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RembRandt

most people know the dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon

van Rijn (1606-69) only by his first name. He is well-known

for his portraits that are full of expression. the painting

shown here is one of many self-portraits.

monet

Claude monet (1840-1926) was

the leader of the impressionists.

He painted many pictures of

the flowers in his garden at

Giverny and in the French

countryside, including

the picture above, called

The Poppy Field. Seen close up,

the picture consists of many

brushstrokes of different colors,

but from a distance the dabs of

color come together to form a

field of red flowers.

PiCaSSo

many people believe that

the Spanish painter Pablo

Picasso (1881-1973) was

the most creative and

influential artist of the

20th century. From a very

young age, Picasso was

extremely skillful at drawing

and painting. His restless

personality led him to paint

in many different styles. one style was

his “blue period” of painting, when

he concentrated on blue as the main

color for his pictures. in 1907,

Picasso painted a picture called

Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, which

shocked many people—it was

a painting of human figures

represented by angular and

distorted shapes. this led

to a style of painting

called cubism.

imPReSSioniSm

at an exhibition in Paris in

1874, a painting by the French artist

Claude monet caused an uproar. art

critics and the public were used to seeing realistic

objects in pictures, but monet and his fellow

artists, known as impressionists, painted in dabs of

color to create the effect of light and shade. other

great artists of the impressionist movement were

Camille Pissarro, Pierre auguste Renoir, edgar

degas, mary Cassatt, and alfred Sisley.

RomantiC movement

during the late 18th and early

19th centuries, painters such

as the French artist eugène

delacroix (1798-1863) began

a new style of painting,

which became known as the

Romantic movement. the

romantics used bright color

and a free handling of paint to

create their dramatic pictures.

the english painter J.m.W.

turner (1775-1851) painted

landscapes and seascapes

flooded with light and color.

HoCkney

david Hockney (born 1937)

is a well-known british painter.

He is famous for his pictures of

California, especially paintings

of swimming pools like this one,

called A Bigger Splash. Hockney

works with many different

materials, including photographs

and color photocopies.

modeRn PainteRS

Since the beginning of the 20th century, painters have

experimented with different ways of creating pictures.

Picasso and Georges braque stuck fabric, sand, and

newsprint onto canvases to make collages. Piet mondrian

painted in straight lines and

right angles. action

painting was developed

by the american artist

Jackson Pollock, who

splashed paint on to

huge canvases on

his studio floor.

asian painters

While european art was

developing, asian artists

were evolving their own

styles of painting. the

Chinese observed nature

accurately, and painted

exquisite pictures with

simple brushstrokes in ink

on silk and paper. Some

Japanese artists, such as

Hokusai (1760-1849),

made beautiful prints.

This painting is by the modern

Japanese painter Kaii Higashiyama

(1918-1999); it is called Flowery

Glow.

The Poppy Field, by Claude Monet

This is a detail from

the painting by the

French artist

Fragonard

(1732-1806)

called

The Swing.

This photograph

shows Picasso

with a painting

of his children,

Claude and

Paloma. He

is on his

way to

show this

Painting 400-

an exhibition

of his work.

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