Essays on Famous Artists

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Understanding The Story Behind Jackson Pollock

2 pages / 712 words

In order to determine whether a work is authentic or not, there should be a combination of a provenance, subjective authentication, and forensic authentication. In the specific case of Tori Hurton’s painting that is claimed to be an original Jackson Pollock, all three attributes are...

Jackson Pollock

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A View of Jackson Pollock’s Character as Described in The Film, Pollock

2 pages / 883 words

Introduction From all the research and watching the movie “Pollock,” I would have to say the movie gave a very good portrayal of the life of Jackson Pollock. Environment shaped the painter when looking at his life. His upbringing certainly had a great influence on...

Jackson Pollock

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The Story and Accomplishment of Jackson Pollock, an Influential American Painter

2 pages / 1054 words

Jackson Pollock was an American artist during the 1930’s and 1940’s who created his own style of painting that gained him is notoriety and fame. The artist’s unhappy personal life, alcoholism, and untimely death in a car crash contributed to his legendary status (Pioch). Pollock’s...

Jackson Pollock

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A Study of Pop Art: Looking at The Parallelism Between The Artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein

1 page / 450 words

Pop Art The pop art movement beginning in the mid-1950s was one of the biggest modern art movements ever, it is considered to have been the art movement that preceded postmodern art. Pop art is often associated with comics, Campbell’s soup can labels, and the...

Andy Warhol Pop Art

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Andy Warhol Biography: The Most Popular Character in The Pop Art Movement

2 pages / 757 words

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was an artist who was famous for his works in pop art. He was best known for paintings of Campbell’s Soup cans, and has also used various methods in creating artwork. His works focus on the expression of people, and also...

Andy Warhol Pop Art

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Ansel Adams: Biography and Interpretation of His Works

6 pages / 2662 words

Ansel Adams was one of the most famous photographers in his day. He was born in 1902 in San Francisco, California. Growing up, Adams was high-strung and shy. He did not perform well in school due to his behavioral problems and an earthquake accident that...

Ansel Adams

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Analyzing Style and Means of Performance Based on Claude Monet Paintings

5 pages / 2227 words

Revolutionary Painters At the turn of 19th century painting undergone a lot of changes with new discoveries in science and the defeat of France in Franco-Prussian war. Artists like Edouard Monet and Georges Seurat helped shape these transformations. Monet is usually seen as the father...

Claude Monet

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Interpretation of Color and Form in La Japonaise, an Oil Painting by Claude Monet

3 pages / 1417 words

La Japonaise: Claude Monet, 1876 Claude Monet’s life-size oil painting of his wife Camille in La Japonaise is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, depicting her dressed in a Japanese kimono and surrounded by paper fans. She stands out amongst the blue...

Claude Monet

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Understanding and Perception of The Water Lilies, Oil Painting by Claude Monet

2 pages / 704 words

In Monet’s Water Lilies, the most abundant color is a deep blue. This forms the background of the piece. Since the painting is of lilies on a pond viewed from the side, one would expect there to be a line separating the water from the...

Claude Monet

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Claude Monet: His Role in The Development of Impressionism

1 page / 490 words

Introduction to Impressionism Impressionism is an art movement that developed in France in the 19th century. It was pioneered by painters such as Claude Monet. It surfaced through independent art exhibitions and was at first harshly criticized as merely being an incomplete sketch, or “impression”...

Claude Monet

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A Closer Look at S. Dali’s Hallucinogenic Toreador

1 page / 631 words

The piece I am analyzing is The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Dalí, painted with oil on canvas in 1969-1970. It is one of his monumental pieces, measuring at 157 x 118 inches. The piece is all about Unrequited Love, inspired by the Venus de Milo...

Salvador Dali

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Surrealism: a Closer Look at Dali’s Works and Life

2 pages / 1130 words

Introduction to Surrealism and Salvador Dali In order to understand the concept of surrealism, it is important to study those artists who most influenced the style. Salvador Dali, born in Figueres, Spain on May 11, 1904, is considered to have revolutionized this genre with his...

Salvador Dali

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A Comparison of The Artworks of Theodore Gericault, Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso

3 pages / 1177 words

During the twentieth century, schools of art had shifted their focus from precedent movements within the community that followed a pattern of similar styles and themes within their portrayals, such as that found in the early Renaissance and post-impressionist period, to a more open-ended, multi-layered...

Pablo Picasso Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh's Life and Work in Art

3 pages / 1245 words

Vincent van Gogh was quoted as saying “I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process” (2017). He is often remembered as the artist who cut off his own ear, giving credence to his own assertions....

Artwork Vincent Van Gogh

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Andy Warhol’s Life and Career in Art Work

3 pages / 1199 words

Andy Warhol Popularly known as Andy Warhol, Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Andy was the youngest of three children. Both of his parents were immigrants from Czechoslovakia. As a child, Andy was very artistic and creative which was encouraged greatly by his mother...

Andy Warhol

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Golden Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol: Analyzing The Tribute and Pop Art Piece

3 pages / 1202 words

Introduction Radical, mass production, pop-culture, new theories: These phrases have one thing in common. These ideas, beliefs, and ways of life were all trending and thriving during the sixties. It was a time of original ideas, contemporary art forms, as well as developing ways of...

Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe

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Andy Warhol’s Use of The Controversial Pop Art Style

2 pages / 970 words

Controversial Warhol Art in the past was rarely used as a commercial technique until around the mid-20th century. Artist Andy Warhol initiated the visual style of pop art in order to explore relationships between advertisement, popular culture, and artistic expression. Although Warhol revolutionized pop art...

Andy Warhol

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Analysis of The Painting "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gough

1 page / 402 words

The painting Starry Night is one of the most recognizable paintings. It is everywhere, it can be seen on towels, coffee mugs, shirts, etc. It is a sumptuous piece of work. Vincent van Gough painted Starry Night in 1889 while he was a patient at...

Artwork Vincent Van Gogh

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A Biography of Michelangelo Di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

8 pages / 3560 words

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, or simply Michelangelo, was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese near Arezzo, Republic of Florence (now Tuscany, Italy). He was born into a family with a history of nobility in their bloodline, although most of the family’s status had...

Michelangelo