Delacroix was an unsurpassed colorist. His work had a strong influence on the Impressionists. In his canvases, Delacroix captured the life of an era marked i...

The Autumn Salon of 1905 brought him fame, like other fauves. During Derain's lifetime, his work was better known abroad than in France.

The son of a glazier from Marseille, Daumier was a staunch democrat all his life. “You have to be a man of your time,” said the artist.

Dufy began his career as an impressionist. At the end of his life he was seriously ill and had difficulty holding his brush in his hand.

He transferred the traditions of the Renaissance to the German post office, becoming the “father” of the Northern Renaissance - a special era that gave the w...

The Gospel of Giotto features living people.

Everything Ge did, he did with passion. “Nothing alien has ever broken him or turned him aside,” V.V. Stasov wrote about him.

Gainsborough's works anticipated the romantic movement in painting. The artist’s skill was recognized even by his rivals, of whom Joshua Reynolds was the mos...

Father Ghirlandaio was a famous jeweler throughout Florence. According to the memoirs of his contemporaries, the artist was distinguished by excellent hard w...

He is called the Erasmus of German painting. His personal life remained a secret.

Gericault’s work was greatly influenced by his tragic love for his uncle’s wife. The last years of his life were marked by illness and poverty.

Memling was destined to complete an entire era of Dutch painting. He became the predecessor of Bosch and Bruegel.