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Annibale Carracci helped develop the Baroque style of painting, which is one of the most important and influential styles of painting in all of art history. He was born in the year 1560 and died in 1609 at the age of forty-nine. Annibale Carracci managed to contribute a great deal to European art during his relatively brief life.Unlike artists in the Middle Ages, during the Renaissance, more and more artists were taking their inspiration from the natural world. A great deal of Renaissance …

Unlike many artists whose careers start in impoverished conditions William Morris Hunt came from one of the most eminent families in Vermont. They owned a lot of land there and co-founded the place. His father the Hon. Jonathon Hunt was a Congressman and his mother came from a wealthy family but it was his father's untimely death from cholera that started William on the road to success in the art world.Forbidden to paint and draw by her overbearing father William's mother wanted her children to …

Born in 1853 in Denmark, Soren Emil Carlsen was thought of as a gifted still life painter. Prior to his immigration to Chicago in 1872, he studied architecture. After arriving in Chicago, he worked with Laurits Bernhard Holst, a marine painter, before traveling to Paris to study for six months. Upon his return to America he had developed a simplified, yet moody style of still life painting that including a limited color palette and interesting textures. Most of his paintings centered on f …

Born in France in 1684, Jean-Antoine Watteau only lived to be 36 years old, but he is considered to have had a tremendous impact on the artistic world. In 1704, he became the assistant of Claude Gillot, a set designer, and later studied under Clause Audran III, a designer of interior decoration. Fusing what he learned from the two together, Watteau developed a style that incorporated theatrical subjects with an airy and ornate style. His style was also greatly influenced by his attraction …

Born in Scotland in 1883, Cadell was a left handed painter who moved to Paris to study at the Academie Julian on the advice of Arthur Melville. He is one of only four Scottish colorists. While in Paris, he met Samuel Peploe, who he frequently traveled with and greatly influenced his work. Prior to World War I, his work was also heavily influenced by the work of the Impressionists artists, particularly Matisse’s early work. However, his paintings became substantially bolder and brighter af …