Famous Artists essays

During the early 1900s, the aesthetics of traditional African art became a predominant influence among modern European artists. Between 1876 and 1912, Africa was annexed and colonized by seven European countries: France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the UK. This geopolitical event, often referred to as the ‘Scramble for Africa’ was caused, in part, as a result of ​political...

Paul Cezanne, a French painter born 1839 and passed 1906, was given the name as the 'Father of Modernism’. His work and ideas influenced many artists in the 20th century, especially Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Fernand Leger who were amongst those that painted during the Cubism Art Movement. Cezanne’s art was misunderstood for a large portion of his life,...

Artist tried to create art which everyone could understand and corelate. They tried to incorporate imagery and materials from their daily environment; thus, pop art was born. One of the most recognizable and influential development of the 20th century was pop art. It was a strong movement, that emerged from Britain and America in the 1950s. Pop art used everyday...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian painter. Born in Milan, Caravaggio was the leading and the most painter in the late 16th and late 17th centuries. He became famous for his intense and unsettling realism in his work. People would be astonished and be in awe when they see his paintings because it almost brings it to real life....