Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter. He mainly used the female form for his paintings and murals. The above painting is titled "Adele Bloch-Bauer I." Fun fact: It was sold in 2006 for a record 135 million!
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
What Your Kids Are Learning: Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter. He mainly used the female form for his paintings and murals. The above painting is titled "Adele Bloch-Bauer I." Fun fact: It was sold in 2006 for a record 135 million!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
What Your Kids Are Learning: Georges-Pierre Seurat
Sunday Afternoon on the Island La Grande Jatte, Georges-Pierre Seurat
Pointillism is a painting technique using only dots of color to form an object. It stems from Impressionism and was invented by Seurat in 1886. Art critics coined the term Pointillism to make fun of artists who used this silly dot technique. Today no one makes fun of it because it's awesome!
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