The Masked Artist- Banksy

Banksy is an English graffiti artist, a political activsit, and a painter disguised with a false name. 

Banksy is believed to have been born in Bristol,England around 1974. His identity is uknown but people suggest he could be a man called Robin Gunningham who is an artist him self and also born in Bristol, England and moved to London around 2000 which fits in with Banksy's timeline. He began his street art career in the early 1990's, in Bristol's graffiti gang DryBreadZ Crew. At first he was large with free hand but then switched over to stencil for the most part. With using stencil his work became extensively popular and his signature style developed. His work often reflected on political themes, satirically critiquing war, capitalism, 
hypocrisy, and greed.

Involving rats, apes, policemen, members of the royal family and childeren in his art work. Banksy quickly became famous worldwide and his art work changed from being vandalism to sought-after high art pieces. In October 2013, Banksy fled to New York City and promised to make new art work every day of his residency. Banksy said "The plan is to live here, react to things,see the sights, and
 paint on them. Some of it will be pretty elaborate, and some will just be a scrawl on a toilet wall."

Famous Surrealist Painters

1.)  Salvador Dali- Surrealist painter born in Figueres, Spain.      May 11,1904- January 23, 1989

The Persistance of Memory, 1931. Dali's Most Famous Painting.

Dali was encouraged to paractice his art at an early age. In 1916 Dali's parents sent him to drawing school at the Colegio de Hermanos Maristas and the instituto in Figueres, Spain.
In 1920 he went to Paris and interacted with artists such as Picasso, Magritte, and Miro. That led Dali to his first Surrealist Phase.

2.) Pablo Picasso- sculpter, printmaker, ceramicist, and famous painter born in Malaga, Spain. October 25, 1881- April 8, 1973

The Old Guitarist 1908

At 14 years old Picasso moved to Barcelona, Spain with his family and enrolled in the city's prestigous school of fine arts, he was admitted in for his extroadinary talent, Picasso began to skip class and rome around sketching Barcelona. At 16 years of age Picasso moved to madrid and attended the Royal Academy of San Fernando. Picasso began to skip class to paint what he observed once again. in 1899 Picasso moved back to Barcelona where he met a crowd of artists and intelectuals who inspired Picasso to forget about the classical methods he was taught and do surrealism.