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
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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
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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
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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,
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Some artists
have a very eclectic approach to art with a lot of varied subjects, while other
artists will devote more time to one specific subject. John William Godward
focused a great deal on the
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