Paintings

Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French artist who is most famous as a founder and a leading artist of the art movement Impressionism. Monet began his artistic career as a caricaturist. In fact, he used to sell his caricatures to support himself initially. Moreover, his portrait The Woman in … Read more

Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French artist who was a leading member of the art movement Impressionism and who is now regarded as one of the greatest artists in the history of western art. A founder of the movement, Monet remained dedicated to Impressionism through his long career. The … Read more

Oscar-Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French artist who is among the most revered figures in the history of western art. Monet may be considered foremost a landscape painter who created some of the most famous works in the genre including the Water Lilies series, the Poplar series and Morning … Read more

Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a French painter who is widely regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. He was one of the founders of Impressionism and he remained faithful to the movement throughout his long career. While in his teens, Monet was influenced by the French … Read more

Active during the second half of 19th century and early 20th century, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919) was a prolific French artist who was a pioneer as well as a leading painter of the art movement Impressionism. Along with Claude Monet, he developed several artistic techniques which became associated with the … Read more

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (December 16, 1866 – December 13, 1944) was a Russian artist who is most famous for being a pioneer of abstract art and for painting some of the earliest works in the genre including what is known as the First Abstract Watercolor. Kandinsky began his artistic career around the beginning of the … Read more

Pop Art was an art movement that dominated the art world in the mid 20th century. Considered the last prominent modern art movement, Pop Art appreciates popular culture as opposed to elitist culture. It is characterized by bright colors and use of recognizable imagery from popular culture like advertisements, celebrities, mundane cultural objects and comic … Read more

Women have been a favorite topic of artists through the ages. In ancient art, women were often depicted as goddesses and mythological characters. The fifteenth century saw the emergence of idealized portraits of women with elaborate dresses. These paintings were often commissioned by rich families who wanted to showcase their affluence and power. However, the … Read more

Before the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Mexico came under a region now known as Mesoamerica. Mesoamerican art was strongly based on nature, the surrounding political reality and the gods. After the Spanish conquest, art in Mexico was primarily used as a mean to propagate Christianity. However, after Mexico won its independence from Spain … Read more

Some of the best known paintings in the world were created during the Renaissance, a cultural movement in Europe that spanned roughly from the 14th century to the 17th century; and was marked by renewed interest in the culture of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans. The most famous Renaissance paintings include The Creation … Read more