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FAMOUS ARTISTS

RENAISSANCE

Michelangelo

Painter and sculptor

Sistine chapelObsessed with

human form

RENAISSANCE

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Renaissance

Artist, scientist, inventor

“The Last Supper”

IMPRESSIONISM

Claude Monet

French Impressionist

“Grandfather” of the Impressionist movement.

Obsessed with light

IMPRESSIONISM

Edgar Degas

Famous for his paintings of ballet dancers.

Possible love affair with Mary Cassatt

IMPRESSIONISM

Mary Cassatt

American Impressionist

One of the few female artist at the time.

Famous for painting mothers with children

Possible love affair with Degas

IMPRESSIONISM

Auguste Renoir

French Impressionist

Beautiful girls, women, rich lifestyle

Continued to paint despite health issues later in life.

EXPRESSIONISM

Vincent Van Gogh

Dutch post-impressionist

Mental Issues and alcohol abuse

Cut off ear Never sold a

painting while alive

EXPRESSIONISM

Paul Gaugin

French post-impressionist

Settled in Tahiti-often painted the native girls

Bouts of depression and alcohol abuse

EXPRESSIONSIM

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

French Very sick as a child-

leads to crippling Painted the

theatrical night life of Paris

Suffered from alcoholism.

EXPRESSIONSIM

Henri Matisse

French-Fauvist (Fauve=wild beast)

Master of bright color

Paper cut collages in addition to paintings

EXPRESSIONSIM

Jacob Lawrence

African Artist-closest to cubism

Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s)

African American experience and history

EXPRESSIONISM

Marc Chagall

Famous for art and stained glass work

Russian who came to the U.S. after the Holocaust

Colorful Cubist with religious themes

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Jackson Pollock

American Abstract Artist

Drip method Bi-polar and

alcoholism

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Pablo Picasso

One of the greatest influences of 20th century art.

Co-founded the cubist movement

Notorious womanizer-painted his wives and mistresses.

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Salvador Dali

Spanish Surrealist Dream-like

settings Eccentric and

attention grabbing behavior.

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Frida Kahlo

Mexican artist Surrealist

elements Tragic accident as

a young girl Married to artist

Diego Rivera

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Georgia O’Keeffe

American Southwest

Flowers and cow skulls

Married to Alfred Stieglitz

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Diego Rivera

Mexican Realist and Muralist

Politically influenced-fought for the plight of Migrant workers

Married to Frida Kahlo

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Edward Hopper

American Realist Depressed and

lonely themes Alienation

portrayed in art work

MODERN AND POST-MODERN

Norman Rockwell

Mr. Americana Wholesome

images of America and its people

Saturday Evening Post-he designed the covers.

POP ART

Andy Warhol

American Pop Artist Inspired by pop

culture and celebrities

Famous quote-”In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes.”

POP ART

Roy Lichenstein

American pop artist

Ben-Day dots Comic art

ASIAN

Hokusai

Japanese artist and print maker

Worked under many different names

Created 100s of pieces

FINAL PAPER

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