Leonardo
Da Vinci (1452-1519) -
Italian painter, sculptor, architect and musician, as
well as a brilliant inventor and scientist.
The Last Supper (c.1498), Mona Lisa (1504).
Raphael (1483-1520) -
Italian Painter whose tapestries adorned the Sistine Chapel.
His work is most noted for its perfect rendering of features,
composition and expression.
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69) -
Dutch portrait painter, etcher, draughtsman and perhaps
one of greatest artists of all time. His greatest achievements
were his portraits, a series of self-portraits, and etchings
- mostly of biblical subjects and ink-and-wash drawings.
The Night Watch (1642).
George Stubbs (1724-1806) -
English painter, the most famous animal painter of his
time, specializing in horses.
Francisco Goya (1746-1828) -
A Spanish court painter with a passion for reality. An
influential painter with an unflattering and uncompromising
style which, surprisingly, resulted in his enormous reputation
and popularity.
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- Michelangelo Buonarroti
(1475-1564)
Italian sculptor, painter, poet and architect. In 1508
he was ordered to decorate with paintings, the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel, in the Vatican. Still often referred
to as one of mankinds greatest achievements.
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Flemish artist who became court painter in Antwerp after
spending eight years in Italy. Celebrated for his vigorous
composition and brilliant colouring.
Decent from the Cross (1611-14).
- Antonio Canaletto (1697-1768)
An Italian painter who worked mostly in Venice and enjoyed
extraordinary commercial success with his topographical
views, showing a sincere poetic quality, popular with
English tourists.
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88)
English landscape and portrait painter, one of the great
English masters.
Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748), The Harvest
Wagon (c.1767), The Blue Boy (c.1770) & The Watering
Place (1777).
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