Famous Personalities of Art and their Works

1. 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” Brian S. Cunal

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Famous Works The Last Supper Mona Lisa Vitruvian Man Brian S. Cunal Brian S. Cunal
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.” Brian S. Cunal
Famous Works The Starry Night Sunflowers Irises Brian S. Cunal
MICHAELANGELO • Born: 4-6-1475, Michaelangelo, Italy • Profile: Painter, Architect, Poet •
Died: 2-18-1564, Rome, Italy • Quotes: “Genius is eternal patience.”
Famous Works David Creation of Adam St. Peter’s Basilica
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.”
Famous Works Water Lilies Impresion,Sunrise Rouen Cathedral Series
FRIDAKAHLO•Born:07-06-1907,MexicoCity,Mexico•Profile:Painter•Died: 07-13-1954, Mexico
City. Mexico • Quotes:” I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.”
10. Famous Works The Two Fridas SELF-PORTRAIT WITH THORN NECKLACE AND
HUMMINGBIRD The Broken Column
11. 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.”
12. Famous Works Black Irises III Cow’s Skull: Red, White and Blue Radiator Building Night-
New York
13. 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.”
14. Famous Works The Absinthe Drinker The Dance Class The Bellelli Family 15. 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. “

16. Famous Works The Scream The Day After The Dance of Life
17. 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.”
18.. Famous Works The Number 5 The Number 11 The Number 31
19. 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.”
20. Famous Works Guernica The Young Ladies of Avignon The Weeping Woman 21. 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.”
22. Famous Works The Kiss Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I The Virgin
23. 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.”
24. Famous Works Reclining Figures King and Queen Bird Basket
25. 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.”
26. Famous Works The Persistence of Memory Swans Reflecting Elephants
Premonition of Civil War
27. PAUL CEZANNE • Born: 1-19-1839, Aix-en, France • Profile: Painter • Died: 10-
22-1906, Aix-en, France • Quotes: “We live in a rainbow of chaos.”
28. Famous Works The Bathers The Card Player Series Jug, Curtain and Fruit Bowl 29. 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. “
30. Famous Works The Man at the Crossroad The Card Player Series The History of
Mexico