Everyone should know televisions most famous painter Bob Ross. The man known famously for his inspirational quotes, quirks, and unique style of painting. Though what about his past? How did he come to be such a magnificent guy and what happened to him? To quickly get the basics down, he was born in Daytona, Florida, on October 29, 1942 which makes him a Scorpio. Some fun facts about Scorpios are that they are most compatible with Taurus and Cancer, their strengths are being resourceful, brave, passionate, stubborn, and a true friend. Their weaknesses are being distrusting, jealous, secretive, and violent. Now of course Bob Ross is the last person most people would think of being violent, distrusting, or jealous. At some point in his early
The Life and Mind of Jerry Garcia in Conjunction with Howard Gardner's Model of Creativity
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world’s greatest and most well-known artists, but when he was alive he considered himself to be a complete failure. It was not until after he died that Van Gogh’s paintings received the recognition they deserved. Today he is thought to be the second best Dutch artist, after Rembrandt. Born in 1853, he was one of the biggest artistic influences of the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh created a new era of art, he learned to use art to escape his mental illness, and he still continues to inspire artists over 100 years later.
Weird Al” Yankovic was born in Downey, California under the name of Alfred Matthew Yankovic. His first name, Alfred, is where he got the Al in “Weird Al” Yankovic. The genres he does are Comedy, Parody, and Polka. His occupations are Singer, Songwriter, Parodist, Record Producer, Satirist, Actor, Music Video Director, Film Producer, and Author. Yankovic also does vocals, plays the accordion, keyboards, and theremin, and he’s been active since 1976 and is still going.
On the other hand, Luke Bryan had a pretty great life growing up as a child. Thomas Luther Bryan was born on July 17, 1976 (Student Resources). Everyone calls him Luke because that’s what he has preferred since he was a little boy. Luke was into country music ever since he was born. Tons of memories he made with his family, like sitting in a truck singing country music at the top of their lungs. As he grew up and got older he started to play in front of people and start...
The music industry during the 1940s was filled with many talented artists who impacted the music industry and the history of rock n’ roll forever. But one of the very well known and talented artists was Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly was the first to pioneer new music genres and progressive music. Charles Hardin Holley (1936-1959) was an American musician and artist whose creative career began in 1956. The family name is correctly spelled “Holley” but his first recording contract from Decca Records in 1956 spelled his last name “Holly” and he kept it that way for the rest of his career (Griggs 1). Holly took a very influential position in the music industry and built an audience for his Rock and Roll music very quickly due to his unique voice and advanced knowledge of music. Buddy Holly is a prime example of a musical pioneer who blended resources from various music genres including a variety of popular genres such as rhythm and blues (RNB), oriental, and African (Schinder and Schwartz 85).
As a kid Luke Bryan was just a normal child. Thomas Luther Bryan was born on July 17, 1976 in Leesburg, Georgia to his parents Tommy and LeClaire Bryan, he was the youngest out of three kids (Biography.com Editors, Finan, Eileen). Growing up, his dad was a Fertilizer salesman, and his mom worked as a local public
He got a lot of his inspiration from his mother. She loved painting with water colors and making
Roscoe Misselhorn was born in 1902 and as he grew up he drew sketches that became known to thousands of people in the area (Mitchell 154.). In his school years he did two years of mechanical drawing and illustrations for a school yearbook (Mitchell 154.) Soon after he dropped out of his high school he worked for a clothes store in Sparta (Mitchell 154.). Frustrated with his job in Sparta he moved to Chicago to join an Art Institute (Mitchell 154.). In 1924 Roscoe was married to Ruth Tritt, a teacher (“Roscoe” para.4). He attended St. Louis School of Fine Arts for three years (“Roscoe” para.4). The classes Roscoe took helped him to improve his cartooning skills (“Roscoe” para.4). Roscoe was a cartoonist for a newspaper company and was paid five dollars a week to make cartoons for 3,000 newspapers (“Roscoe” para.5). After that Ruth lost her teaching job (“Roscoe” para.5). Roscoe made the money by his art until Ruth opened a shop(“Roscoe” para.5). Roscoe always does his artwork in pencil and never does it in pen (Mitchell 154.). In 1940 he tried a new technique to have pencil hardness used on a sketch board made out of slick masonite (Mitchell 154.). Mi...
Richard Cory poems are a traditional type of poetry found all throughout different time periods. The poems range from the original to song variations, all contributing their own perspectives on what Richard Cory symbolized, and each takes their own distinct form. Richard Cory poetry usual contains the distinct ending of Richard Cory taking his own life, but each poem adds its own variations to this repetitive theme. Throughout the poems, there are also many similar themes, which portray a consistent theme of the American Dream and how it transforms. Many symbolic issues that deal with this dream are related to wealth, which is the most prominent reoccurring theme in the two poems. Whereas Robinson's "Richard Cory" focuses on symbolic issues of wealth during an early time period, Paul Simon creates a contemporary "Richard Cory", showing the transformation of the American Dream coinciding with the passage of time.
Robert Johnson is more than just another Blues man with a sad story. To sing the blues with as much soul as Robert Johnson did, you know his life was rough. The life of Robert Johnson was memorable but short. Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911. Robert was a product of an extramarital affair.
Jackson Pollock was an American abstract artist born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912. He was the youngest of his five brothers. Even though he was born on a farm, he never milked a cow and he was terrified of horses because he grew up in California. He dropped out of high school at the age of seventeen and proceeded to move to New York City with his older brother, Charles, and studied with Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Thomas Benton was already a great artist at the time in which Pollock studied with him. Benton acted like the father figure in Pollock’s life to replace the original that wasn’t there. Benton was known for his large murals that appear on ceilings or walls. “Jack was a rebellious sort at all times,” recalls his classmate and friend, artist Harold Lehman. He grew his hair long and helped pen a manifesto denouncing athletics, even though “he had a muscular build and the school wanted to put him on the football team,” says former teacher Doug Lemon. Pollock always was upset with himself in his studies because he had troubles drawing things like they were supposed to look. From 1938 to 1942, Jackson joined a Mexican workshop of people with a painter named David Siqueiros. This workshop painted the murals for the WPA Federal Art Projects. This new group of people started experimenting with new types of paint and new ways of applying it to large canvas. People say that this time period was when Jackson was stimulated with ideas from looking at the Mexican or WPA murals. Looking at paintings from Picasso and the surrealists also inspired Jackson at this time. The type of paint they used was mixing oil colors with paint used for painting cars. Jackson noticed that the shapes and colors they created were just as beautiful as anything else was. Jackson realized that you didn’t have to be able to draw perfect to make beautiful paintings. Jackson started developing a whole new way of painting that he had never tried before and his paintings were starting to look totally different from before.
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.
From the start of his career, he loved to perform for others. He played in many bands of Hibbing High, and he graduated only to continue to the University of Minnesota in 1959. Dylan later earned his gain to fame after dropping out of college and playing at various cafés around Greenwich Village, New York. In 1961, Columbia Records signed him and he released his first record in 1963 called “Bob Dylan” (Corbett, Ben). Because of his two-year relationship with fellow singer Joan Baez, he gained large popularity, but in 1966 after his marriage to Sara Lowndes, he was in a serious motorcycle accident. It took him a year or so to recover, but he soon “reinvented” himself ...
Picasso Changed the Way We Look at Art "There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterwards you can remove all traces of reality." -Pablo Picasso Picasso had not always been so enlightened with the fact that there was more to art than the eye could see. During the course of his ninety-one year life, Picasso encountered many ideas and people that helped form the wonderfully talented and brilliant artist in history. Picasso was born Pablo Ruiz on October 25th 1881, in Malaga, Spain. His father was a inspiring artist while his mother took care of the house. Picasso had shown a great artistic talent in his early childhood years. At 14 years old, Picasso adopted his mother's less common name. Changing Ruiz to Picasso. Shortly after this event, Picasso had finished his one month qualification exam into the Acadamy of the Arts in Barcelona. The only exceptional thing about this was that Picasso had done this in one day. Picasso stayed with the acadamy for three years, before deciding to move to San Fernando where he would then attend the Acadamy of San Fernando until the turn of the century. Picasso then joined up with the group of aspiring artists. Pablo Picasso was probably the most famous artist of the twentieth century. During his artistic career, which lasted more than 75 years, he created thousands of works, not only paintings but also sculptures, prints, and ceramics, using all kinds of materials. He almost single-handedly created modern art.
Picasso went through different phases in his paintings: the blue period, rose period, black period, and cubism. Picasso was a talented artist, with his dad setting the foundation; Picasso became the famous artist of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist”. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” Pablo Picasso’s dad was a great influence on Picasso as a child.