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1. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) – Picasso is to ArtHistory a giant earthquake with eternal aftermaths.With the possible exception of Michelangelo (whofocused his greatest efforts in sculpture andarchitecture), no other artist had such ambitions at

the time of placing his oeuvre in the history of art.Picasso created the avant-garde. Picasso destroyedthe avant-garde. He looked back at the masters andsurpassed them all. He faced the whole history of artand single-handedly redefined the tortuousrelationship between work and spectator 2. GIOTTO DI BONDONE (c.1267-1337) – It hasbeen said that Giotto was the first real painter, likeAdam was the first man. We agree with the firstpart. Giotto continued the Byzantine style ofCimabue and other predecessors, but he earned theright to be included in gold letters in the history ofpainting when he added a quality unknown to date:emotion

Ognissanti Madonna

3. LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) – For betteror for worse, Leonardo will be forever known as theauthor of the most famous painting of all time, the"Gioconda" or "Mona Lisa". But he is more, muchmore. His humanist, almost scientific gaze, enteredthe art of the quattrocento and revoluted it with hissfumetto that nobody was ever able to imitate

Mona Lisa

4. PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906) – "Cezanne is thefather of us all." This famous quote has beenattributed to both Picasso and Matisse, and certainlyit does not matter who actually said it, because in

either case would be appropriate. While he exhibitedwith the Impressionist painters, Cézanne left behindthe whole group and developed a style of paintingnever seen so far, which opened the door for thearrival of Cubism and the rest of the vanguards ofthe twentieth century The Bathers

5. REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (1606-1669) – Thefascinating use of the light and shadows inRembrandt's works seem to reflect his own life,moving from fame to oblivion. Rembrandt is thegreat master of Dutch painting, and, along withVelázquez, the main figure of 17th century EuropeanPainting. He is, in addition, the great master of theself-portrait of all time, an artist who had nevershow mercy at the time of depicting himself

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp6. DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ (1599-1660) – Along withRembrandt, one of the summits of Baroque painting.But unlike the Dutch artist, the Sevillan painterspent most of his life in the comfortable but rigidcourtesan society. Nevertheless, Velázquez was aninnovator, a "painter of atmospheres" two centuriesbefore Turner and the Impressionists, which it isshown in his colossal 'royal paintings' ("Meninas","The Forge of Vulcan"), but also in his small and

Las Meninas

Guernica



memorable sketches of the Villa Medici. 7. WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944) – Althoughthe title of "father of abstraction" has been assignedto several artists, from Picasso to Turner, fewpainters could claim it with as much justice asKandinsky. Many artists have succeeded in paintingemotion, but very few have changed the way we

understand art. Wassily Kandinsky is one of them. On White

8. CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926) – The importanceof Monet in the history of art is sometimes"underrated", as Art lovers tend to see only theoverwhelming beauty that emanates from hiscanvases, ignoring the complex technique andcomposition of the work (a "defect" somehow causedby Monet himself, when he declared that "I do notunderstand why everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary tounderstand, when it is simply necessary to love" ).However, Monet's experiments, including studies onthe changes in an object caused by daylight atdifferent times of the day; and the almost abstractquality of his "water lilies", are clearly a prologue tothe art of the twentieth century. 9. CARAVAGGIO (1571-1610) – The tough andviolent Caravaggio is considered the father ofBaroque painting, with his spectacular use of lightsand shadows. Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro became so

famous that many painters started to copy hispaintings, creating the 'Caravaggisti' style.

10. JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER (1775-1851) – Turner is the best landscape painter of

Western painting. Whereas he had been at hisbeginnings an academic painter, Turner was slowlybut unstoppably evolving towards a free,atmospheric style, sometimes even outlining theabstraction, which was misunderstood and rejectedby the same critics who had admired him fordecades

Fisherman at Sea

11. JAN VAN EYCK (1390-1441) – Van Eyck is thecolossal pillar on which rests the whole Flemishpaintings from later centuries, the genius ofaccuracy, thoroughness and perspective, well aboveany other artist of his time, either Flemish or Italian.

Virgin and Child with Canon van der Pael

12. ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528) – The realLeonardo da Vinci of Northern European Rennaisancewas Albrecht Dürer, a restless and innovativegenious, master of drawing and color. He is one ofthe first artists to represent nature without artifice,either in his painted landscapes or in his drawings ofplants and animals

Marine Near Etretat

Martyrdom of Saint Matthew



Melencolia

13. JACKSON POLLOCK (1912-1956) – The majorfigure of American Abstract Expressionism, Pollockcreated his best works, his famous drips, between1947 and 1950. After those fascinating years,comparable to Picasso’s blue period or van Gogh’sfinal months in Auvers, he abandoned the drip, and

his latest works are often bold, unexciting works. Autumn Rhythm

14. MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564) – Some readers will be quite surprised to see the manwho is, along with Picasso, the greatest artisticgenius of all time, out of the "top ten" of this list, butthe fact is that even Michelangelo defined himself as"sculptor", and even his painted masterpiece (thefrescoes in the Sistine Chapel) are often defined as'painted sculptures'. Nevertheless, that unforgettablemasterpiece is enough to guarantee him a place ofhonor in the history of painting

David

15. PAUL GAUGUIN (1848-1903) – One of themost fascinating figures in the history of painting,

his works moved from Impressionism (soonabandoned) to a colorful and vigorous symbolism, ascan be seen in his 'Polynesian paintings'. Matisse andFauvism could not be understood without the worksof Paul Gauguin

I Raro te Ovir

16. FRANCISCO DE GOYA (1746-1828) - Goya isan enigma. In the whole History of Art few figuresare as complex as the artist born in Fuendetodos,Spain. Enterprising and indefinable, a painter withno rival in all his life, Goya was the painter of theCourt and the painter of the people. He was areligious painter and a mystical painter. He was theauthor of the beauty and eroticism of the 'Maja

desnuda' and the creator of the explicit horror of'The Third of May, 1808'. He was an oil painter, afresco painter, a sketcher and an engraver. And henever stopped his metamorphosis La Cometa

17. VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890) – Fewnames in the history of painting are now as famousas Van Gogh, despite the complete neglect hesuffered in life. His works, strong and personal, areone of the greatest influences in the twentiethcentury painting, especially in GermanExpressionism 18. ÉDOUARD MANET (1832-1883) – Manet wasthe origin of Impressionism, a revolutionary in a

time of great artistic revolutions. His (at the time)quite polemical "Olympia" or "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe"opened the way for the great figures ofImpressionism

The Luncheon on the Grass

The Starry Night



19. MARK ROTHKO (1903-1970) – The influence ofRothko in the history of painting is yet to bequantified, because the truth is that almost 40 yearsafter his death the influence of Rothko's large,dazzling and emotional masses of color continues toincrease in many painters of the 21st century

Four Darks in Red

20. HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954) – Art critics tendto regard Matisse as the greatest exponent oftwentieth century painting, only surpassed byPicasso. This is an exaggeration, although the almostpure use of color in some of his works stronglyinfluenced many of the following avant-gardes

Woman Reading

21. RAPHAEL (1483-1520) – Equally loved andhated in different eras, no one can doubt thatRaphael is one of the greatest geniuses of the

Renaissance, with an excellent technique in terms ofdrawing and color

22. JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960-1988) -Basquiat is undoubtedly the most important andfamous member of the "graffiti movement" thatappeared in the New York scene in the early'80s, anartistic movement whose enormous influence onlater painting is still to be measured

Untitled (Skull)

23. EDVARD MUNCH (1863-1944) – Modernist in

his context, Munch could be also considered the firstexpressionist painter in history. Works like "TheScream" are vital to understanding the twentiethcentury painting.

The Scream

24. TITIAN (c.1476-1576) – After the prematuredeath of Giorgione, Titian became the leading figureof Venetian painting of his time. His use of color andhis taste for mythological themes defined the mainfeatures of 16th century Venetian Art. His influenceon later artists -Rubens, Velázquez...- is extremelyimportant

The Rape of Europa

25. PIET MONDRIAN (1872 -1944) – Along withKandinsky and Malevich, Mondrian is the leadingfigure of early abstract painting. After emigrating toNew York, Mondrian filled his abstract paintings witha fascinating emotional quality, as we can se in hisseries of "boogie-woogies" created in the mid-40s

Gray Tree

The School of Athens

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26. PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA (1416-1492) -Despite being one of the most important figures ofthe quattrocento, the Art of Piero della Francescahas been described as “cold”, “hieratic” or even

“impersonal”. But with the apparition of Berensonand the great historians of his era, like MichelHérubel -who defended the “metaphysical

dimension” of the paintings by Piero-, his preciseand detailed Art finally occupied the place that itdeserves in the Art history

The Flagellation of Christ

27. PETER PAUL RUBENS (1577-1640) – Rubenswas one of the most prolific painters of all time,thanks in part to the collaboration of his study. Veryfamous in life, he traveled around Europe to meetorders from very wealthy and important clients. Hisfemale nudes are still amazing in our days

The Fall of Man

28. ANDY WARHOL (1928-1987) – Brilliant andcontroversial, Warhol is the leading figure of pop-artand one of the icons of contemporary art. Hissilkscreen series depicting icons of the mass-media(as a reinterpretation of Monet's series of Water liliesor the Rouen Cathedral) are one of the milestones ofcontemporary Art, with a huge influence in the Art ofour days

Campbell's Soup I

29. JOAN MIRÓ (1893-1983) – Like most geniuses,Miro is an unclassificable artist. His interest in theworld of the unconscious, those hidden in the depthsof the mind, link him with Surrealism, but with apersonal style, sometimes closer to Fauvism andExpressionism. His most important works are thosefrom the series of "Constellations", created in theearly 40s

The Farm

30. TOMASSO MASACCIO (1401-1428) – Masacciowas one of the first old masters to use the laws ofscientific perspective in his works . One of thegreatest innovative painters of the Early Renaissance

Resurrection of the Son of Theophilus



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