Duccio di Buoninsegna, a crucial figure in the transition from Byzantine to Gothic art, was born circa 1255 in Siena, Italy. Whilst details of his early life remain obscure, it is generally accepted that he received his artistic...

Peter Paul Rubens, born on 28 June 1577 in Siegen, Germany, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Baroque art. His family moved to Antwerp during his childhood, where he would later establish himself as a...

Francisco de Goya, a prominent figure in Spanish art, is widely considered a pivotal artist bridging the gap between the Old Masters and modern artistic movements. Born on 30 March 1746 in Fuendetodos, a small village in Aragon,...

Fernand Khnopff was a Belgian symbolist painter, renowned for his enigmatic and dreamlike works. Born in 1858 in Grembergen, Belgium, Khnopff was a prominent figure in the symbolist movement, which aimed to convey emotions and...

Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch post-impressionist painter, is amongst the most celebrated and influential artists in the history of Western art. Born in 1853, van Gogh’s artistic career was relatively brief, spanning only about...

Franz Kline was an American painter born in 1910 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is renowned for his abstract expressionist paintings, characterised by bold, black and white brushstrokes. Kline initially studied art at Boston...