European painters
Old World artists
European painters are artists from Europe who work in paint as their primary medium.
The phrase typically appears in art historical contexts discussing traditions from the Renaissance through modernism: The museum's collection focuses on European painters from the 15th to 19th centuries.
It distinguishes continental artistic traditions from American, Asian, or other regional schools.
- Leonardo da VinciItalian artist-scientist-engineer
- Sistine ChapelVatican worship hall
- Old MastersPre-modern European artists
- Northern RenaissanceAlpine-north cultural awakening
- RealismMovement depicting ordinary life
Renaissance · oil · Vincent van Gogh · Starry Night · Caravaggio · Baroque · Symbolism · Edvard Munch · El Greco · Rococo · Post-Impressionism · Titian · Claude Monet · en plein air · canvas · Cubism · Pablo Picasso · Hieronymus Bosch