Famous Artists...

Pinconning High School Final Exam Review

2010

Leonardo da Vinci

1452- 1519 Italian High

Renaissance Country: Italy Mona Lisa Last Supper

Mona Lisa The Last Supper

Michelangelo

Italian High Renaissance

Country: Italy 1475-1564 Greatest artist that ever

lived? Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel

Rembrant (1606- 1669)

Chiaroscuro: light & shadow

*over 40 self-portraits in his lifetime

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1662

This piece is the most monumental of Rembrandt’s paintings and stands above the achievements of all other Baroque artists of the time in its evocation of mood and human tenderness. Rembrandt painted this masterpiece towards the end of his career, but it is obvious that his skill in realism had not faded. Critics of this piece remark that age had only brought Rembrandt a heightened sense of psychological and spiritual insight. The artist’s use of expressive lighting and coloring in this painting along with the most simple of settings help the audience to feel the full impact of the event. Wanting to depict a tired and defeated son returning home to his father, Rembrandt compassionately painted the outstretched arms of a man happy to see his son return to him. The painting is symbolic of homecoming and illuminates the human willingness to offer shelter to those who have experienced darkness.

Claude Monet

Impressionism inventor

Paris, France 1840- 1926 Sunrise: Impressionism Interested in how

sunlight affected scenes

Sunrise: Impressionism 1872

Edgar Degas

Impressionism Paris, France 1834- 1917 Subjects: ballet &

horses

Edgar Degas

Vincent van Gogh

Post-impressionism 1853- 1890 From: Holland Mentally unstable- cut

off part of his ear, etc. Starry Night

Starry Night, 1889

Georgia O'keefe

American female watercolorist

1887- 1985 Abstract FLOWERS &

skulls Red Canna

Red Canna

Frida Kahlo

Mexican Artist 1907- 1954 Married to famous

muralist, Diego Rivera Symbolic work to

express her pain

Jacob Lawrence

African-American artist

1917-2000 *focused on African-

American civil rights freedom movement(s)

spent time in foster care...

Educated by Harlem artistic workshops

Jacob Lawrence...The Library

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist Inventor of Cubism 1881- 1973 Child prodigy

Grant Wood

1891- 1942 American Regionalist Painted during the

Great Despression pride in American farms

American Gothic, artist: Grant Wood

Andy Warhol

1928- 1987 American Pop Artist International celebrity

& pop culture icon ...took mass produced

products & turned them into art

Artist & film maker

Louise Nevelson (1899- 1988)***American Jewish Sculptor/ Independent mind

Alexander CalderCalder 1898- 1976***Most influential SCULPTOR of our time!