Category: Artist introductions

Thomas Jefferson was born on 13 April 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia, to a prominent family of...

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564. He was the third of eight...

Jean-Antoine Watteau was born on 10 October 1684 in Valenciennes, a town in northern France. The...

Johannes Vermeer, one of the most celebrated Dutch painters of the 17th century, was born in...

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, widely regarded as one of the most influential artists in history,...

Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. He was the eldest of six...

Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi in Milan, Italy, in 1571, was the son of Fermo Merisi, a...

Titian, born Tiziano Vecellio, entered the world in Pieve di Cadore, a small town in the Republic...

Raphael, whose full name was Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, was born on 6 April 1483 in Urbino,...

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly referred to as Michelangelo, was born on 6...

Leonardo da Vinci, born on 15 April 1452 in Vinci, Italy, was the illegitimate son of a notary and...