Well Known Artists 8th Grade Exploratory Art Mr. Bosmoe

Leonardo DaVinci Raphael Sanzio Vincent van Gogh Paul Gauguin Pablo Picasso Franz Marc Rembrandt Paul Cézanne Georges Seurat Michelangelo Robert Arneson Mary Cassatt Louise Nevilson Grant Wood M.C. Escher Kathy Kollwitz Claude Monet Wasilly Kandinsky Diego Rivera Chuck Close Henry Moore Alexander Calder Georgia O'keeffe Sandro Boticelli Henri Matisse Jackson Pollock Frida Kahlo Hieronymus Bosch Dorothea Lange Winslow Homer Thomas Kinkade Dale Chihuly

Leonardo DaVinci April 15, 1452 – May 2, A true Renaisance man, DaVinci's skills and interests included math, science, sculpture, painting, inventing, anatomy, and more. -The painting on the right is titled "Mona Lisa" and is one of the most famous portraits evercreated. -DaVinci was an illegitimate child

Leonardo DaVinci Continued -Leonardo was trained in the studio of a great Florentine painter named Verrocchio. He began working there at age 14. -He was trained in several artistic methods as well as metal working, sculpture, chemistry, and other disciplines. -The painting below is titled "The Last Supper" 1498.

Raphael Sanzio March 28, 1483 – April 6, Raphael was an Italion painter and architect during the renaisance period. -The artist Michaelangelo was his biggest rival. The painting on the right is titled "Saint George and the Dragon." 1506.

Raphael Sanzio Continued This painting is titled "The School of Athens" 1511.

Raphael Sanzio Cont. -Raphael only lived to be 37 years old but a large body of his work still remains. He ran a workshop with many assistants and produced a lot of work -Some of the best examples of his paintings can be found in the Vatican in the Apostolic Palace. These frescos were the largest work of his career. "The Transfiguration" 1520

Vincent Van Gogh 30 March 1853 – 29 July Van Gogh was a Dutch Post- Impressionist painter and some of his works are among the most well known in the world. -Van Gogh did not pursue a career as a full time artist until the last 10 years of his life. The painting on the right is "Self Portrait" from 1887

Vincent Van Gogh Continued -Van Gogh suffered from some sort of mental illness and spent much of his later years in a mental hospital. -Van Gogh was very poor and got by on money that his brother Theo sent to him on a regular basis. -Van Gogh killed himself "Cornfield with Cypresses" 1889 with a gunshot to the chest.

Paul Gauguin 7, June , May 1903 Guauguin was a French Post- Impressionist. He worked with bold colors and focused on expressing the meaning of the subjects in his paintings. He lived in Peru for a time as a child and this influenced his painting style. He was obsessed with symbolism and was inspired by African and Asian art styles. "Woman with a Flower" 1891

Paul Gauguin cont. -Gauguin is credited as the creator of the art movement called primitivism. The movement can be identified by the use of exagerated body proportions, sharp geometric lines, animal symbolism and so on. -Painting drove Gauguin and his family apart. He gave up his career as a businessmen to paint -Gauguin died at the age of 54 while in Polynesia. "The Yellow Christ" 1889

Pablo Picasso 25 October 1881 – 8 April Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor and is one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century. -Picasso was classically trained by his father and then at the Royal Academy in Madrid at the age of 16. -Picasso's early works were quite realistic and masterfully painted. "First Communion" 1895

Picasso Continued - Picasso worked in a great number of different artistic styes during his life. -He is credited as one of the founders of the cubist art movement. -He is also credited with turning paper collage into a fine art form. -Picasso died in 1973 while "Girl Before a Mirror" 1932 entertaining guests at age 92.

Franz Marc February 8, March 4, Marc was a German expressionist painter and a member of the German "Blue Rider Group." - Marc was influenced by Cubism and Futurism and his later work became stark and abstract. -Marc's favorite subject matter was animals. He painted them using bold primary colors. "Blue Horse I" 1911

Franz Marc Cont. -This painting shows the influence of futurism and cubism on Marc's work. -Marc was enlisted by the German government to fight in World War I. The government sent a message to have him relieved of duty because of his value as an artist. He died from a shell blast at the age of 36 before the message arrived. "The Bewitched Mill" 1911

Franz Marc Continued. -On the back of this canvas Marc wrote "And all being is flaming agony"). -Marc wrote to his wife of the painting, it "is like a premonition of this war--horrible and shattering. I can hardly conceive that I painted it." "Tierschicksale (also known as Animal Destinies)" 1913

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn July 15, 1606 – October 4, Rembrandt was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He is widely considered to be the greatest of the European painters. -He worked during what is called the Dutch Golden Age. -Rembrandt's early career was spent as a portrait artist. Later in life he was poor and experienced much tragedy in his life. "Self Portrait" age

Rembrandt Cont -Rembrandt taught all of the most important Dutch painters for 20 years of his life -He painted many biblical stories and spent a lot of time observing the features Dutch Jews and reading biblical verses His renderings of the Bible stories are incredibly lifelike. -Rembrandt died at the age of 63 and he outlived 2 of his 3 "Christ in the Storm on children. Lake Galilee" 1663 This painting is missing due to a robbery in 1990

Paul Cézanne 19 January 1839 – 22 October Cezanne was a French Post- Impressionist and his work helped to open up the world for new more radical styles of art in the 20th century. He is like a bridge between Impressionism and Cubism. -Picasso and Matisse are both quoted as saying that Cezanne "is the father of us all" "The House with Burst Walls" -Cezanne is known for intensely studying his subject matter.

Cézanne continued -Cezanne used very small specific brush strokes to build up layers of color that emulate what we actually see in nature while still having an abstract quality. -He died of pneumonia at age 47. "The Mount Sainte-Victorie"

Georges Seurat 2 December 1859 – 29 March Seurat was a French impressionist painter and his work ushered in the neo-impressionist movement. -He was born into wealth and trained by a French sculptor named Justin Lequiene. He also served a year in the French military. -He worked with independent painters in France after being rejected by the formal French "Salon". "The Circus" 1891

Seurat Continued - Seurat's painting style focused on combining science and art. He used small dots of color placed side by side to create color mixing rather than blending paint on the canvas. He died at age 31. "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni March 6, 1475 – February 18, Michelangelo was an Italian painter, scuptor, poet, and engineer, and architect. -He produced a massive amount of work and more of his work remains than any other 16th century artist. "Pieta" 1499 age 24 -DaVinci was his biggest rival.

Michelangelo cont. "Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican"

Michelangelo cont. Drawings for the Libyan Sybil "The Libyan Sybil, Sistine Chapel"

Michelangelo cont. -Michelangelo designed "St. Peter's Basilica" Designed in 1546 the dome for the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome but it was not completed before his death. -He is the first Western artist to have a biography of his life written while he was still alive. -Michelangaelo's work had an awe inspiring quality about it that influenced his fellow artists and ushered in the art movement called Manerism. He died in 1564 at the age of 88.

Robert Arneson

Mary Cassatt

Louise Nevilson

Grant Wood

M.C. Escher

Kathy Kollwitz

Claude Monet

Wasilly Kandinsky

Diego Rivera

Chuck Close

Henry Moore

Alexander Calder

Georgia O'keeffe

Sandro Boticelli

Henri Matisse

Jackson Pollock

Frida Kahlo

Hieronymus Bosch

Dorothea Lange

Winslow Homer

Thomas Kinkade

Dale Chihuly