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Nabil, Youssef Youssef Nabil (born Cairo, 1972) observes his life as if he were in a cinema, watching and witnessing every minute of his own movie. He is fascinated by the idea that in cinematic stories the actors are playing a game in which nothing is real, and... {read more}	Nadelman, Elie A sculptor of abstract human figures, Elie Nadelman was one of the first Beaux-Arts* style trained sculptors to experiment with abstraction in figurative subjects. He applied aesthetic theories he learned in Europe to American subjects and popular... {read more}
Nakoneczny, Michael Born in 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, Nakoneczny earned his MFA from the University of Cincinnati and his BFA from Cleveland State University. He shares his time in Evanston, Illinois and Fairbanks, Alaska. His work is represented by Zolla Lieberman... {read more}	Nara, Yoshitomo Yoshitomo Nara (born 4 January 1959 in Hirosaki, Japan) is a Japanese artist. He currently lives and works in Tokyo, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara received his B.F.A. (1985) and an M.F.A. (1987) from the Aichi Prefectural... {read more}
Nauman, Bruce Bruce Nauman is an American artist born in 1941 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Bruce Nauman has been recognized since the early 1970s as one of the most innovative and provocative of America’s contemporary artists. Nauman finds inspiration in the... {read more}	Navarro, Ivan 1972 Born in Santiago, Chile 1995 BFA, PUC University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S 2009 "DIE," Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York "Nowhere Man," Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris "Nowhere Man... {read more}
Neel, Alice Text from aliceneel.com: Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the twentieth century. She was also a pioneer among women artists. A painter of people, landscape and still life, Neel was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde... {read more}	Neiman, LeRoy LeRoy Neiman (born June 8, 1921) is an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, semi-abstract paintings and screen prints of athletes and sporting events.Neiman worked as an illustrator for department store Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.... {read more}
Neri, Manuel Manuel Neri (born April 12, 1930) is an American sculptor, painter, and printmaker and a notable member of the "second generation" of the Bay Area Figurative Movement.Neri studied under Richard Diebenkorn and Elmer Bischoff, taking up abstract... {read more}	Neto, Ernesto Ernesto Saboia de Albuquerque Neto (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1964– ) is a contemporary visual artist.Ernesto Neto began exhibiting in Brazil in 1988 and has had solo exhibitions abroad since 1995. He represented with Vik Muniz their country in 2001... {read more}
Nevelson, Louise Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (born Leah Berliawsky; September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American artist Nevelson is known for her abstract expressionist “crates” grouped together to form a new creation. She used found objects or everyday... {read more}	Newman, Barnett Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He is seen as one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the color field painters.Newman is generally classified as an abstract expressionist... {read more}
Newton, Helmut Helmut Newton, born Helmut Neustädter October 31, 1920, Berlin, Germany – 23 January 2004, West Hollywood, California, USA) was a German-Australian photographer. He was a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose... {read more}	Nicholas, Thomas TM Nicholas was born in Rockport in 1963. His father, Thomas Nicholas, is a National Academician. TM learned from his father and became interested in art at an early age. Later, TM attended the Gloucester Academy of Art under John Terelak and the... {read more}
Nicholson, Ben Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English abstract painter.Born in 1894 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, Nicholson was the son of the painter Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde, and the brother of Nancy... {read more}	Noland, Kenneth A veteran of World War II Noland took advantage of the G.I. Bill to study art at Black Mountain College in his home state of North Carolina. He attended the experimental Black Mountain College (two of his brothers studied art there as well) and... {read more}
Nolde, Emil Emil Nolde (7 August 1867 – 13 April 1956) was a German painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and is considered to be one of the great oil painting and watercolour painters of the 20th century. He is... {read more}	Noskowiak, Sonya Sonya Noskowiak (25 November 1900 - 28 April 1975) was an American photographer and member of the famous San Francisco photography collective Group f/64 that included Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.t was while working at Johan Hagemeyer's studio in... {read more}
Novak, Lydia Lydia H. Darvas Artist's Statement As an American painter of fine art in the Contemporary Modernist and Abstract Expressionist Style, I incorporate into this style the portraits and caricatures of legendary and/or famous American personalities... {read more}	Novoa, Glexis Glexis Novoa renders cityscapes and their instruments of conflict like peering into a curio cabinet and coming face-to-horizon with societal apocalypse in miniature. His graphite drawings on marble are almost voyeuristic in their detail. Glexis... {read more}
Novoa, Gustavo Gustavo Novoa was born in 1941 into a family of lawyers in Santiago, Chile. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts followed by a year of law school, only to learn that a career behind a desk was not going to satisfy his quest in life. {read more}	Nucara, Renzo Born on 1955 in Crema - Italy, Renzo Nucara is a member of Cracking Art Group.The Cracking Art Movement began on 1993. The artists involved in this movement are advocates of a new philosophy which uses materials whose most creative means of... {read more}