Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso is considered to be one of the most famous painters in the

twentieth century. He was born in Malaga, Spain on October 20, 1881. In
addition to painting, Picasso was also a printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer,
poet and playwright. He spent most of his adult life in France.

Picasso grew up to become one of the greatest and most influential artists of
the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the
invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the
wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Picasso is now
regarded as one of the artists who most defined the revolutionary
developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the 20th century. The Old Guitarist, 1904

Guernica, 1937

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh is a well-known Dutch post-Impressionist painter. During his

lifetime, Van Gogh remained poor and unknown. Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30
March 1853 in Zundert in the southern Netherlands. In 1869, he took his first job,
working in Hague branch of an international art dealing firm. He began to write to
his younger brother Theo, a correspondence which continued for the rest of Van
Gogh's life. Sunflower,1887

In 1880, at the age of 27, he decided to become an artist. He moved around, teaching himself to draw
and paint and receiving financial support from Theo. In 1886, Van Gogh joined Theo in Paris, His style
changed significantly under the influence of Impressionism, becoming lighter and brighter. He painted a
large number of self-portraits in this period. In 1888, Van Gogh moved to Provence in southern France,
where he painted his famous series 'Sunflowers'.

The Starry Night, 1889

Claude Monet

Claude Monet was the primary inspiration for the new art movement of impressionism. Along with his
contemporaries, he captured the light of nature on canvas in a unique, spontaneous and vivacious style.
He painted a wide range of subjects ranging from urban scenes to his own beloved formal garden.
Monet strove to capture the essence of what he saw in nature, without being constrained by formal
ideas of style and substance.

Woman with a Parasol, 1875 Haystack Series, 1890-1891