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Famous Artist List
The saying that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder is very true; there is no single definition of beauty. Nor is there a standard assessment scale for evaluating talent or skills of an artist. Fine Art being an exceptionally subjective field leaves ample room for personal preferences. Apart from possessing technical skills a piece of work should have a soul to it. History of fine art projects many styles of painting that include Renaissance, Expressionism, Surrealism, and Cubism among many others. |
There are many world famous artists, who have huge fan followings. Some of them are as follows:
A name that exemplifies Italian High Renaissance is Michelangelo. His name stands out exclusively in the fields of painting and sculpture. His majestic sculptures represented power and emotion. Many believe him to be the world’s greatest artist for his superior technical skills.
Dutch artist Rembrandt gave to the creative world some magnificent masterpieces by bringing revolutionary realism into his paintings. He also excelled as a draftsman and printmaker.
Pablo Picasso is believed to be one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Following the path of Cubism, he painted awesome pieces, each one demarking his moods and the various periods of his artistic life such as Blue Period, Rose Period and African Period.
Leonardo da Vinci is the Florentine artist who gifted to the world not only works of genius that appealed to the connoisseur’s eye but some extraordinary revelations in the scientific world. In comparison to others, the genius created only handful of work since he also had inclination towards other fields such as physics, aeronautics, anatomy, and geology.
Joseph William Mallord Turner was an ace painter of his times especially known for capturing incredible landscapes on his canvas. He utilized both oil and water colors to create a revolutionary impact in his work.
Donatello is considered to be the best European sculptor of the 15th century. He created exceptional work in the medium of bronze, stone, wood, terracotta and stucco.
A master at Impressionism plein-air technique, Claude Monet also ventured into modern art in his life time. Most of his prominent work took its inspiration from his garden at Giverny. Monet was one of the few artists who viewed light as an important factor in the making of a magnum opus.
A praiseworthy follower of Donatello and Michelangelo, Auguste Rodin produced excellent work depicting modern sculpture in the medium of clay, plaster, stone and bronze.
Jan Van Eyck was an admired painter following the principles of the Early School of Netherlands. He obtained fame for initiating new realism in religious works and portraiture and for his preference of incandescent colors.
Peter Paul Rubens produced many remarkable historical paintings and sculptors. He is often described as ‘the prince of painters and the painter of princes’.
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