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08 August 2021
eeks was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849. His parents were affluent spice and tea merchants from Newton, a suburb of Boston, and as such they were...
17 February 2026
asper Johns is a seminal American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work bridged the gap between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. He is best known...
14 November 2022
At the age of 17, Fildes became a student at the Warrington School of Art. Fildes moved to the South Kensington Art School where he met Hubert von Herkomer and Frank...
08 April 2026
Sir Anish Kapoor (Born to a Baghdadi Jewish mother and an Indian Punjabi Hindu father) (born 1954) is one of the most influential and widely recognized...
14 April 2026
Richard Parkes Bonington (Father: Richard Bonington, a drawing master and lace manufacturer; Mother: Eleanor Parkes) (1802–1828) was a brilliantly talented...
20 December 2021
Clyfford Still (November 30, 1904 – June 23, 1980) was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists,...
13 August 2021
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard | Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (Father: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, a renowned Rococo painter; Mother: Marie-Anne Gérard, a miniaturist...
25 November 2022
Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico (/ˈkɪrɪkoʊ/ KIRR-ik-oh, Italian: [ˈdʒordʒo deˈkiːriko]; 10 July 1888 – 20 November 1978) was an Italian[2][3] artist...
28 July 2021
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important...
20 February 2026
Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011) was a towering figure in postwar American painting, credited with bridging the gap between the aggressive energy of Abstract...
11 March 2026
Sir Stanley Spencer (Parents: William Spencer and Annie Slack; Spouses: Hilda Carline, Patricia Preece)
Sir Stanley Spencer (1891–1959) was one of the...
28 July 2021
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520),known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His...
27 June 2022
Annibale Carracci (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale karˈrattʃi]; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and...
05 October 2021
Details of Ludwig Deutsch’s life are obscure. He was born in Vienna in 1855 into a well-established Jewish family. His father Ignaz Deutsch was a...
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau (Father: Théodore Bouguereau; Mother: Marie Bonnin; Spouses: Nelly Monchablon, Elizabeth Jane Gardner) William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) was perhaps the most influential and successful practitioner of Academic Art during the late 19th century. A …
Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmaker, best known for his marine subjects. He is considered one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America and a preeminent figure in American …
Frank Frazzetta (Parents: Alfonso and Mary Frazzetta; Spouse: Eleanor “Ellie” Frazetta; Children: Frank Jr., Billy, Holly, and Heidi) Frank Frazetta (1928–2011) was an American artist widely considered the “Godfather of Fantasy Art.” He redefined …
Details of Ludwig Deutsch’s life are obscure. He was born in Vienna in 1855 into a well-established Jewish family. His father Ignaz Deutsch was a financier at the Austrian court.[1] He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine …
Thomas Cowperthwait Eakins (/ˈeɪkɪnz/; July 25, 1844 – June 25, 1916) was an American realist painter, photographer,[1] sculptor, and fine arts educator. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important American artists.[2][3] For the length of …
Grant Wood (1891–1942) was an American painter best known for his depictions of the rural American Midwest. He was a leading figure of the Regionalist movement, alongside Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry, …
Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔːrhɒl/;[1] born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship …
Tintoretto (1518–1594) was one of the greatest painters of the Venetian school and arguably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance. Born Jacopo Robusti, he earned his nickname “Tintoretto” (little dyer) because his …
François Boucher (UK: /ˈbuːʃeɪ/ BOO-shay, US: /buːˈʃeɪ/ boo-SHAY; French: [fʁɑ̃swa buʃe]; 29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral …
Norman Percevel Rockwell (Parents: Jarvis Waring Rockwell and Anne Mary Hill; Spouses: Irene O’Connor, Mary Barstow, Mary Leete Punderson; Children: Jarvis, Thomas, and Peter) Norman Percevel Rockwell (1894–1978) was a prolific 20th-century American painter …
Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. His career benefited decisively from his …
Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824 – 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was “arguably the world’s most famous living artist by 1880.”[1] The …
Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: /ˈwɒtoʊ/, US: /wɒˈtoʊ/,[2][3] French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721)[4] was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the …
Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard | Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (Father: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, a renowned Rococo painter; Mother: Marie-Anne Gérard, a miniaturist painter) Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard (1780–1850) was a highly versatile French painter, sculptor, and designer who successfully bridged the …
Jean-Honoré Fragonard ( 5 April 1732[2][3] – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien …