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Famous Artists
Well-known artists, where they came from and what they are known for.
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- Leonardo da VinciArtistItalian Renaissance painter, inventor; Mona Lisa and The Last Supper (1452 to 1519)
- MichelangeloArtistItalian sculptor and painter; David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling (1475 to 1564)
- RaphaelArtistItalian Renaissance painter of The School of Athens
- Sandro BotticelliArtistItalian painter of The Birth of Venus
- Albrecht DurerArtistGerman printmaker and painter of the Renaissance
- CaravaggioArtistItalian Baroque painter known for dramatic light and dark
- Rembrandt van RijnArtistDutch Golden Age painter famed for portraits and The Night Watch
- Johannes VermeerArtistDutch painter of quiet indoor scenes, such as Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Diego VelazquezArtistSpanish court painter of Las Meninas
- Francisco GoyaArtistSpanish painter and printmaker
- J.M.W. TurnerArtistBritish painter of light, sea and skies
- John ConstableArtistBritish painter of country landscapes like The Hay Wain
- Claude MonetArtistFrench Impressionist who painted water lilies and haystacks
- Pierre-Auguste RenoirArtistFrench Impressionist of joyful scenes of people
- Edgar DegasArtistFrench Impressionist known for dancers
- Mary CassattArtistAmerican Impressionist known for mothers and children
- Berthe MorisotArtistFrench Impressionist painter
- Camille PissarroArtistFrench Impressionist landscape painter
- Vincent van GoghArtistDutch Post-Impressionist painter of The Starry Night and sunflowers (1853 to 1890)
- Paul CezanneArtistFrench painter who paved the way for Cubism
- Georges SeuratArtistFrench painter who developed pointillism
- Paul GauguinArtistFrench painter who painted in Tahiti
- Henri MatisseArtistFrench painter and cut-out artist, leader of Fauvism
- Pablo PicassoArtistSpanish artist who co-founded Cubism, painted Guernica (1881 to 1973)
- Georges BraqueArtistFrench artist who co-founded Cubism
- Salvador DaliArtistSpanish Surrealist famous for The Persistence of Memory
- Rene MagritteArtistBelgian Surrealist who painted The Son of Man
- Marc ChagallArtistRussian-French painter of dreamy colorful scenes
- Wassily KandinskyArtistRussian painter, pioneer of abstract art
- Piet MondrianArtistDutch painter of grids in primary colors
- Paul KleeArtistSwiss-German painter of playful, imaginative work
- Edvard MunchArtistNorwegian painter of The Scream
- Gustav KlimtArtistAustrian painter of The Kiss
- Jackson PollockArtistAmerican painter who dripped paint onto big canvases
- Mark RothkoArtistAmerican painter of glowing blocks of color
- Georgia O'KeeffeArtistAmerican painter of flowers, bones and desert landscapes
- Frida KahloArtistMexican painter famous for self-portraits
- Diego RiveraArtistMexican muralist
- Andy WarholArtistAmerican Pop artist known for soup cans and portraits
- Roy LichtensteinArtistAmerican Pop artist inspired by comic book dots
- Keith HaringArtistAmerican artist with bold outlined figures
- Jean-Michel BasquiatArtistAmerican artist who began on New York streets
- Grant WoodArtistAmerican painter of American Gothic (1930)
- Edward HopperArtistAmerican painter of quiet city scenes like Nighthawks
- Norman RockwellArtistAmerican illustrator of everyday scenes for magazine covers
- Winslow HomerArtistAmerican painter of seascapes
- Jacob LawrenceArtistAfrican American painter of the Migration Series
- Faith RinggoldArtistAfrican American artist known for story quilts
- Yayoi KusamaArtistJapanese artist known for polka dots and infinity rooms
- Katsushika HokusaiArtistJapanese artist of The Great Wave off Kanagawa
- Auguste RodinArtistFrench sculptor of The Thinker
- Alexander CalderArtistAmerican sculptor who invented mobiles
- Henry MooreArtistBritish sculptor of large, smooth, curved forms
- Constantin BrancusiArtistRomanian sculptor of simple, polished forms
- Alberto GiacomettiArtistSwiss sculptor of tall, thin figures
- DonatelloArtistItalian Renaissance sculptor of the bronze David
- Gian Lorenzo BerniniArtistItalian Baroque sculptor
- Bridget RileyArtistBritish Op Art painter
- BanksyArtistAnonymous British street artist
- Dale ChihulyArtistAmerican glass sculptor
- Maya LinArtistAmerican artist and architect who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Beatrix PotterArtistEnglish author and illustrator of Peter Rabbit
- Leonardo's famous smileArtistThe Mona Lisa
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