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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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Mannerism

Jacopo Carucci (Pontormo)

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

Early Netherlandish Painting

Rogier van der Weyden

c. 1399–1400 – Tournai, County of Flanders–June 18, 1464 – Brussels, Duchy of Brabant

Early Italian Renaissance

Sandro Botticelli

c. 1445 – Florence, Republic of Florence–May 17, 1510 – Florence, Republic of Florence

Italian Renaissance (Late Renaissance / Mannerist tendencies)

Sofonisba Anguissola

c. 1532 – Cremona, Duchy of Milan–November 16, 1625 – Palermo, Sicily

Realism

Thomas Eakins

July 25, 1844 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA–June 25, 1916 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Rococo, early Romanticism

Thomas Gainsborough

May 14, 1727 – Sudbury, Suffolk, England–August 2, 1788 – London, England

Romanticism

Thomas Lawrence

April 13, 1769 – Bristol, England–January 7, 1830 – London, England

Venetian Renaissance, Mannerism (transitional), Proto-Baroque

Jacopo Tintoretto (Robusti)

c. 1518 – Venice, Republic of Venice–May 31, 1594 – Venice, Republic of Venice

High Renaissance, Venetian Renaissance

Titian

c. 1488–1490 – Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice–August 27, 1576 – Venice, Republic of Venice

Romanticism (Visionary Romanticism)

William Blake

November 28, 1757 – London, England–August 12, 1827 – London, England