Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527 - 1593)

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 Giuseppe Arcimboldo was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books - that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognizable likeness of the portrait subject.

The following paintings are some of Giuseppe's most famous work all painted onto canvas' displaying images made up of natural forms.

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Andy Goldsworthy (1956 - Present) :

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Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist that works with nature and the natural environment to create natural form art. Goldsworthy was born in 1956 and has made his name by taking natural substances and creating art out of them. He is still alive today and still producing art work and displaying his work in galleries for people to see and buy.

Artwork:

 This piece called 'Leaf Horn' is made completely out of leafs and has been styled into the shape of a horn. It was created in 1996 and is one of many of Goldsworthy's sculptures.

 The following piece is also by Andy Goldsworthy however it is a street art piece interpenetrated on the 'Snow Drift' it is also located in New York as part of a street art collection in Times Square.

This piece of art work Andy Goldsworthy created entirely out of stones and placed in his favorite fashion (curvy line) as a wall in the countryside. 

 The following art piece is Goldsworthy's most famous piece and is created out of carefully broken stones, painted and placed in a spiral. This piece was created and photographed in Scotland in the June of 1985.

This piece of artwork entitled 'Snow Drift' was carved into snow on Ellesmere Island and when the wind blew it created the smooth look. This piece was made and photographed in April 1989.

Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939)

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Alfons Mucha, often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, known best for his distinct style. He produced many paintings, illustrations, advertisements, postcards, and designs. He mainly focused on humans adding his specialty of adding in nature.

Artwork:

 This print is called Absinthe and displays a girl almost blinded by her wild hair and holding up a glass of something. If you look closely to the background you can see what looks to be some form of plant climbing up the picture.

 This piece of artwork entitled Sarah Bernhardt was printed by Mucha showing a woman with long hair with flowers attached to the top of her her. As well as patterns in the background, it is also made up of lots of little flowers falling down to the tips of her hair.

Mucha called this print Winter; you can see, 

like in the others, he is showing a woman who 

is wrapped up. In the background there is a 

withered tree with its tops covered in snow. 

Both the woman and the tree look slightly 

hunched over.