Q4 UNIT 5 , READING 2

Know Your Artists

Ralph Fasanella

Ralph Fasanella (September 2, 1914 – December 16, 1997) was a self-taught painter whose large, detailed works depicted urban working life and critiqued post World War II America.

Ralph Fasanella

Ralph Fasanella

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness, he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound.

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

LeRoy Neiman

LeRoy Neiman (born Leroy Leslie Runquist, June 8, 1921 – June 20, 2012) was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored paintings of athletes, musicians, and sporting events.

LeRoy Neiman

LeRoy Neiman

LeRoy Neiman

Angelo di Benedetto

Angelo DiBenedetto (1913 – 1992) was gifted, outspoken and opinionated, and is listed as one of America’s foremost artists in the 20th century.

Angelo di Benedetto

Angelo di Benedetto

F.E. Church

Frederic Edwin Church (May 4, 1826 – April 7, 1900) was an American painter. He was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works."

F.E. Church

F.E. Church

F.E. Church

Cecile Johnson

Cecile Johnson (1905 – 2011) become known for her watercolors.

Cecile Johnson

Cecile Johnson

Lee Milmon

Lee Milmon (1940 - 2005) dedicated her life to expressing her art and created her pieces with the philosophy that "life is art".

Lee Milmon

Lee Milmon

Lee Milmon