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, …

Born in Massachusetts in 1862, Edmund Charles Tarbell is an American Impressionist Painter who was the recipient of numerous awards for his work. He trained at the Massachusetts Normal Art School u …

Born in 1395, Fra Angelico was a Dominican friar, as well as an early Renaissance painter, whose style centered on a tranquil religious outlook and reflected a Classical influence. Throughout his l …

Eugene-Louis Boudin was born into a seafaring family in 1824 on the coast of Normandy, specifically in Honfleur. He was one of the few painters who remained loyal to their native province. At the a …

This Italian painter born in Florence was recognized for his work on visual perspective as far as art was concerned. His paintings were influenced by perspectives to create a feeling of depth. This …

Henri Edmond Cross was born on 20 May 1856 in Douai but grew up in Lille. He later studied at the École des Beaux-Arts where he started his early works. Before he met Claude Monet in 1883, his port …

While plenty of people have a passing familiarity with the Renaissance and with Renaissance painters, there are plenty of Renaissance painters that should be better known than they are today. Lucas …