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JAMES

James is an independent art researcher, writer and editor with more than 15 years of experience researching famous artists, important paintings and art movements. For Great Famous Artists, he studies museum records, archives, artist foundations, exhibition catalogues and scholarly publications to create clear and carefully sourced artist profiles. His work connects biography, technique, historical context and artistic influence, helping readers understand not only what an artist created, but why the artist and their work remain important.

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Articles by JAMES

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Ukiyo-e

Katsushika Hokusai

October 31, 1760 – Edo (Tokyo), Japan–May 10, 1849 – Edo, Japan

Impressionism (founder)

Claude Monet

November 14, 1840 – Paris, France–December 5, 1926 – Giverny, France

Northern Renaissance

Hieronymus Bosch

c. 1450 – ’s-Hertogenbosch, Duchy of Brabant (modern Netherlands)–August 9, 1516 – ’s-Hertogenbosch

Academic art, Romanticism, Military realism

Horace Vernet

June 30, 1789 – Paris, France–January 17, 1863 – Paris, France

Neoclassicism

Jacques-Louis David

August 30, 1748 – Paris, France–December 29, 1825 – Brussels, Belgium

Realism, Academic art, Victorian modernism

James Jacques Joseph Tissot

October 15, 1836 – Nantes, France–August 8, 1902 – Buillon, France

Historical realism, Romantic nationalism

Jan Matejko

June 24, 1838 – Kraków, Free City of Kraków–November 1, 1893 – Kraków, Austria-Hungary

Dutch Golden Age

Jan Steen

c. 1626 – Leiden, Dutch Republic–February 3, 1679 – Leiden, Dutch Republic

Symbolism, Decadent movement, Realism (early)

Félicien Rops

July 7, 1833 – Namur, Belgium–August 23, 1898 – Essonnes, France

Northern Renaissance / Early Netherlandish painting

Jan van Eyck

c. 1390 – Maaseik, Prince-Bishopric of Liège (modern Belgium)–July 9, 1441 – Bruges, Duchy of Burgundy