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Claude Monet – A Revolutionary Artist

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Claude Monet or Oscar-Claude Monet, is a famous artist, born on November 14, 1840 in Paris. He’s called the founder of French Impressionist painting. Claude Monet undergone entrance in the Le Havre Secondary of the Arts on April 01, 1851. Here he received recognition for his Charcoal Caricatures. The artist took his fundamental drawing lessons […]

Panoramic Paintings of Henri Matisse

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 at Le Cateau-Cambresis, a commune of Nord Pas-de-Calais, France. Matisse was a senior and a friend of the great painter, Pablo Picasso. Earlier Henri wanted to become a lawyer or attorney and so studied law at Paris in 1887. Later though he discovered a love for colors […]

The Remarkable Pablo Picasso

Saturday, September 17th, 2011

Born in Malaga, Spain, in 1881, Picasso lived until 1973, devoting the majority of his life in France. He exhibited early promise in art and his father, a teacher, motivated him, with the intention that he studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Barcelona. His previous artwork contained the Blue Period, characterized by primarily […]

The Famous Paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 in Vinci, Italy which is just outside of Florence. He was an illegitimate child of Ser Piero, a 25 year old notary and Caterina, a peasant girl. Shortly after Leonardo’s birth, his father took legal care of him. Caterina transferred to a nearby town and married another man. […]

Persistence of a Memory – A Salvador Dali Masterpiece

Friday, September 16th, 2011

There are lots of great works of art in the world, but few are basically recognized by everyone with the art aficionados to the layman on the street. Salvador Dali’s “Persistence of Memory” is among the those paintings. Three clocks melting onto a tree, an edge of a steep ledge like structure, and a horse-like […]