Famous Artists
There are numerous famous artists that have existed and exist today. They are recognised world wide for their artistic skills and masterpieces.
Some of these artists include Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo and Leanardo da Vinci.
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Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 and died on July 29, 1890 and is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, though he had little success during his lifetime. Van Gogh produced all of his work (some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings) during a period of only 10 years before he succumbed to mental illness (possibly bipolar disorder) and committed suicide. His fame grew rapidly after his death especially following a showing of 71 of van Gogh's paintings in Paris on March 17, 1901 (11 years after his death).
If you want to find out more visit https://www.vincentvangoghart.net/
One of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings is Starry Night shown here:
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Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 and died on January 23, 1989. Dalí was a skilled draftsman best known for the striking and bizarre images in his surrealist work. His skills are often attributed to the influence of Renaissance masters. His best-known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931. Dalí's expansive artistic repertoire includes film, sculpture, and photography, in collaboration with a range of artists in a variety of media.
If you want to find out more visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
The Persistence of Memory is shown below:
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born on October 5 1881 and died on April 8 1973 and was a Spanish painter, draughtsman and sculptor who lived most of his life in France. He is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
If you want to find out more visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon is shown below:
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Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954; Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán. Perhaps best known for her self-portraits, Kahlo's work is remembered for its "pain and passion", and its intense, vibrant colors. Her work has been celebrated in Mexico as emblematic of national and indigenous tradition, and by feminists for its uncompromising depiction of the female experience and form.
If you want to find out more visit https://www.fridakahlo.com/
One of Frida Kahlo's self portraits is shown here:
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Leanardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born April 15, 1452 and died May 2, 1519 and was an Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
If you want to find out more visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work, The Mona Lisa, is shown here:
