Donatello | Renaissance sculptor

Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, universally known as Donatello, was born in Florence around 1386 and died there in 1466.

The powerful expressivity of his art made him the greatest sculptor of the early Renaissance.

Masterpieces from the first phases of his career include the vigilant marble Saint George, made for the guildhall of Orsanmichele (ca. 1417; Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence); the gilt-bronze Saint Louis of Toulouse at the Church of Santa Croce, Florence (ca. 1422-25); and his bronze relief of the Feast of Herod and statuettes of angels on the baptismal font in the Baptistery of Siena (1425-29).

Vincent Van Gogh | Still life

Vincent Van Gogh [1853-1890] painted several versions of landscapes with flowers, as seen in View of Arles with Irises, and paintings of flowers, including Irises, Sunflowers, lilacs and roses. Some reflect his interests in the language of color, and also in Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

Vincent Van Gogh | Self-portraits

Vincent Van Gogh did not have money to pay models to pose for portraits nor did he have many people commissioning him to do portraits, so Van Gogh painted his own portrait.

He painted over 30 self-portraits between the years 1886-1889.

His collection of self-portraits places him among the most prolific self-portraitists of all time.

Van Gogh used portrait painting as a method of introspection, a method to make money and a method of developing his skills as an artist.

Zoe Mozert | Pin-up illustrator

Zoë Mozert (1907-1993), born Alice Adelaide Moser, was an American illustrator.

She was one of the early 20th Century's most famous pin-up artists and models.

In 1925 Mozert entered the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art where she studied under Thornton Oakley, a former student of Howard Pyle.

Giorgione | High Renaissance painter

Giorgione, also called Giorgio da Castelfranco (born c. 1477/78, Castelfranco Veneto, Republic of Venice, Italy - died before November 7, 1510, Venice), extremely influential Italian painter who was one of the initiators of a High Renaissance style in Venetian art.

His qualities of mood and mystery were epitomized in The Tempest (c. 1505), an evocative pastoral scene, which was among the first of its genre in Venetian painting.