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Art

The painters, sculptors, and visionaries who changed how we see the world — from Renaissance masters to modern provocateurs.

Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
1452–1519 · Mona Lisa, Renaissance polymath
 Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer
1471–1528 · German Renaissance painter and printmaker
 Michelangelo
Michelangelo
1475–1564 · Sistine Chapel, David sculpture
 Raphael
Raphael
1483–1520 · School of Athens, Renaissance master
 Caravaggio
Caravaggio
1571–1610 · Revolutionary Baroque painter
 Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens
1577–1640 · Flemish Baroque painter
 Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
1599–1660 · Spanish painter of Las Meninas
 Rembrandt
Rembrandt
1606–1669 · Dutch Golden Age master painter
 Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer
1632–1675 · Girl with a Pearl Earring
 Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
1632–1723 · Architect of St Paul's Cathedral
 Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya
1746–1828 · Spanish Romantic painter
 Hokusai
Hokusai
1760–1849 · The Great Wave, Japanese master printmaker
 Claude Monet
Claude Monet
1840–1926 · Water Lilies, father of Impressionism
 Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841–1919 · Impressionist painter of joyful scenes
 Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin
1848–1903 · Post-Impressionist painter of Tahiti
 Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí
1852–1926 · Sagrada Família architect
 Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
1853–1890 · Starry Night, post-Impressionist icon
 Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt
1862–1918 · The Kiss, Art Nouveau master
 Edvard Munch
Edvard Munch
1863–1944 · The Scream
 Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867–1959 · American architect of Fallingwater
 Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
1869–1954 · Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
 Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
1881–1973 · Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
 Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera
1886–1957 · Mexican muralist, political artist
 Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
1887–1986 · Mother of American modernism
 Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
1887–1965 · Pioneer of modern architecture
 Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
1904–1989 · The Persistence of Memory, surrealist
 Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo
1907–1954 · Self-portraits, Mexican cultural icon
 Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
1912–1956 · Action painting, abstract expressionism
 Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
1928–1987 · Pop art icon, Campbell's Soup Cans
 Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
1933–present · Avant-garde artist, peace activist
 Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
1957–present · Chinese dissident artist, Sunflower Seeds
 Keith Haring
Keith Haring
1958–1990 · Pop art and graffiti-inspired works
 Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960–1988 · Neo-expressionist street art icon
 Banksy
Banksy
1973–present · Anonymous street artist, subversive murals

Key Events in Art

1305 Giotto completes the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes
1434 Van Eyck paints the Arnolfini Portrait
1498 Leonardo da Vinci completes The Last Supper
1504 Michelangelo completes David
1512 Michelangelo completes the Sistine Chapel ceiling
1656 Velazquez paints Las Meninas
1665 Vermeer paints Girl with a Pearl Earring
1793 Louvre Museum opens to the public
1826 First permanent photograph taken by Niepce
1863 Manet exhibits Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe; sparks Impressionism
1874 First Impressionist exhibition in Paris
1889 Van Gogh paints The Starry Night
1907 Picasso paints Les Demoiselles d'Avignon; Cubism emerges
1913 Armory Show introduces modern art to America
1917 Duchamp exhibits Fountain; conceptual art born
1924 Surrealist Manifesto published by Andre Breton
1937 Picasso paints Guernica
1947 Jackson Pollock begins drip painting technique
1962 Andy Warhol exhibits Campbell's Soup Cans
1985 Guerrilla Girls begin challenging art-world sexism
2003 Banksy rises to prominence with street art

Sources

  1. Leonardo da Vinci — Wikipedia
  2. Albrecht Dürer — Wikipedia
  3. Michelangelo — Wikipedia
  4. Raphael — Wikipedia
  5. Caravaggio — Wikipedia
  6. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
  7. Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
  8. Rembrandt — Wikipedia
  9. Johannes Vermeer — Wikipedia
  10. Christopher Wren — Wikipedia
  11. Francisco Goya — Wikipedia
  12. Hokusai — Wikipedia
  13. Claude Monet — Wikipedia
  14. Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Wikipedia
  15. Paul Gauguin — Wikipedia
  16. Antoni Gaudí — Wikipedia
  17. Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
  18. Gustav Klimt — Wikipedia
  19. Edvard Munch — Wikipedia
  20. Frank Lloyd Wright — Wikipedia
  21. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
  22. Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
  23. Diego Rivera — Wikipedia
  24. Georgia O'Keeffe — Wikipedia
  25. Le Corbusier — Wikipedia
  26. Salvador Dalí — Wikipedia
  27. Frida Kahlo — Wikipedia
  28. Jackson Pollock — Wikipedia
  29. Andy Warhol — Wikipedia
  30. Yoko Ono — Wikipedia
  31. Ai Weiwei — Wikipedia
  32. Keith Haring — Wikipedia
  33. Jean-Michel Basquiat — Wikipedia
  34. Banksy — Wikipedia