Akron Public Library

Examines the life and work of Monet, describing his struggle for artistic recognition and providing examples of his paintings.

Surveys the life and work of the well-known seventeenth-century Dutch artist and discusses the reasons for the rise and fall of artists' reputations.

A biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, whose greatest work may have been the Sistine Chapel in Rome's St. Peter's Cathedral.

A biography of the Spanish painter, a forerunner of the impressionist movement, who was noted for his royal portraits, his drawings of the horrors of war, and his politically and socially satirical etchings.

A biography of the nineteenth-century American artist who spent most of his life in Europe and is known for his flamboyant personality, as well as his innovative painting and printmaking techniques and famous portrait of his mother.