Have you ever heard about Chuck Close? If you haven't I'm going to tell you he is. Chuck close is a famous artist known for his painting and how he makes them. Around the age of 49 he got a blood clot in his one of his vertebrates in this spine that ended up making him paralyzed from the neck down.
Chuck close was born July 5th of 1940 in Monroe, WA.His younger life wasn't all that great. He had suffered from severe dyslexia, being put down by teachers and friends,having his father past at the age of 11 and after that his mother had gotten breast cancer. He wasn't very good at school and wasn't all that popular and because of that he fell into art. His parents didn't really do anything to help or support him. So having art in his life at this time made him feel better, not fully though. Having art in his life helped him a lot with feeling better about himself.
At his later years of life he got a wife and had two little girls. He was still the same artist, he was before. His past helped him out a lot. It made him work a lot harder to achieve his goals cause as a young child he didn't put much effort into anything unlike now. During his life he accomplished many different things, for example, he got one of his paintings in a museum. He
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He would use a method where he would make little squares inside of 1 another to make his face. That he only used about 4 colors to create it. Other times he would do a grayscale portrait which he only used black paint(Only about half a teaspoon of it with some mixed water in it) to create his grayscale painting. He used a method called the “Grid Method.” That is when you make about 1 inch size squares to base your painting off of. Chuck close used this method for most of his painting. He used this method to make it easier on his arm when we painted. He also had a machine made for him that would make his paintings turn upside down so it could be more accessible for
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s greatest and most well-known artists, but when he was alive he considered himself to be a complete failure. It was not until after he died that Van Gogh’s paintings received the recognition they deserved. Today he is thought to be the second best Dutch artist, after Rembrandt. Born in 1853, he was one of the biggest artistic influences of the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh created a new era of art, he learned to use art to escape his mental illness, and he still continues to inspire artists over 100 years later.
... previous jobs to convey a welcoming and educational message in his work. He makes his art clear, educational, and unconventional to express his individuality and help children in their development. Had it not been for his first couple of jobs, the teacher that showed him the banned painting, and his love for children he probably would not be the memorable artist that he is today.
In conclusion I feel this artist is really inspiring, as his art gives a whole new look at life. That’s the way I look at it and feel as though he would too. He grew up in one of the hardest era’s for an African American and yet he still perspired, which to me is incredible. Overall his pieces give an interesting look on life, through a piece of metal representing life and humans. All of his artwork intrigued me and I was happy to be able to picture some of the pieces in person. This experience was truly different and I’m glad I chose this artist for his true passion
In 1861 Cezanne moved to Paris, but it only lasted about six months. He suffered from depression and decided to move home, wondering if he had chosen the wrong career. After a year of working with his father, he decided to give painting another try. The first six months back in Paris were very hard on the new artist. He had failed the entrance exam at Ecole des Beaux-Arts, which was the official painting school in Paris. At the same time his artwork was rejected at The Salon, the official art exhibition of the Academie des Beaux-Arts. While in Paris, he met Camille Pissarro an Impressionist painter. Pissarro was able to help the young developing artist. The more mature artist was able to mentored Cezanne and over the course of their friendship they started working on projects together, wo...
he had troubles with finances, he had familial issues, and he had issues in his romantic pursuits. But, instead of letting himself be crushed under the weight of his troubles, he took a stand and created beautiful paintings out of it.
Each of the artists mentioned here met Andy Warhol at different phases of his career. While the majority of them were seen at the infamous Factory, some came both before and after. Regardless of where they met and knew Warhol, they each had their own individual lessons and impacts. Jean-Michel Basquait was perhaps the last artist to come around and really know Andy Warhol. Julia Warhol was certainly the first. In between were very many amazing artists, almost too many artists to talk about. The most important, of course, have been mentioned in this paper. Andy Warhol is a man still impacting art long after his death. His visionary style changed forever the face of both commercial art and gallery art. Hopefully this paper communicated a bit of that genius.
Pablo Picasso was fostered for creation, his love for the work he did and for the people he shared it with led him to be the most dominant artist of the 20th century. The foundation for Picasso’s successful life was set early on. He was brought into this world by mother, Maria Picasso Lopez (Bernadac and Bouchet 18), and father, Don Jose Ruiz Blasco (Cabanne 1), on October 25th in 1881, at 11:15 p.m. (Bernadac and Bouchet 17). It was a difficult birth and Pablo was a weak baby, so weak the midwife believed he was a stillborn (Pablo Picasso Biography 8). It was his uncle who realized he was alive, he blew cigar smoke in Pablo’s face to see if the baby would react; when he scowled they all knew Pablo was alive (Pablo Picasso Biography 8). Pablo
.... He uses his work as a form of therapy and puts his heart and soul into anything he touches. The pain from being unaccepted by his peers and family is put into his work. His nightmares from the past come out on paper. Without the judgment and pain thrown at him, he could have never been as great as he is today. Every aspect of his work has been affected by his life, whether it be relationships, being pushed down, or feeling alone. He has rose from the ashes of his past, taken all of the pain and turned it into something truly beautiful.
Salvador Dali was an exceptional painter. He seemed to have led a charmed life, being gifted with so many talents and a very loving wife. For the most part, Dali did not have much cause to be unhappy with his life. Salvador Dali summed up the mood of his life when he wrote, "Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dali, and I ask myself, wonder struck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dali" (Descharnes, 9).
time. Through everything, he realized the power that art could express. He had many viewpoints
Born in 1886 Diego Rivera was born to a wealthy family living in Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of two his twin brother died and a year later Diego Rivera started drawing, his parents caught him drawing on walls and instead of punishing him nurtured his artistic side by enabling him with the supplies he needed. Throughout his life Diego Rivera was dedicated to art, “He began to study painting at an early age and in 1907 moved to Europe. Spending most of the next fourteen years in Paris, Rivera encountered the works of such great masters as Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and Matisse.” Influenced by the work of such great minds Rivera began the search for his own signature and contribution to modern art, “Rivera was searching for a new form of painting, one that could express the complexities of his day and still reach a wide audience.” Rivera found the medium he was looking for, a form of street art involving murals painted on fresh plaster, he returned to Mexico to introduce this new form of art to the public. Rivera soon sewed himself into the art community in America, “His outgoing personality puts him at ...
...suffering and the goodness that he experienced throughout his life helped mold his work into the inspiration that it became to so many people.
...hat there is a story to tell and that everyone is not perfect. His work as greatly influenced many artists like Diego Velazquez and Rembrandt. To this day, he is recognized as one of the founding fathers of modern painting. Today you can visit an exhibition of his work in Rome (“Caravaggio”).
Towards the end of Picasso’s life, he slept very little but painted a lot (MacDonald 109). On April 8, 1973, Pablo Picasso died in Mougins, France. He is buried at Chateau de Vauvenargues in Provence (MacDonald 109). In his lifetime, he created 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, and 34,000 illustrations (PabloPicasso.org). Picasso was honored the Lenin Peace prize in 1950, and then again in 1961 (Biography.com). He switched styles, which made him seem like five or six different artists rather than one (Biography.com).
His later works from around the 1980’s can be very debatable for the fact that he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease so his works became clean,sparse and almost graphic.Many say his paintings at this stage were an effects of the attempting recovery of alcoholism.