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Famous Artists Famous Artists Students will choose a famous artist Students will choose a famous artist from the following list. from the following list. Students who choose the same artist Students who choose the same artist will be placed in a group together to will be placed in a group together to create a presentation about the artist. create a presentation about the artist.

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Famous ArtistsFamous Artists

• Students will choose a famous artist from Students will choose a famous artist from the following list. the following list.

• Students who choose the same artist will Students who choose the same artist will be placed in a group together to create a be placed in a group together to create a presentation about the artist.presentation about the artist.

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Artist ChoicesArtist ChoicesPaintersPainters• Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci Giuseppe ArcimboldoGiuseppe Arcimboldo• John James AudubonJohn James Audubon Georgia O’KeefeGeorgia O’Keefe• Salvador DaliSalvador DaliModern ArtistsModern Artists Sandy SkoglundSandy Skoglund• Andy WarholAndy Warhol Peit MondrianPeit Mondrian• Dale ChihulyDale Chihuly Andy GoldsworthyAndy Goldsworthy• Barbara KrugerBarbara Kruger M. C. EscherM. C. EscherPhotographersPhotographers• Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams Scott MutterScott Mutter• Carl WarnerCarl Warner Chuck CloseChuck Close

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Leonardo Da Leonardo Da VinciVinci• Renaissance Artist Renaissance Artist

and inventor who and inventor who lived in Europe lived in Europe during the 1500’sduring the 1500’s

• His artwork His artwork focused on realism focused on realism and perspective.and perspective.

• Most famous for Most famous for painting the Mona painting the Mona Lisa, and The Last Lisa, and The Last Supper.Supper.

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Giuseppe ArcimboldoGiuseppe Arcimboldo• Italian painter who was born in 1527 Italian painter who was born in 1527 • He was the son of an artist and was He was the son of an artist and was

commissioned to paint portraits of people and commissioned to paint portraits of people and create stained glass windows.create stained glass windows.

• Giuseppe is famous for his whimsical portraits Giuseppe is famous for his whimsical portraits of people using objects from nature to create of people using objects from nature to create faces. faces.

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Carl WarnerCarl Warner

• Carl Warner creates Carl Warner creates all of his art out of all of his art out of food.food.

• He makes a scene with He makes a scene with only food objects and only food objects and then photographs it then photographs it and lists each and lists each ingredient ingredient alphabetically.alphabetically.

• He is a living artist He is a living artist from Englandfrom England

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Salvador DaliSalvador Dali• American American

Surrealist Surrealist Painter Painter who used normal who used normal objects in unusual objects in unusual ways to play tricks ways to play tricks with the mind.with the mind.

• Art Museum in St. Art Museum in St. Petersburg Petersburg dedicated to his dedicated to his paintings.paintings.

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Andy WarholAndy Warhol

• New York City Artist who invented New York City Artist who invented Pop ArtPop Art..• POP Art stands for popular imagesPOP Art stands for popular images• Andy Warhol took everyday items and created prints of Andy Warhol took everyday items and created prints of

them. He repeated his prints over and over in different them. He repeated his prints over and over in different colors.colors.

• Andy Warhol was famous in the 1960’s for his loft in New Andy Warhol was famous in the 1960’s for his loft in New York City where he created art, movies and had huge York City where he created art, movies and had huge parties parties

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Chuck CloseChuck Close• American American

painter and painter and photographer photographer whose portriat whose portriat work is in the work is in the style of style of photorealism photorealism

• Chuck Close often works from photographic stills to create paintings of people that appear to be photographs. Close suffers from Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, in which he is unable to recognize faces.

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M C EscherM C Escher

• One of the worlds most famous One of the worlds most famous graphic artistsgraphic artists..

• M C Escher worked mostly with M C Escher worked mostly with printmaking and lithographyprintmaking and lithography

• In his graphic art, he portrayed In his graphic art, he portrayed mathematical relationships among mathematical relationships among shapes, figures and space. shapes, figures and space. Additionally, he explored interlocking Additionally, he explored interlocking figures using black and white to figures using black and white to enhance different dimensions. enhance different dimensions.

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John James AudubonJohn James Audubon• Famous American historical artist who scientifically Famous American historical artist who scientifically

documented nature of the North American Continent.documented nature of the North American Continent.• Audubon created drawings of over 500 species of Audubon created drawings of over 500 species of

birds in the early 1800’s before photography was birds in the early 1800’s before photography was invented. He then engraved his drawings on copper invented. He then engraved his drawings on copper plates to create prints from them.plates to create prints from them.

• Audubon’s name can be seen all over the United Audubon’s name can be seen all over the United States today as parks, towns, and many nature States today as parks, towns, and many nature societies are named in his honor.societies are named in his honor.

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Georgia Georgia O’KeefeO’Keefe• American female artist American female artist

of the twentieth of the twentieth century (1900’s) and century (1900’s) and is famous for her is famous for her paintings of flowers paintings of flowers and desert landscapes and desert landscapes of the Southwestern of the Southwestern US.US.

• Her work mainly Her work mainly focuses on color, focuses on color, texture, and is very texture, and is very beautifulbeautiful

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Dale ChuihulyDale Chuihuly• Contemporary living Contemporary living

American artist who American artist who works with glass to works with glass to create colorful create colorful sculptures.sculptures.

• Dale Chuihuly’s Dale Chuihuly’s work can be seen in work can be seen in hotels, gardens and hotels, gardens and current museum current museum exhibits. exhibits.

• Look around and Look around and you will see one!you will see one!

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Andy Andy GoldsworthyGoldsworthy

• Installation artist Installation artist who creates who creates sculptures from sculptures from only naturally only naturally found objects in found objects in nature.nature.

• Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy then photographs then photographs his work to his work to preserve it.preserve it.

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Ansel AdamsAnsel Adams

• Pioneer of Photography who worked mainly in the Pioneer of Photography who worked mainly in the American West documenting the first National ParksAmerican West documenting the first National Parkswhen the art form was new and difficult to work when the art form was new and difficult to work with.with.

• Famous for his detailed and flawless photography Famous for his detailed and flawless photography on glass plates that took hours to capture and print.on glass plates that took hours to capture and print.

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Scott MutterScott Mutter• Modern Photographic artist who uses Modern Photographic artist who uses

multiple photographs together to create multiple photographs together to create artwork that is surreal and unusual.artwork that is surreal and unusual.

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Sandy SkoglundSandy Skoglund• Her artworks are

characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and bright, contrasting colors that create a strange and surprising juxtaposition.

• Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets and furnishing them with carefully selected colored furniture and other objects. This process takes her months to complete and is then photographed with actors.

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Barbara Barbara KrugerKruger

• Modern American Modern American Artist who asks Artist who asks questions of the questions of the viewer with her art viewer with her art and makes powerful and makes powerful statements.statements.

“ “ I work with pictures I work with pictures and words because and words because they have the ability they have the ability to determine who we to determine who we are, and who we are are, and who we are not.”not.”

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Please choose an artist at Please choose an artist at this timethis time

• Pick your 1Pick your 1stst, 2, 2ndnd & 3 & 3rdrd choice choice • You will be assigned a group to work with You will be assigned a group to work with

next class.next class.

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Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso• Famous Famous

contemporary contemporary twentieth century twentieth century artist who created artist who created the art movement of the art movement of cubismcubismwhich adds which adds geometric lines and geometric lines and shapes into objects shapes into objects

• Picasso painted in Picasso painted in Spain and is famous Spain and is famous for his portraits for his portraits

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Frida KahloFrida Kahlo• Mexican female Mexican female

painter who was painter who was married to a married to a famous mural famous mural painter Diego painter Diego RiveraRivera

• Often painted Often painted strange self- strange self- portraits and portraits and cultural themescultural themes

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Piet MandrinPiet Mandrin• AbstractAbstract artist who artist who

created works of artcreated works of art

using color, line and using color, line and geometric shapes.geometric shapes.

Piet Mandrin worked in Piet Mandrin worked in Paris and New York Paris and New York City in the early 1900’s.City in the early 1900’s.

His work was His work was revolutionary due to it’s revolutionary due to it’s simplistic perfection of simplistic perfection of geometric shapes and geometric shapes and primary colors that are primary colors that are appealing to the human appealing to the human eye.eye.