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Leonardo da Vinci

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1452-1519

Born near Florence, Died in Italy as well

Worked in Italy / France after it took over Milan

Notable Works

Last Supper

Mona Lisa

Lady with Ermine

He was called a “Polymath” and was left handed

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Boulevard Monmarte on a Winter Morning

Camille Pissarro

1897

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The Card Players

Paul Cezanne

1894

Musee D’Orsay

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No. 5

Jackson Pollock

1948

Abstract Expressionism

Private Collection, NYC

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American Gothic

Grant Wood

1930

Art Institute of Chicago

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Luncheon of the Boating Party

Pierre August Renois

1880

Washington, DC

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View of Toledo

El Greco

1596

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Rembrandt

1633

Dutch Golden Age

Was in Boston…

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The Night Cafe

Vincent Van Gogh

1888

Yale University Art Gallery

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Rembrandt Van Rijn

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1606-1669

Born and worked in the Netherlands

Dutch Golden Age/Baroque

Notable

Night watch

Storm on the sea of Galilee

The Anatomy Lesson

One of the greatest visual painters of all time.

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Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

1512

Sistine Chapel

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Watson and the Shark

John Singleton Copley

1778

National Gallery of Art, DC

American Painter. Based on a shark attack in Cuba.

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The School of Athens

Raphael

1509

Vatican

Clear indication of a key theme of the renaissance - throw back to ancient Athens

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Pilgrimage to Cythera

Jean-Antoine Watteau

1717

Rococo

Louvre

(also called the Embarkation for Cythera)

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Carles I in Three Positions

Anthony Van Dyck

Baroque

1635

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Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Casper Friederich

1818

Romanticism

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Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

Thomas Gainsborough

1750

National Gallery in London

British, not American

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Christina’s World

Andrew Wyeth

1948

MOMA

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Lady with an Ermin

Leonardo da Vinci

1489

Krakow, Poland

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The Nightwatch

Rembrandt Van Rijn

1642

Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam

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Pablo Picasso

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1881-1973

Born in Spain, worked in France most of his life

Cubist, Surrealist

Notable works

Guernica

Don Quixote

Three Musicians

He was inspired by Matisse

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The Flower Carrier

Diego Riviera

1935

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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Las Meninas

Diego Velazquez

1656

Baroque

Prado, Madrid

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The Grand Canal Venice Painting

JMW Turner

1835

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Whistler's Mother James Abbott McNeil Whisler 1871 Realism Museum D'Orsay First American painting purchased outside the USA.
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The Ninth Wave Ivan Aivazovsky 1850 St Petersburg, Russia
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Happy Accident of the Swing Jean-Honore Fragonard 1767 Rococo London
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The Ladies Waldegrave Joshua Reynolds 1780 Rococo Scotland
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Et in Arcadia Ego Nicolas Poissin 1639 Baroque Louvre
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The Two Fridas Frida Kahlo 1939 Naive Art Painted shortly before her divorce from Diego Rivera
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The Sleeping Gypsy Henri Rousseau 1897 MOMA Example of Naive Art - seems almost childish Rousseau never travelled out of France, but depicted scenese in exotic locales. Received very little recognition during his life for his work- it came after.
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Breezing Up Winslow Homer 1837 National Gallery of Art, Washington American Realism
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The Kiss Gustav Klimt 1907 Symbolism Austria
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Vincent Van Gogh
1853-1890 Born in Netherlands, died in France Worked in France Notable: Starry Night Cafe Terrace at Night The Potato Eaters Notable that he did over 2100 works
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Johannes Vermeer
1632-1675 Born and worked in Netherlands Baroque/Dutch Golden Age Notable: Girl with a Pearl Earring The Astronomer The Milkmaid Known for his use of light.
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The Gross Clinic Thomas Eakins 1875 Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Charles I in Three Positions Anthony van Dyck Baroque 1635
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Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh 1889 MOMA Painting from the asylum in Saint Remy de Provence
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The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger 1533 National Gallery, London Meant to celebrate the two men but also remind viewers of the mortality and imporance of religion (Cross and Skull)
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The Astronomer Johannes Vermeer 1668 Louvre Dutch Golden Age
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Sunday Afternoon on the island of Grand Jatte Georges Seurat 1886 Art Institute of Chicago Neo Impressionist On the Seine, at the edge of Paris
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The Scream Edvard Munsch Expressionism 1893 Oslo Norway
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A Bar at the Folies-Bergere Edoauard Manet 1882 Impressionism
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The Treachery of Images Rene Magritte 1929 LA Museum of Art
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Primavera Sandro Botticelli 1477 Uffizi Gallery, Florence Symobolizes Springtime. SB Also did "Birth of Venus"
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Peacable Kingdom Edward Hicks 1834 Location: Various - 62 versions
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Annunciation Leonardo da Vinci 1472
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa Hokusai 1831 View of Mount Fuji in the background. Woodblock.
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Claude Monet
1840-1826 Born in France, worked in France Notable: Sunrise Woman with a Parasol Water Lilies Known for water paintings. Also had a unusual marital situation with his mistress and his 1st wife living together in the same house.
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Tower of Babel Peter Bruegel the Elder 1563 Two versions - the (Great) Tower of Babel and the (Little) Tower of Babel
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Bacchus and Ariadne Titian 1620 Renaissance National Gallery, London
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The Gleaners Jean Francois Milett 1857 Musee D'Orsay Peasant women picking up the remains of the havest. Symbolizes backbreaking work and plight of the lower class.
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Las Damas Romanas Juan Luna 1882 Important work form a Filipino Painter
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Morning in a Pine Forest Ivan Shishkin/Konstantin Savitsky 1889 Moscow
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The Foxes Franz Marc 1913 Expressionism, Cubism Dusseldorf
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The Arnolfini Portrait Jan van Eyck 1434 Early Renaissance
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Girl with a pearl earring Johannes Vermeer 1665 The Haag, Netherlands Dutch Golden Age
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Flaming June Sir Frederic Leighton 1895 Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico)
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Bal du moulin de la Galette Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1876 Musee D'Orsay
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A Cotton Office in New Orleans Edgar Degas 1873 Impressionism Pau, France
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques-Louis David 1801 Near Paris
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May 3, 1808 Francisco Goya 1814 Prado, Madrid Commemorates Spanish resistance to Napoleon's occupation of Spain
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Impression, Sunrise Claude Monet 1872 Paris
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The Avenue in the Rain Childe Hassam 1917 American Impressionism White House - painted just prior to USA joining WWI
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Paris Street; Rainy Day Gustave Caillebotte 1877 Impressionist/Modern Chicago
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Cafe Terrace at Night Vincent Van Gogh 1888 Kroller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
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The Son of Man Rene Magritte 1964 Surrealism Private Collection Self Portrait.
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Persistance of Memory Salvador Dali 1931 Surrealism MOMA
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Pollice Verso Jean-Leon Gerome 1672 Phoenix Arizon Pollice Verso means "With a turned thumb"
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Composition VIII Wassily Kandinsky 1923 Abstract Guggenheim, NYC
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Last Supper Leonardo da Vinci 1495 Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Milan
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The Laughing Cavalier Frans Hals 1624 Baroque, Dutch Golden Age London
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Guernica Pablo Picasso 1937 Cubism, Surrealism Madrid
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Saint George and the Dragon Paulo Uccello 1470 National Gallery in London One of the most famous fables of the medieval time.
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Garden of Earthly Delights Hieronymous Bosch 1503
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The Blue Boy Thomas Gainsborough 1770
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John Constable Flatford Mill 1816
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When were Rembrandt and Vermeer born?
Rembrandt 1606 Vermeer 1632
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Tenebrism Vs Chiaroscuro
Tenebrism is an extreme form of Chiaroscuro. Tends to show starker contrasts, and may include some degree of sadness. All Tenebrism is Chiarascuro, but the opposite is not true.
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Nighthawks Edward Hopper 1942
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Goya Saturn devouring his son 1823
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Olympia 1863 Edouard Manet
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Name of the doctor who looked after Van Gogh. Alao subject of one painting.
Dr. Gachet
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Who was Van Gogh’s controversial friend and why?
Paul Gauguin. Lived with him in Arles-speculation thar they had an affair. Some argue that Gaugin cut off Van Gogh’s ear as Gaugin was also into fencing.
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How did Van Gogh die?
Gunshot to stomach. Some argue he was murdered by a local teen. No gun was found.
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Liberty Leading the People Eugene Delacroix 1830 July Revolution of 1830 - NOT the French Revolution
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Nude Descending A Staircase Marcel Duchamp 1912 Cubism
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Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Leutze 1851
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Birth of Venus Sandro Boticelli 1480
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Black strert artist, NYC
Jean Michel Basquiat 1960-1988
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Tahitian Woman with a Flower 1891 Paul Gauguin
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Fauvism
Wild beasts Simpler than impressionism Unnatural use of colour Matisse and Derain
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Joy of Life Henri Matisse 1906
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Portrait of Madame Matisse 1905 Henri Matisse
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The Bath Mary Cassatt 1893
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Age of Innocence Joshua Reynolds 1785
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How many Guggenheim museums are there? Where?
Five New York Bilboa Venice Abu Dhabi Berlín
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What town in the South of France did Van Gogh move to in February 1888?
Arles

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