Johannes Vermeer
Born: 1632 Died: 1675 Summary of Johannes Vermeer With his Girl with a Pearl Earring painting, Vermeer is now synonymous with what has been dubbed…
Category: Art History
Pablo Picasso
Born: 1881 Died: 1973 Summary of Pablo Picasso The first half of the 20th century saw Pablo Picasso’s rise to the most powerful and important…
The First Known Artworks of 10 World Famous Artists
Everyone starts small, yet early efforts frequently hint to enormous potential. Here are the earliest known artworks by some of the world’s most famous painters,…
Gustave Courbet
Born: 1819 Died: 1877 Summary of Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet played a key role in the development of realism in the mid-19th century. In contrast…
François Boucher
(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1703 Died: 1770 Summary of François Boucher King Louis XV and his lover, Madame de Pompadour, ardently…
Nikolai Astrup
(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1880 Died: 1928 Summary of Nikolai Astrup Nikolai Astrup is most known for his clever and unsettling…
Georges Seurat
(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1859 Died: 1891 Summary of Georges Seurat Georges Seurat is well known for pioneering the Neo-Impressionist style…
Mary Cassatt
(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1844 Died: 1926 Summary of Mary Cassatt Mary Cassatt was born in the United States and studied…
Frans Hals
(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1582 Died: 1666 Summary of Frans Hals Hals was the first Master of the Dutch Golden Age…
Artemisia Gentileschi
Born: 1593 Died: 1656 Summary of Artemisia Gentileschi Artemisia Gentileschi was among the first and only female artists to attain success in the seventeenth century,…