William-Adolphe Bouguereau,  Innocence 1893. William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a  French painter who used mythological  and religious themes in his paintings,  reproducing the appearance of his  models with photographic precision.  Bouguereau painted 822 famous  completed paintings, the whereabouts  of many of them still unknown.

Gerard Dou, A Still Life Piece with Armour 1675. Gerard Dou (also known as Gerrit Dou) was a Dutch painter who  belonged to the circle of artists who painted small, elaborate paintings. He studied with Rembrandt from 1628 to 1631.

Peter Paul Rubens, Self-Portrait 1638. Peter Paul Rubens was a Dutch (Flemish) painter, diplomat,  and one of the founders of Baroque art. Rubens' artistic legacy includes about 3,000 paintings.

Giovanni Piranesi, Appian Way 1756. Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian architect, archaeologist and  publisher of prints depicting his own fantasy world of architecture. His drawings were not feasible in reality due to technical difficulties, so  despite the huge number of drawings he constructed few buildings, which is  why …

Knud Bergslien, Wounded Hunter 1861. Knud Bergslien was a Norwegian painter and art teacher. At the age  of 18 he  enlisted in the army as a soldier because he needed the means  to teach drawing.

Frederic Church, The Meteor of 1860. Frederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter and a  prominent member of the Hudson River School , which included its  student Albert Bierstadt and its founder Thomas Cole .

Vasily Vereshchagin, The Apotheosis of War 1871. Vasily Vereshchagin was a Russian battlefield painter who became  famous around the world for his depiction of the horrors of war.

Mykola Yaroshenko, Mount Elbrus in the Clouds 1894. Mykola Yaroshenko was a Ukrainian painter, military engineer  and artillery officer.

George Stubbs, Hound Coursing a Stag c. 1762. George Stubbs was a biologist scientist and one of Europe's leading  animal painters.

Francesco Hayez, Jacopo Foscari's Last Meeting with His Family 1852-1854.

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks 1942. Edward Hopper was an American painter and printmaker who for a long time  could not succeed with critics and the public. After much experimentation,  the main theme of his art, which brought him success, was the image of  everyday life, the loneliness of man in the world and society. His most famous p…

Jean-Leon Gerome, Diogenes 1860.

Benjamin West, The Cave of Despair 1772.