Biography of Diego Velazquez

     by Sujin Cho

Slide 2: Basic Details

 Spain's greatest painter was also one of the supreme artists of all time.

Personal Information Born in June 6, 1599 at Seville Spain

Father was of noble Portuguese descent education

First painted at the age of 24 after his marriage at 19

Died at August 6, 1660

Slide 3: Timeline

1599: June 6, born 1618:Married 1623: painted portrait of Phillip IV 1629: Visit Italy, copied master pieces in Venice and

Rome. 1649: bought paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, and

Paolo Verones. 1660: Has charge of his last and greatest

ceremony--the wedding of the Infanta Maria Theresa to Louis XIV of France.

1660: Died.

Slide 4: Accomplishments

Drew a portrait of King Phillip IV.

His talented painting provided examples to other artists at those times.

Slide 5: Qualities Father took place

in politics. Diego Velazquez

has very talented skills; such as, detailed drawings.

Slide 6:How he loved art

Velazquez lived his whole life researching for art, traveling for art, and finally accomplishing his work.

Traveled especially a lot to Italy to copy great art pieces to learn his techniques

Conclusion

Velazquez is one of the greatest artists that left their work in history.

His effort towards art made his works even better.

He provided examples of art techniques to future and present artists.

Diego Velazquez is ought to be remembered.

Slide 6:   Bibliography

Pioch, Nicholas. "Velazquez (or Velasquez), Diego." Webmuseum. 14 Oct 2002. 9 Feb 2009 <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez>.

Book-> none

Web Sites->

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/

Encyclopedias-> none

Bibliography: Image Sources

Pioch, Nicholas. "Velazquez (or Velasquez), Diego." Webmuseum. 14 Oct 2002. 9 Feb 2009 <http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez>.

All slides from:http://

www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/

Slide show created by... SUJIN! Name: Sujin Cho Class: 7A Gender: Girl Age: 7th grade Birthday: April 30th

School: Korean International School