This document lists various artists and their works, as well as examples of how students and other artists studied and were influenced by the masters. It includes Michelangelo studying under Ghirlandaio, Van Gogh being influenced by Japanese prints, Picasso studying the works of Velazquez and Courbet, and examples of student sketches copying and analyzing works by Rembrandt, Cezanne, Bellows, and Van Gogh. The purpose is to show artists learning from the masters by close observation and interpretation of their techniques.

1. STUDYING THE MASTERS

2. Ghirlandaio (Michelangelo was his apprentice, meaning he “copied” many of the
master’s work, and worked in the style of Ghirlandaio during that time, learning
everything he could about form, technique and materials

3. Michelangelo (Sistine ceiling)

4. Student sketchbook study of Michelangelo

5. Gericault – Raft of the Medusa

6. Student study of Gericault

7. Vincent’s study of a Japanese print

8. Vincent Van Gogh – The Sower. Notice the Japanese influences.

9. Francis Bacon studying Vincent

10. Raimondi – Judgment of Paris (c. 1500)

11. Manet - Luncheon on the Grass (1862)

12. Velasquez – Portrait of Philip IV

13. Picasso’s study of Velasquez’ Portrait of Philip IV

14. Courbet

15. Picasso’s Cubist study of Courbet

16. Giorgione (and Titian?) – Venus of Urbino (1538)

17. Manet- Olympia (1862)

18. Larry Rivers (1970’s)

19. Cezanne and student study

20. George Bellows - Stag at Sharkey’s

21. Student study of Bellows

22. Rembrandt

23. Student 15 min Study of Rembrandt (his comment: “Looks like Jesus is losing at poker”)

24. Cezanne and student study

25. Student study of Cezanne

26. Vincent – Ink Drawing of Starry Night

27. Student study of Starry Night