1. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is the first painter of the Italian Renaissance and one of the most outstanding representatives of the entire European Renaissance. His masterpieces include "The Last Supper", "Mona Lisa", "Madonna of the Grotto", etc.

2. Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) is a great painter, sculptor and architect of the Italian Renaissance, and also a representative of the highest peak of sculpture art in the Renaissance. He is known as the "three heroes" of the Italian Renaissance together with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The marble sculpture "Lamentation of Christ" is his famous work, and the most familiar sculptures include "David", etc. His most important paintings are the ceiling painting "Genesis" of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and the Sistine altar fresco "The Last Judgment", etc.

3. Rubens (1577-1640) is a German and a representative painter of the Baroque style. He was good at painting religious, mythological, historical, customs, portraits and landscapes. He was one of the most accomplished painters in the West in the 17th century. His major works include "The Erecting of the Cross", "The Painter and Mrs. Isabella", "The Abduction", "The Battle of the Amazons", "Adam and Eve", etc.

4. Rembrandt (1606-1669) is the most symbolic artist in the Golden Age of Dutch painting in the 17th century. He was versatile and painted portraits, group portraits, landscapes, and some extremely exquisite copperplate engravings. His position in the history of painting in the Netherlands and even in Europe is comparable to that of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance. His famous work is "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tilp" and his last painting is "The Return of the Prodigal Son". According to statistics, his surviving works include 600 oil paintings, 350 etchings, and 1,500 sketches.

5. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was an outstanding French classical painter in the 19th century. His representative works include Portrait of Louis-François-Bertin, Portrait of Madame Rivière, Oedipus Unraveling the Mystery of the Sphinx, The Bather of Valpinson, Las Meninas, and The Fountain.

6. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was a Frenchman. He was a representative of post-Impressionism and a painting innovator after Impressionism. He, Van Gogh, and Gauguin were called post-Impressionist painters by later generations. Cézanne pursued the form of expression throughout his life, and had new creations in the use of color and modeling. He can be called the "father of modern painting". His important works include Abduction, Picnic, Card Players, Basket of Fruit, Victor Chaucer, and The Great Bather.

7. Claude Monet (1840-1926) was born in Paris. He is a representative of the Impressionist school. He focuses on people's feelings and impressions of life, advocates going to nature, respecting nature and people's feelings and impressions, and his influence is extremely far-reaching. Monet's paintings depict fleeting momentary impressions obtained from nature. Scattered brushstrokes rush onto the canvas, bringing color to even the darkest shadow areas on the painting surface. Monet was the first artist to explore this visual phenomenon in depth with his paintings. His main representative works include "The Seine", "Woman in Green", "Impression Sunrise", "Saint-Lazare Station", "Water Lilies", etc.

8. Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutchman. He was a great artist of the 19th century and a representative of the Post-Impressionist school. His creations have far-reaching significance in the development of art, promoting bold innovation in painting colors and enhancing the expressiveness of comprehensive forms. Van Gogh's style of work has attracted the attention of Fauvist painters and Expressionist painters. He left behind a wealth of works throughout his life, but they were not gradually recognized until after his death. In these works, the painter prominently pursued the expression of his own spirit, and all forms jumped and twisted under the control of intense spirit. Such art had a profound influence on 20th century expressionism, especially German expressionist painters, who learned many important principles from his works. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the greatest painter with global influence in the Netherlands after Rembrandt. His representative works include "Potato Eaters", "Weaver", "Cornfield with Cypresses", "Sunflowers", "Open-air Cafe at Night", etc.

9. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Spanish. As the most influential modernist painter in the 20th century, his painting method and style changed throughout his life. His early paintings were similar to themes of expressionism, and later he focused on the simplified images of primitive art.

From 1915 to 1920, his painting style once turned to realism.

In 1930, he clearly tended to surrealism. In his later years, he produced a large number of sculptures and pottery, and also achieved outstanding results. Picasso's father was a drawing teacher. He had received relatively strict painting training at the Academy of Fine Arts and had strong modeling ability. Picasso had extraordinary artistic talent since he was a child. His representative works include "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", "Three Dancers", "Franco's Dreams and Lies", "Guernica", etc.

10. Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Spanish surrealist painter and printmaker, known for exploring subconscious images, is considered one of the three most representative painters of the 20th century together with Picasso and Matisse. He made great contributions to surrealism and 20th century art in turning the subjective world of dreams into objective and exciting images. Dali's life is full of legends. In addition to painting, his articles, eloquence, movements, appearance and beard have left a deep impression on people. His most famous works are probably "The Persistence of Memory", "Christ on the Cross", "Andalou's Dog", "The Golden Age", "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali", "Foreshadowing of Civil War", etc.