Mary Cassatt American Impressionist One of the few women artists of her day Famous for painting children Possible love affair with Edgar Degas

Marc Chagall Famous for art and stained glass work Russian who ended up in U.S. after the Holocaust Colorful Cubist with religious themes

Salvador Dali Spanish Surrealist Dream-like nightmares Eccentric – superstitious, germophobe, etc.

Edgar Degas French Impressionist Famous for his paintings of ballet dancers Possible love affair with Mary Cassatt

Paul Gauguin French Post- Impressionist Settled in Tahiti and took up with the native girls there Bouts of depression and alcohol abuse

Vincent Van Gogh French Impressionist Mental issues and alcohol abuse Cut off ear Never sold a painting while alive

Hokusai  Japanese artist and printmaker  Worked under many aliases  Created 100s of pieces

Edward Hopper American Realist Depressed and lonely Alienation portrayed in artwork

Frida Kahlo Mexican Realist Tragic accident as a young girl Married to artist Diego Rivera

Paul Klee Swiss-German Expressionist Loved children’s style art and geometric shapes Bauhaus

Jacob lawrence African-American Artist – closest to cubism Harlem Renaissance African-American experience and history

Leonardo da Vinci Italian Renaissance Artist, scientist, thinker, inventor “The Last Supper”

Roy Lichtenstein American pop artist Ben-Day dots Comic art

Henri Matisse French Fauvist (fauve = wild beast) Master of bright, excessive color Papercut collages in addition to paintings

Michelangelo Renaissance painter and sculptor Sistine Chapel Obsessed with human form

Claude Monet French Impressionist “Grandfather” of the Impressionist movement Obsessed with light

Georgia O’Keeffe American Southwest Flowers and cow skulls Famous and rich

Pablo Picasso Father of Cubism Spanish cubist Womanizer & hated by feminists

Jackson Pollock American abstract artist Drip method Bi-polar and alcoholic

Auguste Renoir French Impressionist Beautiful girls, women, rich lifestyle Continued to paint despite health issues later in life

Diego Rivera Mexican realist painter and muralist Political – obsessed with plight of migrant workers Married to Frida Kahlo

Norman Rockwell Mr. Americana Wholesome images of America and its people Saturday Evening Post – magazine he designed covers

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec French Impressionist Very sick as child which caused crippling Hung with the lower class (prostitutes, drug addicts, etc.)

Andy Warhol American Pop Artist Loved disposable pop culture and celebrities Famous quote – “In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.”

Artist Introductory Paragraph – Opener, Intro Artist, Thesis History/Basic Bio Paragraph Birth, Family, Childhood, Schooling, Spouse/Love interests, Children Career Paragraph Art School or Self-taught, Art Style, Where the Artist Worked (did he/she move and why?), Popular during life or after?, Other artist friends Artwork Critique/Most Famous Painting Painting’s name, Style, How does it represent that artist?, Story behind the painting, Why is it famous?, Where is it now? Conclusion/Wrap-up Paragraph Restate thesis, End of artist life (death sentence), Impact on art world, Artist’s influence that you see in our world

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