Who am I?

Can you identify the 9 artists from the descriptions?

1. I was born in Leiden, Holland in 1606 and died in 1669.
I studied with the artist Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam.
I painted 60 self portraits throughout my life.

Rembrandt van Rijn

2. I was born in London in 1775 and died in 1851.
I was one of the great masters of landscape painting.
When I was 14 I went to the Royal Academy art school and was later made a member of the Royal Academy.

Joseph Mallord WilliamTurner

3. I was born in Vinci, Italy in 1452 and died in 1519.
I designed a flying machine in 1492.
I worked for the Duke of Milan as court architect and engineer.

Leonardo da Vinci

4. I was born in Holland in 1853 and died in 1891.
In 1876 I began training as a priest and later became a trainee missionary.
In 1888 I moved to Arles where I was joined by Paul Gauguin.

Vincent van Gogh

5. I was born in 1888 in Malaga,Spain and died in 1973.
Along with Georges Braque I developed a new style of art known as Cubism.
I made models using pieces of junk such as bicyle wheels and handlebars.

Pablo Picasso

6. I was born in Pittsburgh,USA in 1830 and died in 1987.
I made silk screen prints of everyday objects and later famous people.
In 1963 I made a fim called Sleep which showed a man sleeping for six hours.

Andy Warhol

7. I was born in the Netherlands. The exact date of my birth is unknown, probably between 1520 and 1530. I died in 1569.
I liked to paint realistic scenes of everyday life.

Pieter Bruegel

8. I was born in Figueras, Spain in 1904 and died in 1989.
I studied at the Academy of Arts, Madrid.
My middle names are Felipe Jacinto.

Salvador Dali

9. I was born in Paris, France in 1840 and died in1926.
I am famous for many paintings of ponds and water lilies.
My painting 'Impression: Sunrise" gave the Impressionist movement its name.

Claude Monet

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