Art History Guide

The history of art mirrors the history of humankind, and the study of works of art and the lives of artists illuminates much about our shared past.

A woman looks at a painting of two figures inside an upturned umbrella as they ride a gold cloud into a mountain

Biography of Remedios Varo, Spanish Surrealist Artist

Biography of Yayoi Kusama, Japanese Artist

Biography of Rosa Bonheur, French Artist

gustave caillebotte paris street rainy day

Biography of Gustave Caillebotte, French Impressionist Painter

carl andre

Biography of Carl Andre, Minimalist American Sculptor

clyfford still untitled 1960

Biography of Clyfford Still, Abstract Expressionist Painter

American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986) stands at an easel outdoors, adjusting a canvas from her 'Pelvis Series- Red With Yellow,' Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1960

Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, Modernist American Artist

john constable stratford mill

Biography of John Constable, British Landscape Painter

pierre bonnard evening in paris

Biography of Pierre Bonnard, French Post-Impressionist Painter

giorgio de chirico

Biography of Giorgio de Chirico, Italian Pioneer of Surrealist Art

Sotheby's Old Master's Press View

Biography of George Stubbs, English Painter

thomas hart benton

Biography of Thomas Hart Benton, Painter of American Life

robert delaunay relief

Biography of Robert Delaunay, French Abstract Painter

milton avery seaside

Biography of Milton Avery, American Modernist Painter

Alma Thomas, Elysian Fields

Biography of Alma Thomas, American Painter of Joyful Abstraction

Kathe Kollwitz

Biography of Kathe Kollwitz, German Printmaker

Robert Henri

Robert Henri, American Realist Painter of the Ashcan School

frederic edwin church el rio de luz

Biography of Frederic Edwin Church, American Landscape Painter

Hilma Af Klint Exhibition At Serpentine Gallery

Life and Work of Hilma af Klint, Western Art's First Abstractionist

Alice Neel

Biography of Alice Neel, Painter of Expressionist Portraits

kazimir malevich house in a garden

Biography of Kazimir Malevich, Russian Abstract Art Pioneer

Childe Hassam the water garden

Biography of Childe Hassam, American Impressionist Painter

Constantin Brancusi

Biography of Constantin Brancusi, Romanian Modernist Sculptor

Marsden Hartley

Biography of Marsden Hartley, Modernist American Painter and Writer

The Virgin and Christ surrounded by Angels, 12th century

Stained Glass Windows: Medieval Art Form and Religious Meditation

The Mont Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cezanne

Biography of Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist

botticelli self-portrait detail adoration of the magi

Biography of Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus Painter

The Louvre Museum and glass pyramids at night

Louvre Museum: History and Most Important Masterpieces

aaron douglas

Aaron Douglas, Harlem Renaissance Painter

grant wood

Grant Wood, American Gothic Painter

juan gris still life with a guitar

Juan Gris, Spanish Cubist Painter

Photo of Henri Rousseau

Biography of Henri Rousseau, Self-Taught Post-Impressionist

Thomas Cole's Scene from 'The Last of the Mohicans,' Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund

Thomas Cole, Painter of Majestic American Landscapes

dan flavin untitled

Dan Flavin, Fluorescent Light Sculpture Artist

ad reinhardt

Ad Reinhardt, American Abstract Expressionist Painter

laszlo moholy-nagy

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 20th-Century Design Pioneer

turner snow storm hannibal crossing the alps

William Turner, English Romantic Landscape Painter

albert sisley regatta at molesey

Alfred Sisley, French Impressionist Landscape Painter

georges braque

Biography of Georges Braque, Pioneer Cubist Painter

hans hofmann

Biography of Hans Hofmann, Abstract Expressionism Pioneer

Willem de Kooning in studio

Biography of Willem de Kooning, Dutch Abstract Expressionist

Leonora Carrington's Surrealist self-portrait

Life and Work of Leonora Carrington, Activist and Artist

Portrait of artist Charles Sheeler

Biography of Charles Sheeler, Precisionist Painter and Photographer

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at work

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Artist of Bohemian Paris

Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura), Artemisia Gentileschi.

Biography of Artemisia Gentileschi

Photograph of Florine Stettheimer, artist unknown. 1910.

Life and Work of Florine Stettheimer, Painter of the Jazz Age

Image from Spero's War Series

Life and Work of Nancy Spero, Feminist Printmaker

Maud Lewis painting in her home in Nova Scotia

The Life and Work of Maud Lewis, Canadian Folk Artist

Life and Work of Lee Krasner, Pioneering Abstract Expressionist

A woman stands in front of a painting by Cy Twombly

Biography of Cy Twombly, Romantic Symbolist Artist

Da Vinci Mona Lisa

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

'Gerhard Richter. Abstraktion' Press Conference & Exhibition Preview In Potsdam

Life and Work of Gerhard Richter, Abstract and Photorealistic Artist

Francesco Clemente

Biography of Francesco Clemente, Italian Neo-Expressionist Painter

Sol Lewitt creating wall drawing at MOMA (1978)

Biography of Sol LeWitt, Conceptual and Minimalist Artist

Biography of Egon Schiele, Austrian Expressionist Painter

The Life and Art of Jenny Holzer, Artist of Text-Based Truisms

Amedeo Modigliani

Biography of Amedeo Modigliani, Italian Modernist Artist

Photograph of Eva Hesse, ca. 1959.

Life and Work of Eva Hesse, Pioneer of Postmodern Sculpture

alphonse mucha

Biography of Alphonse Mucha, Czech Art Nouveau Poster Artist

kerry james marshall

Kerry James Marshall, Artist of the Black Experience

Painter Joan Mitchell in a Field

Joan Mitchell, New York School Painter and Colorist

Photograph of Anni Albers card weaving at Black Mountain College.

Life and Work of Anni Albers, Master of Modernist Weaving

Frank Stella painting at Art Basel Hong Kong

Biography of Frank Stella, Painter and Sculptor

Cindy Sherman in 2014

Life and Art of Cindy Sherman, Feminist Photographer

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