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American painter and television personality Also known as: Robert Norman Ross Bob Ross (born October 29, 1942, Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.—died July 4, 1995, New Smyrna Beach, Florida) was an American painter and television personality whose popular PBS television show The Joy of Painting (1983–94) made him a household name as the painting teacher to the masses. Early life, United States […]
Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (born July 14, 1862, Vienna, Austria—died February 6, 1918, Vienna) was an Austrian painter, a leading figure of Art Nouveau and one of the foremost decorative artists of the 20th century. He was especially known for his flat, brilliantly colored paintings and for founding the Vienna Sezession. Early work After studying at the Vienna School […]
Dutch painter Also known as: Vincent Willem van Gogh Vincent van Gogh (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands—died July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists. Van Gogh started his artistic career rather late, beginning at age 27. In the decade that followed he created an […]
Italian painter and architect Also known as: Raffaello Santi, Raffaello Sanzio, Raphael Sanzio Raphael (born April 6, 1483, Urbino, Duchy of Urbino [Italy]—died April 6, 1520, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was a master painter and architect of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael is best known for his Madonnas and for his large figure compositions in the Vatican. His School of Athens in the Stanza della Segnatura, a room […]
Greek philosopher Also known as: Aristoteles Aristotle (born 384 bce, Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece—died 322, Chalcis, Euboea) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Classical antiquity and Western history. He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the framework and vehicle for both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy. Even after the intellectual revolutions of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment, Aristotelian concepts […]
Italian artist Also known as: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Michelangelo (born March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]—died February 18, 1564, Rome, Papal States) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Michelangelo was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he has been held […]
painting by Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most famous painting. It was painted sometime between 1503 and 1519, when Leonardo was living in Florence, and it now hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris, where it has remained an object of pilgrimage in the 21st century. The sitter’s mysterious smile and […]