20 Artists you should know.

 The following is a shortlist of artists that are commonly known for their artistic contributions, there is no particular order. To each artist I have added a little information to make any extended searching easier for you.

- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519); Italian artist, high renaissance.

- Rafael (1483 - 1520); Italian artist, renaissance/high renaissance/Italian renaissance.

- MichaelAngelo (1475 - 1564); Italian artist, mannerism/high renaissance.

- Claude Monet (1840 - 1926); French artist, French impressionism.

- Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859 - 1937); African-American artist, Realism.

- Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 -1986); American Artist, Precisionism/ modern.

- Grant Wood (1892 - 1942); American artist, American Gothic/realism/impressionism/regionalism/post impressionism.

- JM William Turner (1775 - 1851); British artist, romanticism/pre-impressionist.

- Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954); French artist, Fauvism/impressionism/modern art/post impressionism/modernism/neo-Impressionism

- Rembrandt (1606 - 1669); Dutch artist, baroque/Dutch Golden age.

- Augusta Savage (1892 - 1962); African American artist, sculptor, Harlem renaissance.

-Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917); French artist, impressionism/realism/modern art.

- Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1918 nine); Spanish artist, surrealism/dada/Cubism.

- Augusta Renoir (1841 - 1919); French artist, impressionism/modern art.

- Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675); Dutch artist, Dutch Golden age/baroque.

- Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954); Mexican artist, surrealism/modern art/cubism/magical realism/symbolism.

- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973); Spanish artist, Cubism/surrealism/post impressionism

- Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987); American artist, pop art.

-Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890); Dutch artist, post impressionism/Expressionism

- Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877 - 1968); African American, Harlem Renaissance.