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List of Master Artists

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Gothic/Proto-Renaissance

Cimabue (Italian, 1240–1302), frescoes in the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi

Giotto di Bondone (Italian, 1267–1337), first Renaissance fresco painter

Duccio (Italian, 1255–1318), Sienese painter

Simone Martini (Italian, 1285–1344), Gothic painter of the Sienese School

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian, c. 1290–1348), Gothic painter

Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian, c. 1280–1348), Sienese school

Gentile da Fabriano (Italian, 1370–1427), International gothic painter

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, 1370–1425), International gothic style

Masolino (Italian, c. 1383–c. 1447), Goldsmith trained painter

Pisanello (Italian, c. 1395–c. 1455), International gothic painter and medallist

Sassetta (Italian, c. 1392–1450), Sienese International Gothic painter

Early Renaissance

Paolo Uccello (Italian, 1397–1475), schematic use of foreshortening

Fra Angelico (Italian, 1400–1455), noted for San Marco convent frescoes

Masaccio (Italian, 1401–1428), Florentine painter

Fra Filippo Lippi (Italian, 1406–1469), father of Filippino

Andrea del Castagno (Italian, 1410–1457)

Piero della Francesca (Italian, 1415–1492), painter who pioneered linear perspective

Benozzo Gozzoli (Italian, 1420–1497)

Alesso Baldovinetti (Italian, 1425–1499)

Vincenzo Foppa (Italian, 1425–1515)

Antonello da Messina (Italian, 1430–1479), painter who pioneered oil painting

Cosimo Tura (Italian, 1430–1495)

Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506), master of perspective and detail

Antonio Pollaiuolo (Italian, 1431–1498)

Francesco Cossa (Italian, 1435–1477)

Melozzo da Forli (Italian, 1438–1494)

Luca Signorelli (Italian, 1441–1523)

Perugino (Italian, c. 1446–1523)

Verrocchio (Italian, c. 1435–1488)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian, c. 1445–1510), great Florentine master

Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1449–1494), prolific Florentine fresco painter4

High Renaissance

Main article: High Renaissance

Francesco Francia (Italian, 1450–1517)

Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519), acclaimed oil painter and draughtsman

Pinturicchio (Italian, 1454–1513)

Filippino Lippi (Italian, 1457–1504), son of Filippo

Cima da Conegliano (Italian, 1459–1517)

Lorenzo Costa (Italian, 1460–1535)

Sistine Chapel ceiling, Ignudi, Michelangelo, 1509

Piero di Cosimo (Italian, 1462–1521)

Fra Bartolommeo (Italian, 1472–1517)

Michelangelo (Italian, 1475–1564), acclaimed sculptor, painter and architect

Bernardino Luini (Italian, c. 1480–1532)

Raphael (Italian, 1483–1520), acclaimed painter

Il Garofalo (Italian, 1481–1559)

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Italian, 1483–1561)

Andrea del Sarto (Italian; 1486–1530)

Correggio (Italian, 1490–1534), Parmigiani painter noted for illusionistic frescoes and altarpiece oils

Giulio Romano (Italian, c. 1499–1546)

Venetian painting Renaissance

Domenico Veneziano (Italian, 1400–1461)

Jacopo Bellini (Italian, 1400–1470)

Gentile Bellini (Italian, 1429–1507), noted for historical scenes of Venice and portraits of its doges

Giovanni Bellini (Italian, 1430–1516), pioneer of luminous oil painting

Bartolommeo Vivarini (Italian, 1432–1499)

Carlo Crivelli (Italian, 1435–1495)

Alvise Vivarini (Italian, 1445–1503)

Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, 1455–1526)

Giorgione (Italian, 1477–1510), pioneer of Venetian School of painting

Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576), important Renaissance exponent of colour painting in oils and frescoes

Palma Vecchio (Italian, 1480–1528)

Lorenzo Lotto (Italian, 1480–1556)

Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, 1485–1547)

Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486–1570)

Jacopo Bassano (Italian, 1515–1592), Mannerist painter noted for portraiture and religious genre painting

Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, 1518–1594), major Venetian painter of monumental religious works

Paolo Veronese (Italian, c. 1528–1588), one of Venice's leading colourists

Sienese School

Main article: Sienese School

Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1403–1482)

Matteo di Giovanni (Italian, 1430–1495)

Francesco di Giorgio (Italian, 1439–1502)

Il Sodoma (Italian, 1477–1549)

Beccafumi (Italian, 1486–1551)

Northern Renaissance

"Kreuzigung Christi" (English: "Crucifixion of Christ") by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1503

Robert Campin (Flemish, 1375–1444), Northern Renaissance artist who painted the "Mérode Altarpiece"

Jan van Eyck (Flemish, c. 1390–1441), pioneer oil painter

Stefan Lochner (German, c. 1410–1451), German painter of the Cologne School

Konrad Witz (Swiss, c. 1400–c. 1446)

Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, 1400–1464), Dutch artist and leading religious panel painter

Petrus Christus (Flemish, c. 1410–c. 1476)

Dirk Bouts (Flemish, 1420–1475)

Simon Marmion (French, 1420–1489)

Meister Francke (German, fl. 1424-35)

Hans Memling (German born-Flemish, 1430–1494), Flemish artist of the Bruges School

Martin Schongauer (German, 1430–1491)

Michael Pacher (Austrian 1435–1498)

Hugo van der Goes (Flemish, 1440–1483), oil painter from the Netherlands

Hieronymus Bosch (Flemish, 1450–1516)

Gerard David (Flemish, 1450–1523)

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (Dutch, 1460–1490)

Hans Holbein the Elder (German, 1460–1524)

Quentin Matsys (Flemish, 1466–1530)

Jan Mabuse (Flemish, 1470–1533)

Matthias Grunewald (German, 1470–1528), noted for his intense expressionist religious paintings

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528), greatest painter and printmaker of the Northern Renaissance

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553), leading German Renaissance painter

Hans Burgkmair (German, 1473–1531)

Jean Clouet (French, 1475–1547)

Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480–1538), Danube School of painting

Maitre de Moulins (French, fl. 1480)

Hans Baldung Grien (German, 1484–1545), German Renaissance artist

Joachim Patenier (Flemish, 1485–1524), pioneer landscape painter of the Netherlandish Renaissance

Joos van Cleve (Flemish, 1485–1540)

Card Players by Lucas van Leyden, c. 1508

Bernard van Orley (Flemish, 1488–1541)

Hans Springinklee (German, 1490–1540)

Wolf Huber (German, 1490–1553)

Lucas van Leyden (Dutch, 1494–1533)

Jan van Scorel (Dutch, 1495–1562)

Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543), one of the greatest portrait painters

Georg Pencz (German, 1500–1550)

Sebald Beham (German, 1500–1550)

Barthel Beham (German, 1502–1540)

Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, 1515–1586)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Flemish, c.1525–1569), leading artist of his day

Egidius Sadeler (Flemish, 1570–1629)

Spanish Renaissance

Bartolomé Bermejo (Spanish, c. 1440-c. 1501)

Alonso Berruguete (Spanish, c. 1488-1561)

Luis de Morales (Spanish, 1512-1586)

Alonso Sánchez Coello (Spanish-Portuguese, 1531-1588)

El Greco (Greek-born Spanish, 1541-1614), noted for his dazzling spiritual works and portraits

Mannerism

Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John by Angelo Bronzino, c. 1545

Dosso Dossi (Italian, 1479–1542)

Alfonso Lombardi (Italian, 1487–1537)

Bartolommeo Bandinelli (Italian, 1493–1560)

Pontormo (Italian, 1494–1556), Florentine fresco/oil painter

Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, 1494–1540)

Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498–1574)

Alessandro Moretto (Italian, 1498–1555)

Giulio Clovio (Croatian-born Italian, 1498–1578)

Niccolo Tribolo (Italian, 1500–1550)

Parmigianino (Italian, 1503–1540), Mannerist painter/etcher from Parma

Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572)

Jacob Seisenegger (Austrian, 1505–1567)

Pieter Aertsen (Dutch, 1508–1575)

Francois Clouet (French 1510–1572)

Giorgio Vasari (Italian, 1511–1575), known for his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects

Antonio Moro (Flemish, 1519–1576)

The Vegetable Seller by Pieter Aertsen, 1567

Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, 1525–1578)

Federico Barocci (Italian, 1526–1612)

Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Italian, 1527–1593), best known for his bizarre Mannerist fruit and vegetable portraits

Giambologna (Italian, 1529–1608), hugely influential Mannerist sculptor

Denis Calvaert (Flemish, 1540–1619)

Scipione Pulzone (Italian, 1542–1598)

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611)

Karel van Mander (Flemish, 1548–1606)

Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566–1651)

Joachim Wtewael (Dutch, 1566–1638)

Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578–1610), influential German landscape and history painter who influenced Rubens

Baroque painting

Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio, 1601

Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630)

Lodovico Caracci (Italian, 1555–1619)

Bartolomeo Cesi (Italian, 1556–1629)

Agostino Caracci (Italian, 1557–1602)

Lodovico Cigoli (Italian, 1559–1613)

Bartolomeo Carducci (Italian, 1560–1610)

Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560–1609) Leader of the academism

Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639)

Hans Rottenhammer (German, 1564–1625)

Pieter Bruegel the Younger (Flemish, 1564–1636)

Francisco Pacheco (Spanish, 1564–1654)

Portrait of Susanna Lunden by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1622

Francisco Ribalta (Spanish, 1565–1628)

Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568–1625)

Juan Martinez Montanes (Spanish, 1568–1649)

Caravaggio (Italian, 1573–1610), noted for his figurative realism and Tenebrism

Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), foremost Baroque history painter and portraitist

Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578–1610)

Bernardo Strozzi (Italian, 1581–1644)

Juan Bautista Maíno (Spanish, 1581-1649)

Johann Liss (German, 1590–1631)

Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591– 1652), Naples-based religious realist painter and printmaker

Guercino (Italian, 1591–1666)

Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1592–1656)

Georges de La Tour (French, 1593–1652)

Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593–1678)

Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, 1656

Louis Le Nain (French, 1593–1648)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665), the main classical artist of his time

Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596–1669), painter and architect

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664), master of chiaroscuro known for his religious paintings and still lifes

Gianlorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680), the dominant sculptor and architect of the era

Antoine Le Nain (French, 1599–1648)

Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641), portraitist living in London

Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660), regarded as the greatest artist of the Spanish Golden Age

Claude Lorrain (French, 1600–1682), landscape artist

Alonso Cano (Spanish, 1601–1667)

Jan Brueghel the Younger (Flemish, 1601–1678)

Mathieu Le Nain (French, 1607–1677)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Italian, 1609–1664)

Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Spanish, c. 1612-1667)

Mattia Preti (Italian, 1613–1699)

Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1613–1673)

Juan Carreño de Miranda (Spanish, 1614-1685)

Carlo Dolci (Italian, 1616–1686)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682), one of the most influential religious painters

Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690), the leading painter in the court of Louis XIV

Juan de Valdés Leal (Spanish, 1622–1690)

Pedro de Mena (Spanish, 1628–1688)

Luca Giordano (Italian, 1634–1705)

Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque painting

The Concert by Gerard van Honthorst, 1623

Roelant Savery (Flemish, 1576–1639)

Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1578–1657), undisputed master of Baroque still life from the Antwerp School

Frans Hals (Flemish-born Dutch, 1580–1666), one of the greatest post-Renaissance portraitists

Pieter Lastman (Dutch, 1583–1633)

Hendrick Terbrugghen (Dutch, 1588–1629), Dutch Realist genre painter and a leading member of the Utrecht Caravaggisti

Gerrit van Honthorst (Dutch, 1590–1636)

Dirck van Baburen (Dutch, 1595–1624)

Matthias Stom (Dutch, 1600–1652)

Adriaen Brouwer (Flemish, c. 1605–1638), noted for his tavern-based genre paintings

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669), world's greatest portrait artist

Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607–1674)

Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Dutch, 1608–1651)

Ferdinand Bol (Dutch, 1616–1680)

Yonker Ramp and his sweetheart by Frans Hals, 1623

Jan Havickszoon Steen (Dutch, 1625–1679), Leiden School, tavern genre scenes

Jan Davidsz de Heem (Dutch, 1609–1683), still-life artist of the Utrecht/Antwerp School

David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690), Dutch Realist known for his peasant/guardroom scenes

Adriaen van Ostade (Dutch, 1610–1685), peasant scene artist of the Haarlem School

Govert Flinck (Dutch, 1615–1660)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613–1675)

Frans van Mieris the Elder (Dutch, 1635–1681)

Gerard Terborch (Dutch, 1617–1681), Haarlem School genre painter

Willem Kalf (Dutch, 1619–1693), noted for still-life pictures

Albert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691), Dordrecht School landscape painter

Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1627–1678), genre painter

Jan de Bray (Dutch, 1627-1697)

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628–1682), Haarlem School landscape artist

Gabriel Metsu (Dutch, 1629–1667), intimate small-scale genre scenes

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629–1683), Delft School of Dutch genre painting

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675), Delft School Dutch genre painter, little-known in his own lifetime

Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709)

Aert de Gelder (Dutch, 1645–1727)

Adriaen van der Werff (Dutch, 1659–1722)

Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664–1750), important female flower painter from Amsterdam

Rococo

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754), master of the fresco

Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 1684–1721), author of the first fête galante

Giovan Battista Pittoni (Italian, 1687–1767), known for sacred families and children

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1691–1770), known for his frescoes, as in Würzburg Residence

Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768), famous for vedutas of Venice

Francesco Zuccarelli (Italian, 1702–1789), known for Arcadian landscapes

François Boucher (French, 1703–1770), noted for female nudes

Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787), marking the transition to Neoclassicism

Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793), view painter of Venice School

Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1720–1780), Canaletto's nephew depicting Warsaw

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842), later Neoclassical

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779), important 18th-century still-life artist

Martin Johann Schmidt (Austrian, 1718–1801), important 18th-century Austrian Late Baroque painter

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725–1805), important 18th-century painter

British

An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1768

Nicholas Hilliard (English, c. 1547-1619), goldsmith, limner, and painter best known for his portrait miniatures of Elizabethan nobility

William Dobson (English, 1611-1646)

John Michael Wright (English-Scottish, c. 1617-1694)

Peter Lely (Dutch-born English, 1618-1680)

Godfrey Kneller (English, 1646-1723)

James Thornhill (English, c. 1675-1734)

William Hogarth (English, 1697-1764)

Allan Ramsay (Scottish, 1713-1784)

Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)

Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788)

Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797)

George Romney (English, 1734-1802)

John Opie (English, 1761-1807)

Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Neoclassicism

Main article: Neoclassicism

Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728–1779), friend of Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Johann Zoffany (German, 1733-1810)

Benjamin West (American-born British, 1738–1820)

Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1741–1807)

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825), chief artist of the French Revolution and Napoleon

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)

Romanticism

Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

William Blake (British, 1757–1827), symbolist religious painter, printmaker and book illustrator

Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835), pupil of Jacques-Louis David

Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824)

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

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