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FAMOUS ARTISTS
Artists to know…
PABLO PICASSOSPANISH
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Guernica shows
suffering people,
animals, and
buildings wrenched
by violence and
chaos
LEONARDO DA VINCI
ITALIANClick icon to add picture
Mona Lisa
The painting was
commissioned for their
new home and to
celebrate the birth of
their second son, Andrea
in Tuscany, Italy.
VINCENT VAN GOGHDUTCHClick icon to add picture
Starry Night
Starry Night is one of his most
famous paintings and has
become one of the most well
known images in modern
culture. The painting shows the
village of Saint-Rémy under a
swirling sky, in a view from the
asylum towards north.
SALVADOR DALISPANISHClick icon to add picture
The Persistence of Memory
The well-known surrealist piece
introduced the image of the soft
melting pocket watch. "The soft
watches are an unconscious
symbol of the relativity of space
and time, a Surrealist
meditation on the collapse of
our notions of a fixed cosmic
order".
EL GRECOSPANISHClick icon to add picture
The Burial of the Count of
Orgaz
An exceptionally large painting,
it is very clearly divided into two
sections, heavenly above and
terrestrial below, but it gives
little impression of duality. The
upper and lower sections are
brought together
compositionally.
MICHELANGELOITALIANClick icon to add picture
The Last Judgment
It is a depiction of the
second coming of Christ and
the apocalypse. The souls of
humans rise and descend to
their fates, as judged by
Christ surrounded by his
saints.
AUGUSTE RODINFRENCHClick icon to add picture
The Thinker
It depicts a man in sober
meditation battling with a
powerful internal
struggle. It is often used
to represent philosophy,
CLAUDE MONETFRENCHClick icon to add picture
Water Lilies
The paintings depict Monet's
flower garden at Giverny and
were the main focus of
Monet's artistic production
during the last thirty years of
his life. Many of the works
were painted while Monet
suffered from cataracts.
JOHANNES VERMEER
DUTCH
Girl with a Pearl Earring
It is sometimes referred to
as "the Mona Lisa of the
North" or
"the Dutch Mona Lisa".
EDGAR DEGASFRENCHClick icon to add picture
La Classe de DanseIn many subsequent paintings
dancers were shown
backstage or in rehearsal,
emphasizing their status as
professionals doing a job.