Monday, December 12, 2011

My Bench Artists

Robert Indiana
  • Born in 1928 and is 82 years old
  • Associated with Pop Art movement
  • Known best for his work of short words, especially LOVE
Jasper Johns
  • Born in 1930 and is 81 years old
  • Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Dada, and Pop Art
  • Known for his artistic use of classic iconography (American flag)
Frida Kahlo
  • Born in 1907 and died in 1954 at the age of 47
  • Surrealist painter
  • Known for her many self portraits that were inspired from events in her life
Wassily Kandinsky
  • Born in 1866 and died in 1944 at the age of 78
  • Expressionist and abstract painter
  • He considered the central aspect of his art 'inner necessity', which consisted of inner beauty, fervor of spirit, and spiritual desire
Gustav Klimt
  • Born in 1862 and died in 1918 at the age of 55
  • Part of the Art Nouveau and Symbolism movements
  • Began his career painting interior murals and ceilings

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