Gabriel Von Max |
Czech / German |
1840 |
1915 |
History painting |
Notable art works by Max Von Gabriel:
- The Anatomist (1869)
- The Child Murderer (1877)
- St. Elizabeth (1881)
- Monkeys as Critics (1889)
- Victory of Truth (1904).
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Gauguin, Paul |
French |
1848 |
1903 |
Late Impressionism |
Notable art works by Paul Gauguin:
- Rocks by the Sea (1886)
- Breton Peasant Women (1886)
- Landscape near Pont-Aven (1888)
- Haymaking (1889)
- Women in Tahiti (1891)
- The Meal (1891)
- The Market (1892)
- Otahi (1893)
- Contes Barbares (1902).
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Gentileschi, Artemisia |
Italian |
1593 |
1563 |
Baroque |
Notable art works by Artemisia Gentileschi:
- Judith Slaying Holofernes (1614-1620)
- Susanna and the Elders (1610)
- Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1639)
- Judith and her Maidservant (1613)
- Esther and Ahasuerus (1630)
- Madonna and Child (1613)
- Danae (1612)
- Self-Portrait as a Lute Player (1616-1618)
- Allegory of Inclination (1615)
- Jael and Sisera (1620).
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Géricault, Théodore |
French |
1791 |
1824 |
Romantic |
Notable art works by Théodore Géricault:
- Hussar officer (1814)
- The Raft of the Medusa (1819)
- The Woman with Gambling Mania (1822).
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Giotto di Bondone |
Italian |
1267 |
1337 |
Gothic |
Notable art works by Giotto di Bondone:
- Stigmatization of St. Francis (1300)
- Lamentation of Christ (1305)
- Last Supper (1306).
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Gogh, Vincent Van |
Dutch |
1853 |
1890 |
Late Impressionism |
Notable art works by Vicent Van Gogh:
- The Potato Eaters (1885)
- Sunflowers (1888) one of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings
- Night Café (1888)
- The Postman (1889)
- The Starry Night (1889) another of his most famous paintings
- Self-portrait without beard (1889)
- Dr. Gachet (1890).
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Goya, Francisco de |
Spanish |
1746 |
1828 |
Romance, Rococo |
Notable art works by Francisco de Goya:
- The Nude Maja (1800)
- The Clothed Maja (1803)
- The Execution of the Rebels (1814)
- Girl with Parasol (1818)
- Saturn Devouring His Son (1820-1823).
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Grosz, George |
German / American |
1893 |
1959 |
New Objectivity |
Notable art works by George Grosz:
- Metropolis (1917)
- Beauty, Thee Will I Praise (1918)
- Pillars of Society (1926).
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Grünewald, Matthias |
German |
1480 |
1528 |
Gothic, Renaissance |
Notable art works by Matthias Grünewald:
- Heller Altar (1511)
- Isenheim Altarpiece (1512-1515)
- The St. Erasmus and Mauritius (1520-1524).
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Hals, Frans |
Dutch |
1581 |
1640 |
Baroque, prolific portrait painter, at least 222 portraits |
Notable art works by Frans Hals:
- The Banquet of the Officers (1616)
- The Rommel Pot Player (1618-22)
- The Bohemian Girl (1629)
- Malle Balle (1633-35)
- René Descartes (1649).
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Haring, Keith |
American |
1958 |
1990 |
Pop Art, Graffiti artist |
Notable art works by Keith Haring:
- Big Bad Wolf (1984)
- Andy Mouse (1985)
- Girl with Cigarette (1988).
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Heckel, Erich |
German |
1883 |
1970 |
Expressionism, Die Brücke member |
Notable art works by Erich Heckel:
- Red Houses (1908)
- Man and Girl (1909)
- The Sleeping Pechstein (1910)
- Bathers in the Pond (1910)
- Landscape near Dresden (1910)
- Two Men at the Table (1912)
- Madmen Eating (1914)
- Two Women (1923)
- Fall in Schleswig (1943).
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Hepworth, Jocelyn Barbara |
British / English |
1903 |
1975 |
Modern Art, Modernism, Abstract Art / artist and sculptor |
Notable art works by Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth:
- Single Form (1961) sculpture
- Two Forms / Divided Circle (1969) sculpture
- Curved Form / Bryher (1961) sculpture
- Three Forms (1935) sculpture
- Winged Figure (1963) sculpture
- Figure for Landscape (1960) sculpture
- Sphere with Inner Form (1963-1965) sculpture
- Two Figures (1968) sculpture
- Sea Form / Atlantic (1964) sculpture
- Elegy III (1966) sculpture
- Blue and green / arthroplasty (1947) painting.
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Hogarth, William |
British |
1697 |
1764 |
Rococo |
Notable art works by William Hogarth:
- The Orgy (1734)
- The Strode Family (1738)
- The Shrimp Girl (1745).
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Hokusai, Katsushika |
Japanese |
1760 |
1849 |
Ukiyo -e (woodblock sections) |
Notable art works by Katsushika Hokusai:
- 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road (series from 1802)
- Tamagawa (1823-29)
- 36 Views of Mount Fuji (1829-1833)
- The Great Wave at Kanagawa (1830)
- 100 Ghost Stories (series from 1830)
- Oceans of Wisdom (1832-1834)
- Lake Suwa (1833)
- Passion (1835) a woodcut.
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Holbein the Younger, Hans |
German |
1497 |
1543 |
Renaissance |
Notable art works by Hans Holbein the Younger:
- Erasmus of Rotterdam (1523)
- Lady with Squirrel and Star (1526-1528)
- Thomas More (1527)
- Portrait of the Holbein Family (1528)
- The Merchant Gisze George (1532)
- Henry VIII (1537).
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Hopper, Edward |
American |
1882 |
1967 |
Realism, Surrealism |
Notable art works by Edward Hopper:
- Chop Suey (1929)
- Early Sunday Morning (1930)
- Hotel Room (1931)
- Nighthawks (1941)
- Second Story Sunlight (1960)
- Woman in the Sun (1961).
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Hundertwasser, Friedensreich |
Austrian |
1928 |
2000 |
Abstract art, also architect |
Notable art works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser:
- Many Transparent Heads (1949)
- 666 Good Morning City (1969-1970)
- The Doge (1982)
- Living Beneath the Rain Tower (1994).
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Immendorff, Jörg |
German |
1945 |
2007 |
Modern |
Notable art works by Jörg Immendorff:
- Café Deutschland (1977-1983) a series of 16 pictures
- Self-Portrait with Potatoes (1991)
- Sons of the Sun (1997).
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Jawlensky, Alexej von |
German / Russian |
1865 |
1941 |
Expressionism |
Notable art works by Alexej von Jawlensky:
- The White Feather (1909)
- Portrait of the Dancer Alexander Sacharoff (1909).
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Kahlo, Frida |
Mexican |
1907 |
1954 |
Surrealism |
Notable art works by Kahlo Frida:
- Self-Portrait with Monkey (1938)
- Suicide of Dorothy Hale (1939)
- The Two Fridas (1939).
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Kandinsky, Wassily |
German / Russian |
1866 |
1944 |
Expressionism, Blauer Reiter member |
Notable art works by Wassily Kandinsky:
- Riding Couple (1906-1907)
- Murnau with Church I (1910)
- Improvisations 9 (1910)
- Composition VII (1913) one of Kandinsky’s most famous paintings
- Several Circles (1926)
- Accent on Rose (1926).
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Kelly, Ellsworth |
American |
1923 |
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Hard edge painting, graphic design |
Notable art works by Kelly Ellsworth:
- Apples (1949)
- Colors for a Large Wall (1951)
- Line Form Color (series 1951)
- Sculpture for a Large Wall (1957)
- Running White (1959)
- Brooklyn Bridge VII (1962)
- Suite of Twenty-Seven Colors (1964-65).
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Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig |
German |
1880 |
1938 |
Expressionism, Die Brücke member |
Notable art works by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner:
- The Red Tower in Halle (1911)
- Circus Rider (1912)
- Vaudeville (1912/1913)
- Five Women on the Street (1913)
- Street Scene in Berlin (1913)
- Two Brothers M. (1921).
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Klee, Paul |
German |
1879 |
1940 |
Expressionism, Abstract art, Surrealism, Modern art. Bauhaus and Blauer Reiter member |
Notable art works by Paul Klee:
- Red and White Domes (1914)
- Tree Landscape (1920)
- Red Balloon (1922)
- The Goldfish (1926)
- The Grey and the Coast (1938)
- Forest Witch (1938)
- Death and Fire (1940).
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Klein, Yves |
French |
1928 |
1962 |
Abstract Art |
Notable art works by Yves Klein:
- IKB 79 (1959)
- Blue Sponge Relief (1960)
- Monochrome Blue (1961).
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Klimt, Gustav |
Austrian |
1862 |
1918 |
Art Nouveau |
Notable art works by Gustav Klimmt:
- Birch Forest I (1902)
- Hope (1903)
- The Three Ages of Woman (1905)
- Hope II (1907)
- The Kiss (1908)
- Salome (1909)
- Park (1910)
- Apple Tree (1912)
- Avenue in Schloss Kammer Park (1912)
- Italian Garden Landscape (1913)
- Johanna Staude (1918).
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Knight, Laura
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English |
1877 |
1970 |
Impressionist |
Laura Knight had a long and successful career including many firsts:
- 1929: First female artist to become a Dame of the British Empire.
- 1946: Only British painter at the Nuremberg trials.
- 1914-1945: Only female war artist commissioned in both World Wars.
- 1936: The first woman elected to full membership of the Royal Academy.
- 1965: First large retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy for a woman in 1965.
- was the first for a woman.
Notable art works by Dame Laura Knight (née Johnson) feature ballet, Gypsies and circus performers in and around London along with The Nuremberg Trial (1946). |
Krassner, Lenore “Lee” |
American (USA) |
1908 |
1994 |
Abstract Expressionism, Modern Art |
Notable art works by Lenore “Lee” Krassner:
- Seated Nude (1940)
- Rising Green (1972)
- Night Creatures (1965)
- Summer Play (1962)
- The Sun Woman II (1958)
- Shellflower (1947)
- Number 3 (1951) untitled
- Hieroglyphs No. 12 (1969)
- Cool White (1959)
- Gaea (1966).
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Le Brun, Élisabeth Louise Vigée |
French |
1755 |
1842 |
Rococo, Neoclassicism, Renaissance |
Notable art works by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, aka Madame Lebrun:
- Portrait of Marie Antoinette (1783)
- Marie-Antoinette de Lorraine-Habsbourg, queen of France, and her children (1787)
- Self-portrait in a Straw Hat (1782)
- Madame Grand (1783)
- Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-1793) (1783)
- Self-portrait with Her Daughter, Julie (1786)
- Hyacinthe-Gabrielle Roland (1791)
- Portrait of Madame du Barry (1781)
- Portrait of Anna Pitt as Hebe (1792)
- Madame d’Aguesseau de Fresnes (1789)
- The Duchess de Polignac (1783).
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Lichtenstein, Roy |
American |
1923 |
1997 |
Pop Art |
Notable art works by Roy Lichtenstein:
- Girl with a Ball (1961)
- Whaaam! (1963) one of Roy Lichtenstein’s most famous paintings
- Hopeless (1963)
- Anxious Girl (1964).
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Liebermann, Max |
German |
1847 |
1935 |
Realism, Impressionism |
Notable art works by Max Libermann:
- Plucking Geese (1872)
- Potato Crop (1875)
- Cobbler’s Workshop (1881)
- Munich Beer Garden (1884)
- The Net-Menders (1889)
- Bathing Boys (1889)
- Parrot Avenue (1902)
- A Garden Restaurant on the River Havel (1916)
- The Artist’s Garden in Wannsee (1918).
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Macke, August |
German |
1887 |
1914 |
Expressionism, Blauer Reiter member |
Notable art works by Auguste Macke:
- Indians (1911)
- Zoological Garden I (1912)
- Promenade (1913)
- Bathers (1913)
- Lady in a Green Jacket (1913)
- Red House in the Park (1914)
- Girls under Trees (1914)
- Farewell (1914).
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Magritte, René |
French |
1898 |
1967 |
Surrealism |
Notable art works by René Magritte:
- The Threatened Murderer (1926)
- The Empty Mask (1928)
- The Treachery of Images (1929) one of Magritte’s most famous paintings
- The Nature of Man (1933)
- The Harvest (1943)
- Haunted Castle (1950)
- Golconda (1953).
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Manet, Édouard |
French |
1832 |
1883 |
Impressionism |
Notable art works by Édouard Manet:
- The Absinthe Drinker (1859)
- Breakfast on the Grass (1863)
- Olympia (1863)
- The Balcony (1868)
- Breakfast in the Studio (1868)
- The Railway (1873)
- Peony Bouquet (1881)
- Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882).
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Münter, Gabriele |
German |
1877 |
1962 |
Expressionism, Blauer Reiter member |
Notable art works by Gabriele Münter:
- Jawlensky and Werefkin (1909)
- The Russian House (1931).
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Matisse, Henri |
French |
1869 |
1954 |
Impressionism, Fauvism |
Notable art works by Henri Matisse:
- Woman With Hat (1905)
- The Joy of Life (1905)
- The Dance (1909) one of his most famous paintings
- Self-portrait (1918)
- Tea Time (1919)
- Large reclining nude (1935)
- Still life with Pomegranates (1947)
- Blue Nude (1952)
- Acanthes (1953) a papercut.
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Michelangelo |
Italian |
1475 |
1564 |
Renaissance |
Notable art works by Michelangelo:
- Pietà (1499) a marble sculpture
- David (1501-1504), a marble sculpture
- The Creation of Adam (1508-1512) ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel
- The Last Judgement (1538-1541) ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel.
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Millet, Jean-François |
French |
1814 |
1875 |
Realism, Barbizon school member |
Notable art works by Jean-François Millet:
- The Gleaners (1857)
- Angelus (1857-1859)
- Spring (1868-1873).
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Miró, Joan |
French |
1893 |
1983 |
Cubism, Surrealism |
Notable art works/famous paintings by Joan Miró:
- The Farm (1921-1922)
- Carnival of Harlequins (1925)
- L’Addition (1925)
- Swallow / Love (1934)
- Woman and Bird in the Moonlight (1949).
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Mitchell, Joan
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American (USA) |
1925 |
1992 |
Abstract expressionism, Modern art |
Notable art works by Joan Mitchell:
- City Landscape (1955)
- Salut Tom (1979)
- George Went Swimming at Barnes Hole, but It Got Too Cold (1957)
- Tilleul (1978)
- Edrita Fried (1981)
- My Landscape II (1967)
- Heel, Sit, Stay (1977)
- Sunflower III (1969)
- Girolata (1964)
- Blue Territory (1972).
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Modigliani, Amedeo |
Italian |
1884 |
1920 |
Cubism |
Notable art works by Amedeo Modigliani:
- The Jewess (1908)
- The Cellist (1909)
- Female Nude (1917)
- Reclining Nude on White Pillow (1917)
- Chaim Soutine (1917)
- Portrait of Jeanne Hebuterne (1919)
- Portrait of Lunia Czechowska (1919).
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Mondrian, Piet |
Dutch |
1872 |
1944 |
Abstract art |
Notable art works by Piet Mondrian:
- Composition in Red, Blue, Black, Yellow and Gray (1921)
- Tableau No. IV (1924)
- Composition I (1925)
- Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-1943).
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Monet, Claude |
French |
1840 |
1926 |
Impressionism |
Notable art works by Claude Monet:
- Luncheon on the Grass (1865/1866)
- Beach at Trouville (1870)
- Windmills near Zaandam (1871)
- Impressions: Sunrise (1872) one of Monet’s most famous paintings
- Park Monceau (1876)
- Gare Saint Lazare (1877)
- Bouquet of Sunflowers (1880)
- Woman with a Parasol (1886)
- Rouen Cathedral (1892-94)
- Lily Pond (1899)
- Houses of Parliament (1902)
- Yellow Irises with Pink Cloud (1914-17)
- Weeping Willow (1918 /19).
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Morisot, Berthe |
French |
1841 |
1895 |
Impressionism, Modern art, Realism. Member of The Impressionists |
Notable art works by Berthe Morisot
- The Cradle (1872)
- Woman at Her Toilette (1880)
- The Harbor at Lorient (869)
- Eugène Manet on the Isle of Wight (1875)
- The Mother and Sister of the Artist (1870)
- The Artist’s Sister at a Window (1869)
- Julie Daydreaming (1894)
- Hanging the Laundry out to Dry (1875)
- The Garden at Bougival (1884)
- Girl in a Boat with Geese (1889).
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Mueller, Otto |
German |
1874 |
1930 |
Expressionism, Die Brücke member |
Notable art works by Otto Mueller:
- Lovers (1919)
- Two Bathing Girls (1921)
- Two girls in the Reeds (1926).
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Munch, Edvard |
Norwegian |
1863 |
1944 |
Expressionism |
Notable art works and famous paintings by Edvard Munch:
- The Death Chamber (1896)
- The Scream (1892-1895) one of Munch’s most famous paintings
- Starry Night (1893)
- Vampire II (1895/1902)
- Frieze of Life (1902).
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