3 Famous Legendary Artists That You Should Know!


1. Vincent Van Gogh
Born: March 15, 18530
Died: July 29, 1890
From: Netherlands
Time Period:Post-Impressionism

About:
Vincent Van Gogh is consideres one of the greatest artists of the post-impressionist time period. He is most notably known for his painting "Starry Night". Before Van Gogh become an artists he was studying become a minister. When he moved to Paris he began painting and was inspired by the light and color of the impessionist movement. Van gogh struggled troughout most of his life, he was admitted into a mentla hospital where he painted "Starry Night".

Famous Work :
Starry Night

Self Potrait

Sunflowers

Vocab: Post-Impressionism: A movement in art where artists reacted against the neutralism on the impressionists to explore color, line, and form.

2. Claude Monet
Born: November 14, 1840
Died: December 5, 1926
From: France
Time Period: Impressionism

About: 
Claude Monet was the leader of the impressionist art movement. Monet is known for his paintings of landscapes and nature scenes. He enjoyed painting outside and painting the same scene at different times of the day to capture different lighting. Refelctions are also commony depicted in Monet's work.

Famous Work:
Water Lilies

The Lily Pond

Sunrise

Vocab: Impressionism: Painting movement characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terns of shifting effect of light and color.

3. Salvador Dali
Born: May 11, 1904
Died: January 23, 1989
From: Spain
Time Period: Surrealism

About: Salvador Dali was an artists that experimented in several different forms of art including, sculptur, printmaking, fashion, advertising, and writing, but he is most known for being a painter. He early works were influenced my the Cubism movement and by Pablo Picasso. When he moved into the Surrealistic movement, Dali strated to Draw inspirations from his dream images. Dali is notorious for his colorful and unsual personality wich comes trough his artwork

Famous Work: 
The Persistence of Memory

The Melting Clock

Elephants

Vocab: Surrealism: Art movement wich shows the creative potential of the unconscious mind



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