- Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck (c. 1385 - July 9, 1441) was a 15th century Early Netherlandish painter who lived in the then Duchy of Burgundy and is considered one of the great painters of the late Middle Ages. It is a common misconception, which dates back to the sixteenth-century writings of the Tuscan historiographer Giorgio Vasari, that Jan van Eyck created oil painting. It is however true that he achieved, or perfected, … - Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas (born August 3, 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an artist combining elements of Expressionism with conceptual art into ink and watercolour pieces and oil paints on canvas. Dumas studied at the University of Cape Town from 1972 to 1975. The aim of her work is to show the relationships between art, female models and even pornography. Many of the starting points for her work are polaroid photographs of her friends and lovers, … - Xu Beihong
Xu Beihong (July 19, 1895 - September 26, 1953) (born in Yixing, Jiangsu) was a Chinese painter. Considered a modern master in China, his merging of Western techniques with classic Chinese approaches was unmatched. He is particularly known for his "shuimohua" depictions of horses and birds. Xu began studying classic Chinese works and calligraphy with his father Xu Dazhang when he was six, and Chinese painting when he was nine. - Daniel Greene
Daniel Greene PSA, NA, AWS (born 1934) is an American artist who works in the media of pastels and oil painting. The winner of a dozen or so awards throughout his career, Greene has painted portraits of several well-known individuals, including Mayor Robert F. Wagner and Eleanor Roosevelt. On May 26, 1994 in a special White House ceremony, Mr. Greene presented to Hillary Rodham Clinton a pastel portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt. - Anjolie Ela Menon
Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940) is one of India's leading contemporary female artists. Her paintings are in several major collections. Most recently (2006), a major work "Yatra" was acquired by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California. Her preferred medium is oil on masonite, though she has also worked in other media, including glass (pictures of glass sculptures) and water colour. She is a well known muralist. She was awarded the Padma Shree in 2000. - Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood (b. 1962 in Edinburgh) is a contemporary Scottish abstract landscape painter. Educated at George Watson's College and James Gillespie's High School, he received a Bachelor of Arts at Edinburgh College of Art, specialising in drawing and painting. He now lives and works in the coastal town of Dunbar, East Lothian. He is an active proponent of the FareShare program for donations to the homeless. - Sam Francis
Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 - November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Francis was born in San Mateo, California, and studied botany, medicine and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II before being injured in a plane crash. He was in the hospital for several years, and it was while there that he began to paint. Once out of the hospital he returned to Berkeley, … - Ashley Wood
Ashley Wood (born 1971) is an Australian comic book artist and illustrator who is well known for his atmospheric cover art, concept design and his work as an art director. Wood generally works in mixed media, often combining oil painting with digital artmaking. His style contains elements of Expressionism. - Liu Wei
Liu Wei (Chinese language:刘韡） (born 1972, China) is an artist based in Beijing. He works in varied media - video, installation, drawing, sculpture, and painting - with no uniting stylistic tendency, though the Saatchi Gallery finds a uniting theme of "a sentiment of excess, corruption, and aggression reflective of cultural anxiety". - Richard Ansdell
Richard Ansdell was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of animal and sporting subjects. He first exhibited at the Liverpool Academy in 1835, reaching its presidency in 1845, and resigning in 1852 in protest over an award of the £50 prize to William Holman Hunt for the then controversial "Valentine Rescuing Sylvia from Proteus". In 1841, he married Maria Romer. - Paul Kane
Paul Kane (September 3, 1810 - February 20, 1871) was an Irish-Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Oregon Country. A largely self-educated artist, Kane grew up in Toronto (then known as York) and trained himself by copying European masters on a study trip through Europe. He undertook two voyages through the wild Canadian northwest in 1845 and from 1846 to 1848. - Julian Beever
Julian Beever is an English chalk artist who has been creating chalk drawings on pavement since the mid-1990s that create the illusion of three dimensions when viewed from the right location. These trompe-l'œil drawings are created using a projection called anamorphosis and appear to defy the laws of perspective. Besides the 3D art, Beever paints murals and replicas of the works of masters and oil paintings, and creates collages. - Pavel Fedotov
Pavel Fedotov (1815 - 1852) was a Russian painter. Fedotov was an officer of the Imperial Guards of Saint Petersburg. Like many of his colleagues at the time, he was interested in arts. He played the flute and attended evening school where he learned painting. Fedotov decided to focus on painting and left the army in 1844. At first, he used pencil and watercolor but switched to oil painting starting in 1846. - The Third Of May 1808
"The Third of May 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid" is a 1814 oil painting by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. It depicts a scene from the Spanish war of liberation when many innocent citizens were shot by Napoleon's troops the morning following a popular uprising in Madrid. Among several shootings, Goya chose the ones at the Príncipe Pío hill. The painting measures 3.45 by 2.66 meters, was completed in 1814 and is on display in Museo del Prado, … - Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins (b. October 25, 1938, Riga, Latvia) is an American artist. Vija Celmins immigrated to the United States with her family from Latvia when she was ten years old. She and her family settled in Indiana. Celmins received international attention early in her career for her renditions of natural scenes, often painted from photographs lacking a point of reference, horizon, or discernable depth of field. Celmins work includes oil painting, charcoal and pencil drawing, … - Feng Zhengjie
Feng Zhengjie (born 1968, Sichuan Province, China) is an artist based in Beijing. Originally a high-school and college art teacher in Sichuan, he came to Beijing in 1995. His best-known work is his "Portrait of China" series, very large Warhol-style oil portraits, in a red/turquoise palette, of Chinese fashion model faces with vacant diverging eyes (his signature style). - Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Busch (April 15, 1832 (Wiedensahl near Hannover) - January 9, 1908 (Mechtshausen)) was a German painter and poet who is known for his satirical picture stories. After studying first mechanical engineering and then art in Düsseldorf, Antwerpen and Munich, he turned to drawing caricatures. One of his first picture stories, "Max and Moritz" (published in 1865), was a huge success. - John Robert Cozens
John Robert Cozens (1752 - December 14, 1797), was an English draftsman and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes. The son of the Russian-born drawing master and watercolorist, Alexander Cozens (c. 1717-1786), John Robert Cozens was born in London. He studied under his father and began to exhibit some early drawings with the Society of Artists in 1767. In 1776, he displayed a large oil painting at the Royal Academy in London. - Bartolomeo Vivarini
Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo Vivarini (c. 1432 - c. 1499) was an Italian painter, known to have worked from 1450 to 1499. His brother Antonio and his nephew (also possibly his pupil) Alvise were also painters. He learned oil painting from Antonello da Messina, and is said to have produced, in 1473, the first oil picture done in Venice. Housed in the basilica of San Zanipolo, it is a large altar-piece in nine divisions, representing Augustine and other saints. - Jonathan Talbot
Jonathan Talbot, (born November 14, 1939) is an American collage artist, painter, and printmaker. He also is the creator of an innovative collage technique that eliminates liquid adhesives from the collage assembly process. His technique is the subject of his book, "Collage: A New Approach". Talbot's works have been exhibited at The National Academy and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. - Herbert Dicksee
Herbert Thomas Dicksee (1862-1942) was an English painter who specialised in oil paintings of dogs, particularly the deerhound. Prints and etchings of his best-known paintings were widely distributed by publishers such as Klackner of London, and his work is popular among collectors and dog enthusiasts today. Dicksee belonged to an illustrious artistic family. His father was the artist John Dicksee (1817-1905). - Rita Angus
Rita Angus (12 March 1908 - 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand painter. Along with Colin McCahon and Toss Woollaston she is credited with introducing modern styles to New Zealand art. She worked primarily in oil and water colour, and is well known for her portraits and landscapes. - William Daniels
William Daniels (born 1976, Brighton, UK) is an artist based in London. He produces oil paintings that recreate iconic historical works - portraits, landscapes, nudes, etc - using as subjects rough maquettes constructed from waste card and paper. For instance, his "William Blake II" is based on the Thomas Phillips portrait of William Blake. Other works recreated include Caravaggio's "David with the Head of Goliath", Courbet's "L'Origine du monde", … - William McTaggart
Sir William McTaggart (1835 - 1910) was a Scottish landscape painter who was influenced by Impressionism. The son of a crofter, McTaggart was born in the small village of Aros in Kintyre. He moved to Edinburgh at the age of 16 and studied at the Trustees' Academy under Robert Scott Lauder. He won several prizes as a student and exhibited his work in the Royal Scottish Academy, becoming a full member of the Academy in 1870. - George Ault
George Copeland Ault (October 11, 1891 - December 30, 1948) was an American painter. He was loosely grouped with the Precisionist movement and was also influenced by Cubism and Surrealism. Ault was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and spent his youth in London, England, where he studied at the Slade School of Art and St. John's Wood School of Art. Returning to the United States in 1911, he spent the rest of his life in New York and New Jersey. - Josh Kirby
Ronald William "Josh" Kirby (27 November 1928-23 October 2001), was an English commercial artist born in Waterloo, Sefton, Merseyside. He was educated at the Liverpool City School of Art, where he acquired the nickname Josh, which comes from having his work compared to that of Sir Joshua Reynolds. The nickname stuck and Kirby was rarely called by his real name later. Kirby painted film-posters, magazine and book covers. Creating a total of over 400 cover paintings, … - Nicholas Pocock
Nicholas Pocock (March 2, 1740 - March 9, 1821) was a British artist best known for his many detailed paintings of naval battles during the age of sail. Pocock was born in Bristol in 1740, the son of a seaman. He followed his father's profession and was master of a merchant ship by the age of 26. During his time at sea, he became a skilled artist by making ink and wash sketches of ships and coastal scenes for his log books. - Yannis Stavrou
Yannis Stavrou (Greece, 1948 -) is a contemporary Greek artist, painter. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. He originally studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts before painting won him over. He currently lives and works in Athens. He has done twenty six solo shows and participates in group exhibitions. - Jon Whitcomb
Jon Whitcomb (1906-1988) was an American illustrator. He was well-known for his pictures of glamorous young women. He was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma and grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Ohio State University with a major in English. Whitcomb started drawing illustrations for student publications while a student at Ohio State, and worked summers painting posters for a theater in Cleveland, Ohio. - Nahum Gutman
Nahum Gutman was an Israeli painter, sculptor and author born in what is now Teleneşti, Moldova, then part of the Russian Empire. In 1903, he and his parents moved to Odessa; in 1905, they emigrated to Israel. Gutman helped pioneer a distinctively Israeli style, different from the European models of his teachers. He was quite eclectic as an artist, working in oils, watercolours, gouache, sculpture, mosaics, and engravings. - Chen Cheng-Po
Chen Cheng-po was a well-known Taiwanese painter. In 1926, his oil painting "Street of Chiayi" was featured in the seventh "Empire Art Exhibition" in Japan, which was the first time that a painting of a Taiwanese artist could be displayed in the exhibition. He donated himself to education and creation. Because of abundance experiences of education, he concerned about the culture and humanism. - William Frederick Yeames
William Frederick Yeames was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas painting "And When Did You Last See Your Father?", which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. - Cennino D'Andrea Cennini
Cennino d'Andrea Cennini (c. 1370 - c. 1440) was a Italian painter influenced by Giotto. He was a student of Agnolo Gaddi.. Cennini was born in Colle Val d'Elsa, near Florence. He is remembered mainly for having authored "Il libro dell'arte", often translated as "The Craftsman's Handbook". Written in the early 15th century, the book is a "how to" on Renaissance art. It contains information on pigments, brushes, panel painting, the art of fresco, … - Arthur Boyd Houghton
Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836, India - 1875, England) was a British painter (oil and watercolours) and illustrator. His work was varied and was revered during the mid-19th century. He traveled to America and Russia, creating illustrations for "The Graphic" and for numerous books, including "The Arabian Nights" and "Don Quixote". His work was strongly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. - Joseph Crawhall
Joseph Crawhall (1861-1913) was an English artist born in Morpeth , Northumberland. He was the fourth child and second son of Joseph Crawhall II and Margaret Boyd. Crawhall specialised in painting animals and birds. In the 1880s and 1890s, his work became associated with the Glasgow Boys. He was strongly influenced by the Impressionists, and, like them, his work was rejected by the Establishment, in his case in the form of the Royal Scottish Academy. - John Macallan Swan
John Macallan Swan was an English painter and sculptor. He received his art training first in England at the Worcester and Lambeth schools of art and the Royal Academy schools, and subsequently in Paris, in the studios of Jean-Léon Gérôme and Emmanuel Frémiet. He began to exhibit at the Academy in 1878, and was elected associate in 1894 and academician in 1905. - Antoine Berjon
Antoine Berjon was a French painter, well known for his flower paintings. From his appointment in 1810 to his dismissal in 1823, he was a professor of flower design at École des Beaux-Arts. He worked in a variety of media including oil, pastel, watercolour, and ink. - B. Prabha
B. Prabha (b. 1933-d. 2001) was a major Indian artist who worked mainly in oil, in an instantly recognizable style. She is best known for graceful elongated figures of pensive rural women, with each canvas in a single dominant color. By the time of her death, her work had been shown in over 50 exhibitions, and is in some important collections, including India's National Gallery of Modern Art. - Joseph Severn
Joseph Severn (December 7, 1793 - August 3, 1879) was an English portrait and subject painter. He was born in London. During his earlier years he practised portraiture as a miniaturist; and, having studied in the schools of the Royal Academy, he exhibited his first work in oil, "Hermia and Helena", a subject from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1819. - Louise Rayner
Louise Ingram Rayner (June 21, 1832, Matlock Bath - October 8, 1924, St Leonards-on-Sea) was a British watercolor artist. Her parents, Samuel Rayner and Anne Rayner (nee Manser) were both noted artists, the former Samuel having been accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy when he was 15. Four of Louise's sisters - Ann ("Nancy"), Margaret, Rose and Frances - and her brother Richard were also artists.
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