Kehinde Wiley CaseKehinde WileyKehinde Wiley is a portrait painter who is based in New York in United States. He was born in 1977 in Los Angeles in California State by African parents. His father was from Yoruba community in Nigeria while his mother is a black American. He developed an early interest in art and enrolled for art classes to sharpen skills. He attended San Francisco institute of arts for his Undergraduate degrees in Fine Arts and later joined Yale University where he graduated with masters in Fine Arts in the year 2001.
His famous paintings included portraits Afro-Brazilian, African-American, Ethiopian, Indian and Jewish men in heroic styles. His methods of paintings have been considered controversial by his critiques but they have been widely accepted in many parts. However, his artworks are found in majority of public collections all over the world for their outstanding features in portraying young men in heroic poses over many parts. His collections are currently found in Columbus art museum, studio museum in New York, phoenix museum of arts in phoenix Arizona State, Detroit institute of arts, Minneapolis art institute, Kansas museum of arts, Milwaukee museum of arts and Oak Park library in Illinois. He has received several awards for his works. A good example is the New York Art of the Year award which he received in October 2011.
This painting was inspired by an experience of a friend of his who is the head of his own family. He paints in a style different from traditional art styles, a style that was first exhibited as a composition in the 1920’s. He says that this type of painting is very hard to photograph but, having seen many famous American artists, he could tell that this style has an uncanny ability to evoke a universal emotion.
Cecile de Cervantes of the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance Arts program gives a typical Cervantes painting of his age in a small studio located at the University of St. Lucie in New York. Cervantes is an artist and a professor at the Cervantes School of Art (www.cervantes.org) at the University of St. Lucie. The museum features a collection of images that have been interpreted and used in various ways by the museum.
Cecile de Cervantes painted his own unique way at the age of 3 when he was 8. He took a pencil pen, created a portrait and used it as an illustration in the first issue of the Academy of Arts’s American Renaissance arts program. As part of the program, he placed portraits, the work of local sculptors, and paintings on an album that was given in the Academy of Arts’ program and is displayed in various public museums around the world. The Artist’s Illustrated Collection at the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance arts program This painting at the Academy Museum is the most iconic of all the Cervantes images taken there (it’s the only one in the collection that was not used on the Academy website). He has worked in various public museums in the country and this portrait is one of the most iconic pieces of art. It was one of many pieces that the Academy of Arts honored with three of its top 10 works of art (The Book of the Lion and the Witch of the Dead: A Study of Ancient Art), four of the top 20 paintings of the Great Gallery of Paris, and three of the top 20 paintings of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Museum (a total of 10,000 canvases, 790 pieces, and more than 800 abstract paintings). After completing the painting, Cervantes created a cover of the artist’s drawings on a book and used them as illustrations in the Academy program. The Academy opened in New York in 1939 with three new galleries located at the Art Museum of Minnesota Museum of Modern Art (www.amartofmuse.org).
Cecile de Cervantes was also honored with one of the first public galleries of all time, a large art exhibit in which artists who influenced modern life and art still appear in the public galleries of the City of Boston. The exhibition was the largest of its kind at the city’s art museum when it opened in 1956 and is the best known of its kind in the city. The exhibition includes 60 of his works, such as painting a wall of wheat by Cervantes or an installation of paintings by American sculptor Elvira Marozzo, including the works of Salvador DalĂ and the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 70 artworks are exhibited.
This painting was inspired by an experience of a friend of his who is the head of his own family. He paints in a style different from traditional art styles, a style that was first exhibited as a composition in the 1920’s. He says that this type of painting is very hard to photograph but, having seen many famous American artists, he could tell that this style has an uncanny ability to evoke a universal emotion.
Cecile de Cervantes of the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance Arts program gives a typical Cervantes painting of his age in a small studio located at the University of St. Lucie in New York. Cervantes is an artist and a professor at the Cervantes School of Art (www.cervantes.org) at the University of St. Lucie. The museum features a collection of images that have been interpreted and used in various ways by the museum.
Cecile de Cervantes painted his own unique way at the age of 3 when he was 8. He took a pencil pen, created a portrait and used it as an illustration in the first issue of the Academy of Arts’s American Renaissance arts program. As part of the program, he placed portraits, the work of local sculptors, and paintings on an album that was given in the Academy of Arts’ program and is displayed in various public museums around the world. The Artist’s Illustrated Collection at the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance arts program This painting at the Academy Museum is the most iconic of all the Cervantes images taken there (it’s the only one in the collection that was not used on the Academy website). He has worked in various public museums in the country and this portrait is one of the most iconic pieces of art. It was one of many pieces that the Academy of Arts honored with three of its top 10 works of art (The Book of the Lion and the Witch of the Dead: A Study of Ancient Art), four of the top 20 paintings of the Great Gallery of Paris, and three of the top 20 paintings of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Museum (a total of 10,000 canvases, 790 pieces, and more than 800 abstract paintings). After completing the painting, Cervantes created a cover of the artist’s drawings on a book and used them as illustrations in the Academy program. The Academy opened in New York in 1939 with three new galleries located at the Art Museum of Minnesota Museum of Modern Art (www.amartofmuse.org).
Cecile de Cervantes was also honored with one of the first public galleries of all time, a large art exhibit in which artists who influenced modern life and art still appear in the public galleries of the City of Boston. The exhibition was the largest of its kind at the city’s art museum when it opened in 1956 and is the best known of its kind in the city. The exhibition includes 60 of his works, such as painting a wall of wheat by Cervantes or an installation of paintings by American sculptor Elvira Marozzo, including the works of Salvador DalĂ and the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 70 artworks are exhibited.
This painting was inspired by an experience of a friend of his who is the head of his own family. He paints in a style different from traditional art styles, a style that was first exhibited as a composition in the 1920’s. He says that this type of painting is very hard to photograph but, having seen many famous American artists, he could tell that this style has an uncanny ability to evoke a universal emotion.
Cecile de Cervantes of the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance Arts program gives a typical Cervantes painting of his age in a small studio located at the University of St. Lucie in New York. Cervantes is an artist and a professor at the Cervantes School of Art (www.cervantes.org) at the University of St. Lucie. The museum features a collection of images that have been interpreted and used in various ways by the museum.
Cecile de Cervantes painted his own unique way at the age of 3 when he was 8. He took a pencil pen, created a portrait and used it as an illustration in the first issue of the Academy of Arts’s American Renaissance arts program. As part of the program, he placed portraits, the work of local sculptors, and paintings on an album that was given in the Academy of Arts’ program and is displayed in various public museums around the world. The Artist’s Illustrated Collection at the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance arts program This painting at the Academy Museum is the most iconic of all the Cervantes images taken there (it’s the only one in the collection that was not used on the Academy website). He has worked in various public museums in the country and this portrait is one of the most iconic pieces of art. It was one of many pieces that the Academy of Arts honored with three of its top 10 works of art (The Book of the Lion and the Witch of the Dead: A Study of Ancient Art), four of the top 20 paintings of the Great Gallery of Paris, and three of the top 20 paintings of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Museum (a total of 10,000 canvases, 790 pieces, and more than 800 abstract paintings). After completing the painting, Cervantes created a cover of the artist’s drawings on a book and used them as illustrations in the Academy program. The Academy opened in New York in 1939 with three new galleries located at the Art Museum of Minnesota Museum of Modern Art (www.amartofmuse.org).
Cecile de Cervantes was also honored with one of the first public galleries of all time, a large art exhibit in which artists who influenced modern life and art still appear in the public galleries of the City of Boston. The exhibition was the largest of its kind at the city’s art museum when it opened in 1956 and is the best known of its kind in the city. The exhibition includes 60 of his works, such as painting a wall of wheat by Cervantes or an installation of paintings by American sculptor Elvira Marozzo, including the works of Salvador DalĂ and the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 70 artworks are exhibited.
This painting was inspired by an experience of a friend of his who is the head of his own family. He paints in a style different from traditional art styles, a style that was first exhibited as a composition in the 1920’s. He says that this type of painting is very hard to photograph but, having seen many famous American artists, he could tell that this style has an uncanny ability to evoke a universal emotion.
Cecile de Cervantes of the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance Arts program gives a typical Cervantes painting of his age in a small studio located at the University of St. Lucie in New York. Cervantes is an artist and a professor at the Cervantes School of Art (www.cervantes.org) at the University of St. Lucie. The museum features a collection of images that have been interpreted and used in various ways by the museum.
Cecile de Cervantes painted his own unique way at the age of 3 when he was 8. He took a pencil pen, created a portrait and used it as an illustration in the first issue of the Academy of Arts’s American Renaissance arts program. As part of the program, he placed portraits, the work of local sculptors, and paintings on an album that was given in the Academy of Arts’ program and is displayed in various public museums around the world. The Artist’s Illustrated Collection at the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance arts program This painting at the Academy Museum is the most iconic of all the Cervantes images taken there (it’s the only one in the collection that was not used on the Academy website). He has worked in various public museums in the country and this portrait is one of the most iconic pieces of art. It was one of many pieces that the Academy of Arts honored with three of its top 10 works of art (The Book of the Lion and the Witch of the Dead: A Study of Ancient Art), four of the top 20 paintings of the Great Gallery of Paris, and three of the top 20 paintings of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Museum (a total of 10,000 canvases, 790 pieces, and more than 800 abstract paintings). After completing the painting, Cervantes created a cover of the artist’s drawings on a book and used them as illustrations in the Academy program. The Academy opened in New York in 1939 with three new galleries located at the Art Museum of Minnesota Museum of Modern Art (www.amartofmuse.org).
Cecile de Cervantes was also honored with one of the first public galleries of all time, a large art exhibit in which artists who influenced modern life and art still appear in the public galleries of the City of Boston. The exhibition was the largest of its kind at the city’s art museum when it opened in 1956 and is the best known of its kind in the city. The exhibition includes 60 of his works, such as painting a wall of wheat by Cervantes or an installation of paintings by American sculptor Elvira Marozzo, including the works of Salvador DalĂ and the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 70 artworks are exhibited.
This painting was inspired by an experience of a friend of his who is the head of his own family. He paints in a style different from traditional art styles, a style that was first exhibited as a composition in the 1920’s. He says that this type of painting is very hard to photograph but, having seen many famous American artists, he could tell that this style has an uncanny ability to evoke a universal emotion.
Cecile de Cervantes of the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance Arts program gives a typical Cervantes painting of his age in a small studio located at the University of St. Lucie in New York. Cervantes is an artist and a professor at the Cervantes School of Art (www.cervantes.org) at the University of St. Lucie. The museum features a collection of images that have been interpreted and used in various ways by the museum.
Cecile de Cervantes painted his own unique way at the age of 3 when he was 8. He took a pencil pen, created a portrait and used it as an illustration in the first issue of the Academy of Arts’s American Renaissance arts program. As part of the program, he placed portraits, the work of local sculptors, and paintings on an album that was given in the Academy of Arts’ program and is displayed in various public museums around the world. The Artist’s Illustrated Collection at the Academy of Arts’ American Renaissance arts program This painting at the Academy Museum is the most iconic of all the Cervantes images taken there (it’s the only one in the collection that was not used on the Academy website). He has worked in various public museums in the country and this portrait is one of the most iconic pieces of art. It was one of many pieces that the Academy of Arts honored with three of its top 10 works of art (The Book of the Lion and the Witch of the Dead: A Study of Ancient Art), four of the top 20 paintings of the Great Gallery of Paris, and three of the top 20 paintings of the Chicago Arts and Crafts Museum (a total of 10,000 canvases, 790 pieces, and more than 800 abstract paintings). After completing the painting, Cervantes created a cover of the artist’s drawings on a book and used them as illustrations in the Academy program. The Academy opened in New York in 1939 with three new galleries located at the Art Museum of Minnesota Museum of Modern Art (www.amartofmuse.org).
Cecile de Cervantes was also honored with one of the first public galleries of all time, a large art exhibit in which artists who influenced modern life and art still appear in the public galleries of the City of Boston. The exhibition was the largest of its kind at the city’s art museum when it opened in 1956 and is the best known of its kind in the city. The exhibition includes 60 of his works, such as painting a wall of wheat by Cervantes or an installation of paintings by American sculptor Elvira Marozzo, including the works of Salvador DalĂ and the most famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. More than 70 artworks are exhibited.
His work has been likened to works of early portrait artists such as Ingres, Titian and Reynolds and has been hosted for exhibition by various accredited national museums like the Columbus museum of art. He has created a great integration of styles which ranges from the Islamic arts to Christian and Jewish architecture. He paints portraits based on young men who he observes in the streets.
Kehindi Wiley has been doing art projects and opening studios in different countries to facilitate wide distribution of his artworks in different parts of the world.