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Aquí está la lista de artistas para el proyecto sobre los artistas. Los artistas son de países diferentes. Quiero que tú busques información sobre cada artista. Primero, encuentra 5 hechos curiosos (facts) y detalles importantes por cada artista. Segundo, corta y pega los links en esta página con los hechos. Oswaldo Guayasamín Guayasamín was born in Quito, Ecuador,to a native father and a Mestiza mother, both of Quichua descent His family was poor and his father worked as a carpenter…

Carlos Cruz Diez, born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1923, is considered to be one of Venezuela’s modernist master. He lived in Paris since 1960 studying and understanding concepts of Kinetic and Optical art. Holland Cotter, a writer for the Ney York Times explains, "he turned his attention to new strains of geometric abstraction, including Op art, and to kinetic art." All of his works and his research established him as one of the 20th-century thinkers in the means of color. Jessica Leigh Lebos, a…

Jesse Treece is an artist that creates various photomontage collages into unique compositions. He does this by incorporating distinct photographic scenes into one. “Long Walks On The Beach” is one good example in which he created a collage of two separate scenes in one picture. In this art work, the image portrays two people walking on the beach, but the sky appears to be an image of a planet. “Discoface” is another interesting collage of his because he created the composition out of three or…

It is clear, the inspiration Matisse and Picasso both got from Cezanne in these specific works. All three of these works feature the naked human form in some sort of action with others, a lot of color. In The Large Bathers you find a group of nude people, framed by large looming trees in front of a large water source. It is pretty PG for a nude painting, not being vulgar or coming across in a sexual manner. The subjects are all fairly realistic in body formation and postures and are sized in…

The artist Xavier Prou was born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the western suburbs of Paris in 1951, some may know him as Blek Le Rat. He studied fine art and architecture at Beaux-Arts in Paris, then graduated in 1982. Before he graduated, Xavier Prou visited New York City and was fascinated with the city’s street art. He was one of the first people ever to do graffiti art in Paris. He is also known as "Father of stencil graffiti". One of his first stencils paintings were of rats all along the…

During the interwar period between World War I and World War II, artists began to focus their art on political expression; a common theme amongst artists of the time was to protest against fascism, dictatorship, and war. Many of the horrible events that occurred during World War I and the resulting new governments and political philosophies inspired artists to express their own feelings about the political direction of the world. Spanish Pablo Picasso continued to work throughout the 1920s…

5 Facts about Ecuadorian painter Guayasamin There are so many famous Latin American Painters, but this one is not recognized today for his talent of overcoming struggles and of course, art. He displays very meaningful deep topics in often a creative way through paper and pen, or brush and canvas. Here are 8 different facts about an Ecuadorian painter named Oswaldo Guayasamin. Fundación Guayasamín Before he died, famous Latino painter Oswaldo Guayasamin founded an organization called…

Paul Cezanne is a french artist as well as a post-impressionist painter born on January 19, 1839 and died on October 22, 1906. Unlike most artist Cezanne was very rich so it was easy for him to get his painting out due to the fact that he had all of the materials her had. He is considered by many as the inventor of modern expressionism. Cezanne became well-known and was adored by the new generation of painters. This period was also beset by troubling events. Cezanne’s death was caused due to…

Picasso’s “Femme aux Bras Croisés” (1902), meaning “Woman with Folded Arms”, depicts a seemingly depressed middle-aged woman crouching on the ground, with folded arms and a solemn stare. The entire piece is painted in blue tones with darker shades of blue in the background to allow more emphasis on its focal point, the woman, who is painted in lighter shades. A limited amount of color is displayed throughout the portrait, but the same blotchy painting pattern encompasses everything except the…

Guernica is a 3.5 meter by 7.8 meter black and white painted mural. It has come to seen as a description of the havoc of war and the hurt it causes to all those involved. Picasso’s decision to have an absence of color strengthens the drama and intensity of the piece as well as produces a painting that resembles a photograph (Ray 2006). It has been compared to photographs found in Ce Soir of the Guernica aftermath, and these photographs have been found to be a driving force behind the mural…