Biographical Notes
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste (1725–1805). French painter celebrated in his
lifetime for heavily moralizing genre paintings; now most admired for his
drawings and portraits.Gros, Baron Antoine-Jean (1771–1835). Accompanied Napoleon on his
campaigns as the of¿ cial painter of battles. His work inÀ uenced Delacroix
and the development of Romanticism.Grünewald, Matthias (c. 14701528). Creator of the famous Isenheim
Altarpiece in Colmar, a masterwork of German Renaissance art.Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666). Bolognese painter
known for his illusionistic ceiling fresco Aurora and his inÀ uence on the
development of the Baroque.Hals, Frans (1581/85–1666). Dutch painter whose portraits and bravura
brushwork have rarely been equaled. He is considered, along with Rembrandt
and Vermeer, among the preeminent Dutch painters.Heda, Willem Claesz (1594–1682). Dutch still-life painter of the
Baroque era.Hooch, Pieter de (1629–after 1684). Dutch genre painter known for the
harmony, quiet, and simplicity of his best paintings.Houdon, Jean-Antoine (1741–1828). French sculptor famous for his portrait
busts of leading ¿ gures of his day.Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique (1780–1867). A long-lived French
Neoclassical painter, pupil of David, and well-known portraitist in his day.
His work inÀ uenced Degas, Renoir, and Picasso.Kandinsky, Wassily (1866–1944). Russian painter who produced some of
the earliest abstract works of the 20th century.Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880–1938). German painter, printmaker, and
sculptor and one of the founders of German Expressionism.