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Celebrate America's rich artistic heritage with ARTinaClick.com. We feature over two centuries of artists and major art movements which influenced the history of art throughout the world, from the Hudson River School of Impressionism, Illustration and the decorative arts, American folk art, Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School which adopted the English landscape painters emphasis on nature and infused it with local American color. Other artists in the movement include Albert Bierstadt and Frederic Church. The American Impressionists, which include, among others, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, were inspired by nature and light as were the French Impressionists, Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir.William Merritt Chase, an American painter and influential teacher, inspired generations of artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe. Louis Comfort Tiffany created an empire in the decorative arts with his famous studio that produced stained glass lamps, vases and windows in techniques that cannot be imitated. In the 1950's, a new generation of painters were giving birth to a new art, which shifted the emphasis of the art world from Paris to New York.
Abstract Expressionist artist Jackson Pollock's drip paintings liberated future generations of artists and encouraged the viewer to have a purely emotional response to an image. Pop Art of the 1960's was a direct reaction to Abstract Expressionism. Artist involved with this movement sought to create more concrete images and to respond to the social condition. Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns produced images that bridged the gap between low art and high art with their paintings of commercial images such as soup cans, comic strips, flags and targets

From political cartoons and magazine illustrations to the animation classics of the Walt Disney Studios, humor has played an important role in art. ARTinaClick.com celebrates humorous subjects as we offer some of the best in the genre. Belgian Surrealist artist, Rene Magritte's paintings are enjoyed today for their irrational and dreamlike qualities. In the early 20th Century art was to undergo profound ideological and stylistic changes. Dada, an early movement adapted in the visual arts by Marcel Duchamp around 1915, challenged and made fun of the idea of art. By painting a mustache on the famous Mona Lisa it becomes a new object of art. Pop Art of the 1960's expanded on this idea. Contemporary artists use humor to convey ideas about the world and the human condition. At ARTinaClick.com you will find French artist Guy Buffet. Inspired by his family's restaurant business, Buffet paints joyful images of chefs and cafe interiors popular because they invite the viewer to participate in the scene. A painter and illustrator of children's images, Mackenzie Thorpe's compositions are serious and heartwarming depictions of animals and children while at the same time they maintain a sense of humor. It is this rare combination that has made this British artist appeal to a world-wide audience. Golf lovers will enjoy Golf with your Friends. In this image your friends are The Three Stooges.