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Oil Painting Artists

2,556 works at MoMA 8 nationalities

Leading Artists in Oil Painting

  1. 84 Ellsworth Kelly American
  2. 54 Pablo Picasso Spanish
  3. 39 Mira Schendel Brazilian
  4. 31 Gerhard Richter German
  5. 31 Ellen Gallagher American
  6. 30 Tadáskía Brazilian
  7. 29 James Brown American
  8. 27 Odilon Redon French
  9. 25 Henri Matisse French
  10. 24 Joan Miró Spanish

National Distribution

NationalityWorksShare
American123148.2%
French28411.1%
German1837.2%
Spanish1024%
Brazilian1014%
British1003.9%
Italian903.5%
Russian491.9%

Classification Sub-types

Classification Works Share
Painting 1636 64%
Drawing 533 20.9%
Print 103 4%
Notebook 74 2.9%
Illustrated Book 60 2.3%
Sculpture 56 2.2%
Architecture 21 0.8%
Design 18 0.7%

Department Distribution

  • European Paintings (MET) — 1765
  • Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 1691
  • Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 783
  • The American Wing (MET) — 774
  • Drawings and Prints (MET) — 101
  • Robert Lehman Collection (MET) — 86
  • European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (MET) — 79
  • Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 55
  • Asian Art (MET) — 23
  • Modern and Contemporary Art (MET) — 15

Production by Decade

13
0s
9
1870s
16
1880s
22
1890s
75
1900s
236
1910s
184
1920s
182
1930s
253
1940s
289
1950s
464
1960s
169
1970s
180
1980s
124
1990s
209
2000s
63
2010s
68
2020s

Physical Scale Distribution

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1536.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)125550.2%
Large (1–3 m)99639.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)973.9%

Artist Birth Cohorts

8
1825–1849
50
1850–1874
216
1875–1899
284
1900–1924
302
1925–1949
126
1950–1974
35
1975–1999
2
2000–2024

Gender of Artists Working in Oil Painting

  • Male — 820
  • Female — 198
  • Female (transwoman) — 1

Met Cultural Context

CultureCountryMet Records
American731
French53
Japan23
AmericanUnited States20
Netherlandish10
British7
Mexican7
Peru (Cuzco)6
French, Paris3
Italian3

On View Now

259 Oil Painting works currently installed in Met galleries

Notable Highlights

Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece)

Robert Campin · ca. 1427–32

South Netherlandish · South Netherlands

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Jan van Eyck · ca. 1440–41

Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus · 1446

A Goldsmith in his Shop

Petrus Christus · 1449

Francesco d'Este (born about 1429, died after July 20, 1486)

Rogier van der Weyden · ca. 1460

The Annunciation

Hans Memling · ca. 1465–70

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling · ca. 1470

Madonna and Child

Filippino Lippi · ca. 1483–84