Meet the artists behind the world’s most famous artworks. Each page below collects every piece we’ve covered by that artist – from Monet’s fleeting light to Klimt’s golden canvases – with historical context and analytical depth.
10 artworksUnknown
Many of art history's greatest treasures have come down to us without a signature - their creators lost…
6 artworksVincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist whose swirling brushwork and blazing colour transformed painting in barely…
5 artworksFrancisco Goya
3 artworksÉdouard Manet
3 artworksJohannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft who left barely three dozen works, each…
2 artworksPierre-Auguste Renoir
2 artworksJeong Seon
2 artworksLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the ultimate Renaissance polymath - painter, scientist, engineer and anatomist in one restless…
2 artworksCaravaggio
2 artworksClaude Monet
Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the founder of French Impressionism, devoted to capturing the changing effects of light throughout…
2 artworksMichelangelo
Michelangelo (1475-1564) was the towering genius of the High Renaissance, equally supreme as sculptor, painter and architect. From…
2 artworksKatsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was the great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, endlessly inventive across a seventy-year career.…
2 artworksEdgar Degas
1 artworkHieronymus Bosch
1 artworkFrédéric Auguste Bartholdi
1 artworkRaphael
1 artworkKitagawa Utamaro
1 artworkAlbrecht Dürer
1 artworkJames McNeill Whistler
1 artworkPiet Mondrian
1 artworkGeorges Seurat
Georges Seurat (1859-1891) was a French Post-Impressionist who invented pointillism, building luminous scenes from countless tiny dots of…
1 artworkCaspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was the leading painter of German Romanticism, whose misty landscapes turn nature into a…
1 artworkDiego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) was the greatest painter of the Spanish Golden Age and court artist to King Philip…
1 artworkGustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was the leading figure of the Vienna Secession and Austrian Art Nouveau, famous for ornamental…
1 artworkRembrandt
Rembrandt (1606-1669) was the supreme master of the Dutch Golden Age, unmatched in his use of light and…
1 artworkEdvard Munch
Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was a Norwegian painter whose haunting images of anxiety and love made him a key…
1 artworkJan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) was the great master of Early Netherlandish painting, whose command of the oil…
1 artworkSandro Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445-1510) was a Florentine master of the Early Renaissance, celebrated for graceful lines and mythological…
1 artworkZhang Zeduan
1 artworkUtagawa Hiroshige
1 artworkIctinus and Callicrates
Ictinus and Callicrates were the ancient Greek architects who designed the Parthenon in Athens in the 5th century…
1 artworkAuguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was a French sculptor widely regarded as the father of modern sculpture, renowned for surfaces…
1 artworkEugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) was the leader of French Romanticism, celebrated for vibrant colour and dramatic, emotionally charged scenes.…
1 artwork