Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)

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Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)

• Born and lived in what is now known as the
  Netherlands
• His art was religious or earthy themed
• His work influenced the Surrealists

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452  1519)
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Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569)

• Born in Bree, Habsburg, Netherlands (modern-day
  Belgium)
• Part of the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance
• Influenced by the landscapes of France and Italy

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Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)

• Lived in Seville, Spain
• Worked in the Baroque period
• Exaggerated lighting, excessive details, intense
  emotion
• Most of his work was done for the King Philip IV
  of Spain
• Influenced Picasso

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)

• Lived in the Netherlands
• His art is greatly influenced by religious themes
• Known as one of the greatest portrait artists in
  European art history

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Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806)

• Lived in Grasse, France
• Influenced the Impressionists
• His style defined the Rococo period
• ornate, fancy, decorative, playful

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Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842)

• Born in Paris, France
• She was trained by her artist father and studied
  at the Academie Royal in Paris
• She was one of few independent female artists in
  her time

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Vincent Vangogh (1853-1890)

• Born in Holland
• Considered a Post-impressionist
• Known for his thick brush strokes

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Edvard Munch (1863-1943)

• From Oslo, Norway
• Enrolled in technical college to study
  engineering before becoming an artist.
• Experienced a great deal of loss in his life
• Examined his life and psychology in his works

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Henri Matisse 1869-1954

• Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Nord, France
• One of the creators of Fauvism
• Expressed emotion through the use of wild,
  dissonant colour
• Created paper cut-outs (collage) towards the
  end of his life

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Emily Carr (1871-1945)

• From Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Inspired by the Indigenous people of the Pacific
  North West
• The University of Art and Design in Vancouver is
  named in her honour

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Tom Thomson (1877-1917)

• Born in Claremont, Ontario, Canada
• He worked with the members of The Group of
  Seven
• Influenced by the outdoors
• Died under mysterious circumstances during a
  canoe trip in Algonquin Park

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Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

• From Malaga, Spain
• Taught by his father
• One of the creators of Cubism

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Georges Braque (1882-1963)

• From Argenteuil, Val-dOise, France
• Trained to be a house painter like his father and
  grandfather
• Involved in the Fauvist and Cubist movements

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Georgia OKeefe (1887-1986)

• From New Mexico, USA
• Considered the mother of American Modernism
• Known for paintings of enlarged blossoms, as well
  as images of rocks and bones from the desert
  landscape

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Joan Miro (1893-1938)

• From Barcelona, Spain
• Often associated with Surrealism
• Influenced by Picasso and Matisse

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M.C. Escher (1898-1972)

• From the Netherlands
• Originally studied architecture before switching
  to the decorative arts
• His work has a great mathematical component and
  involved optical illusions and impossible objects

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Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)

• Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
• While at Dartmouth College, he was kicked out of
  their literary magazine.
• In 1927, he became a writer and illustrator for
  the humour magazine Judge.
• His first book was published in 1937.

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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)

• Lived in Coyoacán , Mexico
• Influenced by Mexican culture bright colour,
  symbolism, primitive style
• Suffered serious injury and on-going pain from a
  car accident in 1925. Her self-portraits often
  explore this pain.

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Lucien Freud (1922  2011)

• Born in Berlin, Germany moved to London, England
• Grandson of Sigmund Freud
• When he paints portraits of people he doesnt try
  to change them or make them more beautiful.

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Keith Haring 1958-1990

• From Pennsylvania, USA
• Involved in the New York Pop art/Street art
  movement
• His work is mainly about birth, death, sexuality,
  and war
• Died from AIDS at age 31