Table of contents:
- 1. Pablo Picasso
- 2. Andy Warhol
- 3. Georgia O'Keeffe
- 4. Marcel Duchamp
- 5. William Morris
- 6. Georges Braque
- 7. Pete Mondrian
- 8. Edgar Degas
- 9. Paul Cezanne
- 10. Paul Gauguin
- 11. Henri Matisse
- 12. Claude Monet
- 13. Willard Wigan
- 14. George Wlosich
- 15. Damien Hirst
- 16. John James Audubon
- 17. Salvador Dali
- 18. Jackson Pollock
- 19. Jan Vermeer
- 20. Anish Kapoor
- 21. Vincent Van Gogh
- 22. Auguste Rodin
- 23. Peter Paul Rubens
- 24. Tim Knowles
- 25. Leonardo da Vinci
Video: 25 fun facts about great artists that weren't told at school
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Without a doubt, even people far from art know the names of world famous artists. And just as categorically it can be argued that even those who have studied the history of art do not know all the interesting facts from their biography. In our review, we decided to reveal some facts about great artists.
1. Pablo Picasso
It is difficult to find a person who would not know about this famous artist, who was the founder of Cubism, as well as a prominent representative of Surrealism and Post-Impressionism. However, few people know that his full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuseno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Ruiz and Picasso.
2. Andy Warhol
Andy creates sealed time capsules every month. One of these capsules contains … a mummified leg.
3. Georgia O'Keeffe
Due to an eye disease, the American artist Georgia O'Keefe began to go blind at the age of 84. At the same time, she retained only peripheral vision.
4. Marcel Duchamp
Marseille was famous for creating art from ordinary things. His most famous work was The Fountain, an ordinary urinal on which Marcel signed his autograph.
5. William Morris
William was known for his bad temper. He even had a habit of throwing his lunch out of the window if it was cooked “wrong”.
6. Georges Braque
Georges Braque is a French painter, graphic artist, set designer, sculptor and decorator. He became famous for becoming the first person whose art was exhibited at the Louvre during the life of the author.
7. Pete Mondrian
Peet is a Dutch artist who laid the foundation for abstract painting. He was known for selflessly working on paintings until his hands were blistered.
8. Edgar Degas
Degas's biggest passion was dancers. During his life, the artist painted almost 1,500 paintings depicting dancers.
9. Paul Cezanne
Cezanne was an illegitimate child. His father was a wealthy merchant. The artist died all alone due to pneumonia, surrounded by many paintings that he never managed to sell.
10. Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin, along with Cezanne and Van Gogh, was the largest representative of post-impressionism. This French artist at one time worked on the construction of the Panama Canal.
11. Henri Matisse
Not everyone can understand the meaning of the paintings of the French fauvist painter Henri Matisse. One of his works, The Boat, hung upside down at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for 47 days until a visitor pointed out a mistake.
12. Claude Monet
Claude's father did not like that his son became an artist. He wanted Claude to be a grocer.
13. Willard Wigan
During his work, Willard makes microsculptures between heart beats, so as not to spoil them (they are so tiny). He paints them with a fly's hair.
14. George Wlosich
With his unusual creativity, George shows that even children's toys and drawings can be art. He creates paintings on the Magic Screen toy.
15. Damien Hirst
The English artist is known as the "bad boy in British art". Blur dedicated a video for their song "Country House" to him.
16. John James Audubon
John was born in Santo Domingo and moved to the United States in 1802. He set himself the goal of drawing every species of bird living in North America. As a result, he made 435 watercolors.
17. Salvador Dali
Dali is known for his extraordinary deeds. For example, he thought he was the reincarnation of his deceased brother.
18. Jackson Pollock
Pollock is one of the most extraordinary artists of the 20th century. He was famous for painting with cigarettes instead of a paintbrush.
19. Jan Vermeer
Jan Vermeer is a Dutch artist who became famous for his everyday painting and genre portraits. In the 1500s, Jan used an early version of the movie camera called the Obscura camera in his work.
20. Anish Kapoor
The art collector was somehow compensated for a funny reason. The storage company threw out one of Kapoor's works that belonged to the collector, believing it to be trash.
21. Vincent Van Gogh
Van Gogh had a brother who died at birth. His name was also Vincent Van Gogh.
22. Auguste Rodin
Known as the Bronze Age, his sculpture looked stunningly real. Many people thought that the artist killed someone and sculpted a sculpture around his body.
23. Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens is the most famous South Dutch (Flemish) painter. He was knighted by the King of Spain and the King of England.
24. Tim Knowles
This British artist has been using non-standard approaches in his work for a long time. For example, he is known for attaching pens to tree branches and letting the wind paint a picture.
25. Leonardo da Vinci
The Italian painter and scientist is considered one of the most famous painters of all time. Despite this, there are less than 30 of his paintings.
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