Still Life Paul Cezanne A still life painting is one in which a group or arrangement of objects are painted. The name comes from the fact that they do not move it is the arrangement and the objects themselves that make the painting. Cezanne was famous for his still life work.
The Blue Boy - Gainsborough The Blue Boy, a famous PORTRAIT by Thomas Gainsborough probably his must famous work for all the detail in the costume.
Pointillism George Seurat A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is Seurat s most famous painting. The entire LARGE painting is painted in tiny POINTS of paint, like pixars today. Seurat said that the points made the colors brighter than brush strokes.
Arrangement in Grey and Black This is American artist James Whistler s most famous painting. The title IS Arrangement in Grey and Black but it is most commonly known as Whistler s Mother. It is, in fact, a portrait of his mother.
Eduoarde Degas - Ballerinas Degas was another Impressionist painter who was fascinated by ballet or maybe just the ballerinas! Whenever you hear painter or sculptor of ballet/ballerinas, SAY DEGAS!! It is actually pronounced DAY GAH.
Surrealism Salvador Dali Known as the guy with the melting clocks, Salvador Dali was the first painter to Become famous for painting surreal ( real items in imagined settings) pictures. His famous clocks are actually titled Persistence of Memory.
Winslow Homer American scenes American artist Winslow Homer is known for American scenes He painted many pastorals with figures, such as Snap the Whip on the left, and many sweeping oil paintings of the sea And fishermen, as on the right.
American Gothic Grant Wood Probably America s first folk artist, Grant Wood s most famous picture is a portrait of an Iowa farm couple titled AMERICAN GOTHIC. The title does not come from the figures it Is because the upper window in the farmhouse is a gothic arch an arch pointed at the top. Look this picture over carefully it is an SB answer (or THREE) EVERY YEAR.
Frederick Remington the West Frederic Remington was an American artist who captured images of the American West. He is well- known for his bronze sculptures (above right) sketches (above left) as well as sweeping scenes of buffalo herds, Native American tribes and wild horses. Think of the Remington rifle that won the West, and you ll remember his name!
Norman Rockwell American scenes Norman Rockwell, an American artist, is known for his humorous scenes of everyday life. He did many pictures to support the Boy Scouts, homefront efforts during WWII, and is best Known for his many paintings done for covers of The Saturday Evening Post magazine.
The Scream Edvard Munch Munch was a Norwegian painter who was known as an Expressionist as his work consistently showed facial expressions, often of grief or suffering. This is his most famous painting THE SCREAM.
The Thinker Auguste Rodin Rodin was a French sculptor; his most famous work, The Thinker is a man in deep meditation, cast in bronze. The statue is located in Paris, France.
Christina s World Andrew Wyeth Andrew Wyeth, an American painter of REALISM paintings which almost look like photos- painted this scene of a handicapped woman in the Depression era. CHRISTINA S WORLD, which would be a very limited world in that time.
Pablo PICASSO PICASSO, a Spanish painter, began the CUBISM form of painting. The painter breaks the subject Into shapes, and puts them together in a different way. On the left, THE THREE MUSICIANS, Is probably his most famous CUBIST painting.
PICASSO PICASSO was constantly changing his style; he did not think an artist should be known for Only one kind of art. He had several periods of art, such as his BLUE PERIOD, his CUBISM PERIOD, ROSE PERIOD, and LITHOGRAH PERIOD this is a simplistic lithograph, which is a print, rather than a painting.
Georgia O Keefe American Modern Art Georgia O Keefe, a modern American artist is famous for her huge close- ups of flowers and her vivid scenes of New Mexico and the West. Two very different subjects same famous artist!!
Pop Art Andy Warhol Pop Art Using well- known images and including them or re- doing them in an unusual way. Andy Warhol was an American artist who loved to paint Campbell s soup cans did more than 30 paintings of them and recognize Venus??? He modernized her, as well!
Mary Cassatt An American painter and print maker, Cassatt lived much of her adult life in France and is considered an Impressionist. Her pictures focus on the bond between mothers and their children. The Bath (left - - sometimes also called The Child s Bath ) is one of her most famous works.
Jackson Pollock An important figure in the abstract expressionist movement. Known for drip painting - - usually on large canvases. Many of these can be seen at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York.
Paul Gauguin Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin was French Post- Impressionist artist whose work was not appreciated until after his death. He influenced French avant- garde and modern artists like Picasso & Matisse. He used flat areas of color and bold outlines in his famous paintings of Tahiti. His style is sometimes referred to as Primitivism.