Question 1

Who are some famous African-American artists?

Accepted Answer

Some famous African-American artists include Horace Pippin, Augusta Savage, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Aaron Douglas, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kerry James Marshall, Theaster Gates, Sam Gillam, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley. Shop a variety of African-American art from some of the world’s top galleries on 1stDibs.

Question 2

Who is the artist associated with Urban Realism and American Scene painting?

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The artist associated with Urban Realism and American Scene painting is Edward Hopper. Throughout the early 20th century, he created paintings of New York City that captured the feelings of isolation associated with urban life. His best-known works include Nighthawks, Automat, Chop Suey and Office at Night. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Edward Hopper art.

Question 3

Who is the artist that paints bunnies?

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Hunt Slonem is the artist who is known for painting bunnies. The American Neo-Expressionist painter also depicts other animals like tropical birds and butterflies in his work. Much of the inspiration for his paintings comes from his own aviary. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Hunt Slonem art.

Question 4

How do I identify an artist’s painting?

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To identify an artist's painting, first try using the app Smartify. It allows you to take a photo of the artist's signature, and then it automatically searches a large database to identify who made it. If this search yields no results, you can try performing a reverse image search using a photo of the signature or the entire painting. Once you know who the artist is, you can use trusted online resources to determine the name and age of the piece. Alternatively, you can have a certified appraiser or experienced art dealer evaluate your painting and identify it for you. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of paintings.

Question 5

How do I find the artist of a painting?

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To find the artist of a painting, first try photographing the painting with your smartphone and the artist's signature. Then, conduct a reverse image search on Google using the photographs, and study the results to see if you can determine the artist's name. You can also try using the app Smartify to scan the image and see if it appears in its database. If you have difficulty identifying the artist, consult a knowledgeable art dealer or certified appraiser. On 1stDibs, explore a large collection of fine art.

Question 6

What artist is known for stripe painting?

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One artist best known for stripe painting is Bridget Riley. Since the 1970s, Riley has been experimenting with color, creating works like Nataraja (1993), made up of columns of brightly hued diagonal stripes that seem to pulse rhythmically. By using stripes to instill life, movement and energy into flat, geometric forms, she helped pioneer Op art. On 1stDibs, shop a diverse assortment of Bridget Riley art.

Question 7

What Photorealist artist painted diners?

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The Photorealist who painted diners is John Baeder. He is an American painter who is considered a frontrunner in the Photorealist movement. Baeder is known for his detailed paintings and prints of roadside diners. His work can be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Norton Museum of Art in ​​West Palm Beach, Florida and the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado. On 1stDibs, shop a range of John Baeder art.

Question 8

Which artist is famous for painting apples?

Accepted Answer

There are actually two artists who are considered famous for painting apples. One is Paul Cézanne, who is best known for his still-life paintings, many of which contained apples. Examples of these works include The Basket of Apples and Still Life with Apples. Another painter associated with apples is René Magritte, whose Surrealist paintings often used apples as a symbol for original sin. Notable apple paintings by Magritte include The Son of Man and The Listening Room. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of fine art.

Question 9

How do I find an artist of oil paintings?

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The best place to find oil paintings and discover new artists is at local art galleries. There are also many online art dealers who provide information about artists and sell their works. On 1stDibs, you’ll discover a variety of art styles from master oil painters.

Question 10

How do I find the artist of an oil painting?

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To find the artist of an oil painting, look on the back of the canvas. Sometimes, you will find the artist’s name and the year of production on the back. If the canvas is in a frame, gently peel away the paper covering the back to access the canvas. In the event you cannot find any identifying information, seek the help of a licensed art appraiser. Shop a selection of oil paintings on 1stDibs.

Question 11

Are paintings by unknown artists worth anything?

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Yes, paintings by unknown artists may be worth something in some cases. When a painting’s maker isn't a well-known artist or is completely anonymous, factors like the visual appeal, historical significance, previous ownership and condition will determine the value of a painting. A certified appraiser or experienced art dealer can evaluate your piece using these criteria and provide you with an estimated value for your art. Shop a wide range of paintings on 1stDibs.

Question 12

Who is the artist of the painting “New York City?”

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The artist of the painting called "New York City" is the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. He was a part of the De Stijl art movement, which emphasized depicting objects, scenes and figures as their basic geometric shapes in simple primary colors. You can see this approach reflected in "New York City," where the architecture of the Big Apple is depicted in simple grid lines in yellow, red and blue. Find a variety of abstract art from some of the world's top galleries on 1stDibs.

Question 13

Who was a German artist who painted realistic portraits?

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Although many artists may fit this description, a famous German artist who painted realistic portraits is Wilhelm Leibl. As a printmaker and painter, Leibl worked during the second half of the 19th century and created many paintings of German peasants in traditional dress. Some of his most notable works include Three Women in Church, Die Dorfpolitiker, Farm Girl with a White Head Scarf and Die junge Pariserin (Die Kokotte). On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of Realist art.

Question 14

Which British artist is famous for his spot paintings?

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The British artist famous for his spot paintings is Damien Hirst. He began producing these pieces in the 1980s. One example, the 2005 painting Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution, is striking for its machinelike uniformity and almost childlike simplicity, a seeming rebuke to the idea of the artist-as-genius. Hirst is the most prominent of the Young British Artists, or YBAs, who began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories in the 1980s. Hirst is known for his use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics” in his paintings, prints, sculptures and other works. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of Damien Hirst art.

Question 15

How do you identify an artist's oil painting signature?

Accepted Answer

To identify an artist's oil painting signature, you can try photographing it with your smartphone and then conducting a reverse image search using a trusted search engine. You can also search for the name and consult trusted online resources to learn more about the artist. If these methods don't result in a successful identification, a certified art appraiser or art dealer may be able to assist you. Shop a range of oil paintings from some of the world’s top galleries on 1stDibs.

Question 16

Who was the first artist to use oil paint?

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The name of the first artist to use oil paints isn't known. However, historians have traced the use of oils back to 7th-century Afghanistan. There, Buddhist artists used oil paintings to produce religious artworks. One of the first artists to be famous for their use of oil paints was Jan van Eyck, a Flemish artist who was active from 1422 to 1441. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of oil paintings.

Question 17

What famous artist puts a mouse in his paintings?

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The famous artist who put a mouse in his paintings was Terence Cuneo. He began adding the mouse around 1954, one year after he served as the official painter for Elizabeth II's coronation. Cuneo was a distinguished British painter famous for his scenes of railways, horses and military action. Explore a variety of Terence Cuneo art on 1stDibs.

Question 18

Which American artist is famous for laying the canvas on the floor and dripping the paint from a bucket using a stick?

Accepted Answer

Jackson Pollock is the American artist famous for laying the canvas on the floor and dripping the paint from a bucket using a stick. He called this innovative technique "drip painting." Pollock stood at the forefront of Abstract Expressionism to the point that his name has become nearly synonymous with the movement. He was deeply respected by his contemporaries, and Pollock’s paintings, prints and other art — as well as his commitment to the work — influenced artists worldwide. Explore a collection of Jackson Pollock art on 1stDibs.

Question 19

Which American Pop artist made several silkscreen prints of Mao?

Accepted Answer

Andy Warhol is the American Pop artist who made several silkscreen prints of Mao. He is known for his clever appropriation of motifs and images from popular advertising and commercials, which he integrated into graphic, vibrant works that utilized mass-production technologies such as printmaking, photography and silkscreening. Today, Warhol is all but synonymous with Pop art, the movement he helped shape in the 1960s. Explore an assortment of Andy Warhol art on 1stDibs.

Question 20

Who was the famous artist and co-founder of the Hudson River School artists who painted historical paintings and romantic landscapes?

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The famous artist and co-founder of the Hudson River School artists who painted historical paintings and romantic landscapes was Thomas Cole. Born in England, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1818. During a trip to the Catskills, he first began producing paintings, and his work helped establish the tradition of landscape art in America. Shop a large selection of Hudson River School paintings on 1stDibs.

American Artists Painting

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Ben-Zion WeinmanAmerican Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Contemporary Painting on Canvas by Cuban-American Artist Juan A. Navarrete

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Docked Fishing Boat in Gloucester, MA, by Mystery American Artist, 20th Century

Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Sam KarresArtist and Model 2011 Framed Watercolor Painting, 2011

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Bertha Menzler Peyton"Annisquam Church" by American Female Artist: Bertha Sophia Menzler-Peyton

2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Daria MolostnovaA Moment of Storm - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, Marine Art, American Artist, 2025

20th Century American Paintings

David Stirling, American Artist Oil Painting in Frame of Romantic Mountain Scene

1910s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Harry Leslie Hoffman"The Artist s Wife at the Loom, " Harry Hoffman, Bright American Impressionism, circa 1915

20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Albert PelsUnique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!

1950s Realist Nude Paintings

Frank Herbert MasonNude woman at washbasin oil painting on canvas by Frank H.Mason American artist, dated 1955

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Cuban-American Artist Geiler Gonzalez Painting on Canvas "Man on NYC Beam"

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Oil Painting by American Artist Leonore Smith Jerrems in Newcomb Macklin Frame

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings

Mixed Media Painting by Cuban-American Artist Juan Navarette Titled "Red Boat"

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Cuban American Artist Juan Navarrete Abstract Painting Woman with Red Hair, 2022

2010s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Angela WakefieldAmerican Diner Americana Series USA by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist, 2012

Early 2000s Uruguayan Modern Paintings

Signed Golden Framed South American Art Well-Known Uruguay Artist Painting 2006

1980s Landscape Paintings

Victor Papkov San Francisco Sunset , Russian American, Bay Area artist, 1989

Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Paintings

Still Life with Flowers, Oil Painting on Canvas by American-Italian Artist

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Frederick ShaneArtists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Painting, Landscape, 1949

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Alice Mumford Roberts Culin1908 FEMALE AMERICAN ARTIST Impressionist ASHCAN School Woman at the OPERA, 1908

1970s Realist Portrait Paintings

Charleston WilsonModernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson, 1970

20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Arthur SmithAmerican Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith, 20th Century

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Garrett MiddaughFrio River, oil painting Realism style, Texas Artist, 2019

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Juanita Guccione"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist, 1935

1960s Abstract Paintings

Beni E. KoshPink Purple Geometric Abstraction, Cleveland School African American Artist, 1969

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Hoyt Yeatman Jr.Portrait of a Native American Elder in oil on Artist s Board, late 20th Century

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Modernist Style Painting by American Artist Raymond O Neill, 1930 s-1940 s

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

William SchwartzLandscape with Artist. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Hans BurkhardtThe Artist s Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt, 1930

1920s American Realist Nude Paintings

Allan GilbertReclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist, 1927

21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings

Cuban-American Artist Geiler Gonzalez Oil Painting on Canvas, "Icaro" Signed L/R

20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Emma Fordyce MacRaeYellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

1950s "Slit" Mid Century Painting Bay Area Artist, c. 1950

1990s American Romantic Paintings

Oil on Panel Painting Titled CACHITA by Hector Catá, Cuban American Artist 1997

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Pawel KontnyLarge Modernist Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Abram TromkaRare Large Judaica Oil Painting Jewish 2 Rabbis Painting Abram Tromka WPA Artist, c.1930 s-1950 s

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Kyra Markham"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism, c. 1940s

1960s Cubist Still-life Paintings

John F. LeonardCubist Still Life, Oil on Board Painting by American Artist John F. Leonard, circa 1965

1950s Nude Paintings

Carol LeMasney Hayes Seated Nude , California, Woman Artist, Stanford, Sausalito, Native American, 1954

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Ben-Zion Weinman
American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10

Sam Karres
Artist and Model 2011 Framed Watercolor Painting, 2011

Bertha Menzler Peyton
"Annisquam Church" by American Female Artist: Bertha Sophia Menzler-Peyton

Daria Molostnova
A Moment of Storm - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, Marine Art, American Artist, 2025

Harry Leslie Hoffman
"The Artist s Wife at the Loom, " Harry Hoffman, Bright American Impressionism, circa 1915

Albert Pels
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!

Frank Herbert Mason
Nude woman at washbasin oil painting on canvas by Frank H.Mason American artist, dated 1955

Angela Wakefield
American Diner Americana Series USA by Leading British Urban Landscape Artist, 2012

Victor Papkov
San Francisco Sunset , Russian American, Bay Area artist, 1989

Frederick Shane
Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Painting, Landscape, 1949

Alice Mumford Roberts Culin
1908 FEMALE AMERICAN ARTIST Impressionist ASHCAN School Woman at the OPERA, 1908

Charleston Wilson
Modernist Portrait by African American Artist Charleston Wilson, 1970

Arthur Smith
American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith, 20th Century

Garrett Middaugh
Frio River, oil painting Realism style, Texas Artist, 2019

Juanita Guccione
"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist, 1935

Beni E. Kosh
Pink Purple Geometric Abstraction, Cleveland School African American Artist, 1969

Hoyt Yeatman Jr.
Portrait of a Native American Elder in oil on Artist s Board, late 20th Century

William Schwartz
Landscape with Artist. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.

Hans Burkhardt
The Artist s Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt, 1930

Allan Gilbert
Reclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist, 1927

Emma Fordyce MacRae
Yellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist

Pawel Kontny
Large Modernist Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist

Abram Tromka
Rare Large Judaica Oil Painting Jewish 2 Rabbis Painting Abram Tromka WPA Artist, c.1930 s-1950 s

Kyra Markham
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism, c. 1940s

John F. Leonard
Cubist Still Life, Oil on Board Painting by American Artist John F. Leonard, circa 1965

Carol LeMasney Hayes
Seated Nude , California, Woman Artist, Stanford, Sausalito, Native American, 1954

John F Carlson
American Impressionist Woodstock Artist John F Carlson Watercolor Stream, circa 1900

Elsie Palmer Payne
Fauve Landscape French Market Scene by Female American Artist, 1910 circa

Cheri Christensen
Rooster at 5 a.m. Oil Painting, Rooster, Texas Artist, Animal Paintings, Framed, 2020

Theresa Bernstein
"Untitled" Theresa Bernstein, Expressionist Work by American Ashcan Artist, circa 1990

Cullen Yates
Impressionistic Maine Seascape Oil Painting Cullen Yates NA Salmagundi Artist, circa 1900

William Lester Stevens
Rockport Artist William Lester Stevens "Old Apple Tree" Landscape Painting

David Harris
Landscape in Provence , Large American Impressionist Oil, California artist

Charles De Wolf Brownell
Plants, Bristol 1863 Watercolor Painting American Artist Charles DeWolf Brownell, 1863

Louis Bosa
Rockport, Massachusetts Seascape, Cape Ann, Shoreline, Italian American Artist, 1971

T.M. Nicholas
Gloucester Scene Landscape Painting by Rockport Artist TM Nicholas

Clarence Holbrook Carter
Ovoid, geometrical figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School artist, 1992

Henry Ensol
Lower Manhattan Cityscape American Artist WPA Era NY School c. 1930 Henry Ensol, c. 1930

Pal Fried
Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed by Fried Pal American artist, ca 1946

Daria Molostnova
Morning Surf - Hawaiian Seascape, Ocean Waves, Coastal Art, American Artist, 2025

Robert Blackburn
Reclining Nude — Mid-Century Modernism, Renowned African American Artist, c. 1948