2. Famous Artists Seurat Van Gogh PicassoMonet Rembrandt Da Vinci

3. Georges- 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 Gallery

4. Vincent 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 Gallery

5. Pablo 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 Gallery

6. Claude 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 Gallery

7. Rembrandt 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 Gallery

8. Leonardo 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 Gallery

9. Vocabulary 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.

10. Vocabulary 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.”