1. Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist. Georgia is known for painting really large beautiful and colorful flowers. The flowers look as if she was looking through a magnifying glass to capture the details of the petals and colors. Sometimes the flowers look like valleys and mountains from New Mexico, the place where Georgia lived.
Born: Nov. 15, 1887
Died: March

2. Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor
Claes Oldenburg is an American sculptor. Sculpture is creating figures and designs in three-dimensions. Three-dimensional is an object that has height, width and depth, like any object in the real world.
Claes Oldenburg
Born: Jan. 28, 1929

3. Pablo Picasso Born: Oct. 25, 1881 Died: April 8, 1973
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist. He is known for being a co-founder to the Cubist movement. Cubism is a style of painting figures that are made up of cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and other geometric shapes. Pablo’s paintings looked like someone had cut them up and glued them back together.
Pablo Picasso
Born: Oct. 25, 1881
Died: April 8, 1973

4. Jackson Pollock was an American artist
Jackson Pollock was an American artist. Jackson was very well known for his style of painting called drip painting. Drip painting is a form of Abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas.
Jackson Pollock
Born: Jan. 28, 1912
Died: Aug. 11, 1956

5. Diego Rivera was a Mexican artist who was famous for painting wall murals. Murals are a large painting that is done directly on the surface of a wall.
Diego Rivera
Born: Dec. 8, 1886
Died: Nov. 24, 1957

6. Georges Seurat was a French artist. Georges developed Pointillism
Georges Seurat was a French artist. Georges developed Pointillism. This style of painting is a technique in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image.
Georges Seurat
Born: Dec. 2, 1859
Died: March

7. Vincent Van Gogh is a Dutch artist from the Netherlands
Vincent Van Gogh is a Dutch artist from the Netherlands. Vincent would paint using an impasto technique. Impasto is when the artist applies the paint thick so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
Vincent Van Gogh
Born: March 30, 1853
Died: July 29, 1890

8. Andy Warhol Born: Aug. 6, 1928 Died: Feb. 22. 1987
Andy Warhol was an American artist who lived in New York City. He was most known for his style of painting called POP ART. POP ART is an art movement that focused on popular culture, such as advertising, celebrities and current events.

9. Grant Wood Born: Feb. 13, 1891 Died: Feb. 12, 1942
Grant Wood is an American artist who lived in Iowa. In 1930, he painted American Gothic, which is also one of the most famous paintings in American art. It depicts life in the rural (country instead of the city) Midwest.
Grant Wood
Born: Feb. 13, 1891
Died: Feb. 12, 1942