It is equally good to learn about those who created them as art, which is the expression of the human spirit and creativity. That is why we have collected interesting information about the history of art and artists for you. December.
1- During his lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh produced more than 2000 works, mainly paintings, drawings and sketches. However, only one of them was sold while he was alive.
2- Salvador Dali believed that he was the reincarnation of his deceased brother.
3- French women tell other women they don’t like, they see enemies, “Let Picasso take a picture.”
This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the painter, the founder of the Cubism movement, drew a face from the point of view of his own understanding of art.
4- Gauguin, who was also Van Gogh’s roommate for some time, worked on the construction of the Panama Canal. During these works, 25 thousand workers lost their lives…
5- Leonardo Da Vinci was a vegetarian and animal rights activist. He was taking birds sold in cages and releasing them.
6- Let’s continue with Da Vinci: according to one claim, the artist completed the lips of his famous work “Mona Lisa” in 12 years.
7- Edgar Degas loved to dance and dance. According to estimates, he left about 1500 works in which he depicted dancers.
8- Marcel Duchamp is the first to put forward the idea that everyday items can be art. As you can see, his work “Fountain” was a urinal.
This ‘artifact’ (!) it made quite a noise when it was exhibited for the first time. In short, this is how ‘modern’ art started, which some people don’t like at all…
9- Henri Matisse‘s “Le Bateau” was exhibited in reverse form at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York for 46 days and was not noticed by anyone.
10- Claude Monet was not supported artistically by his father. His father wanted his son to become a greengrocer.
11- The “Pietà ” is Michelangelo‘s only signed work. He never signed any of his works again because he thought it was a sign of pride to sign his works.
12- In 1911, when the “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum, one of the suspects was Pablo Picasso. The famous painter was questioned, but was later exonerated and released.
13- Picasso again… The artist’s full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la SantÃsima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito RuÃz y Picasso…
14- Jackson Pollock often used cigarettes as a dye.
15- The work of Auguste Rodin “The Bronze Age” turned out to be so realistic that some people began to believe the opinion that a real person was sacrificed for the work.
16- Peter Paul Rubens, King of Spain IV. Philip and King Philip I of England. Philip. He was knighted by Charles.
17- Johannes Vermeer, 16. XVIII. XVIII. In the XVIII century, the ancestor of today’s cameras used a machine known as a “Camera Obscura”, which we can call a “Camera Obscura”. This machine was an optical instrument that projected a picture of those around it onto the screen.
The painter transferred the objects he drew to the canvas with the help of this tool and made his works in this way.
18- And finally, as we mentioned at the beginning, Van Gogh may not have seen it, but today 4 of the 20 most expensive paintings in the world belong to him. There are also 4 works by Picasso on the list.
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