Year of birth: 1600 Date of death: November 23, 1682 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Dresden Gallery Prado Museum Louvre Pushkin Hermitage Museum Biography: Claude Lorrain was born in 1600 in the Duchy of Lorraine to a family of peasants. The future master of classical landscapes first became familiar with drawing thanks to … Read more

Year of birth: January 19, 1839 Date of death: October 22, 1906 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Metropolitan Museum Hermitage Museum d’Orsay Museum of Modern Art (New York) Biography: Paul Cézanne was born on January 19, 1839 in the ancient French town of Aix-en-Provence. The only son … Read more

Year of birth: January 23, 1832 Date of death: April 30, 1883 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Museum d’Orsay Pinakothek, Munich Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art (Washington) Biography: One of the most outstanding painters of France, Edouard Manet was born in 1832. The artist’s father held a rather … Read more

Year of birth: August 29, 1780 Date of death: January 14, 1867 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Louvre Hermitage Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Metropolitan Museum d’Orsay Biography: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was born on August 29, 1780 in Montauban near Toulouse. His father, as a sculptor and painter, instilled in the … Read more

Year of birth: June 15, 1594 Date of death: November 19, 1665 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Dresden Gallery Prado Museum Hermitage National Gallery (London) National Gallery of Art (Washington) Biography: Nicolas Poussin was born in 1594 in the Norman town of Les Andelies. Already in his youth he received a good general … Read more

Year of birth: November 14, 1840 Date of death: December 5, 1926 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts Metropolitan Museum Hermitage Museum d’Orsay Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Biography: Claude Monet was the artist who not only became one of the founders of Impressionism, but also gave the name to … Read more

Year of birth: July 16, 1723 Date of death: February 23, 1792 Country: England The artist’s work is located: Biography: Sir Joshua Reynolds was a famous English painter and portraitist. He was born in 1723, on July 16, in the county of Plympton, in the family of a parson. The boy at an early age … Read more

Year of birth: May 14, 1727 Date of death: August 2, 1788 Country: England The artist’s work is located: Biography: Thomas Gainsborough was a famous English portrait painter of the 18th century. The artist was born in 1727 into an English family with many children. The boy’s talent for painting began to show in early … Read more

Year of birth: August 5, 1844 Date of death: September 29, 1930 Country: Russia Locations of the artist’s works: Russian Museum Tretyakov Gallery Biography: ?. ?. Repin was born in the town of Chuguev, located in Kharkov Province, in 1844. At that time, no one could even think that this ordinary boy from a poor … Read more

Year of birth: May 27, 1837 Date of death: March 24, 1887 Country: Russia Locations of the artist’s works: Russian Museum Hermitage Tretyakov Gallery Biography: Kramskoy Ivan Nikolaevich (years of life – 1837-1887) is known today as a talented portrait painter and historical painter. His hometown is Ostrogozhsk of Voronezh Province. It was there, in … Read more

Year of birth: March 7, 1878 Date of death: May 28, 1927 Country: Russia Locations of the artist’s works: Russian Museum Tretyakov Gallery Biography: The artistic talent of Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev, the world-renowned representative of Russian painting of the last century, gave us a nostalgic world, sunny and joyful, emphasizing with bright colors the feeling … Read more

Year of birth: April 19, 1834 Date of death: December 30, 1911 Country: Russia Locations of the artist’s works: Russian Museum Tretyakov Gallery Biography: Grigory Grigoryevich Myasoedov was born on April 7 (O.S. 19), 1834 in the village of Pankovo, Tula province (now Novoderevenkovsky district of Orel region), in the family of a petty nobleman. … Read more

Year of birth: July 10, 1888 Date of death: November 20, 1978 Country: Italy Locations of the artist’s works: Museum of Modern Art (New York) Biography: In Greece de Chirico receives a classical art education, in Munich he makes discoveries that help him develop his own style. De Chirico’s metaphysical painting has its origins in … Read more

Year of birth: July 10, 1830 Date of death: November 13, 1903 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Museum d’Orsay Louvre National Gallery (London) Biography: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was the oldest of the Impressionists. He was born into a family of a hardware dealer in a port town … Read more

Year of birth: July 19, 1834 Date of death: September 27, 1917 Country: France Locations of the artist’s works: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Pushkin Hermitage Museum d’Orsay National Gallery of Art (Washington) Biography: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was perhaps the most classic of the Impressionists. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under one of … Read more

Year of birth: March 30, 1746 Date of death: April 16, 1828 Country: Spain Locations of the artist’s works: Prado Gallery Uffizi Hermitage Museum Louvre National Gallery of Art (Washington) Biography: The famous painter Francisco de Goya was born on March 30, 1746 in Fuendetodos, Spain. He began his explorations of art as a teenager … Read more