Pablo Picasso said this artist was his one and only master, and both he and Henri Matisse called him “the father of us all.” As a Post-Impressionist painter, he bridged the gap between Impressionism and Modern Art. His work inspired Cubism, Fauvism, and...

  He was compelled to capture the constantly changing, atmosphere altering light. The way it cast its beauty on land and water — the way it changed the shades and tones of color in the tiniest of degrees. He and his “rebel” friends would rock the art...

He was called "the painter of dancers" but it wasn’t the dancers he wanted to capture—it was the movement. From dancers to horse races to scenes of everyday life, he wanted to paint his subjects in an honest, unguarded moment. And although he was instrumental in...

  He loved the lines and beauty of classical art, yet he wanted to paint that beauty in a modern setting and experiment with his own techniques. And although he desperately wanted his paintings to be exhibited at the Paris Salon, he was continually rejected....

  He was a child prodigy who, at the age of eleven, became the youngest student to enter London's Royal Academy School of Art. Later he would become one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood shocking the classical art establishment. But...

  He was born into an Italian family steeped in a rich cultural and literary heritage which greatly influenced him throughout his life. Often torn between either being an artist or a poet, he chose both. In this episode, we'll talk about Dante Gabriel Rossetti,...