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(#10) Wassily Kandinsky
- Dec. at 78 (1866-1944)
Kandinsky is credited with being one of the first true abstract painters, though his works are also heavily expressionist. His paintings are colorful displays of shapes and lines on canvas, and his artistic choices make sense, given his alleged synesthesia. Synesthesia is the sensory impression of one sense leaving a sensory impression on another; in other words, seeing smells, or tasting colors. Kandinsky was known for incorporating musical elements into his works, and this is because he saw color as he listened.
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(#2) Pablo Picasso
- Dec. at 92 (1881-1973)
Whatever career path you choose, it seems you get asked the same questions over and over again. Most people just grin and bear it, but Picasso had other ideas. When people would ask about the meaning of his paintings, question the almighty Cézanne (who was a close friend), or just rub him the wrong way in general, he would point his revolver at them. Don't worry, he's not a mass murderer: the gun was filled with blanks, but it still sends a message.
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(#20) Jackson Pollock
- Dec. at 44 (1912-1956)
Jackson Pollock completely revolutionized the world of abstract art, but he also had a pretty rough go of it as a teenager. He didn't fit in at his Los Angeles school, where he apparently wore unusual clothes and grew out his hair. He was even expelled several times for getting in trouble with the law, and he wrote to his brother, telling him that “this so called happy part of one’s life youth to me is a bit of damnable hell.”
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(#19) Norman Rockwell
- Dec. at 84 (1894-1978)
While Norman Rockwell is an iconic painter of idealized 20th-century American culture, he couldn't fit quite into that world of heroic army men and happy housewives - at least, not without a fight. Rockwell tried to enlist in the military during World War I, but was initially rejected for being 17 pounds underweight at 6 feet tall and only 140 pounds. He then attempted the most drastic gaining diet of all time by spending one night stuffing himself with bananas and doughnuts to gain the necessary weight. Competitive eating was probably always his backup plan.
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(#15) Leonardo da Vinci
- Dec. at 67 (1452-1519)
Although his art and mechanical designs are his most well-known achievements, PETA is one of da Vinci's greatest admirers. He was an avid vegetarian and would buy caged birds just to let them go. Turns out that Leonardo was also Italy's sweetheart.
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(#13) Keith Haring
- Dec. at 32 (1958-1990)
Keith Haring was apparently quite the impressionable young man. As a boy, he met some members of the Jesus movement and was so inspired by their message that he started handing out leaflets and preaching to people about their need to be born again. He may not have stuck with this as his life calling, but still, the passion is appreciated.
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People think that artists seem to be born for art, and they are surrounded by noble art in their lives. The works of many painters rely on inner imagination rather than the logical rules of painting, they displayed the images and forms from personal life experiences on the canvas. Many famous artists in history with extraordinary talents and imagination have some incredible quirks.
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