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Vico Magistretti was an Italian industrial designer, known as a furniture designer and architect. A collaborator of humanist architect Ernesto Nathan Rogers, one of Magistretti's first projects was the "poetic" round church in the experimental Milan neighborhood of QT8. He later designed mass-produced appliances and furniture for companies such as Cassina S.p.A., and won several awards, including the Gold Medal of the Chartered Society of Industrial Artists & Designers in 1986.
Alexander Max Koester was a German painter. He depicted coastal landscapes and still lifes with flowers. After the artist first presented one of his landscapes with a family of ducks in Berlin in 1899, he earned the nickname "Duck Koester." The "duck" paintings were extremely popular with art lovers.
Joan Mitchell was an American artist who became one of the main representatives of abstract expressionism. Her work is characterized by her bold use of bright colors, sweeping brushstrokes, and emotional intensity.
Mitchell began her career in the 1950s in New York, where she was part of the vibrant art scene of the time. Her work caught the attention of critics and the public because of its vividness and emotional power. In her paintings, Mitchell conveyed her feelings and emotions as well as reflecting the world around her.
In 1959 Mitchell moved to France, where she lived most of her life and worked for the rest of her days. There she continued her work and taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In her work, one can see the influence of French Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism.
Mitchell's paintings are in the permanent collections of more than 100 public cultural institutions worldwide. Her work remains in demand at auctions and among collectors.
Georg Baselitz is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work and stress the artifice of painting. Drawing from myriad influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, he developed his own, distinct artistic language.
