Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Tempera, Paper
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas
20th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 1900s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Poplar
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Watercolor
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Tempera, Paper
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Oak
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oak, Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel, Oak
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oak, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oak, Oil, Panel
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 1700s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oak, Oil, Panel
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Ink
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Chalk
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Copper
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Oil
1980s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Metal
15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Gouache, Pigment
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Gold Leaf