Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (/ˈæŋɡrə, ˈæ̃ɡrə/ ANG-grə, French: [ʒɑ̃ oɡyst dɔminik ɛ̃ɡʁ]; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter read more
Pieter Paul RUBENS Sir Peter Paul Rubens (/ˈruːbənz/ ROO-bənz;[1] Dutch: [ˈrybə(n)s]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.[2] He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasised movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp. read more
Rembrandt VAN RIJN Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Leiden, 15 juli 1606/1607 – Amsterdam, 4 oktober 1669) was een Nederlandse kunstschilder, etser en tekenaar. Hij geldt algemeen als een van de grootste schilders en etsers in de Europese kunst, en als de belangrijkste Hollandse meester van de 17e eeuw. Hij vervaardigde in totaal ongeveer driehonderd schilderijen, driehonderd etsen en tweeduizend tekeningen. Zijn werk behoort tot de barok en is zichtbaar beïnvloed door het caravaggisme, alhoewel hij nooit in Italië is geweest. Zijn opmerkelijke beheersing van het spel met licht en donker, waarbij hij vaak scherpe contrasten (clair-obscur) gebruikte om zo de toeschouwer de voorstelling binnen te voeren, leidde tot levendige scènes vol dramatiek. read more
Vincent VAN GOGH Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] ⓘ;[note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, most of which are characterized by bold colors and dramatic brushwork that contributed to the rise of expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh's work was beginning to gain critical attention before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot at age 37.[5] During his lifetime, only one of van Gogh's paintings, The Red Vineyard, was sold. read more
