Our history has been blessed with great and talent of so many gifted artists that have given us the incredible master pieces that have motivated and inspired, not only just an era, but for so long after they finished their master pieces.
Usually the beauty is in the eye of the beholder, it would be impossible to select just a few and present them as the best without triggering any debate, of which it is not wise.
Here I have written a short reference to present 3 most famous artists of all time.
1.Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)- Renaissance
It is without debate that the number 1 spot belongs to the great Leonardo Da Vinci. Often call him as the father of Renaissance, or a master of perspective, the influence of Leonardo Da Vinci today extends far beyond the realm of artistic endeavor.
Encouraged and inspired by growing up in an environment rich in scholarly flavor there are 15 significant art works credited to Da Vinci, comprising paintings on panels, a large mural and some drawings. Da Vinci is well known for his work in such fields as natural science mathematics, engineering, geometry.
Leonardo Da Vinci became the first painter, architect, and engineer work for King Francis 1st in France. It was the King himself at his side on the 2nd of May, 1519 when he died.
Enter
http://www.famouspainters.org to read more about the life of his genius master pieces.
2.Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)- Impressionist
The works of Vincent Van Gogh may be the most easily recognized and remembered of any artist, well known or not.
Although he usually made his paintings with everyday objects, such as sunflowers and an empty chair, his art is intensely emotional.
Vincent Van Gogh was born the son of a pastor and spent his childhood in a cultured and religious surroundings. He first worked in a book store and selling art works before becoming a preacher for which he was latter dismissed for being overzealous. In 1880, he turned to the study of art with the determination to give joy by creating beauty.
Van Gogh suffered severe bouts of depression and has been known as a "difficult companion", an understated comment when thinking that while one of his "difficult" episodes he tried to attack his closest friend and peer, Gauguin, with a razor. The assault was successfully avoided but Van Gogh then famously cut off a part of his own ear.
Van Gogh’s depression and tantrums magnified and he began to suffer fits of madness and was admitted to an asylum.
In 1890, 2 months after his release from the asylum Vincent Van Gogh kill himself, only ever having sold one painting. Over 200 years after his death, or deeply tragic life, the works of Vincent Van Gogh are immortal.
http://www.famouspainters.org presents more on the troubled life of Vincent Van Gogh and the success of his determination 200 years later
3.Salvador Dali- (1904-1989)- Surrealism
The paintings of Salvador Dali depict bizarre hallucinatory characters of burning giraffes and seemingly melted wax watches. Dali described his own works as 'hand-painted dream photographs'.
Dali is well known for his many talents apart from jewelry design, book illustration, painting as well as theatre work, making the first ever surrealistic film, "Un chien andalou" in 1929 and even writing a novel, “Hidden Faces” in 1944.
While Dali is famous for representing the surrealist movement, he skillfully expanded his own version which he named 'critical paranoia'. His theory supporting critical paranoia is that one should develop delusion while awareness and will suspended in thought.
If the sum of a man is his character, we would still be confused as to who Salvador Dali was. He cannot possibly be described in few short paragraphs. Just when you think you can understand him in nature there emerges one more perspective.
Read about Salvador Dali stories in more detail on
http://www.famouspainters.org
