Great Painters

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• Who painted The Last Supper, the famous mural depicting Jesus and his apostles?
• Which artist created Impression, Sunrise, the painting that gave Impressionism its name?
• Who painted Guernica, a large anti-war work responding to the bombing of a Spanish town?
• Which Renaissance painter decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
• Who painted Las Meninas, the complex court scene featuring the Spanish royal family?
• Which Dutch painter created Girl with a Pearl Earring?
• Rembrandt van Rijn is known for using dramatic contrasts of light and shadow in many of his paintings.
• Caravaggio was a leading painter of the Baroque period.