1. Edouard Manet 1832-1983 First at modern-life subjects. Realism to Impressionism.

2. Claude Monet 1840-1926 Founder on French Impressionism. Includes relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities

3. Edgar Degas 1834-1917 Another founder of Impressionism, although preferred to be called realist.

4. Pierre-Auguste Renior 1841-1919 Leading Impressionist painter.

5. Mary Cassatt 1844-19026 Impressionist. Women and child.

6. Paul Cézanne 1839-1906 Post-impressionist. Repetitive brushstrokes.

7. Henri Rousseau 1844-1910 French Post-Impressionist. Primitive or “naive” style.

8. Paul Gauguin 1848-1903 Post-impressionist. Experimental colors

9. Vincent Van Gogh 1858-1890 Rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color. Post-impressionist.

10. Georges Seurat 1859-1891 Post-impressionist. Inventor of pointalism.

11. Camille Pissarro 1830-1903 Impressionist / Neo-Impressionist. Pointillism and tiny brush stokes.

12. Gustav Klimt 1862-1918 Austrian symbolist painter. Ornamental style.

13. Edvard Munch 1863-1944 Incorporated psychological themes built upon symbolism and German Expressionism.

14. Henri Matisse 1869-1954 Fauvism- Emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.

15. Georgia O’Keefe 1887-1906 Enlarged blossoming flowers.

16. Frida Khalo 1907-1954 Self portraits and symbolism.