David Jacques-Louis

David Jacques-Louis was born of a merchant family in Paris August 30 1748.David decided a career as an artist. David a young painter using both his uncle, his aunt Marie-Josephe, and his cousin as a model. In the 1766-1774 David studied at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, at the Vein's class. David often win the race in a painting competition. He spent 5 years in Italy (1775-1780) to study art. in 1780 returned to Paris, the history and mythology of Ancient became the theme of his paintings. David is a member of the Committee of Public Safety and artistic director of the National Fete, founded in the classical style. The work of Jacques-Louis David's most notable in 1790 was The Intervention of the Sabine Women.

In 1797 he met Napoleon and was told to do portraits, but Jacques-Louis David is not able to finish his painting. Then David Jacques-Louis created many paintings devoted to the new hero and his brothers: Bonaparte Crossing the St. Bernard Pass (1800), Napoleon in His Study (1812), Emperor Napoleon I and Coronation of Empress Josephine (1808). 1816, Jacques-Louis David to Brussels, he spent the last 10 years. During this period, Jacques-Louis David returned to the subject of mythology and intimate portrait. David died on December 29, 1825 and was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels.Pengaruh Jacques-Louis David is very high. Jacques-Louis David's teacher of art that influence European art up to Impressionism.

Damien Hirst Artist

Damien Hirst was born June 7, 1965. Damien Hirst an artist, British businessman and art collector. Damien Hirst members of Young British Artists (YBAs), which dominated the arts in Britain in the 1990s. He is internationally renowned as an artist's wealthiest. his career in the 1990s associated with the collector Charles Saatchi, but the relationship ended in 2003. Death is a central theme in the works of Damien Hirst's. He became famous for his series of works of art where dead animals (including sharks, sheep and cow) are preserved-sometimes been dissected-in formaldehyde. tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a vitrine become iconic works of British art in the 1990's.

In September 2008, he took the unprecedented step for an artist. by selling a complete show, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby's to auction. Auction exceeded all predictions, increasing 111 million pounds (198 million U.S. dollars), breaking the record for the auction and 10.3 million pounds for The Golden calf, the beast with 18-carat gold horns and nails, stored in formaldehyde.

In several instances since 1999 the work was challenged and contested as a trace, either in articles written by journalists and artists. Hirst has made certain controversial statements to the media included, following the September 11 attacks. Hirst congratulated the attackers. On September 18, 2002, he "apologized unreservedly" for comments.

artist Claude Monet

Claude Monet (1840-1926) founder of Impressionism, was born in Paris, France. He is a close associate of the French painter, Edouard Manet, who helped move the art of Realism in the 19th century. Presents Monet painting with artist Edgar Degas and the writer Emile Zola as the bearer of the veil in Manet funeral in 1883. Degas created a ballet scene, including 1874's Ballet Rehearsal to show some qualities of Impressionism. At the beginning of his career, Monet created a painting style that focuses on the lights in the shadows. The study of natural light is the focus of the monumental painting, Impression Sunrise, completed in 1872. This work is the source of the term Impression. Sunrise filled with strong shades of blue-orange, gray, and, and some fishermen in small boats floating in the foreground as the sun rises at the top of the painting was "Impressionism.".

Contributed many paintings Monet art world for the rest of his career. He consistently explores how human eyes see the scene or scenes in the outdoors. He wanted to capture real events and see how they relate to light. In the Gare St-Lazare (1877), Monet showed that the Paris train station could become the focal point of the natural light shining through the glass roof on a sunny day. As a founder of impressionism new style of painting, Monet left his mark on the world's great 19th and 20th century art. He died of lung cancer in 1926 and was buried in the church in Giverny, France.

Artist Caravaggio

Caravaggio was born 28 September 1573, in Caravaggio, Italy. Caravaggio apprentice to the painter Simone Peterzano Milan for four years. Caravaggio went to Rome and worked as an assistant painter. Around 1595 Caravaggio began selling his paintings through a dealer. Dealers brought Caravaggio to the attention of Cardinal Francesco del Monte. Through the cardinal, Caravaggio was assigned to paint the church of San Luigi dei Francesi. The works caused public outrage because of its realistic and dramatic. In 1608 Caravaggio went to Malta and was accepted as an artist. Fearing pursuit, he continued to run away for two years. After receiving a pardon from the Pope, he was arrested and jailed for two days. Caravaggio fell on the beach and died a few days later on July 18, 1610.

Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro, French impressionist artist, was born in St. Thomas, West Indies in a merchant family in 1830. First Camille started her career as an entrepreneur, like his father, but his obsession with painting changed the direction of his life. In 1852 Camille Pissarro became acquainted with Danish painter F. Melbye.

Camille Pissarro in 1855 to Paris, Pissarro Camille Corot was impressed by the scenery. Camille Pissarro painted in Paris in 1859. In 1859-1861, Camille Pissarro attended the Académie Suisse and formed friendships with Monet, Cezanne and Guillaumin. Around the same time Camille Pissarro married Julie Vellay.

In the 1866-68 Pissarro lived and worked in Pontoise. Camille Pissarro transformed from Barbizon Realism of Corot to Impressionism. 1869/70 moved to Louveciennes Camille Pissarro. Friends Pissarro, Daubigny suggest to the dealer Durand-Ruel art, who do a lot of promotional work Impresionis.Pada 1872-78, Pissarro lived in Pontoise, working with Cézanne. Pissarro was the leader of the original Impressionists, and the only one to exhibit at all eight of the Group exhibitions in Paris from 1874 to 1886.

Camille Pissarro in 1885 met Signac and Seurat and for the next five years to adopt Pointillist. Pissarro's interest in Socialism brought some problems: in 1894, Camille Pissarro had to flee to Belgium from the French persecution of Anarchists. In 1896 and 1898, Camille Pissarro painting views of the city and the port of Rouen, remained faithful to the early impressionist style. In 1897-1903, Camille Pissarro painted views of Paris, also Dieppe and Le Havre. Camille Pissarro died in Paris in 1903. Similarly, the biography of Camille Pissarro.