20. Claude Monet
He was compelled to capture the constantly changing and atmosphere altering light. The way it cast its beauty on land and water — the way it changed t...
19. Edgar Degas
He was called "the painter of dancers" but it wasn’t the dancers he wanted to capture—it was the movement. From dancers to horse races to scenes of ev...
18. Édouard Manet
He loved the lines and beauty of classical art, yet he wanted to paint that beauty in a modern setting and experiment with his own techniques. And alt...
17. John Everett Millais
He was a child prodigy who, at the age of eleven, became the youngest student to enter London's Royal Academy School of Art. Later he would become one...
16. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
He was born into an Italian family steeped in a rich cultural and literary heritage which greatly influenced him throughout his life. Often torn betwe...