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WHO IS VAN GOGH?
Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist
painter whose work, notable for its rough
beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color, had
a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art
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WHO IS ANDY WORHOL?
Andy Worhol was an American painter,
printmaker, and filmaker who was a leading
figure in the visual art movement known as
pop art.
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Interesting fact….
The tower was much criticized by the public
when it was built, with many calling it an
eyesore. Newspapers of the day were filled
with angry letters from the arts community of
Paris. Today it has become a global icon of
France.
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Who is Michelangelo
Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance
Painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer
who exerted an unparallel influence on the
development of Western Art. He is also
famously known for painting the Sistine
Chapel.
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Interesting fact….
In an effort to compensate for the tilt, the
engineers built upper floors with one side
taller than the other. Because of this, the
tower is actually curved!
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WHO IS TOULOUSE-LAUTREC?
French painter who portrayed life in the cafes and music
halls of Montmartre (1864-1901). His works were colorful
and theatrical and he is known as on of the greatest
painters of the post-impressionist period.
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WHO IS JACKSON POLLOCK?
Jackson Pollock, also nicknamed Jack the
Dripper, was an influential American painter
and major figure in the abstract expressionist
movement. His technique influence the term
“action painting”.
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Leonardo da Vinci was a genius of the renaissance
period. His skills were legendary - painter, architect,
engineer, mathematician and philosopher but he is
perhaps best known for his paintings especially those of
the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper and The Madonna
(Virgin) of the Rocks. His inventions included machine
guns, an armored tank, cluster bombs, a submarine, the
first mechanical calculator and solar power!
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WHO IS GEORGIA O’ KEEFE?
Georgia O’ Keefe is known for her painting with
enlarged flowers and her depictions of New York
buildings which have been seen as the most
compelling paintings of the modern day city. She is
also very well known for her southwestern art of
the landscapes, buildings, and cultural objects of
the American Southwest.
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WHO IS ALEXANDER CALDER?
Alexander Calder was an American sculptor and
artist most famous for inventing mobile sculptures.
In addition to mobile and stable sculpture,
Alexander Calder also created paintings,
lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household
objects, and even wire circuses!
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WHO IS PABLO PICASSO?
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor,
printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. He was one of
the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th
century and was widely known for co-founding the cubist
movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the coinvention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that
helped develop and explore.
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WHO IS Georges Seurat?
Georges Seurat was a French Post- Impressionist
Painter and a draftsman. He is noted for his
innovative use of drawing media and for devising a
technique of painting known as pointillism.
Pointillism are tiny dots of paint that are blended
together in the viewers eyes to make different
colors.
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WHO IS GeJAN VAN EYCK?
Jan Van Eyck was a Flemish painter who most said
invented the technique of oil painting, but it’s more
likely he perfected it. He painted thin glazes over
heavy colors to create a rich luster that lasted for
more than 500 years. Van Eyck was also among the
first to paint realistic pictures of people in their
homes.
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WHO IS DIEGO VELASQUEZ?
Diego Velasquez was a Spanish, Baroque artist who
is playing a trick in this painting of the young
princess. Velasquez not only painted himself into
the picture as the artist on the left, he also painted
the king and queen outside of the picture by using
the mirrors reflection in the back. It is as almost if
you are the king and queen!
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WHAT WAS DADA?
Dada was an informal international movement
from 1916- 1922, with participants in Europe and
North America. The beginnings of Dada correspond
to the outbreak of World War I. Its purpose was to
ridicule the meaninglessness of the modern world
as its participants saw it
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