Tortured post-impressionist painter, he expressed his emotions intensely through vibrant colors in works like The Starry Night.

A major figure of the 20th century, he founded cubism and revolutionized pictorial representation with works like The Young Ladies of Avignon and Guernica.

Genius of the Italian Renaissance, he left a monumental mark with his frescoes of the Sistine Chapel and his sculpture of the David.

Spanish surrealist painter with a dreamlike and provocative style, he embodied the imagination of dreams with iconic works such as The Persistence of Memory.

A precursor of expressionism, he translated the existential anguish of modern man in his most famous work, The Scream.

Dutch painter of the Golden Age, he elevated everyday life through a light of exceptional purity in works such as The Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Leader of Fauvism, he celebrated color and the joy of living through bold compositions like The Dance and The Joy of Living.

A precursor of cubism, he sought to structure nature into geometric shapes, heralding modern art with his Mont Sainte-Victoire and Still Lifes.

Painter of grace and harmony, he embodied the ideal of beauty of the Renaissance in his Madonnas and the Rooms of the Vatican.

An icon of American pop art, he transformed images of consumer society into art with his Marilyn Monroe screen prints and Campbell’s Soup.

A witness to the upheavals of his time, he blended beauty and horror in his Black Paintings and his famous May 3, 1808.

Impressionist painter of light and happiness, he celebrated feminine beauty and simple pleasures in works like The Luncheon of the Boating Party.

Figure of American abstract expressionism, he revolutionized painting with his dripping technique, expressing the pure energy of gesture.

As a leader of French romanticism, he exalted passion and freedom in vibrant works like Liberty Leading the People.

Italian painter and sculptor, he is known for his elegant portraits with elongated and melancholic faces.

Innovator of pointillism, he created bright and methodical compositions such as A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

Patriarch of Impressionism, he painted softly the landscapes and rural life, while inspiring Cézanne and Gauguin.

Great painter of the Venetian Renaissance, he revolutionized color and sensuality in mythological and religious canvases such as Venus of Urbino.

El Greco (1541–1614) is a Mannerist painter of Cretan origin active in Spain, famous for his elongated figures, intense colors, and visionary spirituality.

Chronicler of Paris during the Belle Époque, he immortalized the nightlife of Montmartre with a bold and expressive style.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder (circa 1525–1569) is a Flemish Renaissance painter, famous for his scenes of peasant life and his moral and allegorical compositions of great narrative richness.

A precursor of the fantastic, he populated his triptychs, such as The Garden of Earthly Delights, with strange creatures and moral allegories.

As a leader of realism, he painted everyday life without idealization, causing scandal with works like The Origin of the World.

Poet of color, he blended dream, folklore, and love in a dreamlike universe inspired by his Jewish culture and his Russian childhood.

Pioneer of geometric abstraction, he reduced painting to pure lines and colors in compositions like Composition in Red, Blue, and Yellow.

Forerunner of Impressionism, he broke academic conventions with bold works like Olympia and Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe.

Painter of Florentine grace, he exalted mythological and spiritual beauty in The Birth of Venus and Spring.

Italian Baroque painter, a pioneer for women artists, she imposed a dramatic and feminist intensity in works like Judith Beheading Holofernes.

Paul Klee (1879–1940) is a major Swiss-German painter of modern art, famous for his poetic and symbolic language that blends abstraction, color, and imagination.

Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) is an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance, famous for his vast opulent compositions, his mastery of color, and his spectacular religious and mythological scenes.

Father of Russian suprematism, he brought art to absolute abstraction with iconic works like White Square on White Background.

American painter of regionalism, he depicted rural life in the Midwest with symbolic realism, notably in American Gothic.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) is an Italian painter and fresco artist of the Venetian rococo, famous for his airy monumental compositions, his brilliant light, and his theatrical sense.

Alfred Sisley (1839–1899) is a Franco-British Impressionist painter, known for his bright and atmospheric landscapes, painted en plein air with a great sensitivity to nature.

Gustave Moreau (1826–1898) is a major French symbolist painter, famous for his mythological and biblical works rich in detail, mysticism, and imagination.

Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) is a Swiss Symbolist painter, famous for his mythological and visionary landscapes, including The Isle of the Dead, imbued with mystery and funereal poetry.

Rococo painter, he celebrated love, play, and lightness through sensual scenes such as The Lock and The Swing.

Official painter of Napoleon and master of neoclassicism, he exalted virtue and power in The Oath of the Horatii and The Death of Marat.

Member of the Nabis, he painted intimate interiors bathed in softness and decorative patterns inspired by everyday life.

Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) is a major French Impressionist painter, known for her intimate scenes, her luminous touch, and her central role in the Impressionist movement.

A cosmopolitan portraitist, he elegantly and virtuously captured the elites of his time, notably in Portrait of Madame X.

Ilya Repin (1844–1930) is a major Russian realist painter, a figure of the Wanderers, famous for his powerful portraits and his historical and social scenes of great psychological intensity.

Ivan Aivazovsky (1817–1900) is a Russian painter of Armenian descent, an undisputed master of marine painting, famous for his spectacular and luminous representations of the sea.

Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) is a self-taught French naive painter, famous for his dreamlike jungles and his poetic style that is both simple and deeply imaginative.

Winslow Homer (1836–1910) is an American realist painter, famous for his powerful maritime and rural scenes, marked by direct observation of nature and everyday life.

Fernand Léger (1881–1955) is a modern French painter, associated with Cubism, famous for his tubular forms, bright colors, and dynamic vision of the industrial world.

Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) is a French post-impressionist painter, famous for his melancholic views of Montmartre and his urban landscapes with pale and sensitive tones.

Raoul Dufy (1877–1953) is a French Fauvist painter and decorator, famous for his bright colors, fluid lines, and joyful scenes of modern life.

Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947) is a French post-impressionist painter and a member of the Nabis, famous for his intimate interiors, vibrant color, and poetic vision of everyday life.

A precursor of Impressionism, he painted with poetry landscapes bathed in mist and soft light.

Painter of the skies and beaches of Normandy, he paved the way for Impressionism through his luminous observation of nature.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is a Japanese master of ukiyo-e printmaking, famous for his dynamic landscapes, including The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and his major influence on Western art.

Painter of dreams and the imaginary, he transformed visions and symbols into dreamlike compositions with sublime colors.

Pioneering realistic artist, she magnified the power and nobility of animals, particularly in The Horse Market.

Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) is a Czech artist emblematic of Art Nouveau, famous for his decorative posters featuring stylized female figures and floral ornaments.

Portrait painter of the German Renaissance, he immortalized the court of England with meticulous realism, notably in The Ambassadors.

George Stubbs (1724–1806) is a British painter, famous for his anatomically accurate and elegant representations of horses, which have left a lasting mark on animal painting.

Juan Gris (1887–1927) is a major Spanish painter of Cubism, recognized for his structured compositions, his sense of color, and his intellectual approach to the movement.

Painter of the classical landscape, he has sublimated nature in idealized visions bathed in a golden and harmonious light.

Forerunner of French romanticism, he expressed human power and tragedy in his masterpiece The Raft of the Medusa.

Academic painter of the Second Empire, he embodied idealized beauty with works like The Birth of Venus.

Great representative of academicism, he blended historical precision and Oriental exoticism in spectacular scenes.

Student of Bouguereau, he is known for his romantic canvases imbued with softness and elegance, such as Spring.

British Victorian painter, he combined classical rigor and sensuality in refined mythological scenes such as Flaming June.

British realist painter, he combined mythological subjects, portraits, and social critique in a precise academic style.

Figure of French realism, he paid tribute to the dignity of peasant work in works such as The Angelus and The Gleaners.

Co-founder of the Der Blaue Reiter movement, he used symbolic and vibrant colors to express the spirituality of the animal world.

A historian of painting, he emotionally depicted the great dramas of history in a style that is both academic and theatrical.