Painter (1697–1768) Italian artist Canatello produced topographical paintings of Venice, London and the English countryside. He significantly influenced landscape painting. […]
Painter (c. 1571–1610) Caravaggio, or Michelangelo Merisi, was an Italian painter who is considered one of the fathers of modern […]
Journalist, Painter (1796–1872) American artist George Catlin recorded Native American culture in his sketches and portraits. The Smithsonian acquired most […]
Writer, Painter (1888–1978) Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico is best known for his enigmatic paintings of the 1910s and ’20s, […]
Painter (1738–1815) John Singleton Copley was an American painter of portraits and historical subjects. He is generally acclaimed as the […]
Painter (1796–1875) Camille Corot was an influential 19th century French painter who is best known for his landscape paintings. His […]
Painter (1748–1825) Jacques-Louis David was a 19th century painter who is considered to be the principal proponent of the Neoclassical […]
Painter (1885–1941) French painter Robert Delaunay is best known for being one of the first to introduce vibrant color into […]
Painter (1395–c. 1441) One of the earliest Flemish oil painters, artist and portraitist Jan van Eyck, painted the “Adoration of […]
Painter (c. 1727–1788) Thomas Gainsborough, an 18th century English painter known for his evocative portraiture and landscapes, is most famous […]