Getting to know the world's greatest artists
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Jackson Pollock
Paul Cézanne
Describes the life and work of the French Post-Impressionist artist, who tried new ideas in painting to express his love of nature.
Diego Velazquez
Describes the life and career of the seventeenth-century Spanish artist famous for his portraits of royalty.
Alexander Calder
Examines the life and work of the twentieth-century artist Alexander Calder, famous for creating the moving sculptures known as mobiles.
Mary Cassatt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art.
Picasso
Briefly examines the life and work of the renowned twentieth-century artist, describing and giving examples from his various periods or styles.
Monet (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Traces the life of the Impressionist painter and analyzes some of his paintings.
Da Vinci
Traces the life of the Renaissance artist and analyses some of his paintings.
Rene Magritte (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Describes the life and career of the twentieth-century Belgian Surrealist painter.
Frida Kahlo (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Discusses the life of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, including her childhood, her art, and her marriage to Diego Rivera.
Rembrandt (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Briefly examines the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.
Eugene Delacroix (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Describes the life and career of the nineteenth-century French artist Eugène Delacroix, whose experiments with color and scenes of action led to Impressionism and other modern art styles.
Raphael (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
A biography of the Italian painter Raphael. Includes pictures of some of his works.
Pierre Auguste Renoir (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Briefly recounts the French painter's development, along with other fellow artists, of a new type of painting known as Impressionism.
Edgar Degas (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century artist Edgar Degas, who loved to paint scenes of Paris and the people who worked and lived there.
Van Gogh (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Briefly examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century Dutchman who was one of the greatest artists of all time.
Camille Pissarro (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Describes the life and work of the twentieth-century French painter, Camille Pissarro.