Arnold Böcklin
Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) is one of the most original and influential figures in 19th-century European art. Born in Basel, Switzerland, the artist followed a…
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Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) is one of the most original and influential figures in 19th-century European art. Born in Basel, Switzerland, the artist followed a…
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in 1571 in the town of Caravaggio near Milan and died in 1610 in Porto Ercole. He was…
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Charles C. J. Hoffbauer was born in Paris in 1875 and died in New York in 1957. He was a French-born American painter, illustrator,…
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Édouard Manet (1832–1883) was one of the most influential and controversial figures in 19th-century French art. Born in Paris into a wealthy family, he…
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Edward Hopper (1882–1967) was one of the most important figures in American realism. Born in New York state, he developed an early interest in…
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Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) is regarded as one of the greatest masters of Spanish Baroque painting. He was born in Seville on 6 June 1599.…
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Edward Robert Hughes (1851–1914) was an important figure in Victorian British painting, best known for his poetic, elegant style and his refined use of…
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Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) was one of the most influential and defining artists of French Neoclassicism. Born in Paris, David began his artistic training at…
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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) was one of the most influential and innovative artists in British painting. Born in London, he showed an extraordinary…
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Francisco Goya y Lucientes was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos, in the Aragon region of Spain, and died in 1828 in Bordeaux. He lived…
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Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844–1930) was one of the most powerful and influential figures in 19th-century Russian painting. He was born in Chuguyev, in what…
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Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) was one of the most important figures in French Naive art. He was born in Laval in 1844. As a young…
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John William Waterhouse was born in Rome in 1849 to an English family and grew up in an environment shaped by art. After his…
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James Sant (1820–1916) was one of the best-known English portrait painters of the Victorian era. Born in London, he showed an early interest in…
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Hugo Simberg (1873–1917) was one of the most original and symbolist figures in Finnish art. He was born on June 24, 1873, in Hamina,…
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Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) was one of the most influential and debated figures in 19th-century French art. As a painter, sculptor, and leading representative of…
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John Collier (1850–1934) was an English portrait painter and illustrator active across the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. He became one of the most…
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Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (1788–1857) was one of the founding figures of Norwegian painting and one of the most important representatives of Northern European…
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