MODERN ARTISTS

Salvador Dalí Clock a load of this. Surrealist, Dalí, is one of the world’s most recognisable artists, from his wilting timepieces to the tips of his twiddly moustache. René Magritte This is not Magritte. Inventor of surrealist motifs, from pipes that were not pipes to mysterious men in bowlers, it’s hats off to him! David Hockney Few artists make ‘A Bigger Splash’. Once enfant terrible, he’s now the grand old man of British art, revisiting his Yorkshire homeland in watercolour. Barbara Hepworth You’ll find Hepworth between a rock and hard place. Her distinct abstract painting and sculpture was particularly inspired by the landscape of Cornwall. Frida Kahlo Now one of Mexico’s most famous artists, her bright, autobiographical painting only achieved worldwide fame in the 1970s, 20 years after her death. Piet Mondrian Aiming to reduce painting to its simplest elements. Mondrian’s…