History of painting
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The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts and artwork created by pre-historic artists, and spans all cultures. It represents a continuous, though periodically disrupted, tradition from
Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave, in Kalimantan, Indonesia, contains one of the oldest known figurative paintings, a 40,000-year-old depiction of a bull.
The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer, c. 1657
Cave paintings depicting a wild boar hunt in the Maros-Pangkep karst of Sulawesi are estimated to be at least 43,900 years old (2014). This finding was recognized as "the oldest known depiction of storytelling and the earliest instance of figurative art in human history."
In 2021, researchers discovered ancient cave art in Leang Tedongnge, Sulawesi, Indonesia, estimated to be at least 45,500 years old. Depicting a warty pig, this artwork is recognized as the world's oldest known example of figurative or representational art.
Modern art
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Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usu
Vincent van Gogh, Country Road in Provence by Night, May 1890, Kröller-Müller Museum
Paul Cézanne, The Large Bathers, 1898–1905
Georges Seurat, Models (Les Poseuses), 1886–88, Barnes Foundation
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing, 1892