NID/UCEED General Knowledge | Famous art and artists

William De Kooning

• made “Interchange”, worlds most expensive painting for $300 million

• Dutch American ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST, came to be known as the New York School

Pablo Picasso

• Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and

ceramicist, co-founder of the Cubist movement.

• Notable works include "Les Demoiselles

d'Avignon" and "Guernica."

Jackson Pollock

• American painter known for his drip painting

  technique, significant figure in Abstract

  Expressionism. His work "No. 5, 1948" is among

  the most expensive paintings ever sold.

Amedeo Modigliani

Italian painter and sculptor known for his portraits and

nudes characterized by elongated forms and a unique

style. His works include "Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne"

and "Nu Couché."

Paul Gauguin

• French post impressionist artist

• Only become famous posthumously

• Recognised for his experimental use of colour and synthetist style that were different from impr

Paul Cezanne

• Made “The Card Players”, 3rd most expensive painting in the world for $273 million

• French artist and post impressionist painter

  • Laid the foundation for the transition from 19th century artistic endeavor to radically different world of art in 20th century

Gustav Klimt

• Austrian symbolist painter

• One of the most prominent members of the Vienna secession movement

  • Famous for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other art

Mark Rothko

American painter of Russian jewish descent. Refused to adhere to any art movement, he is identified as an abstract expressionist.

Rembrandt

Was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and print maker. Generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art, and most important in Dutch art history

Andy Warhol

American artist who was a leading figure in the Pop Art movement of the 1960s

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style

Barnett Newman

American artist, one of the major figures in abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the colour field painters

Leonardo da Vinci

Made the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, he was italian

Edvard Munch

Norwegian painter who painted lots of psychological themes built upon 19th century Symbolism and greatly influenced by German Expressionisn in the early 20th century.
Made “The Scream”

Francis Bacon

Irish bornh British painter, known for his bold and grotesque imagery. His abstracted figrues are typically isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages against flat, nondescript backgrounds.

Jasper Johns

American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with Abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and Pop art

Roy Lichtenstein

American pop artist in the 60s, along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and others. Became a leading figure in the new art movement, work is defined by the premise of pop art through parody.

Titian

Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th century Venetian school. Made the famous “Dianna & Callisto” painting

Vincent Van Gogh

Made Starry Night.
Dutch post impressionist painter

Cy Twombly

American painter, sculptor, and photographer. Belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns

Edouard Manet

French painter, one of the first 19th century artists to paint modern life. PIVOTAL figure in the transition from Realism to impressionism

Hans Holbein

German and Swiss artist who worked in a northern Renaissance style. Best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century.

Kazimir Malevich

Russian painter and art theoretician. Pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the avant-garde Suprematist movement.

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, architext, and unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Sculpted David, Bacchus, and Pieta.
Was also the Principal Architect for 2 of the most innovative structures of the time: St Peters Basilica and Laurentian Library

Claude Monet

A founder of French Impressionist painting, most prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting.

Pontormo

Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School

Qi Baishi

Influential Chinese painter, known for his whimsical and playful style of watercolor works. Was born to a peasant family and learned to paint by himself.

Raphael

Italisn painter and architect of the High Renaissance. Work is admired for his clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement. Made the piece “The School of Athens.”

Thomas Eakins

American realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator. Widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in American art history.