Paul Klee Born 1879. Died 1940. Paul Klee Biography Although most closely connected with the Bauhaus School and Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group, the work and color theory developed by Paul Klee has been cited as one of the greatest...

Wassily Kandinsky Born 1866. Died 1944. Wassily Kandinsky Biography Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky is often credited with painting one of the first purelyabstractmodern works. Kandinskys colourful, dynamic works are info...

Henri Matisse Born 1869. Died 1954. Henri Matisse Biography The son of wealthy grain merchants, Henri Matisse attended law school before discovering art and enrolling at the tradition-bound Acadmie Julian and then the cole des Beaux Arts in...

Georges Braque Born 1882. Died 1963. Georges Braque Biography A co-founder of Cubism, Georges Braque initially worked in a Fauvist style under the influence of Henri Matisse before embracing the style of Matisses great rival, Picasso. Born...