Genre Genre in painting refers to the subject matter. The five genres are: Historical, Portraiture, Genre (everyday life) Landscape Still Life.

Historical Paintings of Important events or religious themes. Historical painting was considered the most important of the Genres.

GIOTTO di Bondone Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze) Ognissanti Madonna (Madonna in Maestà) c. 1310Tempera on wood, 325 x 204 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

UCCELLO, Paolo Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1397, Firenze, d. 1475, Firenze) Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops 1450s Tempera on wood, 182 x 320 cm National Gallery, London

GRÜNEWALD, Matthias German painter (b. 1470/80, Würzburg, d. 1528, Halle) The Crucifixion c Oil on wood, 269 x 307 cm Musée d'Unterlinden, Colma

DELACROIX, Eugéne French painter (b1798 d1863) Liberty Leading the People 1830 Oil on canvas 260 x 325 cm Musee du Louvre, Paris

PICASSO, Pablo Spanish painter (b 1839 d 1906) Guernica 1937 Oil on canvas 349cm x 776cm Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.

Portraiture Paintings of people or groups of people. Usually only the rich or important would be able to afford to have a portrait painted.

EYCK, Jan van Flemish painter (b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. 1441, Bruges) Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife 1434Oil on oak, 82 x 60 cm National Gallery, London

LEONARDO da Vinci Italian painter (b. 1452, Vinci, d. 1519, Cloux, near Amboise) Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) c Oil on panel, 77 x 53 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

HALS, Frans Dutch painter (b. 1580, Antwerpen, d. 1666, Haarlem) Married Couple in a Garden c Oil on canvas, 140 x 166,5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Genre Painting Paintings of everyday life including human figures. Usually only the rich or important would be able to afford to have a portrait painted.

MILLET Jean-Francois French painter (b1814 d1875) Shepherdess with Her Flock 1864 Oil on canvas 81 x 101 cm Musee d'Orsay, Paris

DAUMIER, Honore french Painter (b1808 d1879) The Third-Class Carraige Oil on canvas 65.4 x 90.2 cm The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

SEURAT, Georges French painter (b 1859 d 1891) A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

SEURAT, Georges French painter (b 1859 d 1891) Bathers at Asnieres (retouched 1887) 79 x 118 1/2 in National Gallery, London

Landscape Paintings of the natural habitat usually without people

CONSTABLE, John British painter (b1776 d1837) ImprThe Haywain 1821 Oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm The National Gallery, London

MONET, Claude French painter (b1840 d1926) Impression, soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) 1872 Oil on canvas 48 x 63 cm Musee Marmottan, Paris

VAN GOGH, Vincent Dutch painter (b 1853 d 1890) Wheat Field with Cypresses 1889 Oil on canvas 51.5 x 65 cm Private collection

Still Life Paintings of inanimate forms, usually indoors.

CHARDIN, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon French painter (b. 1699, Paris, d. 1779, Paris) Composition with Jar of Olives 1760 Oil on canvas, 71 x 98 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

CEZANNE, Paul French painter (b 1839 d 1906) Composition Oil on canvas 25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

VAN GOGH, Vincent Dutch painter (b 1853 d 1890) Sunflowers 1888 Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm The National Gallery, London