50 Great Painters

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Painters whose work is worth seeing and studying.

I have found, in many visits to art galleries, that these artists’ works consistantly prove rewarding, and reccomend them to 43 Users on this basis.

I have not included artists whose fame rests on controversy, such as Pollock, and whose work is meretricious.

Comments and suggestions from users are welcomed.

  1. 1.
    Leonardo da Vinci

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  2. 2.
    Morandi

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    Fantin-Latour

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    Eugene Delacroix

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    Duccio

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    Giotto

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    Sisley

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    Vermeer

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  9. 9.
    Nicholas Poussin

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  10. 10.
    Ingres

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  11. 11.
    Giorgio de Chirico

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  12. 12.
    James Whistler

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  13. 13.
    Eduard Manet

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  14. 14.
    Edgas Degas

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  15. 15.
    Caravaggio

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  16. 16.
    William Turner

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  17. 17.
    Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

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  18. 18.
    van Eyck

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  19. 19.
    Vincent Van Gogh

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  20. 20.
    Chardin

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  21. 21.
    Goya

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    Velazquez

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  23. 23.
    Sandro Botticelli

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  24. 24.
    Jan Breughal

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  25. 25.
    Hieronymus Bosch

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  26. 26.
    John Constable

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  27. 27.
    Correggio

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  28. 28.
    Bonnard

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  29. 29.
    Michaelangelo

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  30. 30.
    William Nicholsen

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  31. 31.
    Ivan Rublev

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  32. 32.
    Claude Lorraine

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  33. 33.
    James Ensor

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  34. 34.
    Rene Magritte

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  35. 35.
    Monet

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  36. 36.
    Willhelm Hammershoi

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  37. 37.
    Caspar Friedrich

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  38. 38.
    J. L. David

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  39. 39.
    Vittore Carpaccio

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  40. 40.
    Petrus Christus

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  41. 41.
    Piero della Francesca

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  42. 42.
    Giovanni Bellini

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  43. 43.
    Jean Corot

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  44. 44.
    Gustave Courbet

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  45. 45.
    Giovanni Canaletto

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  46. 46.
    Georges-Pierre Seurat

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  47. 47.
    Edvard Munch

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  48. 48.
    William Hogarth

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  49. 49.
    Jean Antoine Watteau

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    Odilon Redon

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Created by Tadeusz598 on Nov 24, 2006.
 

Comments

Partial to the Masters — 5 weeks ago

This list comprises of several great artists, however, to call them the 50 greatest painters of all time is an agrevious error. You’ve neglected to include the greats of the modern era.


Untitled — 8 weeks ago

Er, Titian? Rubens? Pieter Brueghel? Picasso?.....


Untitled — 9 weeks ago

I agree with the list. But I think John Singer Sargent should be somewhere in there.


Znethru
London

Many thanks — 21 weeks ago

Don’t exactly agree with the ‘order’, but very good list indeed and thanks for compiling it.


Biased, are we? — 1 year ago

I’m sorry, but I disagree with the basis of exclusion. I understand the whole freedom of speech and opinion, but claiming that Pollock’s (and other artists’) fame is “based on controversy” and “whose work is meretricious” is beyond expressing one’s personal opinion. Who are we to claim that of anyone? Even art critics refrain from making such biased accusations.


Tadeusz598
Florianópolis

Untitled — 1 year ago

This isn’t a list you can “complete”. It’s just a way of introducing some artists.