Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo,born in Mexico,is best known for her self portraits.
On 1925,she met an accident and suffered from many serious injuries as a result of that accident. After her accident, Kahlo  began to paint, to occupy herself during her three-month immobilization. Self-portraits were a dominant motif then. Kahlo once said, "I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best." Her mother had a special easel made so she could paint in bed, and her father lent her his box of oil paints and some brushes. The 1926 painting, entitled Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress, shows her with a long and narrow face and neck, reflective of Italian Renaissance ideals

Amrita Shergil

Born to a Jewish mother and a Sikh father, Amrita Shergil is one of the most important Indian women painters. She generally drew portraits of women. She died at the age of 28. 
Her most famous artworks include; Bride's toilet, Three girls and the Hill woman.

                                           The two elephants

                                                     The Three Girls

                                               The bride's toilet

                                               The Hill Women

Abanindranath tagore

We all know about Rabindranath Tagore- the first Indian to receive Nobel prize.
His nephew Abanindranath tagore was the creator of " Indian Society of Oriental Art".He was the founder of Bengal School of Art. He was popularly known as " Aban Thakur". His paintings were magic. He himself was a gem that India had.

Prudence Heward

Born on 2 July 1896,Prudence Heward is a Canadian painter known for her extraordinary paintings using acid colours. She was the member of the Beaver Hall Group and a co-founder of the Canadian Group of Painters and the Contemporary Art Society.

Avini Arbas

Avini Arbas, was a famous turkish painter who was known for his paintings based on day to day life of turks..He drew many beautiful potraits.

                                                                                              

Neil Shawcross

Neil Shawcross,born in England is a potrait painter who has an interest in still life painting too.

Pierre Augeste Renoir

Pierre Augeste Renoir,born in Limoges,France, contributed in inventing impressionism.As a young man,Renoir spent many hours in the Louvre studying the works of the old masters-Europe's greatest artists from the 1600s and 1700s.
When Pierre was 13 years old,his parents arranged for him to get a job in a workshop painting decorations on China plates, cups and vases.Renoir made pretty good money in the workshop.
When he was 20, he decided to stop working so that he could study art more seriously.
He joined the studio of Charles Gleyre.
In France during the 1800s, it was important for an artist to have his work accepted by the Salon.The types of paintings that were shown were usually painted with dark and solid colors and had good detailing.Often,they showed a historical event or ancient legend or portraits of important people.
3 of Renoir's friends, Claude Monet,Alfred Sisley and frederic bazille, wanted to try new ways of painting. So they (including Renoir) went to a nearby forest of Fontainebleau to paint picture of nature outdoors.
Even though Renoir loved the look of his new works, he still did paintings in the older styles just to get into the salon show.Some of his works like Lise with sunshade were accepted.But 'cause no one would accept impressionist paintings,Renoir and friends decided to put their own exibition.
Most people didn't like the paintings in their exhibition. They felt that the artists were playing games with them. The paintings had no detailing and were carelessly done.
However few people in Paris appreciated his work.
One wealthy buisnessman asked him to draw potraits of his family.Soon many other asked Renoir to paint potraits for them. Renoir made good money from this.
Renoir often had his friends sit as models in his larger outdoor paintings.The Luncheon of the Boating party was one such drawing.
Pierre Auguste was happy to marry his favourite model Aline Charigot. They had three sons.

When things were going on great and people started loving impressionists' paintings Renoir decided to change his painting style.He combined the styles of impressionism and techniques of painting he learned from his old master.Renoir kept painting to find the right style of painting that would satisfy him.One such is The Umbrellas. Near the end of his life,he finally seemed happy with his work.

                                                     the Umbrellas one of his paintings with new paint techniques

                                           Lise with the sunshade(top )

 The Luncheon of the boating party...the women holding the dog became Pierre's wife(top)

                                               (top)His one of the most famous paintings Le moulin De La Galette-One can almost feel the sunshine flickering through the trees

Source= Wikipedia and book=childeren's Press Pierre Augeste Renoir (written and illustrated by Mike Venezia)

Rob Gonsalves

Rob Gonsalves,the receiver of Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, is a Canadian painter. He uses unique, MIND BENDING styles and strokes in his drawings. He is one such magician who shows magic on a piece of paper!!!!!!