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 Charles
Marion Russell
produced about 4,000 works in his lifetime (split
fairly even between paintings and bronze
sculptures), all of them depicting Western life
in some form or another. |
 Winslow
Homer began his career producing
illustrations of the Civil War for Harper's
Weekly and other papers, but was at heart a
painter. His subject matter shifted from scenes
of rural and idyllic life to African-Americans,
the sea, and nature. |
 John
Singer Sargent produced over 900
oils and more than 2,000 watercolors over the
course of his career. He two U.S.
Presidents, the aristocracy of Europe, and
business tycoons from around the world, as well
as gypsies, tramps, and street children. |
 Gilbert
Charles Stuart painted two of the
most well-known portraits of George Washington,
the one that became the basis of the portrait on
the dollar bill and the one that Dolley Madison
saved when the British burned the White House. |
 Giotto di Bondone
was known for painted solid, natural-looking
forms, a technique completely different from that
used by his peers. Most of his greatest works
were frescoes and altarpieces done for churches. |
 Peter Paul
Rubens was known for paintings of
vast scale, brilliant colors, and emotional
intensity. He often employed young artists to be
his assistants. He would set up the canvas, draw
in outlines, sketch in the various figures, and
design the color schemes, but his assistants
would often do most of the actual painting. |
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