19th-century Dutch postimpressionist painter; Cut off part of his ear; Sunflowers; The Potato Eaters; The Night Café Starry Night.
15th-16thcentury Italian painter; School of Athens and Triumph of Religion on the walls of the Vatican; Marriage of the Virgin The Sistine Madonna.
16th-century Venetian painter; Born Jacopo Robusti; Nickname means 'little dyer' because of his father's trade; Apollo and Marsyas; Last Judgment; St Mark Rescuing the Slave.
17th-century Dutch painter; The Night Watch; Aristotle, Contemplating the Bust of Homer; Descent from the Cross.
19th-century French impressionist; The Children's Afternoon at Wargemont; Luncheon of the Boating Party; Madame Charpentier and Her Children; Oarsmen at Chatou.
16th-century Venetian painter; Born Tiziano Vecellio; His Venus of Urbino was used by Edouard Manet for his reclining nude figure in Olympia; Altarpiece called Assumption of the Virgin; Christ Crowned with Thorns; Rape of Europa.
19th-century English artist and poet; Helped found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; Ecce Ancilla Domini.
16th-17th century Flemish artist; Known for both fleshy nude females and for religious themes; The Judgment of Paris; Descent from the Cross; Also known for his series of allegorical paintings entitled The Apotheosis of Henri IV and the Proclamation of the Regency, depicting events in the career of Marie de'Medici.
15th-century Italian sculptor and painter; Sculptures: Boy with Dolphin; David; The Baptism of Christ, partially done by his student Leonardo da Vinci.
20th-century French painter; Works often depict religious subjects; Many feature thick dark outlines; Christ Mocked by Soldiers.
19th-century French artist; Nicknamed 'Le Douanier' ('The Customs Agent'); Paintings, inspired by visits to the zoo and botanical gardens, include Surprised! (Tropical Storm With a Tiger), The Dream, and The Sleeping Gypsy.
17th-18th century French painter; The Embarkation for Cythera; Italian Comedians.
19th-century French neo-impressionist; Considered the creator of pointilism; A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grande Jatte.
17th-century Dutch; Girl Interrupted at Her Music inspired a Susanna Kaysen book; Girl with a Pearl Earring inspired Tracy Chevalier's bestselling novel; The Lacemaker; The Milk Maid; The View of Delft.
19th-century French painter and lithographer; Immortalized Montmartre entertainers, dance halls, and night clubs; At the Salon of the Rue des Moulins; At the Moulin de la Galette.
19th-20thcentury French sculptor; The Thinker; The Burghers of Calais The Kiss; The Gates of Hell.
17th-century Flemish painter; Chiefly known for portraits, serving as court painter to Charles I, appointed to that position in 1632.
17th-century Spanish baroque painter; Court portraits for Philip IV; Venus with a Mirror' Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor); His masterpiece The Surrender of Breda, is a depiction of a Spanish victory over the Dutch.
19th-century British impressionistic landscape painter; Excelled in portraying snowy and misty scenes; Church in Moret; The Flood at Port Marly.
16th-century Italian painter; Born Paolo Caliari but later given a name reflecting his birthplace, Verona; Religious works; Madonna and Child with Saints The Supper at Emmaus; Marriage at Cana.
19th-century English landscape painter; Mortlake Terrace; Dido Building Carthage; Steamboat in a Snowstorm; Rain, Steam, and Speed; The Grand Canal.
20th-century controversial Mexican painter; Called 'The Painter for Millionaires' by the Communist Party; 1933 Rockefeller Center mural in New York that was later destroyed by its sponsors because it portrayed Lenin.
20th-century Russian sculptor; Statue located in front of the UN's New York headquarters is entitled 'Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares.'