John William Godward | Classicist painter

John William Godward (1861-1922) was a painter from England. He lived from 1861 to 1922.

He is best known for his numerous paintings of lovely young women in classical settings.

Godward was one of the premier painters of the late Pre-Raphaelite/Neo-Classicist era, an era of painting which ended in the early Twentieth Century when the more modern styles of artists like Pablo Picasso became the focus of the art world.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir | The Models

Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved women.

Most of his subjects were female, often women who were relatives, friends and lovers. Even his son was frequently dressed up as a little girl, appearing in a lovable and innocent manner in his paintings.

Paul Gustave Fischer | Copenhagen's painter

Paul Gustav Fischer (1860-1934) was an Danish painter.

His formal art education lasted only a short time in his mid teens when he spent two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen.

Fischer began to paint when he was still young, guided by his father.

It was thanks to a painting he had published in Ude og Hjemme that his reputation began to evolve as he came in contact with young Danish naturalists.

Karl Brjullov | The Last Day of Pompeii, 1830-33

The Last Day of Pompeii is a large canvas painting by Russian artist Karl Brjullov in 1830-33.

Brjullov visited the site of Pompeii in 1828, making numerous sketches depicting the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption.

Jan van Eyck (1395-1441) | Renaissance painter

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter🎨 active in Bruges. He is one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.

The surviving records of his early life indicate that he was born around 1380-1390, most likely in Maaseik (then Maaseyck, hence his name), in present-day Belgium.