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Ansel Adams American, 1902-1984  Photographer
John James Audubon Haitian, 1785-1851 Naturalist, Painter
Francis Bacon British, 1909-1992 Expressionist Painter
George Bellows American, 1882-1925 Ashcan School
Thomas Hart Benton American, 1889-1975 Regionalist Painter
Albert Bierstadt American, 1830-1902 Hudson River School
George Bingham American, 1811-1879 Realist Painter
William Blake British, 1757-1827 Visionary Painter
Umberto Boccioni Italian, 1882-1916 Futurist Painter
Giotto Bondone Italian,  1267-1337 Early Renaissance
Pierre Bonnard French, 1867- 1947 Nabi Painter
Hieronymus Bosch Dutch, 1450-1516 Late Gothic,  Surrealism
Fernando Botero Colombian, 1932- Modern Visionary Painter
Sandro Botticelli Italian, 1445-1510 Early Renaissance
Francois Boucher French,  1703-1770 Rococo Painter
Adolphe Bouguereau French,  1825-1905 Academic Realist  Painter
Georges Braque French 1882-1963 Fauvist  Cubist Painter
Pieter Brueghel the Elder Dutch, 1525-1569 Northern Renaissance
Pieter Brueghel the Younger Dutch, 1564-1638 Northern Renaissance
Marie  Vigee le Brun French, 1755-1842 Neoclassical Painter
Alexander Calder American, 1898-1976 Modern Abstract Sculptor
Canaletto Italian, 1697-1768 Rococo  Painter
Caravaggio Italian, 1573-1610 Baroque  Painter
Emily Carr Canadian, 1871-1945 Modern Realist Painter
Mary Cassatt American, 1844-1926 Impressionist Painter
George Catlin American, 1796-1872 Realist Western Painter
Paul Cezanne French, 1839-1906 Post-Impressionist
Marc Chagall Russian, 1887-1985 Surrealist Painter
Jean Siméon Chardin French, 1699-1779 Rococo  Painter
John Collier English,  1850-1934 Classicist Realist Painter
John Constable English, 1776-1837 Romantic Painter
John  Copley American, 1738-1815 Realist Painter
Pierre-Auguste Cot French,  1837-1883 Academic Painter
Gustave Courbet French 1819-1877 Realist Painter
Lucas Cranach German, 1472-1553 Northern Renaissance
Imogen Cunningham American, 1883-1976 Modern  Photographer
Salvador Dali Spanish, 1904-1989 Surrealist Painter
Honore Daumier French, 1808-1879 Realist Illustrator
Jacques-Louis David French, 1748-1825 Neoclassical Painter
Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917 Impressionist painter
Eugène Delacroix French, 1798 - 1863 Romantic  Painter
Paul Delaroche French 1797 - 1856 Academic Painter
Sano di Pietro Italian, 1406-1481 Early Renaissance
Arthur Dove American, 1880-1946 Abstract  Realist Painter
Leonardo Da Vinci Italian, 1452-1519 High Renaissance
Tamara de Lempicka Polish, 1898-1980 Art Deco Painter
Marcel Duchamp French, 1887-1968 Dadaist  Conceptual
Raoul Dufy French,  1877-1953 Fauvist Painter
Albrecht Dure German,  1471 - 1528 Northern Renaissance
Thomas Eakins American, 1844-1916 Realist Painter
M.C. Escher Dutch, 1898-1972 Surrealist Illustrator
El Greco Greek, 1541-1614 Mannerist Painter
James Ensor Belgian, 1860-1949 Expressionist Painter
Max Ernst German, 1891-1976 Surrealist Painter
Lyonel Feininger American, 1871-1956 Expressionist  Cubist
Tsugoharu Foujita Japanese, 1886-1968 Modern Painter
Jean  Fragonard French, 1732-1806 Rococo  Painter
Helen Frankenthaler American, 1928- Abstract Expressionism
Thomas Gainsborough English, 1727 - 1788 Romantic Rococo Painter
Paul Gauguin French, 1848-1903 Post-Impressionist
Jean-Léon Gérôme French, 1824-1904 Academic Painter
Adolph Gottlieb American, 1903-1974 Abstract Expressionist
Francisco de Goya Spanish, 1746-1828 Rococo Romantic Painter
Juan Gris Spanish,1887-1927 Cubist Painter 
Frans Hals Dutch, 1583 - 1666 Baroque  Painter
Keith Haring American, 1958-1990 Pop  Painter
Meindert Hobbema Dutch,  1638-1709 Baroque  Painter
David Hockney British  1937- Pop Artist
Edward Hicks American, 1780-1849 Naive Folk Painter
Pieter de Hooch Dutch, 1629-1684 Baroque  Painter
Edward Hopper American, 1882-1967 Contemporary Realist
Hans Holbein Bavaria, 1497-1543 Northern Renaissance
Edward Hughes English,  1851-1917 Pre-Raphaelite Painter
Jean Auguste Ingres French, 1780-1867 Neoclassical Painter
Alexei Jawlensky Russian, 1864-1941 Expressionist Painter
Jasper Johns American, 1930- Expressionist  Pop
Frida Kahlo Mexican, 1907-1954 Surrealist Painter
Wassily Kandinsky Russian, 1866-1944 Expressionist Painter
Ernst Kirchner German, 1880-1938 Expressionist Painter
Paul Klee Swiss, 1879-1940 Expressionist Painter
Gustav Klimt Austrian,  1862-1918 Art Nouveau Painter
Oskar Kokoschka Austrian, 1886-1980 Expressionist Painter
Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901 Post-Impressionist
Fernand Léger French, 1881-1955 Cubist Painter
Frederick Leighton English, 1830-1896 Pre-Raphaelite Painter
Henri Le Sidaner French, 1862-1939 Sentimental Realism
Roy Lichtenstein American, 1923-1997 Pop Painter
Jacopo Ligozzi Italian,  1547-1627 Renaissance
August Macke German, 1887-1914 Expressionist Painter
Mapplethorpe American, 1946-1989 Photographer
Franz Marc German, 1880-1916  Expressionist / Fauvist
Rene Magritte French Surrealist Painter
Edouard Manet French, 1832-1883 Impressionism
Michelangelo Italian, 1573-1610 High Renaissance
Henri Matisse French, 1869-1954 Fauvist Painter
Joan Miro Spanish, 1893-1983 Surrealist Abstract Painter
Quentin Metsys Flemish, 1465-1530 Northern Renaissance
Piet Mondrian Dutch, 1872-1944 Abstractionist
Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884-1920 Expressionist Painter
Gustave Moreau French  1826-1898 Symbolist Painter
Berthe Morisot French, 1841-1895 Impressionist
Grandma Moses American, 1860-1961 Naive Folk  Painter
Claude Monet French, 1840 - 1926 Impressionist Painter
Robert Motherwell American, 1915-1991 Abstract Expressionist
Alphonse Mucha Czech, 1860-1939 Art Nouveau
Otto Muller German, 1874-1930 Expressionist Painter
Edvard Munch Norwegian, 1863-1944 Symbolist/Expressionist
Louise Nevelson Russian,  1899-1988 Abstract Expressionist
Emile Nolde German, 1867-1956 Expressionist Painter
Georgia O'Keeffe American, 1887-1986 Abstract/ Sybolist Painter
James Peale American, 1749-1831 Realist Painter
Pablo Picasso Spanish, 1881-1973 Cubist/Abstract/Symbolist
Camille Pissarro ,Caribbean, 1830-1903 Pointillist/Impressionist
Jackson Pollock American, 1912-1956 Abstract Expressionist
Nicolas Poussin French, 1594-1665 Baroque Painter
Raphael Italian, 1483 - 1520 High Renaissance
Robert Rauschenberg American, 1925- Pop/Expressionist Painter
Odilon Redon French, 1840-1916 Symbolist Painter
Man Ray American 1890-1976 Dadaist/Surrealist/Symbolist
Rembrandt Dutch, 1606-1669 Baroque Painter
Remington American, 1866-1909 Realist Western Painter
Pierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919 Impressionist Painter
Diego Rivera Mexican,  1886-1957 Social Realist/Symbolist
Mark Rothko American, 1903-1970 Abstract Expressionist
Rouault French, 1871-1958 Expressionist Painter
Norman Rockwell American,  1894-1978 Social Realist Illustrator
Peter Paul Rubens Flemish  1577-1640 Baroque  Painter
Rousseau French, 1844-1910 Naive Folk  Painter
Charles Russell American, 1864-1926 Realist Western Painter
Egon Schiele Austrian, 1890-1918 Expressionist Painter
Georges Seurat French, 1859-1891 Pointillism
Paul Signac French, 1863-1935 Pointillism
Alfred Sisley French, 1839 -1899 Impressionist Painter
Théophile Steinlen Swiss, 1859-1923 Art Nouveau Painter
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910- Surrealist Painter
Jacob Tintoretto Italian, 1518-1594 High Renaissance
Titian Italian, 1490-1564 High Renaissance
Joseph Mallord Turner English,  1775-1851 Romantic Painter
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese, 1754-1806 Ukiyo-e Printmaker
Jan Van Eyke Flemish, 1395-1441 Northern Renaissance
Diego Velasquez Spanish, 1599-1660 Baroque Painter
Jan Vermeer Dutch,  1632-1675 Baroque Painter
Paolo Veronese Italian, 1528-1588 Mannerist Painter
Andrea del Verrocchio Italian, 1435-1488 Early Renaissance
Vincent van Gogh Dutch, 1853-1890 Post-Impressionist
Edouard Vuillard French, 1868-1940 Nabi/Post-Impressionist
Andy Warhol American, 1928-1987 Pop Painter
John William Waterhouse English, 1849-1917 Pre-Raphaelite
Jean-Antoine Watteau French, 1684-1721 Rococo/Sentimental Realism
Grant Wood American, 1892-1942 Regionalist Painter
Andrew Wyeth American,  1917 Contemporary Realist
     
     
     
     
 
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