Jean Dubuffet was born in1901 in Le Havre, France. He couldn’t finish is art education, and wavered for year between doing art and working at his families wine business. He was attracted to the art of children and the mentally ill, and coined the art calling it “Art Brut” which means raw art. Most of his early work was influenced by of the outsider artist and also shaped by the interest of that of post-war associat3d with the Art Informel movement. He also developed a radically new, graphic style, which he called “Hourloupe” but he his best known for the thick textured and gritty surfaces of his pictures. He was born into a middle-class family that distributed wine, he was well educated but came to reject his studies, and instead preferred to educate himself by reading Dr. Hans Prinzhorn, who created a collection of art work that was art of that of asylum inmates and children. That their artwork is savage, or based on animal instinct, and primal instinct that connected all living things. This would have a strong influence on his artwork in his later career. …show more content…
He rebelled against academia and took a stance in anti-art and anti-culture refusing to be restricted by categories, but after attending school for six month when he withdrew from the academy. He took over his family’s wine business and continued his self-study. He found peace with the everyday people of the country and believed the meaning in living simple life with a focus on music (Jazz) and poetry. He didn’t start seriously pursuing his art career until he was 41 years old after being a successful
Jacques Callot (1592-1635) was recognized as “The Father of French Etching”. Callot seemed to master the art form quickly and he influenced many in the process. His work in a series of prints titled ...
Georges-Pierre Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter, as well as a fine draftsman. He was born and raised in a wealthy family in Paris on December 2, 1859. He lived a short life of thirty-one year of age, and in his time, Seurat not only invented his style of pointillism, but he also became the first Neo-Impressionist. In pointillism, Seurat used miniscule dots of various colors on a base color to produce the local color. This creates an optical mixture from afar for the viewer and makes the image livelier. As the first Neo-Impressionist, he systematically painted his works instead of the rough brushworks of the earlier Impressionists (Chu 410-411, Gage 452, Georges). Since Seurat first started to dig deep into the arts when he was merely sixteen, he really changed the modern art world within 15 years; barely half of his life! Seurat truly worked hard to get the reputation he has today and his works are unquestionably phenomenal through his techniques he used.
... 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.
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York to parents Gérard Basquiat and Matilde Andradas. Little did they know at the time that Jean-Michel Basquiat would soon go down as one of the most important contemporary painters continuing to leave a legacy for decades to come after his passing. Basquiat would live a difficult life and experience many hardships until he later dies of a heroin overdose, but what he experiences during his lifetime is what shaped the way Basquiat expressed himself through his art. Basquiat’s exceedingly personal and relatable art is what guided him to being such an influential artist. “His work is likely to remain for a long time as the modern picture of
...aced this rejection in his life, from neighbors, artists, critics and galleries. Very few people appreciated his art, which explains his long history of mental illness.
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.
Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in the rectory of Zundert in Barbant (Burra). His father was a soft-spoken Dutch clergyman. The only thing Van Gogh got from his father, was the desire to be involved in the family church. Even at an early age, Vincent showed artistic talent but neither he nor his parents imagined that painting would take him where it did later in life. One of his first jobs came at the age of sixteen, as an art dealer’s assistant. He went to work for Goupil and Company, an art gallery where an uncle had been working for some time. Three of his father’s brothers were art dealers, and he was christened after the most distinguished of his uncles, who was manager of the Hague branch of the famous Goupil Galleries (Meier-Graefe). His parents were poor, so his rich uncle offered to take him ...
.... 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.
of human minds, and able to express true emotion into his art that very few artists could ever hope to portray.
Pablo Statue maker, one of the most recognized public figure of the twentieth century artwork who co-created such tool as Cubism and Surrealism, was also among most innovative, influential, and prolific creative person of all shape. He was Born Pablo Ruiz Picasso on October digit, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. He was the first child of Jose Ruiz y Blasco and Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father was an artist and academic of art at the Swim of Fine Arts, and also a curator of museum in Malaga, Spain. Picasso began studying art under his father's tutelage, continued at the Establishment of Arts in National capital for a class, and went on his cunning explorations of the new horizons. He went to Capital of Franc...
Rubens was educated to be a humanist but like all great artists choose his profession for himself. The combination of first-rate classical education with an innate visual genius made for an unprecedented combination in an artist.
Vincent van Gogh was a poor artist in 19th century Europe that was constantly tortured by psychiatric issues. Van Gogh was born in Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853. His father was a pastor and raised him with a very religious lifestyle and he originally set out to be a pastor himself. He was fired from his preaching job because of his intensity and fierceness and decided to be an artist. His many disorders eventually got the better of him and he was admitted to the St. Remy mental institution where he did the much of his art.
He argued that past art demanded thought and understanding, whereas advertising and celebrity culture demanded only immediate attention, very quickly becoming uninteresting and boring(). Art should stimulate more the viewer than just visually. Art that has substance behind it I tend to remember more or think about more. This piece is innovative, it brings about ideas with it that hadn’t been discovered in our society. I can see how the audience at first glance could consider this not to be art. I probably would’ve agreed, but learning about it I know that every time I see the repeated images of the soup cans I now think twice. I consider good art to be art that is able to stimulating the mind visually, by bringing about new
A man nicknamed “SAMO” becomes one of the greatest artists of all time! However, there is always a back story to people. His actual name was Jean-Michel Basquiat. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 22, 1960, into a diverse family. Basquiat’s parents were Puerto Rican and Haitian-American, and per an article from biography.com, they said that this diversity contributed to Basquiat’s inspiration. Another inspiration was his mother, being the one who motivated him as a child to continually pursue his artistic side as he was being self-taught in his early years. However, Basquiat’s parents became separated, this caused Basquiat and his two younger sisters to stay in Brooklyn with their father until 1974 when they moved to Puerto Rico to live
how much he admired him that the painting he did was thought to be the