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Paul Gauguin
Post-Impressionist
Jun 7, 1848 – May 8, 1903
Gauguin was the consummate starving artist of the Post-Impressionist movement, hopping across the globe as he developed his art. He finally retreated from Paris and the edifices of civilization to spend his final days in French Tahiti, where the untamed beauty of the landscape and people inspired the fantastical colors of his later canvases.
Claude Monet
Impressionist
Nov 14, 1840 – Dec 5, 1926
The founder of Impressionism, Monet was one of the most influential painters in the history of art. In his treatment of subjects such as water lilies, gardens and harbors, he broke the tradition of portraying a subject literally by conveying the fleeting ambient effects of color and light, and paved the way for 20th century modernism.
Jackson Pollock
Abstract Expressionist
Jan 28, 1912 – Aug 11, 1956
A visionary then and now - in the late 1940's, Pollock turned the art world on its head by throwing away the most basic painting tool ˜ the easel. Attaching large canvases to the floor, he poured, dripped and flung paint with intense physical movement, creating groundbreaking works whose initial impression of chaos belied stunning complexity and sophistication.
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