World’s Most Famous Painters

Art is a form of expressing one’s self universally. Histories of people from long ago have been preserved through the help of these works of art. In a way, art is also history. Paintings, sculptures, music, literature, and other forms of communicating are ways of art. In old times, art was used to refer to any skill or mastery, especially when anything is done mostly by bare hands. But nowadays, art is considered a product of human activity which is used to stimulate the human mind or the senses by transmitting emotions or ideas.

For Pablo Picasso, a great artist, here is his definition of art: “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.” This is one way of giving a no-nonsense definition of art. Its diverse connotation of freedom is true and relevant to our modern time.

While art is so broad, painting is easier to define. According to Wikipedia, the free online Encyclopaedia, painting is the practice of applying colour to a surface or concrete. As a kid, drawing comes naturally to us. Sketches and sometimes nonsense writing can be considered a drawing to a young, innocent mind. But as we grow older, we make much more understandable and clearer pictures. A desire to paint is good because self-expression through painting experiences and feelings is also a form of healing. Whether you feel blue or ecstatic, relaying it to others in the form of brush strokes or just a pen is somehow satisfying and liberating to the soul.

Painting with skill can also be very rewarding, and many people now are making it their occupation professionally. However, artists should be aware that their works could be much appreciated so long as they use it as a tool to do good and mean well. As a medium, artworks could instantly influence people. This is the responsibility of artists that they have to put on top priority. Join me as we go through and examine some of the magnificent artists of all time who have made a difference on painting and art in their time up to ours, today.***