Raja Ravi Varma was born to Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan Bhattathiripad in the royal palace of Kilimanoor on April 29, 1848. Ravi Varma belonged to a family of scholars, poets and artists.

Albrecht Altdorfer (1480-1538) was a German painter, engraver, architect and leading member of the ‘Danube School’ of German painting.

Information about Great Artists and their artwork from all around the world.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the painter of "Victorians in togas", was one of the most successful artists of the XIX century.

Fedor Yakovlevich Alekseev was the first Russian painter who achieved notable success in town landscaping.

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky was born in the family of a merchant of Armenian origin in the town of Feodosia, Crimea.