Artists that depict these emotions in their work...?

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I was wondering if anyone could help me with this. For each of the emotions below I need to find an artist that depicts it often in his or her work. It can be any type of artist, photographers, painters, sculptors etc, as long as that emotion is present in their work. It can also be art from any culture or time period.

So I need an artist for each of the following emotions:

Happiness
Sadness
Anger
Confusion
fear
Determination or confidence

Thanks very much for any help.
asked Jun 24, 2013 in Artists

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Happiness - 
Look at the works of Yue Minjun!
http://www.google.com/search?q=Yue+Minju…

Sadness (and fear and confusion) - 
Look at the incredible art of Kathe Kollwitz
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=kathe+kol…

Anger - 
12 Angry Men by WK Interact
http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method…

Confusion - 
Orphan Girl at the Cemetery Painting by Eugène Delacroix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Girl…
Look at paintings of the Holocaust:
Unable to Work by David Olère
http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/gallery2/D…
The Desperate Man by Gustave Courbet 
http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhi…

Fear -
Look at the works of Edvard Munch
Fear by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 
Life Boat Going to the Rescue by Thomas Brooks


Determination and Confidence - 
Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Lea…
Saved by Sir Edwin Landseer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Landse…
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

And you could probably find works 
by Norman Rockwell for all of your
categories!

I hope this helps! :)

answered Jun 24, 2013