Vincent van Gogh
Post-Impressionist whose expressive brushwork and color transformed modern art; known for Irises and Starry Night.
Artists
Discover artists represented throughout the museum collection, from Impressionist pioneers to modern fashion and contemporary voices.
Claude Monet
Pioneer of Impressionism, capturing light and atmosphere in works such as Water Lilies and Impression, Sunrise.
Edouard Manet
Combined Realism and Impressionism, known for bold modern paintings such as Olympia and Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.
Edgar Degas
Master of movement and composition, famed for ballet scenes and candid portraits of Parisian life.
Henri Matisse
Innovator of color and form, leading Fauvism with vibrant works like The Dance.
Pablo Picasso
Revolutionary artist who co-founded Cubism and reshaped twentieth-century art with relentless experimentation.
Joan Miro
Spanish surrealist who merged biomorphic abstraction with playful symbols and dreamlike compositions.
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter celebrated for golden ornamental portraits and allegories of sensuality and life.
Georgia O'Keeffe
American modernist known for abstract floral forms and desert landscapes reflecting quiet power.
Frida Kahlo
Mexican painter who expressed identity, pain, and surrealist vision through striking self-portraits.
Augusta Savage
Harlem Renaissance sculptor celebrated for portraiture of Black cultural leaders; her 1939 work Lift Every Voice and Sing remains a touchstone in The Met's American Wing.
Rodin (Auguste Rodin)
French sculptor pioneering expressive realism in bronze; The Thinker and The Kiss are icons of form and emotion.
Alexander McQueen
Fashion designer redefining couture with conceptual works that merged craft, history, and rebellion.
Rei Kawakubo
Avant-garde designer challenging structure, gender, and beauty through her label Comme des Garcons.
Karl Lagerfeld
German designer whose sharp wit and discipline defined fashion houses including Chanel and Fendi.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Neo-expressionist painter whose raw energy and social commentary reshaped 1980s art culture.
Andy Warhol
Pop Art leader merging celebrity culture and consumerism in silkscreens such as Marilyn Diptych.
Diego Rivera
Mexican muralist fusing political narrative and indigenous symbolism into monumental public art.
Mary Cassatt
American Impressionist capturing domestic intimacy and female experience through tender observation.
Auguste Renoir
French Impressionist famed for luminous depictions of leisure, family, and sensual warmth.
John Singer Sargent
American expatriate portrait painter featured throughout The Met, admired for luminous brushwork and striking society portraits.