Cy Twombly
American artist who subverted the traditional relationship of painting and drawing and is considered as having made a significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century art.
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/cy-twombly/

Jean Arp
Painter, collagist, sculptor, printmaker and poet, Jean Arp (or Hans Arp) co-founded the Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire.


Jennifer Bartlett
Born in 1941, Jennifer Bartlett is a famous American painter based in new York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Bartlett

Georg Baselitz
One of the leading painters & printmakers of the Neo-Expressionist movement who were intent on reviving figurative painting on a monumental scale. Since 1967 Baselitz's characteristic style relies on painting his images upside down.

Tony Bevan
UK Artist, Tony Bevan is a figurative painter who creates strong expressive works.
http://www.tonybevan.com/

Mary Cassatt
Not only was she a woman who succeeded in what was, in the nineteenth century, a predominantly male profession, Cassatt was the only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists.


Self Portrait (detail), 1890

Chuck Close
American portraitist, Chuck Close, is one of the world's leading modern artists and is best known for his large-scale hyperrealist portraits of friends, fellow artists and often himself.
http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/

Verne Dawson
Verne Dawson is a famous figurative fantasy painter who lives and works in New York.
http://www.gavinbrown.biz/artists/view/verne-dawson

Francisco Goya
Born in 1746, Goya was a famous Spanish painter and printmaker, regarded as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns.
http://www.amis-musees-castres.asso.fr/goya/anglais.htm

Damien Hirst
London based artist who was famous in the 1990s for his art works of dead animals preserved in formaldehyde.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst

David Hockney
English painter, printmaker, photographer and stage designer, David Hockney is one of the most popular British artists of the 20th century.
http://www.hockneypictures.com/

Jasper Johns
Born in 1930, Jasper Johns is a famous American painter, sculptor and printmaker, known for his paintings and lithographs of iconographic images such as flags, targets, maps, letters and numbers.
http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jasper-johns/

Alex Katz
Born in 1927, Alex Katz is a famous American figurative painter known for his portraits of family and friends, landscapes and still-lifes.
http://www.alexkatz.com/

Anselm Kiefer
Born in 1945, Anselm Kiefer is regarded as one of the most important and influential artists working today. Kiefer’s art is often understood as a response to the history of Germany, desecrated by the Nazis.
http://www.yvon-lambert.com/anselm_kiefer-A35.html

Robert Longo
Based in New York, Robert Longo is famous for his 1980s charcoal drawing series, 'Men in the Cities'.
http://robertlongo.com/

Julie Mehretu
Born in Ethiopia in 1970 and based in New York, Julie Mehretu is famous for her stunning & complex large scale abstract drawings and paintings.
http://www.whitecube.com/artists/mehretu/

Michelangelo
Born in 1475, Michelangel was a famous sculptor, painter, architect, poet and the dominant figure of the Italian Renaissance.

Amedeo Modigliani
Born in Livorno, Italy in 1884, Amedeo Modigliani is predominantly known for his nudes and portaiture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Modigliani

Edvard Munch
Munch was a famous painter, lithographer, etcher, and wood engraver. He is looked upon as one of the most significant influences on the development of German and Central European expressionism.
http://www.munch.museum.no/


Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a famous Japanese sculptor, painter and printmaker who was brought up with and influenced by Disney, Spielberg, and Japanese manga and anime.



Georgia O'Keeffe
Famous for for her large abstract paintings of desert flowers and scenery, Georgia O'Keeffe is considered as one of the most significant modern artists of America.
http://www.okeeffeemuseum.org

Elizabeth Peyton
Based in New York, Elizabeth Peyton is famous for her painted portraits of famous people.
http://www.gavinbrown.biz/artists/view/elizabeth-peyton

Pablo Picasso
Find out information about one of the worlds most famous artist, including information on the Museu Picasso in Barcelona.
http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/

Paula Rego
Born in Portugal in 1935, Rego is a painter and printmaker heavily influenced by childhood stories and her experiences growing up in Lisbon. Now based in London, Rego is considered as one of the foremost graphic artists of her generation.

Rembrandt
Born in 1606, Rembrandt is considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history.
http://www.rembrandthuis.nl/

Matthew Ritchie
Matthew Ritchie was born in London, England in 1964, and lives and works in New York. He received a BFA from Camberwell School of Art, London, and attended Boston University.
http://www.matthewritchie.com

Frank Stella
By the time he was In his early twenties, Frank Stella had become a revered American artist, and is considered a founding member of the Minimalist movement of the 1960s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stella

Andy Warhol
Warhol was one of the most prolific printmakers in contemporary art. He is also famous for his statement, “everyone will be world famous for fifteen minutes.”



Self Portrait, 1986-Yellow