Information on featured painters.

Vincent van Gogh: 1853-1890 His work is recognisable by its short brush strokes and bright colours. His paintings only gained attention after his death, which is regarded as a suicide but this is speculated upon.

Famous works:

• The Starry Night
• Sunflowers
• Almond Blossom
• The Potato Eaters

Featured in this list in:

• Sacré Bleu
• Lust for Life
• The Secret Life of Sunflowers

Johannes Vermeer: 1632-1675 Vermeer specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life and is renowned for making masterful use of light in his work.

Famous works:

• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• The Milkmaid
• The Art of Painting
• Woman with a Water Jug

Featured in this list in:

• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Chasing Vermeer
• Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Rembrandt: 1606-1669 Rembrandt's works depict a wide range of styles and subject matter. Known for using strong contrasts of light and shadow.

Famous works:

• The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholas Tulp
• Man in a Turban
• The Night Watch
• The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Featured in this list in:

• I am Rembrandt's Daughter

Cover Art:

• The Goldfinch: The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius (1654)
• To Paradise: Iokepa, Hawaiian Fisher Boy by Hubert Vos (1898)
• The Book of Goose: A Dog with a dead Goose and Peacock (A Study of Game and Fruit) by Jan Weenix (ca. 1700)
• The Doloriad: Woman Tuning a Lute by Gerrit van Honthorst (1624)
• Indelicacy: Margaretha van Haexbergen by Gerard ter Borch the Younger (ca. 1666–67)