The Lives of 10 Famous Painters, Visualized as Minimalist Infographic Biographies

by Maria Popova Pollock, Dalí, Matisse, Klimt, Picasso, Mondrian, Klee, Boccioni, Kandinsky, and Miro, visually distilled. For their latest masterpiece, my friend Giorgia Lupi and her team at Accurat — who have previously given us such gems as a timeline of the future based on famous fiction, a visualization of global brain drain, and visual histories of the Nobel Prize and the 100 geniuses of language — have teamed up with illustrator Michela Buttignol to visualize the lives of ten famous painters, using the visual metaphors of painting and the specific stylistic preferences — shapes, colors, proportions — of each artist. Each visual biography depicts key biographical moments — births, deaths, love affairs, marriages, birth of children, travel — as well as notable and curious features like handedness (mostly righties, with the exception of Klee), astrological sign, and connections. For a closer look, click each image to view the full-size version: Donating = Loving Share on Tumblr

The Work of Gerhard Mayer L’artiste allemand Gerhard Mayer nous propose de superbes créations géantes réalisées à l’encre de Chine sur des murs. Des créations basées sur des règles mathématiques que l’artiste se donne pour obtenir des lignes et points qui, assemblées, subliment leur environnement. A découvrir dans la suite. 10 Painters’ Lives Chronicled as Infographics Detail of “Visualising Painter’s” Lives by Accurat (all images courtesy Accurat) At about the same time Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock was losing himself to depression, Matisse’s longterm relationship with his wife was unwinding, and when Mondrian was discovering Cubism, Miró was delving into Surrealism. All these little landmarks of 10 abstract painters’ lives have been charted into infographic form, so you can contrast the timelines of what it takes to be an artist. The infographics, part of a project called “Visualising Painters’ Lives,” were made by the Milan-based design agency Accurat under the direction of Giorgia Lupi and Michela Buttignol. They’ve also mapped ”geographies of time“ by social media use and created a visual data column for La Lettura. “The painters’ selection was arbitrary,” the creators explained to Hyperallergic. Here are excerpts from each of the 10 artist’s infographic lives: Picasso’s numerous love affairs Miro’s impressive acquaintances