Famous painters: biographies, movements and great masters

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Biographies and major movements

Famous painters: biographies, movements and great masters

Meet the artists who transformed painting, from the Renaissance to modern art, through their lives, major works, workshops and movements.

Discover the artistsSee all 100 artistsGustav Klimt and the great modern paintersGrandmastersClaude Monet and the impressionist paintersMovementsArtemisia Gentileschi and famous women paintersBiographies
BiographiesLives, workshops and courses.Artistic movementsStyles, dates and breakups.Workshops and museumsCreation locations and collections.Major worksMasterpieces and legacies.

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The 100 famous painters to knowA panorama of the great masters, from the Renaissance to modern art. Impressionist paintersMonet, Renoir, Degas and the schools that transformed light. Famous women paintersArtemisia Gentileschi and artists long excluded from great stories. The masters of the RenaissanceLeonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and the workshops that changed art.

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RenoirBiography, places, family, cinema and heritage of the painter. Claude MonetMuseums, works, impressionism and the journey of the master of light. RenaissanceGreat Italian masters, workshops, inventions and commissions. ImpressionismOutdoors, light, modernity and the birth of a new painting. Modern artCubism, abstraction, fauvism and avant-gardes. Women artistsMajor figures, journeys and rediscoveries.