Remember that every artist is influenced by other great artists. The videos 20 Most Famous Painters Today & Top 13 Ultra Contemporary Artists shows current artists today, but they were all heavily influenced and building on the work from past modern artists like some of the important famous modern artists that I have provided the artist links to below:
Notable Contemporary Black Artists
Notable Contemporary Asian Artists
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA, 1775 - 1851, known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
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