Courtney Almendinger

Leonardo da Vinci  He only painted 25 paintings in his life.  He was left handed, but taught himself how to write with his right hand.  He was the first artist to use linear perspective Mona Lisa

Michelangelo  He was a sculptor, painter and architect.  He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  He worshipped the human body, it was his inspiration The Last Judgment

Claude Monet  He didn’t do good in school. He was too busy drawing to listen.  He used his kids as models in his paintings.  He loved to paint water and how light reflected off of it Impression: Rising Sun

Vincent van Gogh  He only sold 1 out of his 700 paintings during his lifetime. The rest of his paintings were sold after he died.  His goal was to paint feeling in his art.  He committed suicide Starry, Starry Night

Pablo Picasso  He went through six periods of art- the blue, rose, cubism, surrealism, expressionism and abstract period.  The death of his friend started his blue period of art.  He made a breakthrough in art by painting two viewpoints in a painting rather than just one Woman in a Blue Hat

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte  This painting took Georges Seurat over two years to make.  There is only one person looking at you in this painting- the little girl in the white dress. Georges Seurat

The Arnolfini Portrait  It was the first oil painting.  It was made in  It is a picture of the two getting married. Jan van Eyck

Self Portrait 1498  This painting was highly influenced by Leonardo da Vinci.  To catch your attention, the artist drew proportionate right angles (his left arm and the window).  It is in. x in. Albrecht Dϋrer

The Great Wave of Kanagawa  This is one painting of a series of thirty-six.  Mt. Fuji is in all thirty-six paintings.  It is 10.1 in. x 14.9 in. Katsushika Hokusai

View of Toledo  This is the second most famous sky painted.  Through the painting, the artist was trying to say Toledo was like a graveyard. El Greco

Art Elements Café Terrace at Night By: Vincent van Gogh foreground middleground background

Art Elements Portrait Portrait of Dr. Gachet By: Vincent van Gogh

Art Elements Seascape Starry Night Over the Rhone By: Vincent van Gogh

Art Elements Still life Sunflowers By: Vincent van Gogh