Some curiosities about famous painters

Surely you know facts about the life and work of many famous artists, but today we bring you some curiosities about famous painters that you probably didn’t know.

Without a doubt, in the world of art there are many anecdotes and curious facts about artists and their works. Bohemian lives shrouded in mystery, which at least arouse our interest to know more, even to find inspiration.

1. Cézanne was rejected several times by fine art schools and exhibited for the first time at the age of 56.
2. Gustav Klimt used cat urine as a fixative for his works. Yes, as you read. His studio was full of these animals and he used their urine as a fixative.
3. Leonardo da Vinci’s real name is Leonardo di ser Piero; da Vinci refers to the Italian town where he was born (Vinci).
4. Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian and liked to buy caged birds at markets and then release them.
5. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
6. Michelangelo painted “The Torment of Saint Anthony” when he was only 12 years old. During this time he was an apprentice in Ghirlandaio’s workshop. In addition to being an artist, he was also an architect, sculptor and designer. He worked for at least eight popes and two of them loved him dearly (Leo X and Clement VII).
7. The logo for Chupa Chups, a company dedicated to the manufacture of candy with a stick, was designed by Salvador Dalí.
8. Salvador Dalí made an animation for Disney, called “Destino”.
9. Dalí found the inspiration to paint “The Persistence of Memory” while watching some pieces of camembert cheese melting in the sun.
10. Pablo Picasso is said to have autographed a child’s back after the child, at the request of his parents, approached the painter with a piece of paper asking for his signature. He later remarked at a gathering of friends, laughing, “I wonder if they’ve washed it again.”
11. Claude Monet was a caricaturist before becoming a painter. He later won the lottery. He won 100,000 francs in the state lottery, bought at the Crédit Foncier in 1891. The artist became financially independent and lived as he wanted to, wandering and painting the French countryside.
12. A mummified foot from Ancient Egypt was found among Andy Warhol’s possessions.
13. Raphael painted human beings with six fingers because during the Renaissance it was believed that people with six fingers on their hand had a sixth sense.
14. Van Gogh spoke four languages: English, French, Dutch and German.

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