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Updated October 2026 Benjamin West (1738–1820) was an American-born painter who built his career in London, won the favour of King George III and became the second president of the Royal Academy. He is best known for  The Death of General Wolfe , a history painting that dressed its heroes in moder…

I have always loved American Impressionist Paintings . And this time I would be sharing Paintings of one of the very famous American Impressionist Painter of all times and his name is Guy Rose ! He was born in 1867 and died in 1925. He was known be one of the topmost impressionist painters of the…

Today’s art works and paintings are of Charles Chaplin who was a French academic painter and engraver. He was born in 1825 and lived on this planet till 1891. He was half British and half French, in the year 1886, he became a naturalized Frenchman, and however he worked in France all his life. From…

Every art lover who hails from India knows about Raja Ravi Varma and I am no exception. He is not only famous in India but also all around the globe. He was an 18 the Century Indian Traditional painter from the princely state of Travancore which is presently in Kerala. He was born in April …

Carl Heinrich Bloch was a Danish painter who was born in Copenhagen in 1834 and lived till 1890. Some of his earlier works consisted of day to day life. He later produced scenes from the life of Christ which became very popular between 1865-1879. Originals are still at Frederiksborg Palace.

Contents Edvard Munch(1863- 1944) Self Portrait Edvard Munch(12 December 1863-23 January 1944) was a Norwegian artist and painter. The Scream is one of his major most iconic image and painting. It is considered as one of the most famous and known paintings of all the time. Li…

Richard E. Miller was also known as Richard Emil Miller, Richard Emile Miller and Richard Edward Miller. He was born in 1875 and died in 1943. He was born in America and grew up in St. Luis, he studied in Paris and later got settled in Giverny. Later when he returned to America, he settled for some…

Ramon Casas i Carbó (1866-1932) was a Spanish Artist. He is well known for his crowded scene paintings, portraits and sketching. He lived though a turbulent time in the history of Barcelona.

Contents   Georges Seurat About Georges Seurat also known as Georges-Pierre Seurat was born on 2 December 1859 and was a French Post-Impressionist painter and was also a draftsman. He is a very well-known figure in the sphere of painting. He is very well noted for his i…

Nicolai Fechin was born in Russia in 1881. He was known to be a Russian-born American Painter who was a famous portrait artist and was also famous for his various works which were centered on Native Americans. He graduated with high marks from the imperial Academy of Arts and travelled throughout …

Charles Courtney was an American Impressionist painter and was born in 1861 and later in 1881 moved to place called Sandusky, Ohio. He studied for one year at design school in Cincinnati named Cincinnati School of Design and afterwards, started a promising and brilliant career and got himself enro…

Thomas Sully was an American artist who was born in 1783 and died in 1872. Here are some of his paintings which will surely mesmerize you and take you back to the old days of 18th century :)

Theodore Gerard was a Belgian Painter and was born in 1829 and he died in 1895. He was a painter and an engraver of genre scenes. He was a painter who got most of his inspiration from the Low Countries. In the year 1863, Gerard studied at the Ghent Academy and later moved to Brussels. He tra…

Pierre Auguste was born in France and was very much in love with female figures and loved to paint and draw female figures. Thus most of his art subjects ended up as female. Many times his art subject i.e. the woman was used to be his friend, relative or his lover.

Leon Kroll was born in 1884 and was and American painter and lithographer who was a well known artist of his time. Life Magazine described him as "the dean of U.S. nude painters ". Leon Kroll was born into a musical family on lower Second Avenue in New York City, Kroll's father was a …

Gustave Jean Jacquet was an academic classical painting artist (1846-1909), he was born in 1846 on 25the May in Paris. He was known as a pupil of Bouguereau and he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1865 and exhibited under “The Reverie”, this exhibition showed that he was very much similar to his …

I wish I could draw wonderful portrait paintings just like old masters but nevertheless I keep myself happy by sharing wonderful art works/portrait paintings etc at this fine art blog..hehe..Now this time I am going to share very famous oil painting portraits from 18 th century.

Mona Lisa Also see:  Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most famous and in fact most known painter of the world. He is the creator of one the most famous portrait of the world. Yes you guessed it right-that portrait’s name is “Mona Lisa”. Apart from this master piece he has created many famo…

Jean Hilaire Belloc was born on 27 November 1786 and was a French Painter . In the starting of his career as an artist he was a student in the studio of Antoine Gros and later he became the student of Jean-Baptise Regnault . He worked as a professor of drawing at the I’Ecole-de-Medecine. In…

Pieter de Hooch was born in 1629 and lived till 1684. He was a Dutch artist and was very famous for his genre paintings that shows daily life scenes of people. He was one of the contemporary for Johanas Vermeer and his works resembles his works in terms of styling and themes. Check out some…