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Michelangelo Buonarroti; High Renaissance Famous Artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who is commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter. Among other things, he was a sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. His versatility in the…
Vincent van Gogh; Famous Artist, Genius or Insane? Vincent van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter. Van Gogh’s work, which was notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color, had a huge and far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. Van Gogh started to draw early in life,…
Claude Monet- Famous Artist and a Founder of Impressionism Monet’s name is synonymous with Impressionism and he was one of the founders of French impressionist painting. Claude Monet was born on November 14th, 1840 and died December 5th, 1926. He was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions…
Pablo Picasso – a Most Famous Artist As one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France. He…