Famous Blind Painters
John bramblitt american painter writer lost sight in 2001 paints realistically through touch techniques with intense color.
Famous blind painters. It is important to realize that artists can be considered clinically blind and still work as an artist. You are forbidden not to touch. In fact most artists labelled as blind artists do not experience 100 vision impairment.
After graduating he worked as a sculptor and painter for several years but in 1989 he was diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy and his eyesight deteriorated quickly eventually leaving him legally blind. 1 keith salmon 1959 present keith salmon is a british man who enjoyed art from an early age. Esref armagan turkish painter born blind.
These russian artists also triumphed in the face of adversity and prove that seeing the world in a. Many of us especially older artists have failing eyesight and fear becoming completely blind. A blind italian sculptor thinks people should have the right to touch art though most exhibitions forbid it.
His works have been sold in over twenty different countries and he s received three presidential service awards for the art workshops he teaches. John bramblitt makes his living as a visual artist. 10 of the most famous paintings every.
As such most blind people can in fact perceive some level of light and form and it is by applying this limited vision that many blind artists create. Around a tenth of all men are color blind or color deficient and as joe hanson discusses on it s okay to be smart famed painter vincent van gogh may have been counted among them. Felice tagliaferri has a personal motto.
Keith salmon english painter sculptor blind through diabetes retinopathy. Numerous blind artists have painted visual masterpieces which defy their lack of sight. Here are ten blind painters who have made significant contributions to the world of visual arts.
But when you throw into the mix a visually impaired disability then it is staggering and heartwarming at what some people can overcome. Born in essex united kingdom in 1959 keith salmon studied fine art and graduated in 1983. Blind artists are people who are physically unable to see normally yet work in the visual arts this seeming contradiction is overcome when one understands that only around 10 of all people with blindness can see absolutely nothing at all.
As artists we rely on our eyesight to paint and create. Check out the book. Homer ancient greek orator of the epic poems iliad and odyssey.
