250 Famous Artist Biographies
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Vincent van Gogh
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Quick Facts
Birtday/Deathday:1853-1890
Born in Groot-Zundert, Holland
Family:He was the son of a pastor.
Famous for: Starry Night, Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters, The Red Vineyard
Other info:Vincent grew up in a religous and cultured atmosphere. He was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. He lived unsucessfully early on and even started with a very dark palette. It was somber, tored and sharply lit. He had night long conversations and painted all day resulting in bad health. After an incident with a friend leaving and a pursuit with an open razor in Gogh's hand a portion of his own earlobe was cut off and he was therefore put in the Saint Remy asylum for treatment. In May of 1890 he seemed much better but he lived under the watchful eye of Dr.Gachet. Two months later he shot himself "for the good of all" and he only sold one painting during his short career (The Red Vineyard).
Born in Groot-Zundert, Holland
Family:He was the son of a pastor.
Famous for: Starry Night, Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters, The Red Vineyard
Other info:Vincent grew up in a religous and cultured atmosphere. He was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. He lived unsucessfully early on and even started with a very dark palette. It was somber, tored and sharply lit. He had night long conversations and painted all day resulting in bad health. After an incident with a friend leaving and a pursuit with an open razor in Gogh's hand a portion of his own earlobe was cut off and he was therefore put in the Saint Remy asylum for treatment. In May of 1890 he seemed much better but he lived under the watchful eye of Dr.Gachet. Two months later he shot himself "for the good of all" and he only sold one painting during his short career (The Red Vineyard).
Grant Wood
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http://www.tilenut.com/Batchelder/grantwood/woodbio.html
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Grant_Wood.html
http://www.grantwoodartgallery.org/grantwood.htm
http://www.tilenut.com/Batchelder/grantwood/woodbio.html
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/artistbios/Grant_Wood.html
http://www.grantwoodartgallery.org/grantwood.htm
Quick Facts
Birthday/Deathday:1892-1942
Born in Iowa and lived mostly in Cedar Rapids.
Famous For:American Gothic, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Daughters of the Revolution
Other Info:He was a leader in an art movement known as Regionalism. When he was young he went to Paris and attended the Academie Julian in the year of 1933. He was mostly a self-taught artist. He was an interior decorator, metal worker and even a camoflauge painter during World War 1. He started with a style called Impressionism and then started to switch to a characteristic and more mature style of art. It was also more realistic. He mostly painted and created art pieces of everyday Midwestern life. He also supervised Federal art projects in Iowa and was assistant professer of fine arts at the University of Iowa.
Born in Iowa and lived mostly in Cedar Rapids.
Famous For:American Gothic, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Daughters of the Revolution
Other Info:He was a leader in an art movement known as Regionalism. When he was young he went to Paris and attended the Academie Julian in the year of 1933. He was mostly a self-taught artist. He was an interior decorator, metal worker and even a camoflauge painter during World War 1. He started with a style called Impressionism and then started to switch to a characteristic and more mature style of art. It was also more realistic. He mostly painted and created art pieces of everyday Midwestern life. He also supervised Federal art projects in Iowa and was assistant professer of fine arts at the University of Iowa.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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http://www.georgiaokeefe.com/bio.shtml
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm
http://www.georgiaokeefe.com/bio.shtml
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/okee-geo.htm
Jasper Johns
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Johns
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/jasper-johns/about-the-painter/54/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Johns
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/jasper-johns/about-the-painter/54/
Paul Klee
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http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm
http://cookzoo.blogspot.com/2008/05/art-masterpiece-4-paul-klee.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001159/famart.htm
http://cookzoo.blogspot.com/2008/05/art-masterpiece-4-paul-klee.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee
Quick Facts
Birthday/Deathday:December 18, 1887-June 29, 1940
Born in Switzerland.
Family:Born into a musical family. Father-German music teacher Mother-trained to be a singer He was the 2nd of two kids
Famous for: Fish Magic Around the Fish Landscape with Yellow Birds
Other Info:Paul loved cats!!! He painted alot and had around 8,926 works of art. He married Barvarian pianist Lily Stumpf in 1906 and had a son named Felix Paul the very next year. He used strong colors, simple lines and simple shapes for important parts. Paul painted in many styles but mostly Primitive and Surrealist.
Born in Switzerland.
Family:Born into a musical family. Father-German music teacher Mother-trained to be a singer He was the 2nd of two kids
Famous for: Fish Magic Around the Fish Landscape with Yellow Birds
Other Info:Paul loved cats!!! He painted alot and had around 8,926 works of art. He married Barvarian pianist Lily Stumpf in 1906 and had a son named Felix Paul the very next year. He used strong colors, simple lines and simple shapes for important parts. Paul painted in many styles but mostly Primitive and Surrealist.
