European Artist

Europe has shaped much of what we think of as art history, from the Renaissance masters to the movements that followed, Impressionism, Surrealism, and everything since. This section brings together painters, sculptors, and photographers from across the continent, with countries that have enough artists on WooArts getting their own dedicated page, while smaller national scenes are gathered here under one regional home. The range is huge, classical technique sitting alongside bold contemporary work, quiet countryside scenes next to big city energy. What ties these artists together is simply geography, not a shared style. Explore this section to see the full breadth of European art today.

The Kiss | European Artist

A Masterpiece of Love and Art The Story Behind Klimt’s Golden Masterpiece Gustav Klimt painted The Kiss between 1907 and 1908 in Vienna. “The background dissolves into a golden haze, blurring the boundaries between reality and dream, making the lovers appear suspended in a timeless, ethereal moment.” The painting is a shimmering masterpiece of passion,…
Josef Kote | European Artist

Discover Josef Kote, an Albanian palette-knife painter whose vibrant cityscapes, seascapes, and figurative works shimmer with light, color, and energy. From his Academy training in Tirana to international recognition, explore how this master colorist creates emotionally resonant paintings using bold brushwork and flowing drips.
Peder Severin Krøyer | European Artist

Peder Severin Krøyer was a Danish painter best known for his glowing beach scenes and his central role in the Skagen artists’ colony. He studied in Paris under Léon Bonnat, absorbed ideas from the Impressionists, and kept painting even as his eyesight failed until his death in 1909.
Artist Laurits Andersen Ring | European Artist

Laurits Andersen Ring was a Danish painter who showed rural poverty honestly, without making it look prettier than it was, which earned him the nickname the Apostle of the Hideous. He painted farmers, doorways, and open windows across southern Zealand until his death in 1933.
Luo Li Rong | European Artist

Luo Li Rong is a Chinese sculptor born in Hunan in 1980 who trained at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing before settling in Europe. She casts life size bronze figures of women in motion, blending Chinese tradition with Renaissance and Baroque technique, and now runs her own foundry in Bologna, Italy.
Gustav Klimt | European Artist

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter born in 1862 near Vienna, known for blending symbolist ideas with gold leaf and rich decorative pattern. He died in 1918, leaving behind portraits, allegories, and myth scenes shaped by his early training in mural painting.
Robert Campin | European Artist

Robert Campin was a Flemish painter born around 1375 in Tournai, working at the start of early Netherlandish realism with oil paint, deep color, and fine detail. He is best known today for the Mérode Altarpiece and other religious scenes filled with quiet, symbolic objects.
Nikoletta Kiraly | European Artist

Nikoletta Király is a Hungarian painter born in Debrecen who learned to paint in her grandfather’s studio and now lives near Lake Balaton. She paints outdoors often, using a knife or brush to bring soft, impressionist light to landscapes and everyday scenes.
Zsigmond István | European Artist

Zsigmond István is a Hungarian artist born in 1964 in Budapest who mixes traditional watercolor technique with modern digital finishing. Active since the early 1990s, he has also written poetry and composed music alongside his portraits and landscapes.
Peder Mork Monsted | European Artist

Peder Mørk Mønsted was a Danish landscape painter born in 1859 near Grenaa, celebrated for forests, rivers, and winter scenes so precise that many viewers mistake them for photographs. He trained in Copenhagen and Paris, traveled widely across Europe and North Africa, and became one of the most admired landscape painters of his time.
Philip de László | European Artist

Philip de László was an Anglo-Hungarian painter born in Budapest in 1869, best known for portraits of European royalty including Queen Mary and King Edward VII. He became a British subject in 1914, and stories from his sittings, like reworking the queen’s hands to look more elegant, still follow his paintings today.
Olafur Eliasson | European Artist

Olafur Eliasson is a Danish Icelandic artist born in Copenhagen in 1967 known for large scale installations that use light, water, and mirrors to explore natural phenomena. His 2003 installation The Weather Project at Tate Modern was seen by around two million visitors.