Olivier Debré Olivier Debré Olivier Debré (1920–1999) was a French abstract painter. It is following a visit to Pablo Picasso’s studio in 1941 that Olivier Debré, an honoured artist and member of the French Academy, moved from figurative painting to abstraction, and the influence of André Lanskoy that awakened his marked fondness for colour. A major painter of colour fields of the Post-War period, this painter described his painting as ""fervent abstraction"" because it arouses emotions, emotion incarnated by him by the sign. ""I really tried to find how within a sign and without using conventions, I could express something without using
John Bradley (artist) John Bradley (artist) John Bradley was a British-born American artist who was active in the New York area in the 1830s and 1840s. He is primarily known for his portrait paintings, which are held in several North American museum collections. He should not be confused with John Bradley of Keighley, Yorkshire (1787–1844), British artist and drawing-master to the Brontës, or John Bradley of Pall Mall, London (1786-1843), a printmaker and portraitist. John Bradley's origin is documented through the inscription, "Drawn by I. Bradley from Great Britton", found on the reverse of each of five portraits of Totten family members. Bradley's