Famous Baroque Painters - List of Famous Baroque Painters - page 2
Baroque painting encompasses a great range of styles, and is associated with the Baroque cultural movement. Artists like Velázquez, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens, Poussin, and Vermeer were considered to be among the greatest painters of the art form which is characterized by high drama, rich, deep color, and intense light and dark shadows. Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo was a major figure of the High Renaissance who exerted great influence on the development of Western art, including Baroque painting. Sir Anthony van Dyck, a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England, was an important innovator in watercolor and etching. Dutch Golden Age landscape painter Salomon van Ruysdael, Flemish painter Cornelis de Vos, and Frenchman Nicolas Poussin are also counted amongst the popular Baroque painters. Italian Baroque painter and poet Salvator Rosa, a proto-Romantic, was best known for being "unorthodox and extravagant". George Jamesone became Scotland's first eminent portrait-painter, while another portrait-painter John Michael Wright became rated as one of the leading indigenous British painters of his generation, largely for the distinctive realism in his portraiture. This section provides you information about the life and works of famous Baroque painters.
The Most Famous Baroque Painters | |||
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| Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
| Artemisia Gentileschi | July 8, 1593 | Italian | Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter who rose to prominence in the 17th century |
| Johannes Vermeer | October 31, 1632 | Dutch | Johannes Vermeer was a famous Dutch Baroque painter of the seventeenth century |
| Peter Paul Rubens | June 28, 1577 | Belgian | Peter Paul Rubens was a Dutch artist, who rose to become one of the most influential Baroque painters of his generation |
| Andrea Pozzo | November 30, 1642 | Italian | Andrea dal Pozzo was a famous Italian Jesuit painter, architect, stage designer and art theoretician |
| Salvator Rosa | June 20, 1615 | Italian | Salvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter known for his unorthodox and extravagant style |
| Caravaggio | September 29, 1571 | Italian | Caravaggio was a renowned painter of the Sixteenth century who painted using contrasting effects between light and darkness |
| Annibale Carracci | November 3, 1560 | Italian | Annibale Carracci was one of the most influential Italian Baroque painters of the late 16th and early 17th century |
| Rembrandt | July 15, 1606 | Dutch | Rembrandt was a Dutch painter counted amongst the greatest European painters of all time |
| Nicolas Poussin | June 15, 1594 | French | Nicolas Poussin was a famous French painter and draftsman and a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style |
| Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | March 5, 1696 | Italian | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was an Italian painter and printmaker |
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer was a famous Dutch Baroque painter of the seventeenth century