Biographical Notes
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788). English portrait and landscape
painter of the 18th century.Gauguin, Paul (1848–1903). French artist best known for his lush,
colorful paintings of Tahitian subjects. His work had a signi¿ cant inÀ uence
on Fauvism.Gentile da Fabriano (c. 1385–1427). Painter who excelled in the
International Gothic style through the ¿ rst quarter of the 15th century.Géricault, Théodore (1791–1824). French painter known for his Raft
of the Medusa. His work inÀ uenced Delacroix and the development of
Romanticism in art.Ghiberti, Lorenzo (c. 1381–1455). Celebrated sculptor whose greatest
achievements were two sets of bronze doors for the Florentine Baptistery,
including the so-called Gates of Paradise.Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1449–1494). Florentine fresco specialist who
operated one of the most sought-after large workshops of the late 15th
century. His narrative scenes are packed with details of contemporary life
and with portraits of notable Florentines.Giacometti, Alberto (1901–1966). Swiss sculptor and painter who worked
in a style related to Cubism. His best-known ¿ gures are recognizable by their
elongated, slender forms.Giorgione (Giorgio da Castelfranco) (c. 1476/78–1510). Exceptional
Venetian artist who studied with Giovanni Bellini and worked with Titian.
He is considered one of the founders of the Venetian High Renaissance. His
extensive inclusion of landscape in his paintings, his masterful use of oil
paints, and his characteristic softness of touch, together with his ambiguous
subject matter and the rarity of his surviving paintings, have made him one
of the most discussed and admired artists of the Renaissance.