Artists and works Flashcards
fra angelico
italian painter known for deposition of christ
hieronymus bosch
Dutch painter best known for The Garden of Earthly Delights
sandro botticelli
italian painter best known for the birth of venus
Edgar Degas
french artist famous for his paintings of dancers
donatello
italian sculptor known for his bas-relief
Paul gaugin
french painter known for his paintings of tahitian subjects
alberto giacometti
swiss sculptor who works in bronze
francisco goya
spanish painter known for black paintings
winslow homer
american painter known for his marine painting and landscapes
edward hopper
american realist painter; one of his famous works is chop suey
jasper johns
american pop art painter; one of his famous works is three flags
paul klee
swiss/german painter known for twittering machine
gustav klimt
austrian painter known for the kiss
roy lichtenstein
american pop artist famous for his art in the style of comic strips
eduoard manet
french painter known for olympia
henri matisse
french painter known for his bold use of colors; one of his greatest works is la danse
michelangelo
italian painter and sculptor known for his sculpture david and for his paintings in the sistine chapel
joan miró
spanish painter who worked in the surrealist style
mona lisa
famous painting by leonardo de vinci; displayed in the louvre
piet mondrian
dutch painter known for his abstract works using primary colors
claude monet
french impressionist painter known for haystacks
edvard munch
norwegian painter best known for the scream
thomas nast
german-born caricaturist; created the republican party elephant
georgia O’keeffe
American artist who lived in the Southwest; most famous for her paintings of flowers
pablo picasso
spanish painter; one of his famous works is guernica
jackson pollock
American painter known for his technique of dripping paint onto canvas
rembrandt
dutch portrait painter
pierre-auguste renoir
french impressionist painter
auguste rodin
french sculptor of the thinker
peter paul rubens
Flemish painter who worked in the baroque style
john singer sargent
american portrait painter known for portrait of madame x
titian
italian painter known for his use of color
vincent van gogh
Dutch painter; one of his famous works is Starry Night
venus de milo
Greek statue of the goddess Venus, located in the Louvre
andy warhol
American pop artist known for his Campbell’s soup cans paintings
grant wood
American artist who painted American Gothic