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Paula Rego often depicts the human figure predominately from life, but packs in unsettling, complex, and typically sexually charged undertones.
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The seventeenth-century Dutch artist is among the premier master painters in Western civilization. Rembrandt's art was characterized by his sweeping Biblical narratives, stunning attention to detail, and masterful use of chiaroscuro, the painterly application of light and shadow.
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Regarded as one of the foremost masters of Dutch painting, Vermeer specialized in domestic interior scenes with balanced compositions, soft-focus elements, and luminous effects.
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Below are biographies and analysis of the work of the artists central to the Neoclassicism movement. Read more about the movement on the Neoclassicism Overview page.
YOUR SELECTIONS: Swiss Painter and Printmaker
Movements and Styles: Romanticism, Symbolism
Born: October 16, 1827 - Basel, Switzerland
Died: January 16, 1901 - Fiesole, Italy
Arnold Bocklin was a Symbolist and Romantic Swiss painter whose mythological and fantastical figures are often combined with bizarre subject-matter.
French Painter
Movements and Styles: Neoclassicism, Naturalism
Born: November 30, 1825 - La Rochelle, France
Died: August 19, 1905 - La Rochelle, France
Bouguereau was a French Academic painter that epitomized the Neoclassical tradition in his idealized bodies and setting. His work was later derided by the Impressionists, who found oldfashined his artistic style and his continued instistance on the Neoclassical approach to art.
French Painter
Movements and Styles: Neoclassicism, Romanticism, The Barbizon School, Realism, Naturalism
Born: July 17, 1796 - Paris, France
Died: February 22, 1875 - Paris, France
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a nineteenth-century French painter and printmaker best known for his landscape paintings executed outside in the open air. He was highly influential to many of the French Impressionists.
French Painter
Movement: Neoclassicism
Born: August 30, 1748 - Paris, France
Died: December 29, 1825 - Brussels, Belgium
Jacques Louis David was a French neoclassical artist who is best known for his historical, iconic paintings include 'The Oath of the Horatii,' 'The Death of Marat' and 'The Coronation of Napoleon.' Beyond tremendous talent and influence, David proved adept at working with multiple political regimes during the turbulent years of the French Revolution.
French Painter
Movement: Neoclassicism
Born: August 29, 1780 - Montauban, France
Died: January 14, 1867 - Paris, France
Ingres was one of the last painters of the French Neoclassist tradition, whose charismatic portraits opened the path to the more passionate and modern Romantic movement.
British Painter and Sculptor
Movements and Styles: Aesthetic Art, Neoclassicism
Born: December 3, 1830 - Scarborough, England
Died: January 25, 1896 - London, England
Lord Frederic Leighton was a leading figure in Victorian art and the President of the Royal Academy for almost two decades. His works depicted historical, biblical and classical subject matter.
French Painter, Portraitist
Movements and Styles: Rococo, Neoclassicism
Born: April 16, 1755 - Paris, France
Died: March 30, 1842 - Paris, France
The portraits by Vigée Le Brun were highly regarded and even Marie Antoinette was a sitter with some portraits scandalous while others more royal.
