Artist #13- Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne (1839-1906)
Paul Cezanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cezanne's work demonstrated a mastery of design, color, composition, and draftsmanship. Most of his brushstrokes throughout his work are very repetitive, and easily recognizable. His art field is painting with a Post-Impressionist movement. Some of his most famous works were The Basket of Apples, Boy in a Red Vest, Mill at the River, and many many more. Cezanne died from pneumonia on October 22, 1906.

Artist #12- Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Wassily was a Russian painter, and art theorist. He is credited for painting the first modern abstract works. Kandinsky got his training through the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Expressionism and abstract art were the movements that he was categorized in with his artworks. Wassily painted artworks known as On White II, Der Blaue Reiter, Composition VII, and plenty more.

Artist #11- Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Rubens was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish Baroque painter. He was also a major component of an extravagant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. The Elevation of the Cross, The Fall of Man, and The Exchange of Princesses were some of Peter's paintings. Rubens was well known for his Counter-Reformation altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. Sir Peter was a classically-educated humanist scholar, art collector, and diplomat who was knighted by both Philip IV (King of Spain), and Charles I (King of England). His movement of work was Baroque, with a field of painting and diplomacy. Rubens influences consisted of Michelangelo, Titian, Caravaggio, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Later in life, Ruben died of gout on May 30, 1640.

Artist #10- Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
Alfred was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in photography an accepted art form. He was married to painter Georgia O' Keeffe. Stieglitz is primarily known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century. His famous works consisted of The Hand of Man, Dirigible, and Old and New New York. One of his well known quotes out there today is "Photography is a fad well-nigh on it's last legs, thanks principally to the bicycle craze." Alfred Stieglitz died next to Georgia O' Keeffe from a fatal stroke, that later put him into a coma.

Artist #9- Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
Rembrandt was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history and the most important in Dutch history. All of his contributions to art came in a period that historians like to call the Dutch Golden Age. But the more common movement the Rembrandt was categorized into is called the Dutch Golden Age painting Baroque. Some of his famous pieces were Night Watch, Danae, Belshazzar's Feast, etc. In the last of his years, Rembrandt painted his most deeply reflective self-portraits and several moving images of both men and women - in love, in life, and before God.

Artist #8- Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564)
Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. He started off his early life as an apprentice to Domenico Ghirlandaio, but later worked his way up to the consideration of being the contender for the title of archetypal Renaissance man; along with his rival and fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. Some of Michelangelo's works were David, The Creation of Adam, Pieta, etc. Due to being an all around artist, Michelangelo himself is the best-documented artist of the 16th century.

Artist #7- Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (1928-1987)
Andy Warhol was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. Some of these works were Chelsea Girls (film), Exploding Plastic Inevitable, and Campbell's Soup Cans. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. Andy died in New York City from a sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia on February 22 1987.