Alexandre Cabanel, Fallen Angel 1847. Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter and teacher. A great number of famous French painters graduated under his wing.

Antoine Caron, The Massacre of the Triumvirate c. 1560-1570. Antoine Caron was a French painter, book illustrator and  master glassmaker. He belonged to a group of masters called the  School of Fontainbleau, which included sculptors, jewelers, architects and painters. Not many of his works have survived; they  are in the Louvre, the…

Mykhaylo Berkos, Iskriya Island 1899. Mykhaylo Andriyovych Berkos was a Ukrainian landscape painter of Greek origin, born in Odesa. Almost all of Berkos' paintings, which were kept in his house, were burned by his wife after his death.

Evelyn de Morgan, Earthbound 1897. Evelyn de Morgan (née Evelyn Pickering) was an English painter,  a follower of the Pre-Raphaelites . She studied with her uncle, who was a painter, in Florence. Her style was influenced by Renaissance painters, particularly Botticelli . In October 1991, 16 of her paintings burned in a fire at the B…

Francois de Nome, St. Paul Preaching to the Athenians c. 1620-1624. Francois de Nome was a French painter who worked under the  collective pseudonym of Monsu Desiderio.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, A Competition Among Powerful Magicians 1869. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (also named Taiso Yoshitoshi) was a Japanese  printmaker, recognized as the last great master of ukiyo-e. He is  known as the first Japanese illustrator of Alexander Pushkin's  The Captain's Daughter.

Alice Pike Barney, Ophelia c. 1909. Alice Pike Barney was an American portrait painter from Los Angeles. Alice Pike Barney, Easter Lilies. Alice Pike Barney, Lucifer (Natalie Clifford Barney) 1902. Alice Pike Barney, Blond Man. Alice Pike Barney, The Necklace 1898. Alice Pike Barney, Ballerine 1896. Alice Pike Barney, Medusa (Laura …

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Santa Maria Magdalena. Giuseppe Maria Crespi, nicknamed The Spaniard, was an  Italian Baroque painter and printmaker, one of the traditional  great Old Masters of the period. He painted in different styles and genres, mainly mythological and religious scenes, the life of  peasants, as well as portraits.

Franz von Stuck, Self-Portrait 1899. Franz von Stuck was a German painter, sculptor, and architect.  Inspired by the work of Arnold Böcklin , Stuck painted mainly on  the theme of ancient mythology. He paid great attention to the frames for his paintings and  designed them himself.

Emily Carr, First Nations War Canoes in Alert Bay 1912. Emily Carr was a Canadian painter and writer. She painted pictures  based on Canadian Indian culture, then switched to landscapes and  nature views of her native country for which she received wider recognition. One of the main art schools in Vancouver is named after her.

John Sloan, Six O'Clock, Winter 1912. John French Sloan was an American impressionist painter  whose main theme his painting was the everyday life of the  metropolis. He began his career as an illustrator and cartoonist  for a magazine in his home state, studying at the Pennsylvania  Academy of Fine Arts at the same time. Influe…

Thomas Moran, Yellowstone Lake 1875. Thomas Moran was a British-born American painter, the younger  brother of the famous marine painter Edward Moran. He was a  representative of the Hudson River School and painted a great  number of Wild West landscapes during his career.

Giovanni Segantini, High Noon in the Alps 1892. Giovanni Segantini was an Italian painter who painted mostly  landscapes with peasants and shepherds in pointillist technique.

Maxfield Parrish, Jason and His Teacher 1909. Maxfield Parrish (born Frederick Parrish) was an American  painter and illustrator whose career spanned over half a  century. As an illustrator, Parrish collaborated with many  magazines, including Life, Collier's Weekly, and Hearst's, as  well as drawing posters and illustration…

Robert Frederick Blum, The Ameya 1893. Robert Frederick Blum was an American painter and illustrator.  For many years he was interested in Japan and its art, and in 1890  he visited it and spent three years there.

Ernst Stuckelberg, The Blissful 1888. Ernst Stückelberg (baptismal name Johann Melchior Ernst  Stickelberger) was a Swiss painter, he painted mainly portraits and  country scenes. Officially taking the surname Stückelberg in 1881.

Paul Gauguin, Nirvana, Portrait of Meyer de Haan c. 1889. Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, graphic artist,  and ceramic sculptor who was a major representative of Post- Impressionism. Gauguin's works were not in demand during his  lifetime, the  artist was poor, and he became famous after his  death, in 1906,   th…

Jakub Schikaneder, All Souls' Day 1888. Jakub Schikaneder was a Czech painter. The main theme of his  paintings was the life of poor, simple or old people. His  paintings are imbued with melancholy, gloomy and  depressive moods, at times giving a sense of peace.

Edwin Austin Abbey, Who Is Sylvia? What Is She That All the  Swains Commend Her? 1896-1899. Edwin Austin Abbey was an American painter and illustrator  who painted  historical paintings, murals, and book illustrations. From 1878 he lived in Great Britain, where he was knighted.

Johann Zoffany, Tribuna of the Uffizi 1772-1777. Johann Zoffany was a German neoclassical painter who worked  most  of his life in England.

Takahashi Shotei, White Cat 1924. Takahashi Shotei (born Takahashi Hiroaki) was a Japanese  woodblock artist, representative of the Shin-hanga art movement. Shotei received his pseudonym from his uncle, Matsumoto Fuko, under whose tutelage he studied. His works are in the collections of many museums around the world, including the B…

Leon Cogniet, Massacre of the Innocents 1824. Leon Cogniet was a French history and portrait painter. He is  probably best remembered as a teacher, with more than one  hundred notable students.

Pieter Claesz, Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill 1628. Pieter Claesz was a Dutch painter and master of still life. The father  of the landscape painter Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem.

Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Old Apple Trees 1903. Ferdynand Ruszczyc was a Polish painter and engraver who was  born in  the village of Bohdanow, in Belarus. He was a student of the famous landscape painter Arkhip Kuindzhi .