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Artists
| Description | Artist's Name |
|---|---|
| French, the only impressionist painter to exhibit at all 8 Impressionist exhibitions: Bather in the woods | Camille Pissarro |
| American, pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, developed "Action Painting" by dripping paint: Blue Poles | Jackson Pollock |
| Italian, Renaissance, chief architect of St. Peter's by Pope Leo X: The School of Athens, The Sistine Madonna | Raphael |
| Dutch, Baroque, nearly 100 self-portraits: The Blinding of Samson, The Night Watch, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp, Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer | Rembrandt |
| American, focused on life on the western plains, painter and sculptor, illustrated Sp. American War for Wm Randolph Hearst: The Bronco Buster | Frederick Remington |
| American, architect, felt that form should follow function: Wainwright Building in St. Louis | Louis Henry Sullivan |
| Italian, dominated Venetian painting in 16th century, many portraits of Charles V and Philip II of Spain: The Rape of Europa, Venus of Urbina | Titian |
| French, stunted legs, painted cabarets in Montmartre of 19th century: At the Moulin de la Galette, Dance at the Moulin Rouge | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
| British, landscape painter: Rain, Steam, and Speed | J. M. W. Turner |
| Belgian, major Flemish Baroque: Charles I on Horseback, Portrait of Charles I Hunting | Anthony Van Dyck |
| Dutch, Expressionist, committed suicide in 1890: Sunflowers, Starry Night, Potato Eaters | Vincent Van Gogh |
| Spanish, Great Baroque artist, official Court Painter to Philip IV: Las Meninas or The Maids of Honor, The Surrender of Breda | Diego Velazquez |
| French, did not exhibit with other Impressionists, considered shocking: Luncheon on the Grass, Olympia | Eduouard Manet |
| French, leader of Fauvism: Joie de Vivre | Henri Matisse |
| Italian, architect of St. Peter's Basilica: Sistine Chapel ceiling, The Creation of Adam, Pieta, David | Michelangelo |
| French, realist painter who was connected with the Barbizon School: The Sower, The Gleaners | Jean Francois Millet |
| Italian, painter and sculptor known for portraits and nudes: Reclining Nude | Armedeo Modigliani |
| French, foremost realist painter: The Artist's Studio | Gustave Courbet |
| Spanish, designed the dream sequence in Hitchcock's Spellbound: The Persistence of Memory | Salvador Dali |
| French, social satirist, over 4,000 lithographs, imprisoned for six months for satirizing Louis Philippe as Gargantua | Honore Daumier |
| American, illustrator and painter for Harper's Weekly, illustrated Civil War, best known for dramatic seascapes | Winslow Homer |
| Dutch, developed the geometric style of "neoplasticism," famous for his Composition Series: Composition in Yellow and Blue, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Red, Blue, and Yellow Composition | Pieter Mondrian |
| French, founder of Impressionism: Water Lilies, Impression: Sunrise | Claude Monet |
| British, sculptor of abstract and figurative works: Reclining Figure | Henry Moore |
| American, farmer's wife who started painting at age 67: Sugaring Off | Grandma Moses |
| British, first President of the Royal Academy of Art, famous portraits, over 2000 all: Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse | Joshua Reynolds |
| Mexican, founder of Mexican mural Renaissance, married to Frida Kahlo: Mother Earth, Man at the Crossroads, Detroit Industry | Diego Rivera |
| Dutch: View of Delft, The Artist in His Studio, Girl with a Pearl Earring | Jan Vermeer |
| American, leader of Pop Art, called his studio "The Factory:" Marilyn Monroe, Campbell's Soup Label | Andy Warhol |
| American, second President of the Royal Academy of Arts: Death of General Wolfe | Benjamin West |
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