by Liam Gratehouse | Famous Artists
Study and learn about Michelangelo, a master artist and sculptor. Perfect for your homeschool artist study! Please Note: This post contains nude artwork by Michelangelo which some may feel is unsuitable for children. Please use your own discretion as a parent....
by Alisha | Famous Artists
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir, was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. Learn more about this master artist! “The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work.”...
by Liam Gratehouse | Famous Artists
Talent! There’s no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous hard work in the right way. On February 24, 1836, in Boston, Massachusetts, Winslow Homer was born. Close to his mother from the start, Homer took on...
by Olivia Gratehouse | Famous Artists
Aaron Douglas has become known as the pioneer of African American Modernism. Study this amazing artist with this study from Masterpiece Academy. “Let’s sing it, dance it, write it, paint it. Let’s do the impossible.” ~Aaron Douglas Aaron Douglas was born in Topeka,...
by Olivia Gratehouse | Famous Artists
“When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.” ~Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence was born September 7, 1917, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In the hopes of finding a better life, his parents moved his family up north. Sadly, his parents...
by Olivia Gratehouse | Famous Artists
“I will preach with my brush.” ~Henry Ossawa Tanner Henry Ossawa Tanner was born June 21, 1859 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Benjamin Tucker Tanner, was a minister and his mother, Sarah Tanner, was a former slave who had escaped through the...
