Gustave Courbet was a French painter, well-respected for his ability to portray density and weight. He also was considered to be a rather scandalous painter, known for deviating from the classical traditions of nude painting, and considered quite lewd because of it. The third painting in the series is one of his earlier self portraits.

Portraits of the Mad by Théodore Géricault.

The rare quadruple post.

Paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

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Art by Kawanabe Kyosai, once famously referred to as "perhaps the last virtuoso in traditional Japanese painting."

Oh, he also created what is sometimes considered to be the first manga magazine.