This slideshow show is an introduction to the most significant painters of the West, up to the end of the 19C. There are other painters that I have not been included like Rembrandt, to cut down the length (or size) of the slideshow. Each painter included in the slideshow is represented by a single painting of their work.

1. Master Painters
A Painting in Details
First created 15 May 2021. Version 1.0 - 15 August 2021. Daperro. London.

2. Van Eyck active 1422-41
Van Eyck was an early
painter who painted
with oil. He is also
credited with painting
with minutely realistic
depictions of surface
effects and natural
light.

3. Joris van der Paele 1434

4. Joris van der Paele 1434
Details under the glasses.
It is known that Jan van
Eyck used optical aids to
paint.

5. Joris van der Paele 1434
Details of Saint George’s armour.

6. Bosch 1450-1516
Hieronymus Bosch is
known to had painted about
ten triptychs.
Some interpret the fantasy
landscape, populated by
unusual beings was a
caustic view of the world.

7. Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights 1495-1505
It is Bosch most well-known painting. The centrepiece is sandwiched
between the Garden of Eden and the Last Judgement.

8. Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights, Detail 1495-1505

9. Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights 1495-1505

10. Botticelli 1445-1510
Botticelli painted a lot of
Madonna and Child in his career.
He was also the first to paint a
life-size female nude for over
1000 years. The painting creates
the illusion that the newly born
beautiful Venus is about to step
into our world.

11. Botticelli 1445-1510

12. Botticelli 1445-1510

13. Leonardo 1452-1519
This is the first of the two nearly
identical paintings with the same title.
This one is in the Louvre, Paris and
the late one is in the National Gallery,
London.
Virgin of the Rocks. 1483-86. Oil on panel.
198x122 cm. Leonardo da Vinci. Italian
Louvre Paris.

14. Leonardo 1452-1519

15. Leonardo 1452-1519
Leonardo painted two versions of this painting, in 1483-5 and in 1495-1508.
The one on the left is from his earlier painting, some 12 to 15 years apart.

16. Durer 1471-1528
Durer was a the most well-
known during Renaissance. He
was born in Nuremberg. He
knew many of the Italian
painting of his time e.g
Raphael, Bellini etc. He was
also very successful
commercially.

17. Durer 1471-1528

18. Durer 1471-1528
The central panel of Paumgarten Altarpiece.

19. Durer 1471-1528
The two side panels. On
the left is St George and on
the right is St Eustace,
1498.

20. Michelangelo 1475-1564
Michelangelo has a long life. He
lived to nearly 90 year-old. One
of his greatest work is his fresco
the Last Judgement on the wall of
the Sistine Chapel, Vatican. He
was 66 year old when he finished
the fresco.

21. Michelangelo 1475-1564

22. Michelangelo 1475-1564

23. Bruegel the Elder 1525-69
Bruegel the Elder was the most
significant artist of Dutch and
Flemish Renaissance painting.
He was known for his paintings
packed with details of landscapes
and peasant scenes. He was
also a humanist. In many of his
paintings he commented on
human failings and life under the
Spanish colonial rule.

24. Bruegel the Elder 1525-69

25. Bruegel the Elder 1525-69

26. Caravaggio 1571-1610
Caravaggio was an Italian
rebel painter. He was
credited as the painter who
painted a dark background,
to dramatize lighting, which
had a formative influence
on Baroque painting.

27. Caravaggio 1571-1610

28. Caravaggio 1571-1610

29. Rubens 1577-1640
Samson and Delilah (Detail Delilah).
c1640. National Gallery. London.
Rubens was a Flemish artist and
diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in
southern Netherlands. He is
considered the most influential artist of
the Flemish Baroque tradition.

30. Rubens 1577-1640

31. Rubens 1577-1640
Samson and Delilah (Detail
Samson). c1640. National
Gallery. London.

32. Velazquez 1599-1660
Velazquez was one of
the most successful
painter of all time. He
was part of the Royal
family household of
the Spanish royal
family.
A drunkard in the painting.

33. Velazquez 1599-1660

34. Velazquez 1599-1660

35. Vermeer c1660
His other famous painting

36. Vermeer c1660

37. Vermeer c1660

38. Louis David 1748-1825
Jacques-Louis David was the
most prominent artist during
the French Revolution years.
He started his painting style in
the 1780s with his brand of
history painting. His painting in
this slideshow was from this
period of his career.

39. David 1799

40. David 1799

41. Manet 1832-83
Edouard Manet was a
French modernist
painter. This painting
‘The Luncheon on the
Grass’ was a
provocative dialogue
on nakedness.

42. Manet 1863

43. Manet 1863

44. Monet 1840-1926
It is painting of his wife and son.
Claude Monet was the founder of
impressionist painting. His paintings
were how he saw the world around
him, as oppose to how everyone see
the world.
During his long career, he was the
most consistent and prolific in
expressing the philosophy of
impressionism. However, he did
change his style and his paintings
were increasing ‘less precise’ in his
later years.

45. Monet 1863

46. Monet 1863

47. VanGogh 1853-1890
The Café Terrace on the Place du
Forum, Arles at Night. 1888.
Rijksmuseum Kroller Muller Otterrio.
Vincent van Gogh was Dutch. He has
a very short life and died at the age of
37. Most of his works were painted in
the last few years of his life.
Most of his later works were painted
with vivid colours, in a very narrow
range.

48. VanGogh 1888
Detail Starry Night. The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles at Night.

49. VanGogh 1888
Detail Café Patio. The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles at Night.

50. Master Painter
Van Eyck Bosch Botticelli Leonardo Durer Michelangelo
Bruegel Caravaggio Ruben Velazquez Vermeer David
Manet Monet Van Gogh

51. Music – ‘Morning’from Peer Gynt Suited by Grieg from ‘Romantic Classic’.
Master Painter
Van Eyck Bosch Botticelli Leonardo Durer Michelangelo
Bruegel Caravaggio Ruben Velazquez Vermeer David
Manet Monet Van Gogh
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