Famous Artists (Painters)

Vincent Van Gogh

Name: Vincent Van Gogh

City: Groot-Zundest

Country: Holland

Nationality: Dutch

He was born in on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundest, a small Dutch village in southern Holland, near the Belgian border.

Vincent dies on 27 July 1890.

Between November of 1881 and July of 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death, he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh’s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of art lovers and have made art lovers of those new to world of art.

Some of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings, Starry Night, Sunflowers, Irises, Poppies, and The Potato Eaters

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Pablo Picasso

Name: Pablo Ruiz Picasso
City: Málaga
Country: Spain

Nationality: Spanish

Born in Malaga on 25 October 1881.

Died on 8 April 1973 in Mougins, France.

Was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor who lived most of his adult life in France. He is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), his portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.

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Miguel Angel (Michelangelo)

Name: Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti
City: Caprese
Country: Italy
Nationality: Italian

Born in Florence, Italy, on March 6, 1475.

He died in Rome, Italy, on February 18, 1564.

He was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and fellow Italian, Leonardo da Vinci.

 Among his most importants paints are:

• The Torment of Saint Anthony (1487-1488)
• Madonna and Child with St John and Angels (1497)
• The Entombment (1500-1501)
• Doni Tondo (1503)
• The Battle of Cascina (1504)
• Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508-1512)
• The Last Judgment (1534–1541)
• The Conversion of Saul (1542–1545)
• The Crucifixion of St. Peter (1546–1550)