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This is a list of modern artists: important artists who have played a role in the history of modern art, dating from the late 19th century until (approximately) the 1970s. Artists who have been at the height of their activity since that date, can be found in the list of contemporary artists .
Wang retired in 1976 after training ten apprentices. Two of them, Liu Yang and Ge Xiaoguang, were chosen to paint Mao's portraits on Tiananmen, [4] which have remained identical to Wang's design. [3] As the demand for Mao portraits declined in the 1980s, Liu left the job and Ge has been the only painter of the Tiananmen portraits. [4]
Copley is also notable for his efforts to merge portraiture with the academically more revered art of history painting, which he attempted with his group portraits of famous military men. [70] Equally famous was Gilbert Stuart who painted over 1,000 portraits and was especially known for his presidential portraiture.
Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan (Dutch: [ˈpitər kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈmɔndrijaːn]; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (/ p iː t ˈ m ɒ n d r i ɑː n /, US also /-ˈ m ɔː n-/, Dutch: [pit ˈmɔndrijɑn]), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.
Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu // ⓘ MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. [1] Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of modern African art.
After a dramatic new portrait of King Charles III caused a stir around the world earlier this week, many art experts are weighing in with their opinions about the painting. The bold portrait ...
Xu Beihong (Chinese: 徐悲鴻; Wade–Giles: Hsü Pei-hung; 19 July 1895 – 26 September 1953), also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter. [1]He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century.
Painters who have played a role in the history of modern art, dating from the late 19th century until (approximately) the 1970s. See also the list of modern artists