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Giotto
Giotto di Bondone (c. 1265-1337), Florentine painter trained under Cimabue, father of European painting; Arena Chapel Padua frescoes for Enrico Scrovegni, Assisi cycle, Bardi and Peruzzi chapels, Ognissanti Madonna.
Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni (about 1521-1578) was an Italian Lombard Renaissance painter and the leading portrait specialist of sixteenth-century Lombardy, known for portraits of unusual psychological realism, including The Tailor.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also called Giambattista Tiepolo (1696–1770), was a Venetian painter celebrated as Europe's leading master of decorative fresco, with great cycles at Würzburg and the Royal Palace in Madrid.
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430/1435–1516), Venetian Renaissance painter, son of Jacopo, brother of Gentile, brother-in-law of Mantegna; official painter of Venice from 1483, pioneer of oil painting, master of Giorgione and Titian.
Giovanni di Paolo
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) was an Italian painter and illuminator of Siena, active there from about 1420 until his death in 1482.
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Giovanni Paolo Panini (Pannini), 1691-1765, Italian painter of Roman vedute, capricci, and gallery paintings; trained under Galli-Bibiena and Luti, led Roman view painting, painted St Peter's interiors and Ancient/Modern Rome for the duc de Choiseul.
Giulio Romano
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi, c. 1499–1546), Raphael's principal pupil, Italian Mannerist painter and architect; court artist to Federico II Gonzaga in Mantua from 1524 and creator of Palazzo Te.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Arcimboldi) was an Italian Mannerist painter (1526–1593) who served Habsburg emperors. He is best known for his composite heads built from fruits and vegetables.
Giuseppe Castiglione
Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世宁, Lang Shining) was an Italian Jesuit painter who served the Qing court in Beijing for over 50 years, blending Western and Chinese styles.
Godfrey Kneller
Sir Godfrey Kneller, born Gottfried Kniller (1646–1723), was a German-born portrait painter who settled in England in 1676 and served as court painter to five monarchs, from Charles II to George I.
Gong Xian
Gong Xian (龚贤, 1618–1689), also called Banqian, was a Chinese landscape painter of the Ming–Qing transition and the leading figure of the Eight Masters of Jinling in Nanjing.
Govardhan
Govardhan was an Indian Mughal miniature painter, active from about 1596 to 1645, who served Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan and excelled at portraits of holy men.
Grand Prince Anpyeong (이용)
Grand Prince Anpyeong (안평대군, Yi Yong, 1418–1453), third son of King Sejong of Joseon, was a calligrapher, poet, painter, and collector who commissioned An Gyeon's Mongyudowondo and was executed by his brother Suyang in 1453.
Gu Kaizhi
Gu Kaizhi (顧愷之, c. 345–406) was an Eastern Jin dynasty painter from Wuxi who founded the theory of conveying spirit through painted form in Chinese figure painting.
Guan Tong
Guan Tong (关仝) was a Chinese landscape painter of the Five Dynasties period from Chang'an who studied under Jing Hao and gave the northern school its mature panoramic form.
Guercino
Guercino, the professional name of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591–1666), was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese school who worked chiefly in Cento and later led Bologna's painting school.
Guido Reni
Guido Reni (1575–1642) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese school, court painter to Pope Paul V and celebrated in his lifetime as "the divine Guido."
Guo Xi
Guo Xi (郭熙, ca. 1000–1090) was the leading Chinese landscape painter of the late Northern Song dynasty, known for Early Spring (1072) and the treatise Linquan Gaozhi, the first systematic account of landscape painting.
Han Gan
Han Gan (韩干) was a Tang dynasty painter best known for his paintings of horses, including Night-Shining White, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hans Baldung
Hans Baldung, also known as Hans Baldung Grien, was a German Renaissance painter and woodcut master. He is known for his expressive style and themes of death and witches.
Hans Holbein the Younger
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98–1543), German Northern Renaissance painter from Augsburg and Basel, court painter to Henry VIII; famed for The Ambassadors, the Henry VIII portrait, and the Dance of Death woodcuts published at Lyon in 1538.
Hans Memling
Hans Memling (c. 1435–1494) was a German-born Early Netherlandish painter who settled in Bruges and became that city's leading artist, known for calm portraits and altarpieces.
Hans von Aachen
Hans von Aachen (1552–1615) was a German Northern Mannerist painter, imperial chamber painter to Rudolf II and Matthias, known for portraits and small mythological cabinet paintings in Prague.
Hendrick ter Brugghen
Hendrick ter Brugghen, also spelled Terbrugghen (1588–1629), was a Dutch painter and the leading Utrecht Caravaggist, who returned from Rome in 1614 and developed a personal style of softer light and paler, more varied color.
Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741–1825), Swiss-born Romantic painter, draughtsman, and writer active in London; ordained pastor turned painter of The Nightmare, Royal Academy Professor of Painting, and Milton Gallery creator.
Henry Raeburn
Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) was a Scottish portrait painter who worked almost exclusively in Edinburgh, painting about 1,000 portraits and famous for Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch.
Hieronymus Bosch
Hieronymus Bosch (Jheronimus van Aken, c. 1450–1516), Netherlandish painter of 's-Hertogenbosch known for The Garden of Earthly Delights, fantastic symbolism, thin documentary record, and difficult attribution.
Hokusai (葛飾北斎)
Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, 1760–1849) was a late Edo ukiyo-e master, also known as Shunro, Sori, Taito, Iitsu, and Manji, creator of Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji and The Great Wave, whose prints shaped European Impressionism.
Hu Zhengyan
Hu Zhengyan (胡正言) was a Chinese painter, seal carver, and publisher of the late Ming and early Qing who ran the Ten Bamboo Studio in Nanjing.
Hua Yan
Hua Yan (华嵒, 1682–1756), courtesy name Qiuyue, was a Qing dynasty Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher known for his small freehand bird-and-flower style and association with the Yangzhou school.