DailyArt Magazine Pairs Nine Artists with Enneagram Personality Types
DailyArt Magazine has aligned nine artists with the nine personality types of the Enneagram, a framework with origins in ancient Christian theology. This 9-point model is divided into three triads: Gut (1, 8, 9), Heart (2, 3, 4), and Head (5, 6, 7). The artists matched to these types include: Type 1 (The Reformer) - Gustave Caillebotte, Type 2 (The Helper) - William Morris, Type 3 (The Achiever) - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Type 4 (The Individualist) - Frida Kahlo, Type 5 (The Investigator) - Leonardo da Vinci, Type 6 (The Loyalist) - Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Type 7 (The Enthusiast) - Sen Shombit, Type 8 (The Challenger) - Caravaggio, and Type 9 (The Peacemaker) - Marc Chagall. Each profile includes a significant artwork and examines how the artists' experiences embody their respective traits.
Key facts
- The Enneagram is a 9-point personality system with origins in ancient Christian theology, possibly linked to Evagrius Ponticus.
- DailyArt Magazine paired nine artists with Enneagram types: Caillebotte (1), Morris (2), Bernini (3), Kahlo (4), da Vinci (5), Girodet (6), Shombit (7), Caravaggio (8), Chagall (9).
- Gustave Caillebotte's The Floor Scrapers was rejected by the Paris Salon jury in 1875 for being too innovative and vulgar.
- William Morris founded the Arts and Crafts movement and the firm Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini's David (1617) was created for Cardinal Scipione Borghese and became an ideal of Baroque sculpture.
- Frida Kahlo contracted polio as a child and was in a streetcar accident at age 18, events that influenced her art.
- Caravaggio killed a man in a fight in 1606, fled Rome, and was sentenced to death; he painted David with Goliath’s Head seeking papal indulgence.
- Marc Chagall's stained glass Peace (1964) at the United Nations Headquarters measures 3.7 x 4.6 meters and commemorates a UN secretary who died in a plane crash.
Entities
Artists
- Gustave Caillebotte
- William Morris
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Frida Kahlo
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
- Sen Shombit
- Caravaggio
- Michelangelo Merisi
- Marc Chagall
- Evagrius Ponticus
- Pietro Bernini
- Scipione Borghese
- François-René de Chateaubriand
- Ada Phoebe Goodman
- Philip Webb
- Frederick Hollyer
- Nickolas Muray
- Brett Barney
- Steve Cadman
- Fred Dallmar
- Verrocchio
- Donatello
- Michelangelo
- Jacques-Louis David
- Pope Urban VIII
Institutions
- DailyArt Magazine
- École de Beaux-Arts
- Musée d’Orsay
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Galleria Borghese
- Harry Ransom Center
- Royal Library
- The Pierre Hotel
- Ville et Pays Malouin History Museum
- Galerie 203
- Odescalchi Collection
- Borghese Gallery
- Stedelijk Museum
- United Nations
- Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
- Enneagram Institute
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Naples
- Rome
- Italy
- London
- UK
- Bexleyheath
- Austin
- TX
- USA
- Turin
- New York
- NY
- Saint-Malo
- Montreal
- Canada
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands