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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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Pre-Raphaelite (late), Romanticism, Symbolism

John William Waterhouse

April 6, 1849 – Rome, Papal States (Italy)–February 10, 1917 – London, England

Romanticism

Joseph Mallord William Turner

April 23, 1775 – London, England–December 19, 1851 – London, England

Neoclassicism, Grand Manner portraiture

Sir Joshua Reynolds

July 16, 1723 – Plympton, Devon, England–February 23, 1792 – London, England

Cubism (Analytical and Synthetic)

Juan Gris

March 23, 1887 – Madrid, Spain–May 11, 1927 – Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

Ukiyo-e (Floating World)

Kitagawa Utamaro

c. 1753 – Edo (Tokyo), Japan–October 31, 1806 – Edo, Japan

Academic Classicism, Victorian Neoclassicism

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

January 8, 1836 – Dronrijp, Netherlands–June 25, 1912 – Wiesbaden, Germany

High Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci

April 15, 1452 – Vinci, Republic of Florence (Italy)–May 2, 1519 – Amboise, Kingdom of France

Northern Renaissance, Reformation art

Lucas Cranach the Elder

c. 1472 – Kronach, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire–October 16, 1553 – Weimar, Germany

Impressionism, Realism

Mary Cassatt

May 22, 1844 – Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, USA–June 14, 1926 – Le Mesnil-Théribus, France

Early Renaissance

Masaccio

December 21, 1401 – San Giovanni Valdarno, Republic of Florence–1428 – Rome (age 26)