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Royal Academy Gallery London
413 wordsJenny Saville (career starts 1992) (Still working in 2002) After a successful graduation from Glasgow school of Art in 1992 Saville was already off to a good start. Not only were all of her paintings sold instantly but also upon return to the school for post-graduate work she was faced with an eighteen-month contract from Saatchi. This supported her to create new work that went on to be displayed in the Saatchi Gallery in London. She was inspired by a long standing interest in feminist theory an...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Mona Lisa
3,788 wordsLeonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci, the illegitimate son of Master Piero, a public notary, and his companion Caterina. Leonardo was the supreme example of Renaissance genius, who possessed one of the greatest minds of all time. As a painter, the Florentine produced such masterpieces as the Virgin of the Rocks (1483), the Last Supper (1495 - 97), and Mona Lisa (1503 - 06). As an architect, Leonardo worked on the cathedral of Milan and the restoration of the cathedral at Piacenza. As an e...
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Washington D C Museum Of Fine Arts
1,464 wordsRecognized as the leading portraitist in England and the United States at the turn of the century, John Singer Sargent was acclaimed for his elegant and very stylish depictions of high society. Known for his technical ability, he shunned traditional academic precepts in favor of a modern approach towards technique, color and form, thereby making his own special contribution to the history of grand manner portraiture. A true cosmopolite, he was also a painter of plain air landscapes and genre sce...
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Leonardo Da Vinci Battle Of Anghiari
1,268 wordsLeonardo Da Vinci The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci have proved endlessly fascinating for later generations. What most impresses people today, perhaps, is the immense scope of his achievement. In the past, however, he was admired chiefly for his art and art theory. Leonardo's equally impressive contribution to science is a modern rediscovery, having been preserved in a vast quantity of notes that became widely known only in the 20 th centur...
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Art New York Demoiselles D Avignon
3,050 wordsPablo Picasso Pablo Picasso A Brief Biography Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso was the most famous artist of the 20 th century. He was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso showed great talent at an early age. He loved to paint pictures of city life and was fascinated by the circus. He also enjoyed painting pictures of the day-to-day life of poor people in his neighbourhood and was also very poor himself. His father, Jose Ruiz Black, was a Castilian art teacher in Malaga and his mother, Maria P...
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