CRAZY INSIGHTS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT PAINTINGS
Added on: 28th Aug 2016
WHEN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN
NEW YORK CITY ACCIDENTALLY HUNG LE BATEAU
BY HENRI MATISSE UPSIDE DOWN IT STAYED
THAT WAY FOR OVER A MONTH UNTIL A
VISITOR NOTIFIED THE MUSEUM
IN THE 1950’S THERE WAS A CHIMPANZEE IN THE
LONDON ZOO NAMED CONGO THAT PAINTED MORE
THAN 400 PAINTINGS
JACKSON POLLOCK OFTEN USES CIGARETTES
TO CREATE HIS PAINTINGS
SALVADOR DALI NEVER EXPLAINED HIS WORKS
BUT HE SAID THAT HIS INSPIRATION FOR THE
PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY CAME FROM SEEING
CHUNKS OF CAMEMBERT CHEESE MELTING IN
THE SUN (HE MAY HAVE BEEN JOKING)
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT COLLAPSED AND DIED
WHILE A STILL UNFINISHED PORTRAIT WAS
BEING PAINTED
THE PAINTING THE STARRY NIGHT BY VAN GOGH
IS OF SAINT-RÉMY-DE-PROVENCE IN SOUTHERN
FRANCE. HE PAINTED IT WHILE HE WAS IN A
MENTAL INSTITUTION THERE
DUTCH PAINTER REMBRANDT WAS SUCH A WELL-KNOWN
MISER THAT HIS STUDENTS WOULD PAINT COINS
ONTO THE FLOOR AND LAUGH AS HE TRIED
TO PICK THEM UP
MR. TATSUO HORIUCHI IS AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN
LIVING IN JAPAN THAT CREATES ARTWORK
USING NOTHING BUT MICROSOFT EXCEL
ALTHOUGH HE IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN
PAINTERS EVER, THERE ARE ONLY 15 KNOWN
PAINTINGS BY LEONARDO DA VINCI
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