This document profiles 20 famous artists and their works, including Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Michaelangelo, Claude Monet, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, Henry Moore, Salvador Dali, Paul Cezanne, and Diego Rivera. For each artist, it provides their birth/death dates and location, their profession, a quote, and lists some of their most famous works. The artists represented span from the 15th century to the 20th century and cover a wide range of styles and mediums including painting, sculpture, and architecture.
3. LEONARDO DA VINCI
• Born: 04-15-1452, Vinci, Italy
• Profile: Painter, Architect,
Sculptor, Inventor, Military
Engineer and Draftsman.
• Died: 05-2-1519 ,Amboise, France
• Quotes: “He who thinks little, errs
much”
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5. VINCENT VAN GOGH
• Born: 03-30-1853
Zundert, Italy
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 07-29-1890
Amboise, France
• Quotes: “I dream of painting and then I
paint my dream.”
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9. CLAUDE MONET
• Born: 11-14-1840, Paris, France
• Profile: Painter, Philosopher
• Died: 12-5-1926, Giverny,
France
• Quotes: “The richness I achieve comes
from Nature, the source of my
inspiration.”
11. FRIDA KAHLO
• Born: 07-06-1907, Mexico City,
Mexico
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 07-13-1954, Mexico City.
Mexico
• Quotes:” I never paint dreams or
nightmares. I paint my own reality.”
12. Famous Works
The Two Fridas
SELF-PORTRAIT WITH
THORN NECKLACE AND
HUMMINGBIRD The Broken Column
13. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
• Born: 11-15-1887, Wisconsin,
USA
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 03-06-1986, New
Mexico , USA
• Quotes: “The days you work are the
best days.”
15. EDGAR DEGAS
• Born: 7-19-1834, Paris,
France
• Profile: Painter, Sculptor
• Died: 9-27-1917, Paris,
France
• Quotes: “Art is not what you see, but
what you make others see.”
17. EDVARD MUNCH
• Born: 12-12-1863, Adalsbruk,
Norway
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 1-23-1944, Oslo, Norway
• Quotes: “From my rotting body, flowers
shall grow and I am in them and that is
eternity. “
19. JACKSON POLLOCK
• Born: 1-28-1912, Wyoming,
USA
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 8-11-1956, NY, USA
• Quotes: “T he painting has a life of its
own. I try to let it come through.”
21. PABLO PICASSO
• Born: 10-26-1881, Malaga,
Spain
• Profile: Painter, Sculptor,
• Ceramicist, Stage Designer, Poet
and a Playwright.
• Died: 4-8-1973, Mougins, France
• Quotes: “Every child is an artist. The
problem is how to remain an artist once he
grows up.”
23. GUSTAV KLIMT
• Born: 7-14-1862, Baumgarten,
Austria
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 2-6-1918, Vienna, Austria
• Quotes: “Truth is like fire; to tell the truth
means to glow and burn.”
25. HENRY MOORE
• Born: 7-30-1898, Castleford,
Unite Kingdom
• Profile: Sculptor
• Died: 8-31-1986
• Quotes: “One never knows what each
day is going to bring. The important
thing is to be open and ready for it.”
27. SALVADOR DALI
• Born: 5-11-1904, Figueras,
Spain
• Profile: Painter, Draftsman
• Died: 1-23-1989,Figuerras,
Spain
• Quotes: “Intelligence without ambition
is a bird without wings.”
31. DIEGO RIVERA
• Born: 12-8-1886,
Guanajuato, Mexico
• Profile: Painter
• Died: 11-24-1957,
Mexico city, Mexico
• Quotes: “I've never believed in God, but
I believe in Picasso. “
32. Famous Works
The Man at the
Crossroad
The Card Player
Series
The History of
Mexico