Colombian artist, born in 1932 and died in 2023, emblematic painter of contemporary art.

Italian painter born in 1445 and died in 1510, a major figure of the Renaissance and protégé of the Medici family. The author of one of the most famous works in the world, "The Birth of Venus", he was notably involved in decorating the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

French artist born in 1882 and died in 1963, considered to be the father of Cubism. Initially tempted by Fauvism, he was one of the first thinkers of Cubism, which he expressed in both paintings and sculptures.

French painter born in 1848 and died in 1894, whose works are sometimes part of the Impressionist movement, sometimes part of Realism, and sometimes both. For too long, he was known only as a patron of the Impressionists; it was only at the very end of the twentieth century that the quality of his paintings finally gained international recognition.

French painter and sculptor born in 1819 and died in 1877, leader of pictorial realism. A bulimic artist, he produced over a thousand works, establishing himself as one of the major figures of nineteenth-century art. His work was characterised by a break with Romanticism and academic criteria, which were at the root of all the movements that followed him.

Multidisciplinary artist, scientist, inventor and Tuscan (Italian) philosopher born in 1452 and died in 1519. His talent as a painter earned him recognition from his contemporaries very early in his life, particularly patrons and protectors. The extent of his work in engineering, mathematics, science, architecture and anatomy, among other fields, was discovered much later (in the 19th and 20th centuries). The fact that he had no university training certainly slowed him down somewhat in his research, but above all it spared him the rigidity of an academic approach. Vinci alone embodies the spirit of the Renaissance.

Spanish multidisciplinary artist, born in 1904 and died in 1989, an emblematic figure of Surrealism, Dadaism and - to a lesser extent - Cubism. He is also one of the most famous painters of the 20th century.

French painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist born in 1808 and died in 1879. Best known during his lifetime as a caricaturist, he also produced half a thousand paintings, which led to his posthumous recognition as a major painter of the 19th century.

French painter born in 1798 and died in 1863, figurehead of French Romanticism. Delacroix also painted the walls and ceilings of many French public buildings.

French multidisciplinary artist, born in 1880 and died in 1954, co-founder of fauvism (with Henri Matisse). Alongside his work as a painter, he also created sets and customised costumes for theatre and ballet.

French painter born in 1732 and died in 1806, emblematic figure of the Rococo style, author of a great many works, mainly gallant or frivolous scenes, with a libertine theme.

French painter born in 1848 and died in 1905, a major name in 19th-century painting and the leading figure of the Pont-Aven School.

Dutch painter and engraver born in 1606 and died in 1669, a major figure of the Baroque movement and an undisputed master of the pictorial treatment of light (known as chiaroscuro). Born into a very religious family, Rembrandt changed the way Christ was depicted, making him more humble and more "human".

Japanese painter, engraver and draughtsman born in 1760 and died in 1849. He is one of the great names of the ukiyo-e movement (certainly the best known) and influenced many European artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Claude Monet.

American painter and printmaker born in 1882, died in 1967. Hopper, regarded as one of the most emblematic painters of American realism, was mainly interested in scenes from the everyday life of the American middle class. One subject often recurs in his paintings: nostalgia for a bygone world and the defeat of nature and humanity in the face of the modern world.

Austrian painter born in 1862 and died in 1918, an emblematic figure of Symbolism and the Art Nouveau movement. He caused a scandal on several occasions because some of his paintings were considered too erotic.

Born in 1571 and died in 1610, this Italian painter of the Baroque movement revolutionised the codes of 17th-century painting by adopting an uncompromisingly naturalistic approach that was not devoid of a certain brutality, and by virtuously playing with chiaroscuro.

Belgian painter born in 1898, died in 1967. He is one of the best-known names in surrealism. His style is characterised by great precision but also by characters illustrated in a deliberately neutral manner.

A French painter and art copyist, Marthouret described himself as a "stakhanovist of painting". He painted more than 13,000 pictures, carbon copies of famous paintings of all styles, as well as personal works, most of which are part of the Brute Art movement. He was one of the most gifted forgers of the 20th century. Capable of copying the paintings of great masters and deceiving experts, his art landed him in prison. That page has been turned once and for all: Marthouret has been painting legally for many years, with the status of an art copier. His studio is in Ardèche (France).

French painter born in 1869 and died in 1954, a major figure in twentieth-century painting. A leader of Fauvism and a key painter in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movements, he never ceased to "simplify painting", in the words of Gustave Moreau.

Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani, born in 1884 and died in 1920, was one of the leading figures of Expressionism. His works, with their stretched forms and mask-like blank faces, remain emblematic of the modern art of the period. Ill and alcoholic, he died at the age of 36.

A French painter born in 1840 and died in 1926, Claude Monet was one of the most influential artists - if not the most influential! - of the Impressionist movement, of which he was also one of the founders. His innovative work embodies the transition from tradition to modernity.

Norwegian painter and engraver born in 1863 and died in 1944, one of the great names of Expressionism, of which he was a pioneer. His work focused mainly on painting and tempera on cardboard. Perhaps as a result of his life, which was marked by family tragedies, many of Munch's paintings have anxiety and death as their themes. His contemporaries also found madness in his paintings…

Spanish artist born in 1881 and died in 1973, a figure of surrealism but above all of cubism, of which he was one of the initiators and certainly the most emblematic figure.

French painter born in 1841 and died in 1919, one of the most famous Impressionists in the history of painting. Although his career was winding and his recognition late in coming, Renoir was one of the most prolific painters of his time: we know of around 6,000 paintings by him! Most of his paintings depict scenes of serenity and insouciance.

A French-Belarussian painter born in 1893 and died in 1943, Soutine was a tormented, rather associal artist. Within the Expressionist movement, he developed his own unclassifiable style, with work on thickness, flamboyant or violent colours, deformed figures, apparently in a form of turmoil. The Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s saw Soutine as a precursor of their own movement.

French painter, engraver and draughtsman born in 1864 and died in 1901, whose prolific work is part of the post-impressionist movement. Having frequented many prostitutes, many of his paintings depict female subjects.

An English painter born in 1775 and died in 1851, Turner was a major figure in 18th-century English Romanticism; some see him as the precursor of Impressionism. Turner left his mark on his era through his mastery of the interplay of light.

Dutch artist born in 1853 and died in 1890, emblematic painter of the Impressionist movement.

This Dutch painter, born in 1632 and died in 1675, enjoyed a very limited reputation: more precisely, a reputation limited to the Delft region where he lived. He is known to have produced around twenty works over the course of his career. For this reason, after his death, Vermeer fell into oblivion. It was not until the second half of the nineteenth century that Vermeer's name regained widespread recognition - this time internationally! - thanks to French artists and intellectuals.

American artist born in 1928, died in 1987, one of the most famous and emblematic figures of Pop Art.

American painter born in 1891 and died in 1942, a leading figure in American Regionalism. Initially self-taught and inspired by Impressionism, Grant Wood visited Europe in the 1920s and returned with a wealth of culture that he had gleaned from the museums of the Old Continent. He abandoned Impressionism to devote himself successfully to a regionalist approach.