Dutch genre artist Adriaen van Ostade was born on December 10, 1610 at Haarlem. His father was a weaver from Ostade in the Netherlands. In 1627 Adriaen completed his artistic studies under the Dutc …

Levi Wells Prentice, a highly esteemed North American still-life and landscape painter, was born in Lewis County, New York on December 18, 1851. In addition to his amazing artistic talents, he also …

William Etty was born on March 10th, 1787 in York. Mister Etty is best known for his nude paintings. If it was not for the financial help of his uncle, also named William Etty, he never would have bee …

Caravaggio is one of the most famous and controversial artists of all time. He was born in 1573, and many people today still use him as an example during discussions of whether or not people should ce …

As an artist, Angelica Kauffmann was able to triumph during a time in which it was very difficult for women to achieve professional success in almost any field of study. She was a Swiss artist born in …

The Dutch painter who was born in Dronrip studied art at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium before he settled in England in 1870. During his lifetime he was famous as a classical painter depicti …

Deemed the finest colonial artist in America John Colby's life went full circle. Born on 3rd July 1738 in Boston Massachusetts Bay to impoverished Irish immigrants who owned a tobacco shop he died …

Born in Italy in 1483, he is more commonly known as Raphael. An accomplished architect and painter during the High Renaissance period, he assisted his father as a court painter before apprenticing …

Born in Saint-Maurice, France in 1798, Eugene Delacroix was a painter known as the “master of color” who had a tremendous impact on the Romantic Movement. He frequently used brightly colored canvases …

Born in 1880 in Germany, Ernest Ludwig Kirchner was a printmaker, painter, and sculptor. He was a leader of Die Brucke (“The Bridge”), a group of Expressionists artists. Although he studied archite …

Born in Spain in 1746, Francisco de Goya is considered the most important Spanish artists during the early nineteenth century. He began training in 1763 with Francisco and Ramon Bayeu y Subias. He, …

Born in Austria in 1864, Franz Bischoff earned the nickname “King of the Rose Painters” as the result of his gorgeous floral paintings and his exquisite porcelain painting skills. At the age of 12, …