For an artist with a life as complex as interesting as Matisse, seven interesting facts is just scratching the surface This is a great beginning though and should start off with the early childhood of Matisse which is very colorful and enlightening

John Singer Sargent was an American artist born in Florence Italy, to American and expatriate parents Receiving his first formal art instruction in the City of Rome in 1868, the young John Singer Sargent floated around Florence between 1870 in 1873, before he was accepted at the Paris Cold Art School

Alessandro Botticelli was born in Italy in 1445 This talented European artist showed his natural ability for painting, at a very young age