Bell Ringer Question

Name the top five famous Americans.

Why do you consider them to be so famous?

Famous
Frenchmen
Auguste Rodin, Christian
Dior, and George Seurat

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin
Born November 12th, 1840
Rodin was nearsighted
and often struggled to
learn in school.
Drawing became his
comfort
Applied to an art school
in France three separate
times, and was rejected
all three of them.

Auguste Rodin
His sculptures often
controversial at the
time for being too
realistic
His most famous
sculpture was created
in 1880.
Died November 17th,
1917

Famous Artworks

The Thinker

You can wear black at

any time. You can wear
it at any age. You may
wear it for almost any
occasion; a 'little black
dress' is essential to a
woman's wardrobe.

Christian Dior

Christian Dior
Born January, 21, 1905
French citizen who
owned an art gallery.
He often sketched out
designs for womens
clothing, but was too
busy with his gallery to
pursue a career in
fashion

Christian Dior

He began selling his fashion sketches to make

money

He became a designer under Robert Piuget

Dior was known for taking women whose fashion

had been restricted during WWII and making it
luxurious again.

From flat to poofy!

Having just the vision's

no solution, everything
depends on execution
Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the
Park with George

George Seurat
Born September 2nd, 1859
Had been in Art school,
but decided to pursue his
own artistic style
Learned much off of the
styles of Claude Monet
and other artists of the
time.

George Seurat

pointillism : painted
using thousands of tiny
dots

Most Famous Artwork