Art And Literature

Henri Matisse was born on 31 December 1869, in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord, France. He was an artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. He was a master draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but excelled primarily as a painter.
Matisse is considered, with Picasso, as the greatest artist of the 20th [...]

Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso. One of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art, Picasso is best known for co-founding the [...]

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for [...]

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was born in Vinci, Italy. He was an illegitimate son of a young notary named Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence. He was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, [...]