Category: Artists

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1938 Summary of Richard Serra Richard Serra is considered to be one of the most significant American…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1832 Died: 1883 Summary of Édouard Manet Édouard Manet was the most prominent and influential artist to…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1798 Died: 1863 Summary of Eugène Delacroix Delacroix is usually considered as the founder of the Romantic…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1776 Died: 1837 Summary of John Constable Constable had a major impact on European art, particularly in…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1957 Died: 1996 Summary of Felix Gonzalez-Torres Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ groundbreaking installations are famous for their simplicity and…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1826 Died: 1900 Summary of Frederic Edwin Church Landscape paintings by Frederic Edwin Church combine the religious…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1801 Died: 1848 Summary of Thomas Cole Thomas Cole’s paintings, like Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays, are monuments…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1834 Died: 1903 Summary of James Abbott McNeill Whistler James Abbott McNeill Whistler, one of the most…

(Skip to bullet points (best for students)) Born: 1887 Died: 1986 Summary of Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keeffe was a major figure in the development of…

Born: 1599 Died: 1660 Summary of Diego Velázquez Although Diego Velázquez’s principal role during the Baroque period was as a famous court painter for Spain’s…