Famous artists
Transcript of Famous artists
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
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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
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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
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.”
ASIAN
Hokusai
Japanese artist and print maker
Worked under many different names
Created 100s of pieces