A Short History of Painting

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. Andy Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. Andy Warhol painted several versions of Marilyn Monroe. He used different colours, sizes, and formats. Warhol was fascinated with fame for himself, but also of those that were famous. Warhol painted many other celebrities and iconic people from history.In Marilyn Monroe, Warhol found a fusion of two of his consistent themes: death and the cult of celebrity. The star died tragically in August 1962. In the following two years, Warhol made thirty silkscreen paintings of her, always using the same publicity photograph from the 1953 film Niagara. This set of ten screenprints was produced in 1967, in an edition of 250. The repeated image serves as the basis for a series of startling colour transformations. Marilyn Monroe screen print was completed in 1967 on medium screen print image: 910 x 910 mm .I like the way that Andy can take the same picture and change the colours of the image. I find his work absolutely captivating using can foods part of his artworks. 

Edgar Dega's 

Edgar Dega's was born in 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, print's, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism , although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. At the beginning of his career, he wanted to be a history painter, a calling for which he was well prepared by his rigorous academic training and close study of classic art. In his early thirties, he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, he became a classical painter of modern life. I really like his painting it's exquiste and captivating. It's interesting that he painted this painting while the girl's are practising their ballet dance instead of taking a photo but painting the girl's practising their ballet dance. In this beautiful painting what i think is Edgar Dega's trying show what it look's like in a girl's ballet dancers class and the way they dress.