Art History

Watch a brief animated history of painting and download art cards of famous painters.

Pablo Picasso | Artopia
Pablo Picasso | Artopia

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Illustration by Maria Manhattan Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain. He was a brilliant art student and the son of a drawing and art teacher. His family moved to Barcelona, and...
Salvador Dali | Artopia
Salvador Dali | Artopia

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Illustration by Maria Manhattan Salvador Dali was born in 1904 in Figures, Catalonia, Spain. He received his first drawing lessons at ten and he was educated at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid. He...
Xu Bing | Artopia
Xu Bing | Artopia

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Illustration by Maria Manhattan Xu Bing was born in Chongqing, China in 1955 and grew up in Beijing. He grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution, when he and other children were sent off to...