Oil Painting

Andrea del Sarto

Born at Florence in 1486; d. there in 1531. He received the surname Sarto from the fact that he was the son of a tailor. At first he was the pupil of[......]

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Renaissance

(1400 – 1600) Italy became a center of commerce between Europe and Eurasia, thus a Cultural Diffusion point between the Europeans and the Muslim[......]

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Francisco Zurbarán

Francisco Zurbarán 1598 -1664 Francisco de Zurbarán was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks[......]

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1834–1903 James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. Averse to sent[......]

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John William Waterhouse

John William Waterhouse 1849-1917 John William Waterhousewas an English Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female chara[......]

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Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol 1928-1987 No other artist is as much identified with Pop Art as Andy Warhol. The media called him the Prince of Pop. Born[......]

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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci was a Florentine artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebr[......]

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Jan Vermeer

Jan Vermeer 1632-1675 Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque painter who excelled in portraying comfortable interior scenes that are composed with math[......]

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Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez 1599 -1660 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter, the leadin[......]

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Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775 – 1851 Turner was born in London on April 23, 1775, and educated at the Royal Academy of Arts. Turn[......]

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