Because they caught the imagination of people.
Andy Warhol is the poster child of 60s "Pop Art." Roy Lichtenstein was famous for his paintings that mined and recalled comic book imagery, but the real father or pop art was Richard Hamilton, who kicked off the movement with his photo collage "Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?"
Portrayed westward expansion in his paintings
The cowboy Roy Rogers was the character name of Leonard Franklin Slye, so it could be questional if that was a Roy Rogers but there is a slide and blues guitarist born 1950 in Redding, California who also called himself Roy Rogers.
Roy Keane has a cross on the upper part of his left arm (Upper arm outside of his bicep)
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his inspiration was his wife
They were not famous in his lifetime. They are now because so many people like them.
Its basically famous for its paintings. They are called "paleolithic cave paintings". The reason why they are so famous is because they are older then 15,000 years old, they are very precious. These caves are located in France and it was discovered in September 1940. Most of the paintings are of beautiful horses and locals come down and see the paintings and the beautiful caves... Two in one. Hope this helped you...
by painting so many paintings like mate
Because most people enjoy them.
Because of Michelangelo's awesome paintings.
Patrick Roy became famous by being a ice hockey goaltender. He has played for 10 years. He a proffesional at hockey. So that is how Patrick Roy became a famour hockey goaltender.
They were famous as their paintings were very different at that time, and quite a lot of people thought their painting technique was not good. Their paintings were not as sharp and detailed as the other artists so that made them stand out.
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he got famous AFTER he died . he was an artist and during the time he lived his "modern paintings" were not so much appreciated.
Dozens of his paintings are very famous. If you mean his most famous work (why don't you say so?) there are a few to choose from. To name just one:Guernica, painted in 1937.
American artist Robert Rauschenberg created five "White Paintings" in 1951.