Famous artistsFamous artists

By: Estefanía, Iván and KarinBy: Estefanía, Iván and Karin

Salvador DalíSalvador Dalí

X He was born in 1904 in Spain.X He was born in 1904 in Spain.

X He was a painter, photographer, X He was a painter, photographer, sculptor, writer and film director, sculptor, writer and film director, focusing on painting.focusing on painting.

X Studied at San Fernando’s school of X Studied at San Fernando’s school of art in Madrid.art in Madrid.

X He is best known for the surrealism X He is best known for the surrealism in his paintings.in his paintings.

X Some of his most X Some of his most famous paintings famous paintings are:are:

- The persistence of The persistence of memory.memory.

- Ballerina in a Ballerina in a death’s head.death’s head.

- Swans reflecting Swans reflecting elephants.elephants.

- Crucifixion corpus.Crucifixion corpus.

THE PERSISTENCE OF THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORYMEMORY

X This is a typical surrealist X This is a typical surrealist painting, it shows reality, painting, it shows reality, and imagination. Limp and imagination. Limp objects in a real, solid objects in a real, solid background, such as the background, such as the ocean.ocean.

X At the centre, we can X At the centre, we can observe a limp creature, observe a limp creature, almost dead. It is said to almost dead. It is said to represent Dali.represent Dali.

X The cliffs in the background X The cliffs in the background are from California, where are from California, where he grew up. This fact brings he grew up. This fact brings sentimentality to the sentimentality to the painting.painting.

Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci

One of the geniuses of mankind. Da One of the geniuses of mankind. Da Vinci, apart from being a paintor, was Vinci, apart from being a paintor, was many other things, like a scientist, many other things, like a scientist, sculptor, musician, writer... Although sculptor, musician, writer... Although he is known primarily for being a he is known primarily for being a paintor, his most famous painting paintor, his most famous painting being the Mona Lisa.being the Mona Lisa.

He was born in Florence, Italy; son to He was born in Florence, Italy; son to Piero da Vinci.Piero da Vinci.

Some of his most famous paintings are:Some of his most famous paintings are:X The Mona Lisa.X The Mona Lisa.X The Last Supper.X The Last Supper.X Virgin of the rocks.X Virgin of the rocks.Leonardo was a great painter, thanks to Leonardo was a great painter, thanks to

the many studies he had. One of the the many studies he had. One of the characteristics of most of his paintings characteristics of most of his paintings is the subtle changing of tones, and is the subtle changing of tones, and the play of light and shadow.the play of light and shadow.

Mona LisaMona Lisa

X The most important part of this X The most important part of this painting is the smile of the mona lisa. painting is the smile of the mona lisa. Many people have tried to guess Many people have tried to guess what her smile means. Some people what her smile means. Some people even thought it meant that Da Vinci even thought it meant that Da Vinci was in love with his mother.was in love with his mother.

X When you look at the painting, it feels X When you look at the painting, it feels as though she is looking at you, as though she is looking at you, which creates feeling between the which creates feeling between the observer and the mona lisa. observer and the mona lisa.

X Da Vinci played with the light a lot in X Da Vinci played with the light a lot in this painting, creating effects no this painting, creating effects no other artist has been able to copy.other artist has been able to copy.

Pablo Ruiz PicassoPablo Ruiz Picasso

A spanish painter, A spanish painter, sculptor, ceramicist sculptor, ceramicist etc. He was one of etc. He was one of the co-founders of the co-founders of the cubist the cubist movement. movement.

Born in Malaga, he Born in Malaga, he spent most of his spent most of his life in France. life in France.

Some of his most Some of his most famous paintings famous paintings are:are:

X Demoiselles X Demoiselles d’Avignond’Avignon

X La VieX La Vie

X The old guitaristX The old guitarist

X GuernicaX Guernica

El niño con la palomaEl niño con la paloma

X In this painting Picasso X In this painting Picasso uses very bright colours, uses very bright colours, which create a feeling of which create a feeling of happiness and relaxation.happiness and relaxation.

X The dove represents X The dove represents peace. The fact that the peace. The fact that the child is holding the dove child is holding the dove wants to show the wants to show the innocence characteristic innocence characteristic to children.to children.

Claude MonetClaude Monet

Frenchman, born in Paris, was one of Frenchman, born in Paris, was one of the founders of the impressionist the founders of the impressionist movement. The term impressionist movement. The term impressionist comes from the title of one of his comes from the title of one of his paintings, “Impression, sunrise”paintings, “Impression, sunrise”

When he started painting, he sat by a When he started painting, he sat by a window with his paints, and painted window with his paints, and painted what he saw through the window.what he saw through the window.

Some of his most Some of his most famous paintings famous paintings are:are:

X On the bank of the X On the bank of the Seine.Seine.

X Impression, X Impression, sunrise.sunrise.

X The woman in the X The woman in the green.green.

Impression, SunriseImpression, Sunrise

X It shows the river Havre, X It shows the river Havre, with mist surrounding a with mist surrounding a few boats. Again, it was a few boats. Again, it was a painting he painted while painting he painted while looking through a window.looking through a window.

X It is painted with very loose X It is painted with very loose strokes, and using blue, strokes, and using blue, green and yellow tones. green and yellow tones.

X The painting has a feeling X The painting has a feeling of peace. of peace.

XThe sun has EXACTLY THE XThe sun has EXACTLY THE SAME brightness as the SAME brightness as the real sun (it was measured real sun (it was measured with a photometer)with a photometer)

Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

X Born in Spain, he was the principal X Born in Spain, he was the principal painter who paid court to the king painter who paid court to the king Philip IV.Philip IV.

X He was a great baroque artist, and he X He was a great baroque artist, and he painted portraits of many famous and painted portraits of many famous and royal people.royal people.

X Many artists, such as Picasso, Dali and X Many artists, such as Picasso, Dali and Bacon, have paid tribute to him by Bacon, have paid tribute to him by recreating his most famous paintings.recreating his most famous paintings.

Some of his most Some of his most famous paintings are:famous paintings are:

X Los borrachos.X Los borrachos.

X Retrato de la infanta X Retrato de la infanta María Teresa.María Teresa.

X Vieja friendo huevos.X Vieja friendo huevos.

Las MeninasLas MeninasX In this painting there are X In this painting there are

present 11 people, including present 11 people, including Velázquez, who painted Velázquez, who painted himself while doing the himself while doing the portrait.portrait.

X The most interesting thing in X The most interesting thing in the painting is the the painting is the perspective, and the light perspective, and the light which comes in from the which comes in from the window. window.

X In this painting Velázquez X In this painting Velázquez manages to evoke silence and manages to evoke silence and space, broken only by the space, broken only by the man standing in the doorway.man standing in the doorway.