Who We

Are
Self-portraits
15 minutes
of fame

Andy Warhol
 History and struggles
of African-Americans
Jacob Lawrence
 Spanish
artist
influenced
by
Surrealism
(dreams,
fantasy,
mystery)

Joan Miro
Jackson
Pollock’s
wife

Lee Krasner
Impossible pictures &
tesselations

M. C. Escher
Austrian artist

Oskar Kokoschka
Mexican artist Was injured
or in pain
"I paint myself
most of her
because I am so
often alone and
life
because I am
the subject I
know best."

Frida Kahlo
 Work
became
famous
after his
death

Paul Gauguin
 Van
Van Gogh
Gogh andand Gauguin's
Gauguin's troubled
troubled friendship
friendship was
was legendary.
legendary. InIn
1888,
1888, Van Gogh persuaded him to come to Arles in the
Van Gogh persuaded him to come to Arles in the south
south of
of
France to live with him in the Yellow House he had set
France to live with him in the Yellow House he had set up as a up as a
"studio
"studio of
of the
the south".
south". They
They spent
spent the
the autumn
autumn painting
painting together
together
before
before things soured. Just before Christmas, they fell
things soured. Just before Christmas, they fell out.
out. Van
Van

Cut off his

Gogh, seized by an attack of a metabolic disease
Gogh, seized by an attack of a metabolic disease becamebecame
aggressive
aggressive and
and was
was apparently
apparently crushed
crushed when
when Gauguin
Gauguin saidsaid he
he was
was
leaving for good.
leaving for good.

own ear.... Kaufmann

Kaufmann told
from the
them: Vincent
told the
Yellow
the Guardian:

Vincent might
Guardian: "Near
House,
might have
there
"Near the
was
have attacked
a
the brothel,
brothel, about
final
attacked him,
about 300
encounter
from the Yellow House, there was a final encounter between
them: him, Gauguin
300 metres
between
Gauguin wanted
wanted toto
metres

or did Paul
defend
defend himself and to get rid of this 'madman'. He drew
himself and to get rid of this 'madman'. He drew his
his
weapon,
weapon, made
made some
some movement
movement in in the
the direction
direction of
of Vincent
Vincent andand by
by
that
that cut off his left ear." Kaufmann said it was not clear if it was
cut off his left ear." Kaufmann said it was not clear if it was
an
an accident
accident oror an
an aimed
aimed hit.
hit.

Gauguin do
it?

Vincent Van Gogh

Painting
Prints
s take
can take
months
2 years
to make

Chuck Close
 African
America
n printer
&
painter

William Henry Johnson