There are many leading artists of the world, but some are more well-known than others. Here are some of the most famous and influential artists of our time:
1. Pablo Picasso – One of the most renowned and influential artists of the 20th century, Picasso is known for his unique Cubist style which revolutionized modern art.
2. Leonardo da Vinci – A true renaissance man, da Vinci was not only an incredible artist, but also a scientist, inventor, and architect. He is perhaps best known for his painting of the Mona Lisa.
3. Vincent van Gogh – A post-Impressionist painter whose work is characterized by its intense emotion and vibrant colors, van Gogh is one of the most popular painters in the world.
4. Michelangelo – A master of both sculpture and painting, Michelangelo is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. His best-known works include the statue of David and the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
5. Rembrandt – One of the greatest Dutch painters, Rembrandt was a master of portraiture and religious painting. His work is characterized by its striking use of light and shadow.
A graduate of the Chelsea School of Art, London, Day’s style is characterised by chaotic mark-making, explosive colour, ribbon-like lines and ink spills. Gestural brushstrokes, wildly atmospheric palettes and curious, earthy textures abound in works such as her Rainy Day and Road Trip, multimedia blends of oil, charcoal and Conte on canvas. Some of her work harbours subtly political undertones, […]
Jenny Boot is a photographer who masterfully creates a somewhat surreal effect on her subjects through the use of both lighting and props. Sometimes using references from the “masters”, Jenny creates a brand new narrative and overall look, which make her pieces very much relevant to the 21st Century. I often find myself getting lost […]
Uswarman is a painter from Sumatra island, Indonesia. He likes to create artworks in an unplanned and spontaneous manner, reacting to his canvas moment to moment and creating bold works decorated with deconstructed text, striking elements and deep colours. Principally exploring ideas of one’s existence and circumstances and the eventual perceptions that it leads to, […]
The Standard Bearer is a three-quarter-length self-portrait by Rembrandt formerly in the Paris collection of Elie de Rothschild and purchased by the Rijksmuseum for 175 million euros with assistance from the Dutch state and Vereniging Rembrandt in 2021. It was painted on the occasion of the artist’s move from Leiden to Amsterdam and is seen as an important early work that “shows Rembrandt’s ambition to paint a group […]
Salvator Mundi (Latin for ”Savior of the World”) is a painting attributed in whole or in part to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1499–1510.[n 1] Long thought to be a copy of a lost original veiled with overpainting, it was rediscovered, restored, and included in a major exhibition of Leonardo’s work at the National Gallery, London, in 2011–2012.[2] Christie’s claimed just after selling […]
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei (/ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.oʊ ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.iˌ/ GAL-ih-LAY-oh GAL-ih-LAY-ee, Italian: [ɡaliˈlɛːo ɡaliˈlɛi]; 15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from the city of Pisa, then part of the Duchy of Florence.[4] Galileo has been called the “father” of observational astronomy,[5] modern physics,[6][7] the scientific method,[8] and modern science.[9] Galileo studied speed and velocity, gravity and free fall, the principle of relativity, inertia, projectile motion and also worked in applied […]