Throughout history, there have been famous artists who have created well known artworks. Here are just a few of the world's greatest artists I think you should know. This list is always growing, so please check back from time to time. Also, I encourage you to research a particular artist of interest for more information about their life and work.
Romare Bearden, Jammin at the Savoy Studio Museum in Harlem
Romare Bearden, The Block, 1971Collage on six masonite panels, 48 x 216" in., Copyright Romare Bearden Foundation
Click here for a jazzy walk of "The Block" in Harlem, New York. The Metropolitan Museum will take you on a guided tour of one of Bearden's largest and most famous collages.
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo, Detail of the Creation, Sistine Chapel
Click here for more information on the life and artwork of Michelangelo.
Elizabeth Catlett, The Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett,Head of Negro Woman
Click on the video below to hear Elizabeth Catlett in her studio explaining why she is inspired to create artwork of Black women.
Edgar Degas, Blue Dancers
Click here to learn more about why Degas loved the ballet and painted so many dancers.
Click here to explore the world of the dancer in works by Degas at the Metropolitan Museum.
Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians
Click the video below to hear an explanation of Picasso's "Three Musicians"
Vincent VanGogh, Starry Night
Click here to explore "How VanGogh made his Mark."
Henri Matisse, Purple Robe & Anemones
Leonardo DaVinci, Mona Lisa
Click here to visit the Louvre Museum in Paris, France to take "A Closer Look at the Mona Lisa."
Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory
Click here to learn more about the surreal art of Salvador Dali
Alexander Calder was among the first to create sculptures that move.
Click here for more information on the kinetic sculpture of Alexander Calder.
Andy Warhol
Jackson Pollock, No. 8
Click here to create a digital Jackson Pollock style splatter and drip painting.
Aaron Douglas, Into Bondage, 1936
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Paul Gauguin
Frida Kahlo
Click here to learn more about Frida Kahlo's self-portrait fantasy paintings influenced by her Mexican culture.
Hokusai,The Great Wave
Hokusai was a master woodblock printer and painter. Learn more about his creativity in his artwork.
Jacob Lawrence, Tombstones
Click here to take a closer look and explore the stories behind 12 of Jacob Lawrence's paintings.
William H. Johnson, Lil Sis, 1944 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Click here to take a journey through the art of William Johnson at the American Art Museum.
Roy Litchenstein, Wham
Click here to explore Pop Art and create a digital painting with benday dots like Roy Lichtenstein.
Mary Cassatt
Click here for a look at the life and work of Mary Cassatt who created paintings and prints about the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.
Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942-43 Oil on Canvas, 50 x 50", Museum of Modern Art, NY
Click on the video below to hear about Mondrian's inspiration for this painting.
