These are the great masters who had coloured our world with their paintbrushes and eccentricities and each had left a unique legacy of their own. So, I would like you, my well-versed, worldly-wise readers to GUESS these MASTERS and the titles of their MASTERPIECES that are parodied below by "The Simpsons".
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He was born in Ådalsbruk, Norway, (on December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) and grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo). He lost his mother, Laura Cathrine, née Bjølstad, to tuberculosis in 1868, and his older and favorite sister Sophie (Johanne Sophie b. 1862) to the same disease in 1877. Ultimately his father, Christian, died young, as well, in 1889. He also had a brother, (Peter) Andreas (b. 1865) and two younger sisters (Laura Cathrine b. 1867, Inger Marie b. 1868). After their mother's death, the siblings were raised by their father, who instilled in his children a deep-rooted fear by repeatedly telling them that if they sinned in any way, they would be doomed to hell without chance of pardon. One of his younger sisters was diagnosed with mental illness at an early age. He himself was also often ill. Of the five siblings only Andreas married, but he died a few months after the wedding. He would later say, "Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life."
This painter was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert – July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise) and was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, classified as a Post-Impressionist. His paintings and drawings include some of the world's best known, most popular and most expensive pieces. He suffered from recurrent bouts of mental illness — about which there are many competing theories. He spent his early life working for a firm of art dealers, and after a brief spell as a teacher, became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880, at the age of 27. Initially he worked in somber colors, until an encounter in Paris with Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism accelerated his artistic development. He produced all of his more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1100 drawings or sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, and in the two months before his death he created ninety paintings.
This artist was born on April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer.He was born and raised in Vinci, Italy, the illegitimate son of a notary, Messer Piero, and a peasant woman, Caterina. He had no surname in the modern sense;
He has been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man", a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time, and the man with the most diversely prodigious talent ever to have lived.
Birth name Jeroen van Aken Born1450 Died 1516 Nationality Dutch.Born to a family of Dutch and German painters, he spent most of his life in 's-Hertogenbosch, a flourishing city in fifteenth century Brabant, in the south of the present-day Netherlands. In 1463, some 4000 houses in the town were destroyed by a catastrophic fire, which the then (approximately) 13-year-old may have witnessed. He became a popular painter and even received commissions from abroad. In 1488 he joined the Brotherhood of Our Lady.
Birth nameSalvador Felipe Jacinto Domènech
Born May 11, 1904Figueres, Spain Died January 23, 1989Figueres, Spain
Field Painting, Drawing, Photography,Sculpture
Training San Fernando School of Fine Arts, Madrid Movement Cubism, Dada,Surrealism
Birth name Raffaello SanzioBorn April 6, 1483Urbino, Italy Died April 6, 1520 Nationality:Italian Field: Painting Training: Perugino Movement: Renaissance
He was born in Urbino. The surname Sanzio derives from the latinization of the Italian, Santi, into Santius.
In 1491, his mother Màgia died; his father died on August 1, 1494, having already remarried. Thus orphaned at eleven, he was entrusted to his uncle Bartolomeo, a priest. He had already shown talent, according to Giorgio Vasari - he tells that since childhood he had been "a great help to his father". His father's workshop continued and probably together with his stepmother, he evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. He is described as a "master" in 1501. In Urbino he came into contact with the works of Uccello and Signorelli. According to Vasari, his father placed him in Perugino's workshop as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother"; the subsequent influence of Perugino on his early work is most obvious. The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari, and has been disputed. But most modern historians agree that he worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500.
In 1491, his mother Màgia died; his father died on August 1, 1494, having already remarried. Thus orphaned at eleven, he was entrusted to his uncle Bartolomeo, a priest. He had already shown talent, according to Giorgio Vasari - he tells that since childhood he had been "a great help to his father". His father's workshop continued and probably together with his stepmother, he evidently played a part in managing it from a very early age. He is described as a "master" in 1501. In Urbino he came into contact with the works of Uccello and Signorelli. According to Vasari, his father placed him in Perugino's workshop as an apprentice "despite the tears of his mother"; the subsequent influence of Perugino on his early work is most obvious. The evidence of an apprenticeship comes only from Vasari, and has been disputed. But most modern historians agree that he worked as an assistant to Perugino from around 1500.
8 comments:
What a lovely post! Using the Simpsons to potray the artwork is brilliant!
My fav would be van Gogh --- the tortured artist to beat all other tortured artists. Visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam back in 2002 when they had a co-show with related Gauguin works. First time you had to drag me out of a gallery...
P.S. Happy International Women's Day! :)
This is smart QS! I agree with Kenny! Like you, I too like art and the Simpsons and to combine famous artwork with cartoons are indeed brilliant! How on earth did you search for all the pics? You're one helluva lady, ma'am.
This blog is sooo coool! This post is even cooler! I like! I like!I can name only Da Vinci, Raphael and Dali. Who are the rests la? Hurry up tell!!!
1. Edvard Munch - The Scream
2. Van Gogh - Self Potrait
3. da Vinci - Vitruvian Man
4. Hieronymous Bosch - Garden of Delight (Right Panel)
5. Dali - The Persistence of memory
6. Raphael - One Angel
i want my present for guessing all of them thank you! :)
Brilliant post Storm! But i think that was Bosch's Hell, Sharizal
hi lovely storm, this post is cute and smart ! I recognised davinci, rafael and munch!
Hey gorgeous,
how are you doin. great blog you have here honeypie, here's my answers;
1. Edvard Munch - The Scream
2. Van Gogh - Self Potrait
3. da Vinci - Vitruvian Man
4. Hieronymous Bosch - Hell (Right Panel)
5. Dali - The Persistence of memory
6. Raphael - Sistine Cberub
Correct me if I'm wrong babygirl!
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