On January 1st, 1618, Bartolome Esteban Murillo was born in Seville Spain. Murillo was the most famous Spanish Baroque painter of his time, known for his religious works.
Murillo was the youngest of fourteen children, born to Gaspar Esteban, a barber, and María Perez . Murillo gained his surname from a traditional Andalusian custom, taking the name of his grandmother, Elvira Murillo. In 1627, Murillo’s father passed away, and his mother died a year later. Murillo was an orphan at ten years old, and was sent to live with his older sister and her husband.
Murillo was exposed to the art world from a young age. His uncle was a painter, who married the daughter of another successful artist. All the daughters of this couple went on to marry artists. When Murillo was around 12, he was an apprentice to local painter Juan de Castello. Not much is known about his years as a young art student, other than he began his career as a professional artist by creating that was exported to the Indies, and painting decorations for festivals. Murillo's early style was realistic, and he often painted local peasants. Around this time Murillo may have made a trip to Madrid around this time. From the studies on this trip, his works became tender and soft.
1645 was a big year for Murillo, marrying the wealthy Beatriz Cabrera y Villalobos, and he got his first important commission. During this decade, Murillo’s popularity rapidly increased. He surpassed his rival and became the most popular painter of Seville.
The end of the 1640’s and 1650’s were Murillo’s busiest years as an artist, even though there were many obstacles in his life. In 1658 Murillo made another trip to Madrid, where his studies had a major impact on his future works.
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...e light and shadows. The room the boy is in is very dark, and a strong beam of light shines on the boy. Space is illustrated in how Murillo places the objects in the painting. The boy appears to be far back against the wall, while a water jug is towards the front. Texture is seen on the walls, the boy’s skin, the jug, and the basket of apples. Shape is displayed by the light and shadows in the picture. Without the light, everything would blend together. The light shines and casts shadows off of the objects and boy, giving him and the objects form. The color scheme Murillo uses are dull earthly colors, adding to the dull, sad mood of the painting. I like the emotion portrayed in this work. Looking at the boy and his surroundings, you can almost feel his sadness and emotion. I like paintings that display strong expression and emotion. The painting is pictured below.
Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
The painting is organized simply. The background of the painting is painted in an Impressionist style. The blurring of edges, however, starkly contrasts with the sharp and hard contours of the figure in the foreground. The female figure is very sharp and clear compared to the background. The background paint is thick compared to the thin lines used to paint the figures in the foreground. The thick paint adds to the reduction of detail for the background. The colors used to paint the foreground figures are vibrant, as opposed to the whitened colors of the Impressionist background. The painting is mostly comprised of cool colors but there is a range of dark and light colors. The light colors are predominantly in the background and the darker colors are in the foreground. The vivid color of the robe contrasts with the muted colors of the background, resulting in an emphasis of the robe color. This emphasis leads the viewer's gaze to the focal part of the painting: the figures in the foreground. The female and baby in the foreground take up most of the canvas. The background was not painted as the artist saw it, but rather the impression t...
Such controversy that followed him is one of the aspects of his art that made him stand out as a muralist during his lifetime (1). As with most artist his paintings became famous after his death (2) in 1957 due to heart failure in Mexico City, Mexico (1). His radical approach to art and his unique style have created a lasting impression on art and continue to do so (2). Widely regarded as the most influential Mexican artist of the twentieth century (3), Diego Rivera created a legacy in paint that continue to inspire the imagination and mind (2).
Clement Greenburg, a close friend of Miró who is also a critic, said that Miró’s art is based on ideas “of painting as an irrevocable two dimensional medium” (Munro 289). Greenburg also stated “Miró is known for his almost total lack of interest in political matters” (Munro 289). The only thing that really kept Miró interested was his people and their culture. What really shot Miró down was the Spanish Civil War, he stated that “I am not in favor of separatism. I am in favor of Spanish unity, European unity, and World unity.”
Pablo Picasso is the worlds most renowned artist of the 20th century. He did a variety of skills related to the world of art. Most people remember him as just a painter, but he was more than that. He could do sculpting, drawing, engraving, lithographs, and more. One of his most famous periods of all time, The Blue Period showed all that he was capable of. More than the paintings above all else he learned all his abilities self-taught from his father and the schooling his father helped provide.
Born in 1886 Diego Rivera was born to a wealthy family living in Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of two his twin brother died and a year later Diego Rivera started drawing, his parents caught him drawing on walls and instead of punishing him nurtured his artistic side by enabling him with the supplies he needed. Throughout his life Diego Rivera was dedicated to art, “He began to study painting at an early age and in 1907 moved to Europe. Spending most of the next fourteen years in Paris, Rivera encountered the works of such great masters as Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and Matisse.” Influenced by the work of such great minds Rivera began the search for his own signature and contribution to modern art, “Rivera was searching for a new form of painting, one that could express the complexities of his day and still reach a wide audience.” Rivera found the medium he was looking for, a form of street art involving murals painted on fresh plaster, he returned to Mexico to introduce this new form of art to the public. Rivera soon sewed himself into the art community in America, “His outgoing personality puts him at ...
At the age of 12, he joined the National School of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Europe, with a state scholarship. Upon his return, he exhibited his work in Mexico, and it was a largely successful. To escape the civil war in his country, Rivera travelled to Paris in 1911. The artist leaded a bohemian life between Spain and Paris. His works were exhibited at the Modern Gallery in New York, with particularly Picasso’s. In 1920, he returned to Mexico, where he completed his first mural. After delivering ‘ultra-intellectual’ experiments and embracing the people’s cause, Rivera returned from his studies to Mexico. He quickly evolved a simple language for the adornment of public buildings. Very soon, this style of creation, which included vibrant and vivid colors, becomes his trademark. He was a passionate artist who was devoted his art to civil wars and revolution. He also elaborated on US frescoes, he only worked with themes that he wanted to denounce and were dear to
Velázquez was also well acquainted with members of the intellectual circles of Seville. Pacheco was the director of an informal humanist academy; at its meetings the young artist was introduced to such people as the great poet Luis de Góngora y Argote, whose portrait he executed in 1622. Such contact was important for Velázquez's later work on mythological and classical subjects.
In conclusion, the Baroque art in Europe and North America was a time of growth for many of the countries in these areas. We have seen many developments such as the great architecture, sculptures, and paintings that were produced by many artists’. Also, one of the more informative issues that were not known by me and probably many others were the clever was to produce paintings. During this research and analysis of this chapter of the Baroque arts, I certainly have found more insight on the arts of the sixteenth century in Europe and North America.
Pablo Picasso was born into a poor family in southern Spain in 1881. He started as a child prodigy and ended as the greatest painter of his time. Picasso received early training with his father, a small-town drawing teacher. Picasso showed that he had natural talent and had taken his father’s teaching to a new level. After some time in and out of sessions at art school in Madrid and Barcelona, Picasso spent the rest of his adolescence associating with a group of Catalan modernists who met and worked together at Els Quatre Gats in Barcelona. After some time there, he moved to Paris, where he quickly found of like-minded poets and painters. His work during that time began to attract serious critical attention and acclaim by the time he was twenty.
There were many famous artist back then. One of the most well-known artist was Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452 near a village called Vinci. Vinci was located in Italy and was about twenty-five miles away from Florence (“Leonardo da Vinci Biography.”). His parents are Ser Piero da Vinci and Caterina. Ser Piero da Vinci was Leonardo’s father, his occupation was a notary. Caterina was Leonardo’s mother, she was just a local woman that no one really knew about. Caterina and Ser Piero were not married and Leonardo was the only child they had together. Leonardo was not only an artist but he had focused on other studies such as science and technology.
He was an expert at creating art since he was 7 years old. He had formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting. Picasso became so preoccupied into his artwork that he didn’t focus too much on his school education anymore. His family moved to A Coruña in 1891. At the age of 13, Pablo
Velasquez’s legacy began when he went became the apprentice of Francisco Pacheco at age 11, a relatively famous painter at the time. Although he spent much of his time drawing religious paintings, he had much interest in paintings that showed naturalism. After 6 years of apprenticeship, velasquez got the opportunity to take a portrait of the Duke of Olivares due to his Master, Francisco Pacheco. The Duke of Olivares recommended velasquez to the King, and so velasquez painted the king as well. The King decided that no other person will make a portrait of himself and appointed velasquez as the court painter.
On October 25, 1881 Don José Ruiz y Blasco and Maria Picasso y López gave birth to a baby boy. Little did they know that one day, he would be one of the greatest and well known artist of the world. However, Picasso’s father was a painter, a professor of art, and the curator of the local museum (“Pablo Picasso and His Paintings”). His father said he was very impressed with his son’s drawings at a young age. Picasso's mother even claimed that Picasso’s first words were ‘Can I have a pencil?’ At age ten, Picasso’s family moved to A Coruna where a fine arts school hired Ruiz to teach. They spent four years there when Picasso’s father believed his son had become
Pablo Picasso was born with a natural ability to paint. He was born on October 25, of 1881 in the town of Malaga, Spain. According to a blog written by Alex Santoso, “Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. He was named after various saints and relatives. The "Picasso" is actually from his mother, Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father is named Jose Ruiz Blasco.” When Pablo Picasso wa...