— ArtLogia —
Famous Artists & Painters,
from A to Z.
Browse 75 great masters, from the Renaissance to early modern art. Open any artist to read their story and see their paintings, each one recreated by hand in oil on canvas.
Most loved artists
Vincent van Gogh24 works
Claude Monet24 works
Rembrandt van Rijn23 works
Hieronymus Bosch22 works
Sandro Botticelli22 works
Pieter Bruegel the Elder22 works
Caravaggio22 works
Paul Cézanne22 works
Jacques-Louis David22 works
Edgar Degas22 works
Eugène Delacroix22 works
Albrecht Dürer22 works
Caspar David Friedrich22 works
Paul Gauguin22 works
Francisco Goya22 works
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres22 works
2 artists
Artists starting with A
Ivan Aivazovsky, Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Romanticism
Ivan Aivazovsky
Russian · 1817–1900
Russian master of the sea who painted thousands of storms, shipwrecks and moonlit waves, many from memory.
16 paintings →
Academic Art
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
British · 1836–1912
Victorian painter of sunlit marble terraces and luxurious scenes of ancient Rome and Greece.
13 paintings →
8 artists
Artists starting with B
Albert Bierstadt, Arnold Böcklin, Hieronymus Bosch and 5 more.
Romanticism
Albert Bierstadt
American · 1830–1902
Painter of the American West's vast mountains and golden light, a leading figure of the Hudson River School.
14 paintings →
Symbolism
Arnold Böcklin
Swiss · 1827–1901
Swiss Symbolist whose haunting Isle of the Dead became one of the most reproduced images of its age.
8 paintings →
Northern Renaissance
Hieronymus Bosch
Dutch · c. 1450–1516
Netherlandish painter of fantastical, moralising visions filled with strange creatures, most famously The Garden of Earthly Delights.
22 paintings →
Early Renaissance
Sandro Botticelli
Italian · c. 1445–1510
Florentine painter of graceful, linear figures and mythological scenes made for the Medici circle.
22 paintings →
Rococo
François Boucher
French · 1703–1770
Favourite painter of Madame de Pompadour and the very image of Rococo — pastel skies, cupids and graceful goddesses.
18 paintings →
Academic Art
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
French · 1825–1905
Master of French academic painting whose flawless technique gave mythological and pastoral figures an almost living glow.
18 paintings →
Northern Renaissance
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Flemish · c. 1525–1569
Flemish master of crowded village scenes, seasons and proverbs, painted with humour and sharp observation.
22 paintings →
Pre-Raphaelite
Edward Burne-Jones
British · 1833–1898
Late Pre-Raphaelite painter of dreamlike legends, knights and melancholy beauties.
12 paintings →
9 artists
Artists starting with C
Alexandre Cabanel, Gustave Caillebotte, Caravaggio and 6 more.
Academic Art
Alexandre Cabanel
French · 1823–1889
Celebrated French academic painter of history, myth and portraits, including The Birth of Venus and Fallen Angel.
8 paintings →
Impressionism
Gustave Caillebotte
French · 1848–1894
Impressionist painter and patron whose bold views of modern Paris — rainy streets, floor scrapers, balconies — feel almost photographic.
18 paintings →
Baroque
Caravaggio
Italian · 1571–1610
Revolutionary Baroque painter whose dramatic spotlighting and raw realism — chiaroscuro taken to its limit — influenced a whole generation across Europe.
22 paintings →
Impressionism
Mary Cassatt
American · 1844–1926
American Impressionist in Paris, beloved for tender, honest images of mothers and children.
17 paintings →
Post-Impressionism
Paul Cézanne
French · 1839–1906
Post-Impressionist who rebuilt nature from planes of colour — the bridge between Impressionism and Cubism.
22 paintings →
Romanticism
Thomas Cole
American · 1801–1848
Founder of the Hudson River School, painter of sublime American wilderness and grand allegorical series.
18 paintings →
- JC
Romanticism
John Constable
British · 1776–1837
English landscape painter of the Suffolk countryside, famous for skies, clouds and The Hay Wain.
9 paintings →
Realism
Camille Corot
French · 1796–1875
Landscape painter of silvery, poetic light whose work paved the way for Impressionism.
16 paintings →
Realism
Gustave Courbet
French · 1819–1877
Founder of the Realist movement, who insisted on painting ordinary life and landscapes exactly as he saw them.
21 paintings →
4 artists
Artists starting with D
Jacques-Louis David, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix and 1 more.
Neoclassicism
Jacques-Louis David
French · 1748–1825
The leading painter of French Neoclassicism and of the Revolution and Napoleonic era.
22 paintings →
Impressionism
Edgar Degas
French · 1834–1917
Painter of ballet dancers, racecourses and modern Paris, known for daring viewpoints and masterful drawing.
22 paintings →
Romanticism
Eugène Delacroix
French · 1798–1863
Leader of French Romanticism, famous for passionate colour and dramatic history scenes such as Liberty Leading the People.
22 paintings →
Northern Renaissance
Albrecht Dürer
German · 1471–1528
German painter and printmaker who brought Italian Renaissance ideas north, celebrated for precise detail and striking self-portraits.
22 paintings →
1 artist
Artists starting with E
Jan van Eyck.
2 artists
Artists starting with F
Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Caspar David Friedrich.
Rococo
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
French · 1732–1806
One of the last great painters of the French Rococo, admired for his playful subjects and feathery, fluent brushwork.
18 paintings →
Romanticism
Caspar David Friedrich
German · 1774–1840
The great German Romantic landscape painter. His lone figures facing mist, sea and mountains invite the viewer to stand inside the painting.
22 paintings →
6 artists
Artists starting with G
Paul Gauguin, Artemisia Gentileschi, Jean-Léon Gérôme and 3 more.
Post-Impressionism
Paul Gauguin
French · 1848–1903
Post-Impressionist known for flat, saturated colour and symbolic scenes painted in Brittany and Tahiti.
22 paintings →
Baroque
Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian · 1593–c. 1656
The most celebrated woman painter of the Baroque, known for powerful heroines such as Judith and Susanna.
18 paintings →
Academic Art
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French · 1824–1904
French academic painter of meticulously detailed history scenes and Orientalist subjects.
18 paintings →
Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch · 1853–1890
A Dutch painter who turned thick, rhythmic brushwork and blazing colour into a language of feeling. In barely a decade he produced around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life in the south of France.
24 paintings →
Romanticism
Francisco Goya
Spanish · 1746–1828
Spanish court painter turned fearless witness of war and human folly, from royal portraits to the haunting Black Paintings.
22 paintings →
Mannerism
El Greco
Greek-Spanish · 1541–1614
Cretan-born master of Toledo whose elongated, flame-like figures and visionary colour still feel strikingly modern.
18 paintings →
4 artists
Artists starting with H
Frans Hals, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Katsushika Hokusai and 1 more.
Dutch Golden Age
Frans Hals
Dutch · c. 1582–1666
Dutch portraitist whose loose, lively brushwork captured laughter and character like no one before him.
18 paintings →
Symbolism
Vilhelm Hammershøi
Danish · 1864–1916
Danish painter of silent grey interiors, closed doors and soft light — the poet of stillness.
4 paintings →
Ukiyo-e
Katsushika Hokusai
Japanese · 1760–1849
Edo-period master whose woodblock series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji inspired generations of European painters.
19 paintings →
Realism
Winslow Homer
American · 1836–1910
American realist of the sea and the outdoors — fishermen, storms and sunlit coasts painted with great force.
12 paintings →
1 artist
Artists starting with I
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
2 artists
Artists starting with K
Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt.
Abstract Art
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian · 1866–1944
Pioneer of abstract painting who believed colour and form could move the soul like music.
15 paintings →
Symbolism / Art Nouveau
Gustav Klimt
Austrian · 1862–1918
Leader of the Vienna Secession, known for shimmering gold-leaf surfaces, ornament and sensual figures from his celebrated Golden Phase.
22 paintings →
2 artists
Artists starting with L
Edwin Landseer, Frederic Leighton.
Romanticism
Edwin Landseer
British · 1802–1873
Queen Victoria's favourite animal painter, famous for noble stags, loyal dogs and the lions of Trafalgar Square.
11 paintings →
Academic Art
Frederic Leighton
British · 1830–1896
Victorian painter and sculptor of classical beauty, best known for the glowing Flaming June.
15 paintings →
9 artists
Artists starting with M
Édouard Manet, Michelangelo, John Everett Millais and 6 more.
Realism
Édouard Manet
French · 1832–1883
A pivotal figure between Realism and Impressionism whose bold, modern subjects scandalised the Paris Salon.
22 paintings →
High Renaissance
Michelangelo
Italian · 1475–1564
Sculptor, painter and architect of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, whose muscular, heroic figures defined the High Renaissance.
17 paintings →
Pre-Raphaelite
John Everett Millais
British · 1829–1896
Co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and painter of the unforgettable Ophelia.
18 paintings →
Realism
Jean-François Millet
French · 1814–1875
Painter of peasant life whose quiet, dignified field workers — The Gleaners, The Angelus — moved generations.
17 paintings →
Expressionism
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian · 1884–1920
Italian painter in Paris known for elegant elongated portraits with almond eyes and swan-like necks.
18 paintings →
Impressionism
Claude Monet
French · 1840–1926
Founder of French Impressionism. Monet painted the same subjects again and again to capture changing light, from Rouen Cathedral to his water garden at Giverny.
24 paintings →
Impressionism
Berthe Morisot
French · 1841–1895
A founding member of the Impressionists, painting intimate scenes of women and family life with airy, rapid brushwork.
14 paintings →
Art Nouveau
Alphonse Mucha
Czech · 1860–1939
The defining artist of Art Nouveau, famous for graceful women framed by flowing hair, flowers and ornament.
3 paintings →
Expressionism
Edvard Munch
Norwegian · 1863–1944
Norwegian painter whose raw, psychological images of anxiety, love and loss laid the groundwork for Expressionism.
21 paintings →
1 artist
Artists starting with P
Camille Pissarro.
8 artists
Artists starting with R
Raphael, Odilon Redon, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and 5 more.
High Renaissance
Raphael
Italian · 1483–1520
With Leonardo and Michelangelo one of the three giants of the High Renaissance, celebrated for serene Madonnas and perfectly balanced compositions.
22 paintings →
Symbolism
Odilon Redon
French · 1840–1916
French Symbolist of dreams and luminous flowers, moving from dark charcoal visions to radiant colour.
2 paintings →
Impressionism
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French · 1841–1919
Impressionist painter of joyful Parisian life — dances, cafés, gardens and portraits glowing with warm, feathery colour.
22 paintings →
Realism
Ilya Repin
Russian · 1844–1930
The greatest Russian realist painter, whose dramatic history scenes and portraits capture the soul of his country.
16 paintings →
Dutch Golden Age
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch · 1606–1669
The master of light and shadow of the Dutch Golden Age, whose portraits and group scenes carry extraordinary psychological depth.
23 paintings →
Pre-Raphaelite
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
British · 1828–1882
Poet, painter and co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, known for his jewel-coloured portraits of women.
22 paintings →
Post-Impressionism
Henri Rousseau
French · 1844–1910
Self-taught 'naïve' painter of dreamlike jungles, tigers and moonlit deserts, admired by Picasso and the Surrealists.
18 paintings →
Baroque
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish · 1577–1640
The most celebrated Flemish Baroque painter, known for energetic compositions, rich colour and voluptuous figures.
22 paintings →
7 artists
Artists starting with S
John Singer Sargent, Egon Schiele, Georges Seurat and 4 more.
Realism
John Singer Sargent
American · 1856–1925
The leading portrait painter of his generation, admired for dazzling, confident brushwork and elegant sitters.
18 paintings →
Expressionism
Egon Schiele
Austrian · 1890–1918
Austrian Expressionist whose raw, angular figures and self-portraits pushed the human body to its emotional limits.
10 paintings →
Post-Impressionism
Georges Seurat
French · 1859–1891
Inventor of Pointillism, building luminous scenes from countless small dots of pure colour.
10 paintings →
Realism
Ivan Shishkin
Russian · 1832–1898
Russian landscape painter of deep pine forests, celebrated for his precise, poetic woodland scenes.
4 paintings →
Impressionism
Alfred Sisley
British · 1839–1899
The most devoted landscape painter of Impressionism, capturing rivers, skies and snow around Paris.
18 paintings →
Impressionism
Joaquín Sorolla
Spanish · 1863–1923
Spanish 'master of light', famous for dazzling Mediterranean beaches, children at play and sun on white linen.
18 paintings →
Symbolism
Franz von Stuck
German · 1863–1928
Munich Secession founder whose dark, sensual Symbolist paintings include the famous Sin.
3 paintings →
3 artists
Artists starting with T
Titian, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, J. M. W. Turner.
Renaissance
Titian
Italian · c. 1488–1576
The leading painter of 16th-century Venice, admired for rich, glowing colour and loose, expressive handling of paint.
22 paintings →
Post-Impressionism
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French · 1864–1901
Chronicler of Montmartre nightlife — cabarets, dancers and the Moulin Rouge — in bold line and colour.
10 paintings →
Romanticism
J. M. W. Turner
British · 1775–1851
English Romantic painter of storms, sunsets and steam, whose luminous, almost abstract light anticipated Impressionism.
20 paintings →
3 artists
Artists starting with V
Diego Velázquez, Johannes Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci.
- DV
Baroque
Diego Velázquez
Spanish · 1599–1660
Court painter to Philip IV of Spain and author of Las Meninas, admired by later painters as the painter's painter.
22 paintings →
Dutch Golden Age
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch · 1632–1675
Painter of quiet domestic interiors bathed in pearly daylight. Only around 35 of his works survive.
22 paintings →
High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian · 1452–1519
Painter, engineer and anatomist of the Italian Renaissance. His soft, smoky modelling of light and shadow — sfumato — changed portrait painting for good.
22 paintings →
3 artists
Artists starting with W
John William Waterhouse, Jean-Antoine Watteau, James McNeill Whistler.
Pre-Raphaelite
John William Waterhouse
British · 1849–1917
British painter of myth and Arthurian legend, celebrated for luminous colour and romantic heroines.
18 paintings →
- JW
Rococo
Jean-Antoine Watteau
French · 1684–1721
Creator of the fête galante — dreamy scenes of elegant figures in parkland that launched the Rococo style.
9 paintings →
Tonalism
James McNeill Whistler
American · 1834–1903
American-born painter of hushed 'nocturnes' and harmonies, who believed art should exist for its own beauty.
12 paintings →