Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1573-1610, Italian

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1518-1594, Italian

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1859-1923, French.Steinlen was a prolific magazine illustrator who also used his work to highlight social inequities.The Chat Noir poster illustration above is perhaps the one for which Steinlen is best known, and just one of his many cat paintings, drawings and sculptures.

Hans Holbein (the Younger), 1497-1543, German

Alphonse Mucha, 1860-1939, Czech

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903, American

Alfred Sisley, 1839-1899, British

Edouard Manet, 1832-1883, French.Not to be confused with Monet, Edouard Manet was an early Impressionist who had previously produced more realist works such as Olympia.Manet's work is principally done from life, often showing Paris street scenes. He was inspired by and close to the Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot.

Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, 1401-1428, Italian

Amadeo Modigliani, 1884-1920, Italian

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780-1867, French

Fra Filippo Lippi, 1406-1469, Italian

Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863, French

Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528, German

Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788, British

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792, British

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768, Italian

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1796-1875, French

I carved a picture of the moon into a table top. It created an interesting TEXTURE.

This could be the hind leg of a horse or donkey kicking a stable door.

Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch

Johannes Jan Vermeer, 1632-1675, Dutch.

One of the great Dutch artists, Vermeer is today possibly best known for his portrait of a young woman which became the subject of the novel and movie "Girl With a Pearl Earring". This was typical of the domestic scenes that are featured in his work.

He is noted for his use of perspective and tonal contrast (chiaroscuro) which enabled him to achieve a level of realism that was groundbreaking.

Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640, Dutch