Never bow to fate, he shocked France with a new way of painting.

From his later paintings, many contemporary painters have been influenced by him and many contemporary schools of painting have been born.

He, created a turning point in the history of painting.

That's the end of the story, but what had he been through before he had such a glorious impact? How did he travel that lonely road?

In his early years, he followed the Salon Classical school of paintings, perhaps his painting style was too avant-garde, his paintings were rejected one by one.

He was involved in the new genre that followed, and every one of his contemporaries, the avant-garde painters, became famous. Besides him, still in obscurity.

"Late bloomer" would be the apropos word to describe this painter. He influences many later painters, including Picasso.

This is one of Preti's favourite artist self-portraits. This picture is all expressed by color blocks, and the ingenious connection between color blocks makes people seem to be moving.

The most striking feature of the artist's style is the treatment of the details into blocky, geometrically shaped representations. A simplified description technique that its space presents a kind of independence and integrity.

Everyone in a different way to fulfill their own, to complete their own.

Want to go on the road need to insist, because come to the end will be what you want.

That' s the end of this article. Would you guest by which artist it is?

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