Thomas Gainsborough knew that the significance of natural and military backgrounds in portraits were as important as subjects in the foreground
This town hall of Lower Saxony "Neuen Rathauses" is located in Hanover, Germany, and the headquarters of the city administration under its Lord Mayor
Once a student of Francis Hayman, Lemuel Francis Abbott painted his masterwork of Lord Nelson, as well as likenesses of other naval officers, before succumbing to madness in middle age
Raffaello Sanzio was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino, which was a cultural center that encouraged the Arts
Escaping Germany’s Reformation severity, Hans Holbein the Younger flattered the Tudor dynasty with his amazing artistic skill
This Mixed-Media Masterpiece from Barrett Evon and the Studios of Art Chateau is titled "Antahkarana
Willem Wissing studied under Peter Lely in London; after his master’s death, he established a studio with assistant Jan van der Vaart
Jean Fragonard was one of the most prolific artists in the last decades before the French Revolution
The foremost ‘Grand Mannerist’ among British painters, Joshua Reynolds felt a classical aesthetic was crucial to painting, with the imperfect idealized to portray a nobler humanity
Upon the Death of Guiseppe Verdi, his life was described by the Italian Parliament as attaining one of the highest expressions of the National Genius
Thomas Gainsborough produced his sublime portraits and landscapes based on his observations of nature and humanity rather than restrained theory
This large, Mixed-Media Painting from Barrett Evon is titled "Metamorphosis IV"
As a portraitist and religious subject artist, Vicente López y Portaña was without equal in 18th-century Spain; Lopez and Francisco Goya were jointly made court painters to Ferdinand VII
American artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau studied under French masters Merle, Lefebvre, and the man who would become her husband, William Adolphe Bouguereau
American artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau studied under French masters Merle, Lefebvre, and the man who would become her husband, William Adolphe Bouguereau
A painter of Portuguese ancestry, Alonso Sanchez Coello was greatly influenced by Titian; he expertly used light, Venetian gold hues, textures, and precise brushwork in his portraits
Domingos Pereira Carvalho was a Portuguese artist based in Lisbon
This large Masterpiece is a nuanced version of Jamini Roy's painting, titled "Tres Gatos
Painter of the heroic and legendary, Vicente Carducho's painted a conflagration and wondrous divine intervention of medieval lore
This large Expressionist Masterpiece is a faithful yet nuanced version of "Meditation," while Dutch Artists Jan Toorop rendered the original painting in the 1920s