CALLING ALL ARTISTS
THE STUDENTS OF ROOM 313
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NATHAN SAWAYA
BY DANIELLE V.
Nathan Sawaya is a very famous 3D Lego artist. He
builds large scale pieces only from the rectangle Lego
piece. His art is in museums and are sold to different
people.
These are some of Nathan Sawaya’s
art pieces and Lego bricks.
NATHAN SAWAYA
It all started with his first Lego set. Nathan Sawaya was born July 10,
1973, in Colville, WA. He took college at New York University School
of Law, New York University. He never thought his art would go so
far so decided to go work at a law firm. After every day of work from
the law Nathan would go home and make art. He would paint, draw,
and sculpt.
One day he was challenged to make a sculpture with a childhood
toy - the Lego. He did a large scale piece. Then Nathan Sawaya's
friends and family encouraged him to do more. He started making
statues for gifts and parties. Then he noticed there was something to
it, so he created a website of all his sculptures. Then he started get-
ting paid to make art. When Nathan Sawaya's website got so many
hits he quit the law and instead decided to be an artist and play with
blocks all day. Nathan Sawaya made custom three dimensional
sculptures and mosaics. But was always most popular with his three
dimensional Lego art. His art studio was in New York. He has over
2.5 million bricks for when he wants to start creating he has all he
needs to create 3D statues. Nathan Sawaya says that the Lego
piece he only uses is the rectangle Lego brick. He says that because he likes the sharp edges that you see when you're up close.
Then when you go far away you can see roundish shapes in the statute. The whole point of the creating was to inspire people to create
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their own art. One piece he is famous for is
Yellow. It is a 3D sculpture of a yellow man
ripping his stomach apart with his insides
coming out.
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REFERENCES
1.Thrillable hours: Nathan sawaya, Lego artist. (2013, April 29). Retrieved from
http://www.legalnomads.com/2013/04/nathan-sawaya.htm2. Nathan
sawaya. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Sawaya
2. Nathan sawaya. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Sawaya
3.Sawaya, N. S. (n.d.). Interview by C.D Jenkins []. Interview w/ nathan sawaya, the brick artist [beyond the blurb]., Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF1w9WYjDxU
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CHUCK CLOSE
BY ASTRY R.
Chuck Close is a wonderful painter. He uses different
prints for his paintings and his most famous is “Frank.”
He does very realistic paintings and is very inspiring.
His inspiration was his parents.
This is one of Chuck Close’s print artwork.
STARTING THE ART
Chuck Close was born in Washington on July 5th 1940. He had
artistic parents which showed him great support. His father was
a sheet metal worker and inventor. Close started painting since
1969. His first painting was Big Nude. For his artwork he would
use oil paint, paint, paintbrushes, watercolors, black ink, and
acrylic paint. He also used the theme of photorealism, abstract,
and minimalism for his artwork. Close suffers from dyslexia which
effected his learning throughout his childhood. He also suffers
from prosopagnosia which is face blindness. This doesn’t let him
recognize faces and that led him to drawing faces with shapes.
Chuck Close has been told to forget college because of his prob6
lems. He fears that he has to stop painting because of his disabilities. In 1988 he fell with a spinal cord infection. After that he
had to stay in a wheelchair to move around. He managed to
paint with a paint brush between his teeth. He also had a bit of
difficulty seeing. These were signs of myasthenia gravis. When
he was 11 his father died and his mother got breast cancer.
Things got a lot worse for him when he had a kidney infection
and stayed in bed for a year. His education got better and he
graduated in 1962 at the University Of Washington. Then he
headed to Yale. He still loved painting and decided to share his
love of painting to the world. In 1960 he started to paint portraits.
Chuck Close’s photo-realist pieces were on the New York City art
scene. In 2000 he won an award - the National Medal of Arts.
He says that “everything in my work is directly related to my learning disabilities.’’ Chuck Close has never given up on his work.
He is 73 and he has 2 daughters. One called Georga Molly Close
and Maggie Sarah Close. He is married to Leslie Close. They live
in New York and Long Island, New York. He continues his career
as a photorealist. He is also a photographer. His most famous
artwork is “Frank.’’ Close also has a print painting that is called
“Emma.’’ It is a wonderful painting with different shape prints.
Chuck Close is a very creative artist with lots of entertaining art.
His most famous painting is
‘‘Frank’’ witch he painted in
1969. It’s been famous since
then.
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References
1. Chuck close biography. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.biography.com/people/chuck-close-9251491?page=2
http://www.biography.com/people/chuck-close-9251491page=2
2.Chuck close. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.biography.com/people/chuck-close-9251491?
3.Chuck close. (n.d.). Retrieved from By: Astry Rodriguez
Chuck close biography. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.biography.com/people/chuck-close-9251491?
Even if Chuck Close is in a wheelchair, he still believes in painting.
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VINCENT VAN GOGH
BY ISABELLA N.
Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch artist. He was born on
March 30, 1853 to his parents Theodorus and Anna
Carbentus Van Gogh. He died on July 29, 1890 at the
age of 37. As a child Van Gogh showed no interest in
art, but he did receive some encouragement from his
mother to draw and paint. I believe if Van Gogh didn’t
have some encouragement to paint he wouldn’t have
become an artist.
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Van Gogh had 5 siblings named Theo van Gogh, Will van Gogh,
Cornelis Vincent van Gogh, Anna Cornelia van Gogh, Elisabeth
Huberta Du Quesne-van Gogh. As a teenager he drew and
painted regularly. Van Gogh grew up among the wheat fields and
pine forests, and he lived here throughout the rest of his life. Vincent Van Gogh attended the local school when he was seven
or eight years old. When he was twelve years old, he was sent to
a small private boarding school at Zevenbergen, a town, fifteen
miles away from Zundert. According to the principal, who was interviewed around 1930, there was nothing special about the boy,
as he did not remember him. At the age of fourteen he began at10
tending a secondary school in Tilburg, but didn’t graduate, probably
because his parents weren’t able to afford it anymore. When he
turned 16 he began to work in his uncle’s art firm: Goupil and Company. In 1873 he was transferred to the company’s London’s office.
Here is when he began to really study art history and began to draw
on his spare time. I believe if Van Gogh didn’t study art history he
wouldn’t have became interested in art. Sunflower in Vase paintings. Vincent Van Gogh inspired many of artist such as Matisse, Gauguin, Derain, Pollock, and Bacon.
I like that Van Gogh painted many self-portraits and many outdoor
landscapes. I thought it was sad that he did not become famous for
his paintings until he died. He did not get to enjoy the fortune that
was made from his paintings. I believe Van Gogh was a very successful artist. Vincent Van Gogh's medium of art work was oil painting on canvas.
He became acquainted with the work of impressionism, which used
bright, vibrant colors and often painted outdoor landscapes. Impressionism is a type of artwork, in which an artist paints a scene as if
you just captured a glimpse of it, with not much detail but with vibrant colors. Vincent had a lot of heart breaks in his life which led
him to a lot of depression, and it led him to shoot himself in the
chest, he died on July 29, 1890, he was only 37 years old. At the
time of his death his artwork was almost unnoticed, he had only sold
one painting in his lifetime called The Red Vineyard .
Van Gogh had become a successful artist, he had broken new
ground in several areas such as landscapes, still lifes, interiors, and
portraits, unfortunately he didn’t live to see his success become recognized. It was after he died that his sister-in-law arranged exhibitions of Van Gogh’s work, which started a few years after his death.
The exhibitions and the climbing prices of his paintings continued,
his paintings are among the highest-valued in the world today. One
of Van Gogh’s self portrait called without Beard that he painted for
his mother sold at auction in 1998 for $71.5 million dollars. Some of
his famous paintings are:The Potato Eaters, Self portrait with Straw
Hat, Starry Night Over the Rhone, the Flowering Orchard, and 14
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Information from:
* Vincent van gogh. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh
*Whiting, J. Art profiles for kids:Vincent Van Gogh.
Pictures from:
*Van Gogh Painted Mutant Sunflowers [Print Photo]. Retrieved from www.history.com/google images
*[Print Photo]. Retrieved from bipolar-planet.blogspot.com/google images
*[Print Photo]. Retrieved from paloma81.blogspot.com /google images
*[Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.wallsave.com
*[Print Photo]. Retrieved from www.alibaba.com/ google images
*[Print Photo]. Retrieved from framingpainting.com
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SALVADOR DALI
BY CARYS U.
Salvador Dali was a very interesting man. Dali is an artist who was born on May 11, 1904. He died on January 23, 1989. Dali was a famous artist and did surrealism paintings.
DALI'S CHILDHOOD
Dali was born in Figueres, a Catalonian village in Spain. Dali was
expelled from school because he didn’t want to take his final exams. In school, Dali had noticed that his classmates had interest
in his artwork, behavior, and talents. Dali thought that he was an
advanced student and refused to take his exams to prove. Because of this, Dali had thought he was too intelligent and smart to
have his professors grade him. When Dali was only 16, he witnessed the death of his mother, who had died from breast cancer.
In 1922, Dali was invited to be in the San Academy of Fine Arts.
Dali mostly used sculpting, drawing, and painting for his picture.
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He liked to use paint and he quoted “his
amazing insanity” to show the dream-like
image. He had also experimented with dotism and cubism.
Dali also had many other jobs or hobbies
than a painter. He was a sculptor and
sculpted in his free time. Dali was a filmmaker and wrote poems as well. Dali was
mostly known for his surreal messages and
he liked to have people think he was insane. One of his accomplishments was to
get married to another surreal painter nicknamed Gala. Lastly what I think is interesting about Dali’s
work is that he would give messages that
you would have to figure out. Here are
some regular interesting facts that I found
out about Dali. His wife Gala had interest
in him, his paintings, his talents, and of
course, himself and his love for her. His
wife herself had taken him to the next level
of paintings and higher levels in his categories. Sometimes Dali would just make a random painting and name it for $40 to
$100,000. He once took an easel and put
it next to a bathtub and mixed paint with
the water. Then he painted a artistic picture, took his friend over, and told her what
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he was doing. This is the painting that Salvador Dali sold for exactly $40,000. Salvador Dali had also been noticed when he had a museum in
Barcelona and in Japan. In 1982, his wife, Gala, had died. Soon
after this in January 23, 1989, he had died of heart failure. Salvador Dali was a very unique artist and painter, he was liked and
not liked by many people. Dali will always be remembered to this
day. This is Salvador Dali.
The picture on the left is a famous
picture of Dali’s wife, Gala. This
is one of the pictures that he used
dotism.
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REFERENCES
1. Linquist, John. "The Life and Work of Salvador Dali." youtube.com.
N.p., 3 May 2010. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR1ekrX8r6s>.
2. Dali, Salvador. The Secret Life of Salvador Dali. Print.
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MICHELANGELO
BY ANTONIO B.
Michelangelo Buonarroti is a famous artist from the Italian Renaissance. He died on February 18, 1564. He
made paintings like Creation of Adam which is on the
Sistine Chapel.
The David is one of Michelangelo’s
first sculptures. first
MICHELANGELO
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475. He was born
in Caprese, Italy. He was the second of five brothers. His full name is
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. His mother’s name is
Francesca Neri. Michelangelo worked as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet. When Michelangelo wanted to be artist, his dad tried
to discourage him from being an artist. The Pieta, David, and
Sistine Chapel are Michelangelo’s paintings and sculptures that he
is best known for.
During his lifetime Michelangelo made about thirty eight sculptures.
Michelangelo used water based paint in semi dry plaster called
mezzo fresco, water based paint in wet plaster, and egg tempera
which is oil or glue based paint on dry plaster.
Michelangelo introduced the Pieta on 1498 to 1500. The Pieta is a
person holding Jesus Christ body. Michelangelo finished the David
on January 25, 1504. The David is a marble statue of a standing
male nude.
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The Creation Of Adam is Adam
almost touching the hand of God.
Michelangelo died on February 18, 1564. Michelangelo died near his birthday. Michelangelo is
widely regarded as the most famous artist of the
Italian Renaissance.
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REFERENCES PAGE
"www.funtrivia.com." Fun Trivia Questions - World's Largest trivia and
Quiz Site!. N.p.. Web. 20 Nov 2013."
"www.Biography.com." Famous Biographies& TV Shows. N.p.. Web.
20 Nov 2013.
"www.yahoo.com." . N.p.. Web. 20 Nov 2013.
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KAT VON D.
BY HEATHER M.
Kat von D is an American tattoo artist, model, musician, television personality, and author. She was born
on March 8, 1982 in the city of Montemorelos, Nuevo
Leon in Mexico. She is Spanish, American, Italian, and
German. This report is about Kat’s life, childhood and
the other stuff I found about her life.
KAT VON D’S LIFE
Kat von D is an American tattoo artist, model, musician, television
personality, and author. She was born on March 8, 1982 in the
city of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon in Mexico. She is Spanish,
American, Italian, and German. At the age of 6, Kat von D played
the piano. She particularly appreciates the works of Beethoven.
Kat von D has a brother and a sister Michael and Karoline. Her
heritages are Hispanic, German, American and Italian. She got
her first tattoo at the age of 14 and quit school at the age of 16 to
become a tattoo artist. She credits her grandmother Clara von
Drachenburg and the Latino culture of Los Angeles as a major influence in her art. The materials Kat von D needed to make her
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portrait tattoos were a tattoo machine and different colored ink or
black and white ink. To create her artwork, she mostly had photos to
make her amazing portrait tattoos. She would make exact tattoos of
the photo. Kat von D is best known for her portrait tattoos. Kat von D
had a lot of accomplishments, such as being on TLC reality show,
L.A. Ink and has her own tattoo shop which is called High Voltage
Tattoo in Hollywood, California.
She has also gained the Guinness World Record of most tattoos
given by a single person in 24 hours with a total of 400 tattoos on
her show, L.A. Ink. But her record was broken by her ex-husband Oliver Peck with a total of 415 tattoos in 24 hours. The record kept being broken. It is now held by Hollis Cantrell in Pheonix, Arizona with
a total of 801 tattoos. She is the creator of the Musink tattoo convention and music festival. Musink is a tattoo, music, and art festival located in Southern California.
I like that she got the Guinness World Record of the most tattoos
given by a single person in 24 hours. I also like her amazing tattoos
that she does (portraits). Kat von D tattooed herself with the emblems of the bands HIM, Misfits, ZZ Top, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC,
Slayer, and about three more emblems of the other bands that she
likes. Two of her favorite musicians are Selena and The Mars Volta.
She has written Three books about her tattoo experience. Her first
book High Voltage Tattoo was released in January 2009 and
reached #6 on The New York Times Best Seller List. She said that it
was not an autobiography because she was to young to do that. It
was a just kind of like a picture driven outline of her career as an artist. Her second book, The Tattoo Chronicles, was released October
26, 2010 and it reached #3 on The New York Times “Hardcore Ad-
vice & Misc” Best-seller list. It was an illustrated diary following a
year in her life. Her third book Go Big or Go Home
In 2008, she created and launched a make-up line for Sephora.
Every year she released a new collection and has expanded her line
to fragrances. In 2012, through Sephora, her New American Beauty
Art Tour benefitted the Art of Elysium charitable organization. Next to
High Voltage Tattoo, she opened an art gallery and boutique: Wonderland Gallery. She launched the clothing lines KVD Los Angeles
and Kat von D Los Angeles in the US and Canada in fall of 2011. After it spread in the US and Canada it spread internationally the following year. Kat provided the female vocals for the song, “Rosary
Blue” a 2012 studio album by the Finnish Gothic Rock band The 69
Eyes. In 2007, she decided to quit smoking because it was starting
to threaten her work her work. In 1998, she began working in her first
professional shop, Sin City Tattoo, a local shop in her neighborhood.
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REFERENCES
Information from: Kat von d. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Von_D
Flatmo, K. (2006, August 15). Kat von d: Bio. Retrieved from
http://www.katvond.net/_html/bio.htm
Pictures from: [Print Photo]. Retrieved from www.whitegadget.com
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from www.vettri.net
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from www.tattoopins.com [Print Photo]. Retrieved from commons.wikimedia.org
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from tattoos.fansshare.com
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from stars.blogspot.com
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from laurendawnpereira.blogspot.com
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from crazymihnea.deviantart.com
[Print Photo]. Retrieved from www.picgifs.com
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LYDIA SILVESTRY
BY KEALY F.
My book will talk about the female fashion artist Lydia
Silvestry. She is also and author. She was from an island called Puerto Rico. She sold a lot of her famous
dress over there.The dress was called The Infinite
Dress. It was famous because that is the only dress
you will ever need. It’s one dress formed into one hundred dresses.
LYDIA SILVESTRY
Lydia Silvestry was born in 1946. She is currently living. She actually works and lives in Chicago. In Chicago she still works in a fashion entertainment company.
that she went to in Puerto Rico. She said that she saw the clothing
that they had on and she liked it. She also liked the company. So
that’s when she started having images of the Infinite dress.
Lydia Silvestry was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She started with
that kind of fashion that she makes in Puerto Rico by having a
beauty pageant over there. Then she got the spirit of making a design. She wanted to sell lots and lots of stuff in Puerto Rico. So
when she grew up she invented the Infinite dress.
What I learned about Lydia Silvestry is that she was really inspired
about the Infinite dress. She was inspired by the beauty pageant
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JACKSON POLLOCK
BY AUTUMN H.
Pollock is one of the best artists today. He was famous
for his abstract art, and drip painting. Pollock had a
very hard life, but managed to keep painting. This is
his story.
Jackson Pollock, Blue Poles, 1953
POLLOCK’S LIFE
My artist name is Paul Jackson Pollock, but is known as Jackson Pollock. Pollock was born on January 28, 1912 and died on August 11,
1956. Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming. Pollock died at the age
of 44 in East Hampton, New York with an alcohol-related, single-car
accident; crashed his car into a tree just one mile away from his
home.. In December 1956, months after his death, Pollock was
given a large-scale memorial event to look into Pollock’s life and his
art, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City and The
Tate in London. Pollock was born into a poor sheep farming family
and was originally interested in sculptures, but joined the Art Stu-
dents' League of New York in 1929 and was taught painting by Thomas Hart Benton.
Pollock was married to a famous painter names Lee Krasner. They
married in October 25, 1945. She was a very important part in Pollock’s life. She helped him get to the top and met other famous artist
and wealthy buyers. Lee loved Pollock as much as she loved his art.
Krasner was born on October 27, 1908 in Brooklen New York, and
died June 19,1984 in New York, New York. Her real name was orignally Lena Krassner and her nickname was Lenore. She got her education from Washington Irving High School, Women's Art School of
Cooper Union, National Academy of Design.
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Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent what is on the
outside, but seeks to show its effect using shapes, forms, colors,
and textures. Drip painting is a form of abstract art in which paint is
dripped or poured onto the canvas. My favorite type of art is drip
painting because it can have different types of textures and meaning. Pollock’s art is very exotic and has emotion.
Pollock’s father, LeRoy Pollock, was a farmer and a government land
surveyor, and his mother, Stella May McClure, was a fierce woman
with artistic ambitions. Pollock was the youngest of his five brothers,
and was always looking for attention he never receive. He always
tried to get attention so one day he cut off his right index finger with
a hachet. During his childhood, Pollock's family moved around the
West, to Arizona and throughout California. When Pollock was 8, his
father, who was an abusive alcoholic, left the family, and Pollock's
older brother, Charles, became like a father to him. Charles was an
artist, and was considered to be the best in the family.
At the time Pollock’s family was living in Los Angeles, so he decited
to enroll in the Manual Arts High School. He learned to draw, and
did not do very well expressing himself. He was soon expelled for
starting fights. Later, in 1930, at age 18, Pollock moved to New York
and lived with his older brother Charles. He also was at another art
school. In 1929, he soon joined the Art Students’ League of New
York, even though he was intrested in sculptures. He was taught by
Thomas Hart Benton.(Charles art teacher)Pollock spent alot of his
time babysitting Benton’s young son. The Bentons made Pollock feel
like the the family he never had. Pollock soon fell into a deep depression in 1933, because his father died. He was so deppresed that he
got drunk one night and began to fight with Elizabeth, Charles wife.
During the fight Elizabeth was thretened with a axe. Instead of her
getting hurt, Pollock sliced through Charles paintings, which was
scheduled for a upcoming public display. Pollock was forced out of
Charles house and soon in 1934, Pollock’s other brother Sanford
came to New York to help care for him. President Franklin D. Roosevelt started a program called the Public Works of Art Project. Artist
were given $24.86 to do 20 hours of work a week. The program had
many works of art by Pollock, Jose Clemente Orozco, Willem de
Kooning, and Mark Rothko.
Jackson Pollock made pictures differently than anyone else before
him. He put his canvas on the floor and almost never used a brush.
Instead, Pollock would drip paint from knives or sticks or other objects while he carefully moved around the canvas trying to create
the right combination of color, pattern, and texture. With this, Pollock
helped define the genre of Abstract art and drip painting.
Today, Jackson Pollock is one of the most famous artist with a epic
story leading to his art waiting to be told!
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KARA WALKER
BY BRITNEY P.
Kara Walker is an American artist. She does silhouettes.
“Kara Walker” by Michael Levine
KARA WALKER
My artist’s name is Kara Walker who was born in November 26, 1969
in Stockton, California. Kara Walker moved to Atlanta, Georgia and
grew up living there. At age 3 Kara Walker knew she wanted to be
an artist like her father. When she was 3 years old she told her father that she wanted to be just like him and that came true. Her education was called Atlanta college of art, and Rhode Island School of
Design. Kara Walker was influenced by her father Larry Walker.
Larry Walker did drawing and painting. Kara Walker would use a
black color pencil, white chalk, paint, white eraser, big black poster,
and a pocket knife. She uses race, gender, sexuality, violence, and
identity in her work. To help Kara Walker in her art she uses books.
Silhouetting is the art Kara Walker is most known for. Her drawings
showed us the violence the nudity and the race and gender. In
1994 Kara Walker’s work appeared at a new talent show in the drawing center in New York and she quickly became a hit. She dreamed
of creating good art, Kara likes to change the reality into some violence, sexuality, and discrimination as well. Kara Walker didn’t have
the best life she said she would see slaves hanging from trees!
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MEGAN MASSACRE
BY EILEEN V.
Megan Massacre is a tattoo artist from a reality t.v.
show call NY Ink.
MEGAN MASSACRE
Megan Massacre has been a tattoo artist for many years now.
Megan Massacre loves to tattoo animals even anime it depends
though. Megan Massacre thinks that people should get a tattoo
that fits your personality. “Your first tattoo that you ever get you
should really think about.’’ Megan Massacre said. “Tattoo shops
that have $1.00 sales that’s the tattoo studio you shouldn’t really
pick.” she said. Megan Massacre is a tattoo artist from a reality
t.v show called NY Ink. One thing that she said that was amazing
is when you're a tattoo artist you could travel all over the world.
Megan Massacre is really into colorful tattoo designs she said.
Megan said tattoos give people something to look at. Megan Mas34
sacre tattooed her father a Polish eagle. Tattoos are an accessory
for Megan. She did modeling for years because her friend asked
her and she said “sure.”
“Modeling isn’t a full time job, it’s more like a hobby” Megan Massacre said. Megan Massacre has a phobia of skunks. The first
time that Megan Massacre got a tattoo it as 14 years of age. She
had to get a tattoo because she had worked in a tattoo shop and
people were scared because they were all like “that’s a little girl.”
Her tattoo was a animated girl. And the tattoo Megan has is all
on the outside of her leg. “Tattooing was a scary thing to do because once you mess up the tattoo, there’s no turning back
there’s no eraser on the back of the gun.” Megan massacre said.
Megan Massacre is a tattoo artist, model, and a DJ!
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References
Masscare, Megan. "The Sleeve Interviews Megan Massacre." youtube.com. N.p., 16, 2013 Jun
2013. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8DAedSUpTs>.
Masacre, Megan. "Megan Massacre Interview - London - June 201." youtube.com. N.p., 14
june 2013. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrKBMf2HARM>.
‘’google.com." www.webcontemporary.com. N.p.. Web. 18 Nov 2013.
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PABLO PICASSO
BY FRANKIE M.
Pablo Picasso loved painting from the time when he
was a boy. He was best at his art class and eventually
made his first painting at a very young age. When he
became an adult, he made over 1,000 pieces of art
and became one of the most famous artists in history.
PABLO’S LIFE AND ART STYLES
Pablo Diego Jose Francisco De Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria
De Los Remedios Cipriano De La Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Y
Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25th, 1881 and
died on April 8th, 1973 of a heart attack. With his fame he has
had more art pieces stolen than anyone else with a record of
1,147, that’s about 5 or 11 times more than any other artist individually.
Pablo Picasso’s reason for being an artist is that his father was an
artist, and he’s been training to be an artist since he was a child
because of his father’s influence. This led up to the 50,000 works
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of art he created throughout his entire life.
(This includes paintings, sculptures, drawings, etc.)
Pablo Picasso used many art styles
throughout his career, here are some of the
more popular styles he used. Cubism is a
form of art where the painter uses shapes
like squares to make images such as a
man, but can be something else in someone else’s point of view. Modern Art has
paintings that were made in the last 110
years and has a similarity to cubism in my
view. Cubism is a form of art where the
painter uses shapes to make images, like a
bull. Sculpting is to create something by
carving, casting, or shaping one thing into
a shape like this goat. You can use wood,
soap, maybe metal, marble, limestone,
soapstone, etc.
Surrealism is a 20thcentury art style that brings the creativity
from the tired or unconscious mind.
Pablo Picasso’s top ten paintings are:
10.Three Musicians, 9. Girl before a mirror,
8. The old Guitarist, 7. Seated Woman
(Marie-Therese) 6. Dora Maar au chat, 5.
Blue ****, 4. Le Reve (The Dream), 3.
Asleep, 2. **** Green Leaves and Bust, and
1. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.
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Pablo Picasso’s most expensive paintings
were and are: 1. **** Green Leaves and
Bust which sold for $106.5 million on May
2010, 2. Garcon A La Pipe which sold for
$104 million on May 2004, 3. Dora Maar Au
Chat which sold for $95.216 million on May
2006. 4. Femme Aux Bras Croises which
sold for 55 million on November 2000, 5.
Picasso made his last painting when he
was 91, it was called “The Weeping
Woman.” Pablo Picasso died because of a
heart attack at the age of 91, but he will always carry the title “The Titan of The 20th
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REFERENCES
Wikipedia contributors. "Pablo Picasso." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso>.
"The 10 Most Famous Pablo Picasso Artworks." The Most 10. N.p..
Web. 5 Dec 2013.
<http://www.themost10.com/the-10-most-famous-pablo-picasso-artw
orks/>.
"10 Most Expensive Pablo Picasso Paintings." The Most Expensive
Journal. N.p.. Web. 5 Dec 2013.
<http://most-expensive.com/pablo-picasso-paintings>.
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BISCO HATORI
BY HAILEY R.
Bisco Hatori is a 38-year old Anime artist in Japan.
This one of Bisco Hatori’s artworks
BISCO HATORI LIFE AS AN ARTIST
Bisco Hatori is my artist. Born in Saitama, Japan, she is 38 years
old. She is born on August 30, 1975 this successful manga artist
uses the pseudonym Bisco Hatori. She has worked for such magazines as LaLa. her other manga, the comedy Ouran High School
Host Club, which became her breakout hit. She have an anime that
called Ouran High School Host Club made a big hit in Japan to
2008 to 2009 and the basketball manga Slam Dunk. She finished Ouran High School Host Club in 2010. In January 2012, Hatori wrote a
science-fiction comedy The second chapter was published in May
2012. Her name has special meaning to her. Bisco Hatori is a popular mangaka in japan. Her areas of art are Character design,
writer, and manga artist.
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Bisco Hatori is a Japanese manga artist.
She also makes anime
books and anime t.v.
shows.
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WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO BISCO
HATORI?
Bisco Hatori is not her real name. Apparently her name is a pseudonym. A pseudonym is a fictitious name. She states that the
name has special meaning to her.
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BISCO HATORI QUOTES
Bisco Hatori quotes.“We're always contradicting ourselves.
That's why we'll stay locked up tight...
We want people to tell us apart....
...in our own little private world...
...yet we don't want them to be able to.
...and throw away the key, so that no one can ever hurt us.
We want people to get to know us...
.but we also want them to keep their distance.
We've always longed for someone to accept us...
But we never believed there'd be anyone who would accept our
twisted ways.
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REFERENCES
Photo- Bisco hatori art. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ouran-high-school-host-club/quiz/sho
w/240536/what-book-did-bisco-hatori-write
What is bisco hatori real name. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100606131845
AA4X4da
Answer- , myanimelist.net/people/1895,
myanimelist.net/people/1895, Baka-updates manga - hatori bisco.
(n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=101
Photo of bisco hatori . (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ouran-high-school-host-club/quiz/sho
w/240536/what-book-did-bisco-hatori-write
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CLAUDE MONET
BY ISABELLA S.
Claude Oscar Monet was born On November 14,
1840 in Paris, France.
He died on December
5, 1926 in Giverny, France of lung cancer when
he was 86 years old . CHILDHOOD Claude Oscar Monet studied drawing in his teen years.
Eugene Boudin was Monet’s mentor. Eugene taught Monet how
to do oil paintings. Monet left school at 16 when his mom died.
Monet’s father wanted Monet to be in the family grocery business.
But Monet loved to draw he did not want to be a grocer.
By 1859 Monet had committed his career in painting. Claude
Monet led the impressionist movement with his paintings. Monet
drew many portraits of his friends and family. He drew many
fields and sky paintings. Monet painted lots of water lilies which
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was one of his most famous paintings. The first famous painting was
considered Saint-Lazare train station in Paris there were 7 paintings.
Painting was one of his favorite and best hobby. Monet drew a painting of his wife Camille Doncieux in her deathbed. Camille was one of
Claude Monet’s favorite models.
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FAMILY
Monet had two wives but not at the
same time his first wife was Camille
Doncieux. She was Monet’s favorite
model. Claude Monet’s second wife
was Alice Hoschedé. Claude had two
children. His oldest child was Jean
Monet in 1867. Jean was in the war.
But before Jean went to the war
Claude and Camille got married.
Monet’s second child was Michael
Monet.
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this is a painting
CLAUDE’S CAREER IN PAINTING
Claude Monet’s career was his paintings. One of his most famous paintings
was the Saint-Lazare. There are 7 types paintings of it. It was considered his first
painting no one knows what his first painting was. Monet painted many painting’s
of nature and fields. Painting was one of his favorite and best hobby. Monet drew
many series of water lilies which was one of his most famous paintings. Monet
used paintbrushes to do his artwork. He learned how to do oil paintings Eugene
Boudin taught him to do it. Eugene was Monet’s mentor when it came to oil paintings. Claude Monet led the impressionist movement with his paintings.
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CLAUDE MONET QUOTES
✴“No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head
before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition”.
✴“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it
were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to
love”.
✴“One can do something if one can see and understand.”
- Claude Monet
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REFERENCE PAGE
✴Claude oscar monet-the complete works. (n.d.). Retrieved from
Www.claudemonetgallery.org
✴http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/claude_monet . (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet
✴c l a u d e m o n e t - i n t r e s t . ( n . d . ) . R e t r i e v e d f r o m
http://kierastatler.weebly.com
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PAUL SIGNAC
BY JANSEL P.
Paul Signac is a Pointillism painter with the help of two
other painters. Signac was a creative artist with many
different paintings. He usually did paintings of his
hometown of Paris, France.
This is one of Paul Signac’s paintings
called The Jetty at Cassis made in
1889
PAUL SIGNAC AND POINTILLISM
Paul Signac was born in Paris, France, in 1863 on November 11th.
He died in Paris, France, in 1935 on August 15th. His mother‘s
name was Héloise Anais-Eugénie (Deudon) Signac and his father’s
name was Jules Jean-Baptiste Signac. His father was a harness and
saddle maker as for his mother she was a stay at home mom. When
Paul’s father died they sold his shop.
Signac started to do Pointillism pictures with the help of Claude
Monet and Georges Seurat. Pointillism pictures are a lot of dots put
together in a picture. If you look closely you will see one dot, and if
you go farther away you will see a normal painting. Signac used watercolors in his paintings. Paul Signac did have a wife named
Berthe Roblés on November 7,1892. They did not have any children.
Signac even drew his wife in one of his paintings.
Signac drew himself and his wife. Signac’s education was Impressionist school. Paul uses paintings to do his artwork, he does not do
anything else but paintings. When Paul Signac died he was only 71
years old. He was best known for Pointillism, Divisionism, Modern
Art, and Neo-impressionism pictures.
Neo-impressionism is like a pixelated picture. Modern art is a picture
that is filled with brightish, darkish color. Divisionism is another term
of Pointillism. Five of his artworks; The Papal Palace, Women at the
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Well, The Port of Saint Tropez, The Red Buoy, and Portrait of Felix
Feneon. All of the paintings are pointillism. He usually made paintings of his hometown Paris, France. Paul Signac was a creative
artist with many amazing paintings.
Signac made The Port of SaintTrope at 1899
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REFERENCE
1.Paul Signac. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/S/signac.html
2.Paul Signac facts. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.yourdictionary.com/paul-signac-Paul
3.Paul Signac french Neo-Impressionist painter 1863 - 1935. (n.d.).
Retrieved from
http://www.renoirinc.com/biography/artists/signac.htmPaul Signac
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JACKSON POLLOCK
BY KAYLANNI E.
One..... Early life
Two.........Art career just getting started
Three........His materials of art
Bibliography
This is what drip painting looks like.
JACKSON POLLOCK
Jackson Paul Pollock was born in Cody, Wyoming in the year 1912.
He died on August 11, 1956. Jackson Pollock’s parents died a year
apart so he was adopted by his next door neighbors at the age of
eleven. Jackson Pollock was the youngest of five brothers. He was
expelled from 2 high schools for an unknown reason.
Jackson Pollock followed in his brothers’ footsteps and went to study
art at Thomas Hart Benson Art Institute. Pollock got his art inspiration from the Renaissance. The Renaissance is a period of time in
European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the
modern world.
Pollock used a kind of paint called alkyd enamel paint. The materials
he used to paint were sticks, hardened bushes, and basting syringes.
One of Jackson’s major accomplishments in his life is when he got
famous for his unique style of drip painting. A drip painting is a
unique strategy of art. Jackson used it in all of his paintings known
to the public.
What I find most interesting about my artist is that he lived the regular life while being famous. In all of the pictures I see of him he is
not in a big house.
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This is a picture of one of Pollock’s
famous paintings
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REFERENCES
Wikipedia.com
Jackson Pollock.com
Wikipedia contributors. "Jackson Pollock." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock>.
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PAUL SIGNAC
BY ASHLEY P.
My artist is Paul Signac. He was married to Berthe Robles and adopted Ginette. His great grandfather and
his dad Jules Jean-Baptiste Signac were saddle makers. His mom Jules Jean-Baptiste Eugenie (Deudon)
Signac stayed home. Paul Signac does pointillism.
Pointillism is millions of tiny dots that makes an art
piece.
This art piece is called ‘Place Des Lices 1893’ made in pointillism. It’s a
water colored painting.
PAUL’S ART AND PERSONAL LIFE
My artist is Paul Signac. He was born in November 11, 1863 and
died in August 15, 1935. Paul Signac was born in Paris, France and
died in Paris, France. Paul Signac died at the age of 71 from septicemia (Septicemia is blood poisoning illness. It’s Caused by bacteria or their toxins). Paul Signac was cremated three days later. Paul
Signac did Pointillism, Divisionism, Post-Impressionism, Modern art,
Neo-impressionism. Mainly Pointillism, Pointillism is millions of little
dots that make an art piece, same with divisionism. If you looked
from back it looks like a picture. Up close it might to you look like little dots. Post Impressionism is work of a group of late-19th-century
and early-20th-century artists including. Modern art includes artistic
works during the period 1860s to the 1970’s. Impressionism is light
form and color.
Paul Signac’s father Jules Jean-Baptiste Signac was a harness and
saddle maker along with his grandfather. Paul Signac’s mother was
Jules Jean-Baptiste Eugenie (Deudon) Signac. On November 7,
1892 Signac married Berthe Robles at the town hall of the 18th district in Paris. On April 6,1927 Signac Adopted Ginette, his by law
daughter. As a child Signac was described to be delicate.
Paul Signac followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to be a painter after coming to one of
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Monet's work. After visiting the fifth Impressionist exhibit Signac started doing
sketches of art. Paul Signac is known for
his art. Signac had to abandon his architecture studies and become an artist. Signac
used watercolors in his art. In 1856-1891
Signac were friends with Georges Seurat.
They learned and taught each other. One
of his pieces that he’s known for is the ‘Port
St. Tropez’. It’s a painting boats sailing in
the water and then there’s a city next to it.
I find Paul Signac’s artwork interesting because it’s unique. It’s a different type of art.
George Seurat made a picture of Paul Signac called The Pagan Sphinx. It’s a creative black and white piece of Signac. This
is the one of the few pieces that I found of
Paul Signac. Paul Signac was a creative artist who made amazing art.
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REFERENCES
1.Encyclopedia of World Biography, "Paul Signac Facts." Accessed
November 25, 2013.
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/paul-signac.
2."Paul Signac Biography." Accessed November 25, 2013.
http://www.paul-signac.org/biography.html.
3.WIKIPEDIA, "PAUL SIGNAC ." Accessed November 25, 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac.
4.Art Diretory, "PAUL SIGNAC ." Accessed November 25, 2013.
http://www.paul-signac.com.
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PABLO PICASSO
BY SAVANNAH S.
• Picasso was born in Spain
• Picasso died in France
• His father was teacher and painter
• He had 8 girlfriends and 2 wives
PICASSO
My artist name is Pablo Picasso. He was born in Spain on October
25, 1881. He died in france in April, 1973. His first painting was at
the age of nine. Pablo’s father was a teacher and a painter. He
would draw in class and they put him in a room with white walls and
just a bench. He said “I like to be in that room.” I think he liked to
be in that room so it would help him be a better visual artist so he
can imagine what he will paint or draw. Thats about $750 today thats a lot of money. Then his life started to
become a success. The girl before mirror was one his paintings, he
was a painter and a drawer, his styles were the blue, rose, and African periods. Women were almost always in his painting. They were
like a role model in his portraits. His portraits were like deformed
and suffering. I feel that he had a ab
Then later on in his life he had 8 girlfriends including his 2 wives. He
has 4 kids. His kids names are Paloma, Paul, Claude, and Maya
Picasso. Picasso signed his first contract in Paris with an art dealer,
who agreed to pay him 150 francs per month!
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PABLO PICASSO
BY WENDELL Y.
Pablo Picasso is a man that created many types of
paintings and inspired other artists to make different
types of Cubism like Picasso did. Artists may have the
same types of Cubism periods that Picasso had during
his lifetime. Pablo Picasso also made abstract which
he used to make Cubism. Pablo Picasso created Cubism in 1937 when he made his first Cubism painting
called the 'Factory, Horta de Ebbo' shown above.
ARTIST'S LIFE’S ARTIST LIFE
My artist’s name is Pablo Picasso. His full name is Pablo Diego Jose
Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maraa de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santasima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. He was born in
Maglan, Spain on October 25th, 1881, and died April 8th, 1973. Pablo has a father named Jose, a mother named Maria, a sister named
Lola Picasso, and another sister named Concepcion Picasso. Jose
supported his family by teaching art at a local art school. Pablo was
the oldest sibling out of the 3 siblings in his family.
Pablo Picasso went to a Local art school called the Real Academia
de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Once Pablo Picasso’s father, Jose
Ruiz Picasso, realized that his son was really great at art, he taught
his son Pablo everything he knew about art so he could be a great
artist when he turned his father’s age.
Pablo Picasso had 6 periods in his life, they were the blue period
and the rose period. The blue period is when Pablo Picasso’s best
friend named Casagermas took his life in Paris. Casagermas was
also a great artist. After the death of Picasso’s best friend, Picasso
started to make sad paintings that had the color blue. The rose period is when Pablo meet a girl and he started to paint orange and
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red cheerful paintings. Pablo became happy and started not to be
sad anymore once he found love in his life. The other periods that
Pablo Picasso had are the African period, the Analytic cubism period, the cubism, and the Synthetic cubism period. The African period had to do with Pablo’s influence on making African sculptures.
One African sculpture that Pablo Picasso made is called the Proto Cubist Les Demoiselles. The cubism periods that Pablo Picasso had
have to do with the paintings, sculptures, and many more cubist
items that Pablo Picasso created. The Cubism period had got Pablo
Picasso into making Cubist art.
Finally, Pablo Picasso was a great artist from when he was born, until he died. Pablo Picasso also inspired many people to make paintings using cubism.
Cubism is something that’s kind of like abstract, but it uses blocks,
cubes, and squares. One of Pablo’s famous cubism paintings is the
“Apple Tree” cubism painting. Pablo Picasso made this painting in
1912, he had to get rid of the painting in 1914. Another famous painting that Pablo Picasso created is called Femme en Pleurs that he
made in 1937. Pablo Picasso’s cubist period ended in 1915, that
means he stopped making cubist paintings, sculptures, and other
types of cubist items that Pablo Picasso made.
The materials that Pablo Picasso used was Light figures, paintings,
sculptures, and cubism. One famous sculpture that Pablo created is
called the Guitar, it is made of wood and wires. The form of visual art
that Pablo Picasso used is oil paint, crayons, pencils, engraving
tools, tools for making ceramics, and sculptures. Pablo Picasso was
best known for making cubism because most of his cubism paintings [Such as the Giotto.] are really famous.
Two of Pablo’s greatest accomplishments are the development of
cubism and the basis of art that is called abstract. Pablo Picasso
mostly made many types of cubism art, he also focused more on
making cubism instead of other art.
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This is the Apple Tree
painting that Pablo
Picasso made in 19121914. Pablo Picasso made
this painting when he was
either 30 or 31 years old.
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REFERENCES FOR PABLO PICASSO
BY: WENDELL YOUNG JR
Picasso, Pablo. "Pablo Picasso cubism." Pablo Picasso cubism. N.p..
Web. 4 Nov 2013. <http://pablo-picasso.paintings.name>.
Picasso, Pablo. "Pablo Picasso Biography- Facts, birthday, Life storyBiography.com." Pablo Picasso Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life
Story- Biography.com. N.p.. Web. 4 Nov 2013.
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Picasso, Pablo. "What Medium Did Picasso Use? - Ask.com." What
Medium Did Picasso Use? - Ask.com. N.p.. Web. 4 Nov 2013.
<http://www.ask.com/question/what-medium-did-picasso-use>.
Picasso, Pablo. "What Type Of Art Materials Did Pablo Picasso Use?."
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2013.
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casso_use>.
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history, school, mother, son, old, information, born." Pablo Picasso Biography - life, family, children, name, history, school, mother, son, old,
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them in Order | Lupe Productions ." Pablo Picasso had 5 major periods in his life Put them in Order | Lupe Productions. N.p.. Web. 6
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d-5-major-periods-of-work-in-his-life-put-them-in-order/>.
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GEORGES SEURAT
BY JOSHUA G.
Georges Seurat was a famous artist that died young.
The type of art that he made was pointillism. Which is
art made out of a bunch of dots. He was a good artist.
This painting right here is called a Sunday Afternoon in
la Grande Jatte. It is one of his most famous paintings.
If you go to the Art Institute of Chicago you will see the
painting. At a height of 11 x 13 feet big.
GEORGES SEURAT
Georges Seurat was born in 1859 in Paris, France. His little
brother died at age 5. In his life, four of his family members died
each in a span of 6 months. I think that that affected his artwork
because his artwork probably had to do with sadness or his loss.
Georges Seurat most famous painting is Sunday Afternoon in laGrande Jatte. It took 2 years to do it from 1884 to 1886. Georges
used to make pointillism. Pointillism is art with a bunch of dots
you can’t even see them. Georges Seurat developed pointillism
by his theories. Sunday Afternoon in la Grande Jatte is 13 by 11
feet big, and the location is at the art institute of chicago. His last
painting was “Le Cirque’’. That was a few months before he died.
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He died young at age 30 and a ½. It was because of a disease
that made his lights extinguish in only a few hours when he was
about to triumph. He was traumatized from his loss of his little
brother. That also affected Georges Seurat’s death. Even though
Georges Seurat’s life was short, he made a lot of famous paintings (about a 100 or more). If I go to the Art Institute of Chicago.
And I see the painting Sunday Afternoon in la Grande Jatte. I will
get memories of Georges Seurat and how he was a great artist.
But sometimes I say to myself why did Georges Seurat die so
young? But then sometimes I replied and said probably because
there was no cure to that disease/sickness. Man if I existed in the
1800s. I would have died already. At least Seurat got recognition
for his work and became famous for it. I think Georges Seurat
was added to my idol list. Georges Seurat’s paintings are and
were amazing. His painting a Sunday Afternoon in la Grande
Jatte was in my mom’s phone when my grandma called. She
never knew it was Seurat. In fact she didn’t even know who
Georges Seurat was. But know that I told her that he is an artist
and painted a sunday afternoon in la grande jatte. So she told
me that she liked his artwork. Now my mom knows who Georges
Seurat is. I bet his artwork is price less of how good it was and
is. That is how Georges Seurat is the best artist of all time. And
how he had a tough childhood and early life.
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References
Georges Seurat died in 1891 when he was 30 1/2 years old. He was about to triumph before
he died. He had a disease. It was probably kind of big. But he probably died because there
was no medicine back then. So i bet that in todays society that the disease could be cured.
So basically he could of lived longer. That disease carried him away in a few hours. He was a
great pointillism artist. That is my report about Georges Seurat.
Seurat , Georges. "Georges Seurat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p.. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Seurat>.
Seurat , Georges. "biography channel."
http://www.biography.com/people/georges-seurat-9479599. N.p.. Web. 13 Nov 2013. <biography channel>.
Seurat , Georges. "web muesuem." http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/seurat/. N.p.. Web. 13
Nov 2013. <web muesuem>.
Seurat , Georges. "metmuseum." http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/seni/hd_seni.htm. N.p..
Web. 13 Nov 2013. <metmuseum>.
Seurat , Georges. "georgesseurat.org." http://www.georgesseurat.org. N.p.. Web. 13 Nov
2013. <georgesseurat.org>.
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ALEXANDER CALDER
BY YANIRA S.
Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898 and died
November 11, 1976. He was most famous for sculpting and architecture movement. Alexander Calder was
born in Lawton, PA and died in New York. He received
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
LIFE AND CAREER
In 1914, he decided to study mechanical engineering at Stevens
Institute of Technology in Hoboken, a city in New Jersey. His most
famous work was on the architectural carvings of Philadelphia
City Hall. In 1919 Calder graduates from Stevens Institute of Technology. He was a known sculptor and artist of mobile sculptures
and paintings, lithographs, toys and also other household objects. In 1934 he made his first unpowered mobiles. Alexander
Calder is most famous at sculpting and architecture.
His father Alexander Stirling Calder was a prominent sculptor
who created many public sculptures in the Philadelphia area. Calder's mother, Nanette Lederer Calder, was a professional portrait
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painter who studied art in Paris before moving to Philadelphia
where she met her husband Alexander Stirling Calder. In 1902, at
the age of four, Alexander completed his first sculpture - a clay
elephant. In 1909, when he was in the fourth grade, Alexander
sculpted a dog and a duck from a sheet of brass.
Alexander Calder has experience several important steps in life.
To the time he was born to the time he has suffer death. This
chapter will tell you some facts about this amazing artist (death,
birth, and nationality).
• Born: July 22, 1898
• Nationality: American
• Died: November 11, 1976 (age 78)
• Award: Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Field: Sculpture
• Training: Stevens Institute of Technology,Art Students League of
New York
• Where Died?: New York City
• Where born?: Pennsylvania, U.S.
A l e x a n d e r c a l d e r. ( n . d . ) . R e t r i e v e d f r o m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cald
Calder foundation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.calder.org
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JULIA WATKINS
BY YARITZA R.
Julia Watkins is my artist. Julia Watkins is an energism
artist. Julia Watkins was was born in November. Julia
Watkins was born in Ontario, Canada. I was able to
learn that Julia Watkins was adopted, and never knew
her birth parents.
HER LIFE
Artist Julia Watkins was a child prodigy who at 11 met Virginia artist
Susan Fletcher. Susan Fletcher began giving her, training as a professional artist. By 16 she was taking graduate level painting
classes in art school. Then Julia Watkins got accepted into the NC
State School of Design at the early age of 16, where she studied art
and architecture. She studied seven more years at the NYC art students League.
By 20 she was studying art in places such as Paris, Florence and Tokyo. She was also traveling the world as a fashion model. By 32
she had her own New York art gallery. And at 42 she had a breakthrough discovering a new style of art called energism. When Julia
Watkins was a child she knew that someday she would make a
change in the world. A type of art that would change the way we
look at our lives.
By 20 she was studying art in places such as Paris, Florence and Tokyo. She was also traveling the world as a fashion model. By 32
she had her own New York art gallery. And at 42 she had a breakthrough discovering a new style of art called energism. When Julia
Watkins was a child she knew that someday she would make a
change in the world. A type of art that would change the way we
look at our lives.
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Energisms goal is to repersent spiritual energy. Energism art is a
vision of pure energy, love and joy beyond expression. Julia Watkins uses swirls to represent the flow of energy between all things
that show how man and animal connect in their world. Artist Julia
Watkins was inspired by the Chinese art called Tai Chi to make
energism.
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REFERENCES
"www.platris.cpm." www.platris.com. N.p.. Web. 13 Nov 2013.
<http://www.platris.com/aboutjuliawatkins.html>.
Watkins, J. (2011, april 20). artist Julia Watkins' profile. Retrieved
from http://www.etsy.com/people/skluesn2
Julia Watkins pioneering the energism movment. (n.d.). Retrieved
from http://www.platris.com/energism.html
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MICHELANGELO
BY ZION B.
Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was a
painter, sculptor, architect, and a poet. He was born
March 6th 1475 and died February 18th 1564. Some
of his sculptures are famous like the Pieta, David, Battle of the Centaurs, and more. He also made over 300
poems.
The Sistine Chapel is in the Vatican
City.
MICHELANGELO INFORMATION
Michelangelo’s dad tried to discourage him from being an artist and
Michelangelo’s mom died when he was 6 years old. He studied
sculpting with Bertoldo di Giovanni, and he had four brothers but
only felt close with one, his younger brother Buonaroto.
The David, also known as king David, was made out of Carrera
marble. Another one of his sculptures is the Battle of the Centaurs,
and it was made out of marble and he used subbiah chisels to make
it. It looks like naked men crumbled up and there is this half-man
half-horse that looks like a Centaur. The Pieta was made out of Carrera marble and he used chisels and hammers to make it and it
shows the mother of Jesus holding Jesus Christ.
Some of his paintings were the Last Supper, the Manchester Madonna, the Entombment, the Sistine Chapel, and the Last Judgment.
The Sistine chapel was about 40 meters long by 13 meters wide. It
shows the creation of Adam almost touching god’s hand. The Last
Supper shows a big table with food and people sitting down eating.
The Manchester Madonna Entombment shows ladies backing away
from a body. The Last Judgment shows people swimming and people canoeing in a ocean. Last Judgment shows people swimming
and people canoeing in a ocean.
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This is Michelangelo’s portrait.
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REFRENCES PAGE
Bounorroti, Michelangelo. "biography.com."biography.comNov 2013.
<http://www.biography.com>.
Buonarroti, Michelangelo. "Wikipedia- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. N.p.. Web. 20 Nov 2013.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia>.
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HANNAH GREEN
BY NAOMI W.
My artist is Hannah Green. She was born on January
23, 1990 and is now 23 years old. Hannah lives in
Knoxville, Tennessee. I also forgot to tell you that Hannah Green is a tattoo artist, and specializes in these
styles - dark images, fantasy, feminine, portraits, pin
and push ups.
HANNAH GREEN
The reason Hannah became a tattoo artist was because she likes
poking people with needles and likes making pretty pictures. Paintings and comics books have inspired her to become a tattoo artist!
Hannah Green learned all the things she knows from a awesome artist in Knoxville. Some of the artists that have inspired her were Hannah Aitchison, Corey Miller, Guy Aitchison, and Niko Hurtado.
Hannah Green only speaks english. She has 5 tattoos and her first
tattoo was her Cherokee tribe symbol. Her three favorite things to do
are 1). Eat sushi, 2). Draw, 3) Disappear. My tattoo artist doesn’t
want tattoo removals unless its necessary. Her favorite types of tattoo styles are photorealism, black and gray,
she doesn’t really mind traditional but she wouldn’t tattoo it on anyone. The way she comes up with her ideas is either eating sushi or
being bored with nothing to do.
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References
"Hannah Green:A Starvingworkingwantingdreaming ARTIST|TATTOOS." . N.p.. Web. 20 Nov 2013.
<http://www.hannahgreen.daportfolio.com/gallery/162090>.
"Hannah Green on tattoo design.com - find thousands of unique
tattoo pictures tattoo designs and tattoo ideas on tattoo
design.com ." . N.p.. Web. 20 Nov 2013.
<http://www.tattoodesign.com/Latet/>.
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