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HOW TO UNDERSTAND PICASSO?

PABLO PICASSO

How to understand Picasso? Why Picasso is so special? Picasso is one of the most famous artists of all time. Everyone knows Picasso. His paintings are filled with color, emotion, and movement, but what makes him so special?

LOUVRE MUSEUM

Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum is one of the most renowned museums in the world, attracting more than ten million visitors each year. It has a vast collection of works dating from about 13,000 years ago to today. The Louvre Museum was…

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

Alberto Giacometti (UK: /ˌdʒækəˈmɛti/,[1] US: /ˌdʒɑːk-/,[2][3][4] Italian: [alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti]; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and work on his art. Giacometti was one of…

GIAMBOLOGNA

GIAMBOLOGNA

Giambologna (1529[1] – 13 August 1608) — (known also as Jean de Boulogne and Giovanni da Bologna) — was a Flemish sculptor based in Italy, celebrated for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style.  Jean de Boulogne was born in Douai, Flanders (now in France), in 1529. After youthful studies in Antwerp with the architect-sculptor Jacques du Broeucq,[2] he moved…

MUSÉE D’ORSAY

MUSEE D'ORSAY

The Musée d’Orsay is a museum located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located near the river Seine and faces the École des Beaux-Arts from across the bank. It has been a national museum since 1947. The…

AUGUSTE RODIN

AUGUSTE RODIN

François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor[1] generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.[2] He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and…

TINTORETTO

TINTORETTO

Tintoretto is one of the most famous Venetian painters of the 16th century. He is known for painting in a variety of styles, and his work ranges from frescoes to portraits. Tintoretto died in 1594 at the age of 87.…

MICHELANGELO

MICHELANGELO

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo di lodoˈviːko ˌbwɔnarˈrɔːti siˈmoːni]; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known simply as Michelangelo (English: /ˌmaɪkəlˈændʒəloʊ, ˌmɪk-/[1]), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, whose work had a major influence on…

EDWARD HOPPER

EDWARD HOPPER

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. His career benefited decisively from his marriage to fellow-artist Josephine Nivison, who contributed…

PAUL CÉZANNE

PAUL CÉZANNE

Paul Cézanne (/seɪˈzæn/ say-ZAN, also UK: /sɪˈzæn/ sə-ZAN, US: /seɪˈzɑːn/ say-ZAHN;[1][2] French: [pɔl sezan]; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in…

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (US: /ˌmoʊdiːlˈjɑːni/, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo modiʎˈʎaːni]; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures that were not received…

CHAÏM SOUTINE

CHAÏM SOUTINE

Chaïm Soutine (13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a Belarussian[1] painter who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living and working in Paris.[2] Inspired by classic painting in the European tradition, exemplified by the works of Rembrandt, Chardin[3] and Courbet, Soutine developed an…