But he continued to paintIn 1890, he took his ife at only 37 years old.Today, he's considered one of the greatest painters of all time. And as you canimagine, some of his paintings sellfor millions of dollars. Portrait of Doctor Gachet wassold for $82.5 million. That's a world ...
Classic paintings by famous painters Explore this category filled with beautiful paintings by the most famous artists of our time! Find your favorite paintings by famous painters like Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, and many others. The styles in this category range from the beautiful water lilies by...
Ruskin first came to widespread attention with the first volume of Modern Painters (1843), an extended essay in defence of the work of J. M. W. Turner in which he argued that the principal role of the artist is "truth to nature." From the 1850s, he championed the Pre-Raphaelites, ...
Samuel John Peploe (pronounced PEP-low; 27 January 1871 – 11 October 1935) was a Scottish Post-Impressionist painter, noted for his still life works and for being one of the group of four painters that became known as the Scottish Colourists. The other colourists were John Dunc...
Learn about famous female painters of the 20th century. Explore the works of famous female painters, and discover the lasting legacy of these...
Huang Gongwang (1269–1354) was only 10 years old when the Song Dynasty fell to the Yuan Dynasty. Therefore, many painters openly opposed official tendencies in art. They did not want to live in the capital and work at the Mongolian court. In their paintings, these artists turned to the...
Rembrandt van Rijn is known for his famous portrait artworks as the painter of light – it’s said that his color palette included only dark earth colors because the light should be the main subject. This is why he is one of the most celebrated and famous portrait painters of all time....
and his delicate evocations of landscape and figuration ensure his place as one of the most beloved painters of all time.Primavera(Spring) commemorated the Florentine Renaissance—a cultural, political, and economic rebirth of the republic. The painting originally hung in the summerhouse of the Medi...
Many famous painters worked inAntwerp during the city’s period of greatest power but Peter Paul Rubens isundoubtedly the most famous one of them. Known as Rubens House, the palace-likeresidence(大宅) and studio where Rubens workedand lived from 1616 until his death in 1640 is now one of ...
Rembrandt, also known as the Dutch Master, is one of the greatest painters and one of the biggest artists in all history, greatly admired for his mastery with which he crafted all his works of art. His paintings are admired for the vivid reality depicted and for the skillful illustration of...