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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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Baroque Classicism / French Classicism

Nicolas Poussin

June 15, 1594 – Les Andelys, Normandy, France–November 19, 1665 – Rome, Papal States

Venetian Renaissance, Mannerism

Paolo Veronese

1528 – Verona, Republic of Venice–April 19, 1588 – Venice, Republic of Venice

Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Primitivism

Paul Gauguin

June 7, 1848 – Paris, France–May 8, 1903 – Atuona, Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)

Modernism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Bauhaus

Paul Klee

December 18, 1879 – Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland–June 29, 1940 – Muralto, Switzerland

Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism

Paul Signac

November 11, 1863 – Paris, France–August 15, 1935 – Paris, France

Baroque

Peter Paul Rubens

June 28, 1577 – Siegen, Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany)–May 30, 1640 – Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands (modern Belgium)

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

February 25, 1841 – Limoges, France–December 3, 1919 – Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

Northern Renaissance

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

c. 1525–1530 – Brabant (modern Belgium or Netherlands)–September 9, 1569 – Brussels, Spanish Netherlands

Late Northern Renaissance, Early Baroque Flemish genre painting

Pieter Brueghel the Younger

1564 – Brussels, Spanish Netherlands–October 10, 1638 – Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands

Mannerism

Jacopo Carucci (Pontormo)

May 24, 1494 – Pontorme, near Empoli, Republic of Florence–January 2, 1557 – Florence, Duchy of Florence