. In 2014, she grabbed more headlines as she created a rec...

Frida Kahlo

13 Jan 2023

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Frida Kahlo was a painter in the early 20th century associated with the Surrealist movement. While she had some moderate success as a painter during h...

Janet Sobel

12 Jan 2023

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When you think of bold and revolutionary modern artists from the 20th century, you probably don't think of a grandmother laying across her living room...

Alexander McQueen

11 Jan 2023

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Alexander McQueen quickly rose to prominence in the 1990s with his dramatic looks that were impeccably tailored. He is one of 64 artists selected for ...

Jim Davis

10 Jan 2023

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Jim Davis is famous for creating Garfield. He was born and raised in Indiana. As a child he wanted to be a farmer like his father, but found that he w...

Raphael

09 Jan 2023

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While Raphael sadly passed away just in his 30s his work has lived on for hundreds of years. Learn a bit about the great Renaissance painter and archi...

Pablo Picasso | Guernica

08 Jan 2023

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Pablo Picasso was among the most influential artists of the 20th century and Guernica is possibly his greatest work. While I am not a fan of Picasso ...

Meret Oppenheim | Object (Luncheon in Fur)

07 Jan 2023

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In 1936, Meret Oppenheim sat down in a cafe with Pablo Picasso and Dora Maar. Picasso took note of Oppenheim's bracelet and commented that anything co...

MC Escher

06 Jan 2023

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MC Escher is known for his tessellations, transformations and impossible realities. In many ways he defies categorization. His work is surreal with un...

Barbara Kruger | Don't Be a Jerk

05 Jan 2023

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Barbara Kruger is a contemporary artist well known for her use of text and images. She started off in the late 1960s and 70s creating work reclaiming ...

Claude Monet | The Gare Saint-Lazare

04 Jan 2023

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Claude Monet loved his garden and made about 250 paintings of water lilies. He and his Impressionist contemporaries were focused on color, light, and ...

The Aztec Sun Stone or The Calendar Stone

03 Jan 2023

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The Sun Stone is probably the first bit of Aztec art I became familiar with even before I studied art. On its face, we see a beautiful image full of s...

Michelangelo

02 Jan 2023

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Michelangelo was considered to be one of the greatest examples of a Renaissance man. He is also one of the worst examples of personal hygiene. Learn a...

Jean-Michel Basquiat

01 Jan 2023

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Basquiat as the artist himself was like tofu, able to soak up and take on so many different flavors. Middle class child, homeless teen, bankable star ...

Njideka Akunyili Crosby | Predecessors

31 Dec 2022

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Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian-born artist who moved to America as a teen and her work Predecessors looks at how her family has changed over ge...

Paul Cezanne | Mont Sainte-Victoire

30 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cezanne is widely celebrated today, but he struggled early on. He was rejected by Beaux Arts multiple times. He went back home to work at the bank for...

Roy Lichtenstein | Look Mickey

29 Dec 2022

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Season 6 is covering the artists in this year's Arts Madness Tournament. I will be releasing 64 mini episodes in 64 days to give you a quick refresher...

Christian Dior | The New Look

28 Dec 2022

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I am releasing a mini episode every day in the run up to this year's Arts Madness Tournament to give you a quick refresher on all 64 artists/artworks....

Gustave Eiffel | The Eiffel Tower

27 Dec 2022

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The Eiffel Tower was by far the largest structure built for the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. Eiffel was an entrepreneur and he had two engineers work...

Auguste Rodin | The Burghers of Calais

26 Dec 2022

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Season 6 is all about the annual Arts Madness Tournament. I am releasing 64 mini episodes over 64 days to give you all a quick refresher on the divers...

Salvador Dali | The Persistence of Memory

25 Dec 2022

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Get ready for this year's Arts Madness Tournament with a quick refresher on Salvador Dali. Season 6 of Who ARTed will have 64 mini episodes over the n...

Keith Haring | Three Eyed Smiley Face

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I want to talk to you about a few things. First off, as it is Friday, I want to share a fun fact about one of my absolute favorite artists, Keit...

Zaria Forman | Lincoln Sea, Greenland

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Zaria Forman is known for her pastel drawings documenting the environment and climate change. The thing is, her work is so much bigger than that state...

Vincent van Gogh | Sunflowers

16 Dec 2022

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While many artists took inspiration from all types of flowers Vincent van Gogh became closely associated with one type in particular. While he did col...

Andrew Fuller | It Is Cake!

12 Dec 2022

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Andrew Fuller first earned viral fame with a pie that appeared to have a human face in it. He has appeared on a few shows: Halloween Baking Championsh...

Sand Mandalas

09 Dec 2022

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The Buddhist monks of Tibet who are known for their tradition of sand mandalas destroy the work after completing it. The word mandala comes from Sansk...

Jean-Michel Basquiat | Horn Players

02 Dec 2022

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Jean-Michel Basquiat has created some of the most highly valued American paintings ever to go on auction. Basquiat sought to remake art history in his...

Piet Mondrian | Composition with Red Blue and Yellow

28 Nov 2022

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Piet Mondrian is best known for painting primary colored squares and rectangles. For this episode, fellow art teacher, Jeff Arndt and I talked about t...

Faith Ringgold | Dancing at the Louvre

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dancing at the Louvre is part of Faith Ringgold's series of 12 story quilts called The French Collection and it is on the AP Art History list (it is o...

JMW Turner | The Slave Ship

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I am sick with Covid and with the ups and downs of the illness, I wasn't sure when I would be up for recording this week. Consequently, I made this a ...

Your Brain on Art

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I was asked to create an episode about how art affects the brain. I found there is quite a bit of research conducted by neuroscientists around the wor...

Nick Cave | Soundsuit

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Cave is a contemporary artist whose work is part fashion, part sculpture, part performance and entirely fascinating. For this episode, I spoke w...

Georges Seurat | A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

11 Nov 2022

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Georges Seurat | A Sunday on La Grande Jatte In 1894, George Seurat began going out to an idyllic little island away from the urban center of Paris. I...

Introducing: Art of History

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today I am giving you an episode of another art history podcast. The show is called Art of History. It is hosted by Amanda Matta, who is everyone’s ...

Stan Lee & Steve Ditko | The Amazing Spider-Man

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1991, Marvel became the first comic book company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The newspapers declared “Spider-Man is coming to Wall Str...

Christian Dior | Bar

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, my guest is the one and only Cassie Stephens. She is an amazing art teacher well known for her unique style and wonderful lessons in all me...

Fan Pick: Ivan Albright | The Picture of Dorian Gray

28 Oct 2022

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Today's fan pick episode is about Ivan Albright.  Ivan Albright is considered to be a great macabre painter. He is known for his portraits and still ...

Fan Pick: Louis Daguerre

27 Oct 2022

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Fans voted Louis Daguerre as one of the most popular subjects covered in 3 years of Who ARTed, so I made a mashup of my two mini-episodes about Daguer...

Fan Pick: Ai Weiwei | Sunflower Seeds

26 Oct 2022

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Ai Weiwei is a contemporary artist best known for his tendency to be a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. His name is a blocked search term ...

Fan Pick: Jean-Michel Basquiat | Untitled Skull

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Every day this week, I am rebroadcasting a fan pick to celebrate 3 years of exploring visual arts in an audio medium. Today's fan pick is Jean-Michel ...

Fan Pick: Rangoli

24 Oct 2022

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This week I am playing fan favorite episodes in the run-up to my 3rd anniversary show. To kick things off, I have this mini episode on Rangoli, which ...

The Unbelievable Story of Han van Meegeren

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The late 1930s were a rough time in Europe. Nazis were on the rise, and museums began hiding their most treasured works or even shipping them off to s...

Johannes Vermeer | The Concert

17 Oct 2022

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Who ARTed has been giving you weekly art history for three years now. Help me celebrate the milestone by telling my your favorite episodes from the la...

Spirit Photography | Some Spooky Fun Historic Hoaxes

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

William Mulmer was born in 1832. For historical context, the oldest known Daguerrotype is from 1837, so Mulmer was born right around the same time as ...

Frank Lloyd Wright | Falling Water

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Lloyd Wright is one of America's most celebrated architects. He developed his distinctive prairie style emphasizing the horizontal planes of the...

The Radium Girls

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who ARTed: Weekly Art History for All Ages is turning 3 years old on October 31. Please help me celebrate the milestone. Go to www.WhoARTedPodcast.com...

Hilma Af Klint | What a Human Being Is

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest this week was Natalie for the podcast, Reframables. Click here for the link tree showing all the places you can find her podcast. Who ARTed ...

The First Picture Book for Children

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1658, John Comenius created Orbis Sensualium Pictus, which translates to The World Around Us in Pictures. Comenius was a teacher from what is now t...

Who ARTed Trailer

27 Sep 2022

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Who ARTed is weekly art history for all ages. Every episode tells the story behind a different work of art. Who ARTed is dedicated to celebrating the ...

Paul Cezanne | Mont Sainte-Victoire

26 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Cezanne was an influencial post impressionist painter. He was a very thoughtful and deliberate painter taking an almost scientific approach to th...

Fantasmagorie | The World's First Animated Cartoon

23 Sep 2022

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In 1908, Fantasmagorie premiered as the first hand drawn cartoon paving the way for artists like Disney and what we think of as modern animation. See ...

Michelangelo | The Sistine Chapel Ceiling

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This episode gives a brief overview of the life of Michelangelo, one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, and one of his most famous wo...

Satoshi Tajiri | Pokemon

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Who ARTed is the art history show dedicated to appreciating art in all of its forms from all sorts of artists. This week's mini-episode is about Pokem...

Faith Ringgold | Tar Beach

12 Sep 2022

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Faith Ringgold is an accomplished painter, quilter, author and illustrator. Tar Beach is perhaps her best-known quilt and book. My guest for this epis...

Andy Warhol | Marilyn Monroe Diptych

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe diptych is a post modern altarpiece. A diptych is a two-paneled piece. Traditionally, diptychs would be associated with reli...

Ai Weiwei | Sunflower Seeds

05 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ai Weiwei is a contemporary artist who became well known to most people after he was held by the Chinese government for what many believe to have been...

Raphael | The School of Athens

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The School of Athens was a Renaissance masterpiece depicting numerous ancient Greek philosophers and a little selfie by Raphael. If you want to learn ...

Martha Graham | Steps in the Streets

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Martha Graham was a pioneer of modern dance. She was 17 years old when she saw her first dance performance by Ruth St. Denis. A few years later she be...

The Pyramids at Giza

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The great pyramids constructed by ancient Egyptians at Giza are the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still remaining. These massive ston...

Charuvi Agrawal | 26,000 Bells of Hanuman (encore)

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of my episode on Charuvi Agrawal, the contemporary Indian artist. In 2014, she created a massive sculpture of Hanuman u...

Frida Kahlo | The Two Fridas

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Frida Kahlo was an interesting artist. I first became familiar with her work when I was a teenager after watching a bio pic in an art house theater. S...

Phil Hansen | Cobain (Goodbye Art 2)

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of my episode about Phil Hansen. New full episodes will be coming starting in September. In the meantime, you can find ...

Louis Daguerre | The World's First Photobomb (Encore)

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The history of photography has some really interesting and surprising facts. For example, the camera is about 2000 years older than photography. The e...

Jim Davis | Garfield

08 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of my episode about Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. My guest for this episode was Lindsey Little, creator of the On...

Jean-Honore Fragonard | The Swing

05 Aug 2022

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The Swing, also sometimes called The Happy Accidents of The Swing, is a Rococo painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard. It is intended to be light-hearted a...

Matt Groening | Homer Simpson (encore)

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation. I wanted to start 2021 with something fun, so I decided to do an episode about a classic episode of The Simpsons. In s...

What's up with ROY G BIV? (encore)

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of my very first Fun Fact Friday mini episode. This week's Fun Fact is that the ROY G BIV model of a rainbow is somewha...

Introducing Art Smart | Modern Art

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Art Smart season 2 began last week with an episode on Modern Art. If you like this episode, search for Art Smart on your podcast app and hear the next...

Vincent van Gogh (part 2) | Starry Night

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of my episode on Vincent van Gogh and his painting, Starry Night. In this episode, I continued my discussion with Chuck...

The Nazca Lines

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of my episode covering a lesser known bit of art history - the Nazca Lines. In the Peru there are massive geoglyphs etc...

Vincent van Gogh (part 1) | The Potato Eaters

18 Jul 2022

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This is a two part episode about Vincent Van Gogh.Part 1 focuses on his early life and development up to his first masterpiece,The Potato Eaters from ...

Edvard Munch - The Scream

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Scream by Edvard Munch is one of the most famous artworks out there, and one of the most widely referenced. We see it in pop culture on t-shirts a...

Introducing: Art Smart

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a bonus episode of my other show, Art Smart. Season 2 is coming July 20 with new episodes every Wednesday. In this bonus episode, I discussed ...

Njideka Akunyili Crosby (encore)

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode, I talked to Janet Taylor, art teacher and writer for the Art of Education. She actually taught be about Njideka Akunyili Crosby, the...

Forgers Forging Forgeries

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in southern China had over 140 works stolen from their collection, but nobody noticed for years. This is because th...

Four American Artworks

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

July 4 is America's celebration of independence from England. In honor of the holiday, I decided to make an episode covering a little bit about 4 artw...

Loving Vincent | A Film Made of Paintings

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A few years prior to the immersive experiences, filmmakers brought Vincent van Gogh's paintings to life in a completely new and different way. In 2017...

Shigeru Miyamoto | Mario

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1979, after some modest success a Japanese video game company opened an office in America. They started off in New York but eventually moved to Sea...

Jan van Eyck - The Arnolfini Portrait

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1400s, influencers couldn’t simply scout a location, arrange the perfect lighting and pull out their camera phone to snap dozens of pics test...

Derrick Adams | Floater 73

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One of the things that really strikes me is that he is creating scenes of people being joyful. Adams says that part of the appeal of being an artist i...

MC Escher | Portrait of GA Escher (portrait of his father)

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I live in the United States where this weekend, people will be celebrating father’s day. I thought this would be great time to dedicate a mini episo...

Roy Lichtenstein | Look Mickey

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1964, Life Magazine ran with Lichtenstein on the cover and the text read “Is He the Worst Artist in the U.S.?” Lichtenstein responded to critic...

Louis Daguerre | The Artist's Studio

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I have talked a bit about Daguerre and his photographic methods in a previous episode about the world’s first photobomb. Listeners may recall that t...

Meret Oppenheim | Object

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest this week is Janet Taylor, an artist and art teacher at the high school and college levels. Find her work and more about her at www.jatayolor...

The Peace Symbol

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In November of 1957, a small committee was formed. February 17, 1958, they held the first public meeting of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. That...

Jack Kirby | The Avengers

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

My guest this week is The Real Michael Lee, a musician, graphic designer, illustrator and comic enthusiast (find him and all his social media at bit.l...

The Aztec Sun Stone

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Sun Stone is probably the first bit of Aztec art I became familiar with even before I studied art. It has been widely represented in various forms...

Alma Thomas | Resurrection

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While Alma Thomas worked for decades as a teacher, but she continued pursuing her art. She took classes at American University in Washington. She show...

The Mysterious Mona Lisa

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of The Mona Lisa, also called La Gioconda has captured society’s collective imagination. Her hold on the audience is ...

Norman Rockwell | The Problem We All Live With

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Norman Rockwell is probably best known for his wholesome and nostalgic illustrations that graced the covers of The Saturday Evening Post for decades. ...

The Taj Mahal (Fun Fact Friday)

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Taj Mahal is one of the most beautiful man-made structures in the world. It is a UNESCO world heritage site considered to be one of the modern won...

Takashi Murakami | Mr Dobs (encore)

09 May 2022

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Olowe of Ise | Veranda Post (Fun Fact Friday)

06 May 2022

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The bulk of Olowe’s carvings seem to have been both decorative and functional artworks for the Yoruba kings and prominent families. One of his celeb...

Henri Matisse - The Dessert: Harmony in Red (Encore)

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is an encore presentation of the episode about Henri Matisse and his painting The Dessert: Harmony in Red from 1908. Who ARTed is an Airwave Medi...

Louis Sullivan & the Carson Pirie Scott Building (Fun Fact Friday)

29 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 1896, Louis Sullivan wrote about skyscrapers and architectural design in “The Tall Building Artistically Considered” This was the origin of the...

Marcel Duchamp - Fountain (encore)

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marcel Duchamp's Fountain was a controversial early readymade. It has been named one of the most influential artworks of the 20th century and it is on...