renowned artists
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| Francois Boucher |  | Francois Boucher (1703 in Bordeaux - May 30, 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, and several portraits of Madame de Pompadour |
| Francesco Guardi |  | Francesco Guardi (1712-1793), Venetian painter, was a pupil of Canaletto, and followed his style so closely that pictures are very frequently attributed to his more celebrated master. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting. |
| Joshua Reynolds |  | Sir Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792) was the most important and influential of eighteenth-century English painters, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy. George III appreciated his merits and knighted him in 1769. |
| George Stubbs |  | George Stubbs (born in Liverpool on August 25, 1724 - died in London July 10, 1806) was a British painter, best known for his paintings of horses. |
| Thomas Gainsborough |  | Thomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727 (baptised) - August 2, 1788) was one of the most famous portrait and landscape painters of 18th century Britain. |
| Jean-Honore Fragonard |  | Jean-Honore Fragonard (April 5, 1732 - August 22, 1806) was a French painter. |
| George Romney |  | George Romney (December 26, 1734 - November 15, 1802) was a noted English portrait painter. |
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