Heironymus Bosch c. 1450-1516 Bosch was the master of the
monstrous,
the discoverer of the unconscious. His nightmarish images seem to
possess
an inexplicable surrealistic power. Bosch produced intense paintings of
horrendous torture, carnal mutilations, the fires of hell, and the
sinister
depths of the human imagination. A set of 8 icons.
Botero’s figures are intentionally disproportionate, showing
strength,
power and importance. Botero has described his work by saying, “The
forms
expressed in my paintings are the result of my ideas and not of some
ocular
defect”. A set of 12 icons.
Leonardo Da Vinci,1452-1519. There has never been an artist
who was
more fittingly, and without qualification, described as a genius. The
Mona
Lisa remains intact in its magic. It is a work that we can only gaze at
in silence. A set of 6 icons.
A flamboyant painter and sometime writer, sculptor and
experimental
film-maker, Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, was probably the greatest
Surrealist
artist, using bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and
unmistakable
landscapes of his inner world. Salvador Dali is considered by many as
one
of the greatest masters of art of the twentieth century. A set of 8
icons.
Paul Gauguin 1848-1903 There cannot have been many other
artists who
set out as wholeheartedly to live the life they envisioned in their art
as Paul Gauguin did. Gauguin personified a new union of art and life
and
became one of the true pioneers of modernism. A set of 8 icons.
The creative work of The Group Of Seven resulted from a love
of the
land, cities, towns and countrysides and a oneness with the spirit of
the
whole land. It was the creative spirit itself that guided The Group Of
Seven to produce deeply moving and unique works. A set of 14 icons.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564, is one of the greatest
artists of
all time, a man whose name has become synonymous with the word
"masterpiece".
As an artist he was unmatched, the creator of works of sublime beauty
that
express the full breadth of the human condition. A set of 10 icons.
Monet, 1840-1926, has been regarded as the Impressionist par
excellence
and was considered a leader by his fellow painters. Monet said of his
own
work, “Everybody discusses my art and pretends to understand... when it
is simply necessary to love.” A set of 6 icons.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, 1881-1973, is still considered a myth, a
legend
of the arts. His poise as an artist is intricate and vibrant in a
myriad
of facets. By the time of his death, Picasso was recognized universally
as the foremost artist of his era, and possibly of the century. A set
of
8 icons.
Rembrandt, 1606-1669, was a Dutch baroque artist who ranks as
one of
the greatest painters in the history of Western art. Rembrandt
Harmenszoon
van Rijn possessed a profound understanding of human nature that was
matched
by a brilliant technique. A set of 8 icons.
