Painters: Icons & Lovers

Everyone has their own version of love... The surrealist artist Salvador Dali and Gala Dali’s version started in 1929. Salvador met his muse when she was married to a surrealist poet artist named Paul Eluard ..she definitely had a type! They quickly fell in love and she left Paul immediately. 1. Salvador Dali and Gala  The exotic couple got married and their love life together began…Salvador Dali continued to create beautiful artwork with Gala by his side. In the stages of love he once quoted “it is mostly with your blood Gala, that I paint my pictures”. As a result Salvador...

Most people believe that ‘‘artists make money until they are gone’’ but that was not the case for Salvador Dali, a surrealist painter, a multimedia superstar and a multimillionaire during his time thanks to his work. 1.  Salvador Dali Salvador Dali, the man of many talents, was originally known for his work in the surrealist movement, and his psychotic yet genius mind of the way the world he was so sure revolved around him worked! The famous artist started painting when he was only SIX years old! ... as the other six year old's played outside he was too busy painting pieces...

The love life of The Painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera is more than your typical LOVE story... a good tale! But unfortunately, a toxic one.  The Mexican couple first met at a communist party in 1927.... Frida was 20 years old and Rivera was 40. Two years after, Rivera divorced his third wife and married Frida in August 1929.  Was this love at first sight? Well, their passion outgrew through the years for sure, but sadly their marriage came with many arguments, love affairs and “too many” miscarriages from Frida according to Diego.... which initially made him become very angry and ultimately...

Ever since I saw this picture, I wanted to know all about Damien Hirt, The Artist!   Butterfly painting by Damien Hirst. Contact me for photo credits. To our surprise, he's also one of the richest living artists, but it seems like death is what's been keeping the artist “alive”. Death and Science have been a central theme in Hirst's works and he makes sure to send all the right messages...  One of his most expensive pieces, “For The Love Of God” is a human skull encrusted with 8,601 diamonds worth about 10 to 15 million dollars, but ironically he sends the...

I wanted to take the time to blog about Vincent Van Gogh, the Man who didn't get much artistic recognition in his lifetime but has turned into one of the most outstanding artists of all time..   Why is he so famous? Well, Vincent created about 2,100 artworks in his life including 860 oil paintings, most of which were dated/created in the last two years of his life.- to put it into perspective for you, in the past two years of his life he delivered to us about 35 paintings with a unique style per month!  "Vincent Van Gogh's Portrait de l'artiste"  By: Wally...