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Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) -

Renoir: French painter and leading light in the development of the Impressionist style.

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Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) -

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, and one of the most famous artists ever. This painting is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) -

Rubens was a Flemish artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. This painting is part of the Royal Collection, the art collection of the British Royal Family.

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Rembrandt (1606–1669) -

Rembrandt was a Dutch draughtsman, painter, and printmaker. This painting hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) -

Gauguin is a world-renowned French Post-Impressionist painter. This painting hangs in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

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Francisco Goya (1746–1828) -

Francisco Goya was a Spanish romantic painter noted for his portraiture. This painting hangs in the Museu de la Real Academia de San Fernando in Madrid.

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Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) -

Anthony van Dyck was a famed Flemish Baroque artist. 

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Edgar Degas (1834–1917) -

Degas was a French artist and one of the founders of Impressionism. This painting is on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) -

Leonardo da Vinci: the Italian polymath of the Renaissance. This probable self-portrait dates back to c. 1512–1515.

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Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) -

The Mexican artist's works were inspired by the nature and artifacts of her home country. This painting hangs in the Latin American Art Museum in Buenos Aires.

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Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) -

Another famed French Post-Impressionist painter. This painting hangs in the National Gallery in London.

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Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) -

Dürer was a painter and theorist of the German Renaissance. This painting is on display at the Louvre in Paris.

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John Constable (1776–1837) -

Constable was an English landscape painter in the naturalistic tradition. This pencil on paper is on display at the Tate Gallery in London.

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Egon Schiele (1890–1918) -

Schiele was an Austrian painter and a major figurative artist. This painting dates back to 1910.

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El Greco (1541–1614) -

"The Greek" was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. 

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Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) -

Stuart was an American painter and one of the country's foremost portraitists. This painting hangs in the Redwood Library and Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967) -

Serebriakova was a Russian (later French) painter. This painting hangs in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

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Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) -

Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter and the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. This painting is on display at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia, Spain.

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Raphael (1483–1520) -

Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance period. This painting is on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

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Jan van Eyck (c. 1390–1441) -

Jan van Eyck was a founder of early Netherlandish painting and a noted representative of Early Northern Renaissance Art. This painting hangs in the National Gallery in London.

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Édouard Manet (1832–1883) -

The French modernist painter was an important figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. 

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Botticelli (c. 1445–1510) -

Probable self-portrait of the Italian artist in his 'Adoration of the Magi.' This painting is on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. 

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Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) -

Henri Rousseau was another great French Post-Impressionist painter. This painting is on display at the National Gallery in Prague.

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Titian (c. 1488/1499–1576) -

Titian was an Italian painter of the 16th-century Venetian school. This painting hangs in the Museu del Prado in Madrid.

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Catharina van Hemessen (1528–c.1565) -

Catharina van Hemessen was a Flemish Renaissance painter (and the earliest known female Flemish painter). This self-portrait dates back to 1548.

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Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) -

Delacroix was a French painter and a leader of the French Romantic School. This painting dates back to 1837.

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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) -

The American artist was active during the country's late 19th-century Gilded Age. This painting is on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) -

The English painter specialized in portraits. He was the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and this painting was actually presented to the Royal Academy.

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) -

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French painter, printmaker, and caricaturist of the Post-Impressionist period. This painting dates back to 1882–1883.

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Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916) -

Boccioni was an Italian painter, sculptor, and a principal figure in the Futurism movement. This painting dates back to 1906.

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