Famous Artists
SeuratSeurat Van GoghVan Gogh
PicassoPicasso MonetMonet
RembrandtRembrandt Da Da VinciVinci
Georges- Pierre SeuratGeorges- Pierre Seurat
• Born December 2, 1859 in Paris, France
• Founder of Neoimpressionism• Developed a style that used small dots of pure color
• Believed emotions could be conveyed through color
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Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh
• Born March 30, 1853, Netherlands• Pioneer of Expressionism• Life was plagued by emotional instability
• During his stay in a mental hospital, he created one of his best known paintings, The Starry Night
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Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso
• Born October 25, 1881, Spain• Work was often categorized into periods: Blue, Rose, and African Influenced periods
• Co-Founder of Cubism• Produced over 13, 500 paintings
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Claude MonetClaude Monet
• Born November 14, 1840,Paris, France
• Fond of painting controlled nature: Landscapes and seascapes
• Due to cataracts, many of his paintings contain red tones, which is common of cataract victims
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RembrandtRembrandt
• Born July 15, 1606, Netherlands• Utilized chiaroscuro in his art• Produced over 600 paintings, 300 etchings, and 200 drawings
• Themes in his paintings were mostly religious and allegorical
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Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci• Born April 15, 1452, Italy• Known for being an inventor, painter, anatomist, and engineer
• His famous paintings include Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
• Kept notebooks with his ideas written backwards
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VocabularyVocabulary
• Chiaroscuro (Italian for lightdark) is defined as a bold contrast between light and dark.
• Impressionism was a 19th century art movement that began as a loose association of Paris-based artists who began publicly exhibiting their art in the 1860s. The name of the movement is derived from Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).
• Cubism is a more modern art movement in which forms are abstracted by using an analytical approach to the object and painting the basic geometric solid of the subject.
VocabularyVocabulary
• Abstract Expressionism is a style of painting in which the painter shows his personality through spontaneity. Most abstract expressionist art is not a painting of an object or image, but instead a study in color and brush stroke.
• Fauvism is a short-lived painting style in early 20th century France, which featured bold, clashing, arbitrary colors - colors unrelated to the appearance of forms in the natural world. Henri Matisse was its best-known practitioner. The word fauve means “wild beast.”