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- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) Jean-Michel Basquiat, one of the most famous contemporary artists and American painters of all time, emerged from the early ‘80s American Punk scene in New York and swiftly became recognised in the international art circuit for work such as his abstract paintings of faces.
- Peter Doig (b. 1959) Peter Doig is a Scottish artist who spent most of his formative years in Trinidad and Canada, and studied art in England. His contemporary art is described by the Saatchi Gallery as containing themes of magical realism, “capturing timeless moments of perfect tranquillity, where photo-album memory flits in and out of waking dream.”
- Christopher Wool (b. 1955) Christopher Wool first made a name for himself in the New York contemporary fine arts scene in the 1980’s. He is best known for his modern art paintings of words, his trademark white canvases with large black stencilled letters.
- Rudolf Stingel (b. 1956) Rudolf Stingel is an Italian artist based in New York. Since the ‘80s, Stingel’s contemporary art is concerned with interrogating his chosen medium of painting and subverting notions of authenticity, hierarchy, meaning, and context.
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But before we jump to our list of top 13 modern artists, let’s briefly explain what modern art is and how it’s different from contemporary art. Despite the confusion in the popular press and online media outlets, the two terms are not interchangeable. (Yes, the art world has its own separate definitions for both contemporary and moderntimes.) Moder...
#1 Claude Monet (1840-1926) – The Icon of Impressionism
Claude Monet was a French painter dubbed the Father of Impressionism; an art movement considered the first avant-garde movement of the Modernist period. Best known for his nature and landscape paintings, in his later years, he spent most of his time painting his flower garden at his home in Giverny, with its Japanese footbridge and a pond full of lilies. Artist trivia: As Monet’s garden expanded, he took on six full-time gardeners to tend to it. Each morning, one of them would paddle a boat o...
#2 Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) – “The father of us all”
Acclaimed as the father of Post-Impressionism, Cézanne is also celebrated as the forefather of Fauvism and a precursor to Cubism. His contributions to the development of these groundbreaking art styles make Cézanne one of the key figures in the history of modern art. Suffice it to say, both Matisse and Picasso referred to him as “the father of us all”. Artist trivia: At school, Paul Cézanne became friends with Émile Zola, who was bullied and teased by his classmates. On one occasion, in defen...
#3 Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) – The Misunderstood Genius
Van Gogh is a creative icon and one of the most famous modern artists of the 19th century. Unappreciated in his time, he only sold one painting in his lifetime: The Red Vineyard, which went for 400 francs in Belgium seven months before his death. In contrast, his most expensive painting sold posthumously was Portrait of Dr. Gachet, which took 148.6 million dollars in 1990. Artist trivia: Starry Night, arguably van Gogh’s most famous work, was painted in an asylum at Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Fr...
Our overview contains some of the most famous modern artists who exerted an enormous influence on the course of modern art. From Claude Monet and his dreamy landscapes to Frida Kahlo and her raw self-portraits, modern masters and their artworks still drive crowds to museums, incite heated debates, and set splashy auction records. Got blank, boring ...
- THE Modern Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) An ill-tempered genius with destructive habits and a unique vision, Pablo Picasso became a blueprint for the great modern artist.
- Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954) One of the key artists associated with the Fauvist movement, Matisse’s unique approach to color and line made him a legend of modern art during his lifetime.
- Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890) Deeply troubled and unappreciated during his life, Vincent van Gogh was not only a groundbreaking artist. He also greatly contributed to the myth about the unrecognized genius artist.
- Gustav Klimt (1862 – 1918) Despite the mythical connotations and the dream-like atmosphere of his works, Klimt wasn’t far removed from the scientific advancements of his time.
- Andy Warhol. b. 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Died in 1987. With his distinctive and irreverent style, Andy Warhol’s body of work still influences art, fashion and design today.
- Francis Bacon. b. 1909 in Dublin, Ireland. Died in 1992. Francis Bacon was a figurative painter, whose work focuses on raw and disturbing depiction of human forms, such as portraits of popes and crucifixions.
- Jean-Michel Basquiat. b. 1960 in New York. Died in 1988. A young prodigy gone too soon, at the age of 27, Jean-Michel Basquiat left a deep mark on contemporary art, but also the streets of 1980s New York, which he marked with his moniker SAMO.
- Diane Arbus. b. 1923 in Manhattan, New York. Died in 1971. Diane Arbus was the first photographer to ever be included in a Venice Biennale exhibition in 1972, a year after her death.
- Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso was born in late 1881 in Malaga, Spain, throughout his life he would maintain strong ties to Spain, it’s culture and history.
- Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853 as is considered one of the greatest post-impressionist painters of all time. The son of a pastor he was born into a fairly wealthy family and spent a lot of his early life as a missionary.
- Salvador Dali. Salvador Dali was one of the leading surrealist artists, born in Spain in 1904 his works are some of the most famous images ever produced and have been reproduced millions of times on posters, prints and postcards.
- Henri Matisse. Henri Matisse was born in 1869 in Le Cateau-Cambresis, France. Using a large range of media, his works include sculpture, cutouts of paper, and more.
Jul 15, 2019 · The 25 Works of Art That Define the Contemporary Age. Three artists and a pair of curators came together at The New York Times to attempt to make a list of the era’s essential artworks. Here’s ...
Dec 7, 2020 · Dec 7, 2020 7:15AM. At the start of 2020, it was impossible to predict that this year would transform the art world as we knew it. By March, the COVID-19 pandemic began to throw entire years of museum, gallery, and biennial exhibitions into the balance, and it may have forever rocked the international art fair circuit.
