Visual Artists Calendar 2025-2026

Comprehensive edition featuring 95+ artists with birth or death anniversaries (one entry per artist, prioritizing birth dates)

Week 1: September 21-27, 2025

Mark Rothko (September 25, 1903 - February 25, 1970)
Major Work: "Red Studio"
📅 Birth Anniversary: September 25

Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 - September 27, 1917)
Major Work: "The Ballet Class"
📅 Death Anniversary: September 27

Week 2: September 28 - October 4, 2025

Caravaggio (September 29, 1571 - July 18, 1610)
Major Work: "The Calling of Saint Matthew"
📅 Birth Anniversary: September 29

François Boucher (September 29, 1703 - May 30, 1770)
Major Work: "Venus Consoling Love"
📅 Birth Anniversary: September 29

Jean-François Millet (October 4, 1814 - January 20, 1875)
Major Work: "The Gleaners"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 4

Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 - October 2, 1968)
Major Work: "Fountain"
📅 Death Anniversary: October 2

Week 3: October 5-11, 2025

Giorgione (c.1477/1478 - September 1510)
Major Work: "The Tempest"
📅 Death Anniversary: September 1510

Alberto Giacometti (October 10, 1901 - January 11, 1966)
Major Work: "Walking Man"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 10

Jean-Antoine Watteau (October 10, 1684 - July 18, 1721)
Major Work: "Pilgrimage to Cythera"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 10

Week 4: October 12-18, 2025

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - October 12, 1858)
Major Work: "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō"
📅 Death Anniversary: October 12

Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 - October 22, 1906)
Major Work: "Mont Sainte-Victoire" series
📅 Death Anniversary: October 22

Rembrandt (July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669)
Major Work: "The Night Watch"
📅 Death Anniversary: October 4

Week 5: October 19-25, 2025

Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973)
Major Work: "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 25

Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 - September 29, 1997)
Major Work: "Whaam!"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 27

Francis Bacon (October 28, 1909 - April 28, 1992)
Major Work: "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 28

Week 6: October 26 - November 1, 2025

William Hogarth (November 10, 1697 - October 26, 1764)
Major Work: "Marriage A-la-Mode" series
📅 Death Anniversary: October 26

Johannes Vermeer (October 31, 1632 - December 15, 1675)
Major Work: "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 31

Katsushika Hokusai (October 31, 1760 - May 10, 1849)
Major Work: "The Great Wave off Kanagawa"
📅 Birth Anniversary: October 31

Egon Schiele (June 12, 1890 - October 31, 1918)
Major Work: "Self-Portrait with Physalis"
📅 Death Anniversary: October 31

Week 7: November 2-8, 2025

Henri Matisse (December 31, 1869 - November 3, 1954)
Major Work: "The Dance"
📅 Death Anniversary: November 3

Week 8: November 9-15, 2025

Auguste Rodin (November 12, 1840 - November 17, 1917)
Major Work: "The Thinker"
📅 Birth Anniversary: November 12

Georgia O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 - March 6, 1986)
Major Work: "Black Iris III"
📅 Birth Anniversary: November 15

Week 9: November 16-22, 2025

René Magritte (November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967)
Major Work: "The Treachery of Images"
📅 Birth Anniversary: November 21

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (November 24, 1864 - September 9, 1901)
Major Work: "At the Moulin Rouge"
📅 Birth Anniversary: November 24

Week 10: November 23-29, 2025

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680)
Major Work: "Apollo and Daphne"
📅 Death Anniversary: November 28

Week 11: November 30 - December 6, 2025

Georges Seurat (December 2, 1859 - March 29, 1891)
Major Work: "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"
📅 Birth Anniversary: December 2

Claude Monet (November 14, 1840 - December 5, 1926)
Major Work: "Water Lilies" series
📅 Death Anniversary: December 5

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (November 2, 1699 - December 6, 1779)
Major Work: "The Ray"
📅 Death Anniversary: December 6

Week 12: December 7-13, 2025

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598 - November 28, 1680)
Major Work: "Apollo and Daphne"
📅 Birth Anniversary: December 7

Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 - November 24, 1957)
Major Work: "Detroit Industry Murals"
📅 Birth Anniversary: December 8

Lucian Freud (December 8, 1922 - July 20, 2011)
Major Work: "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping"
📅 Birth Anniversary: December 8

Edvard Munch (December 12, 1863 - January 23, 1944)
Major Work: "The Scream"
📅 Birth Anniversary: December 12

Donatello (c.1386 - December 13, 1466)
Major Work: "David"
📅 Death Anniversary: December 13

Wassily Kandinsky (December 16, 1866 - December 13, 1944)
Major Work: "Composition VII"
📅 Death Anniversary: December 13

Week 13: December 14-20, 2025

J.M.W. Turner (April 23, 1775 - December 19, 1851)
Major Work: "The Fighting Temeraire"
📅 Death Anniversary: December 19

Week 14: December 21-27, 2025

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988)
Major Work: "Untitled (Skull)"
📅 Birth Anniversary: December 22

Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983)
Major Work: "The Farm"
📅 Death Anniversary: December 25

Week 15: December 28, 2025 - January 3, 2026

Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 - December 29, 1825)
Major Work: "The Death of Socrates"
📅 Death Anniversary: December 29

Qi Baishi (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957)
Major Work: "Shrimps"
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 1

Giotto di Bondone (c.1266/67 - January 8, 1337)
Major Work: Arena Chapel frescoes
📅 Death Anniversary: January 8

Week 16: January 4-10, 2026

Barbara Hepworth (January 10, 1903 - May 20, 1975)
Major Work: "Single Form"
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 10

Week 17: January 11-17, 2026

Berthe Morisot (January 14, 1841 - March 2, 1895)
Major Work: "The Cradle"
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 14

Paul Cézanne (January 19, 1839 - October 22, 1906)
Major Work: "Mont Sainte-Victoire" series
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 19

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867)
Major Work: "La Grande Odalisque"
📅 Death Anniversary: January 14

Week 18: January 18-24, 2026

Édouard Manet (January 23, 1832 - April 30, 1883)
Major Work: "Olympia"
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 23

Week 19: January 25-31, 2026

Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956)
Major Work: "No. 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)"
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 28

Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 - July 4, 1970)
Major Work: "Vir Heroicus Sublimis"
📅 Birth Anniversary: January 29

Week 20: February 1-7, 2026

Piet Mondrian (March 7, 1872 - February 1, 1944)
Major Work: "Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow"
📅 Death Anniversary: February 1

Gerhard Richter (February 9, 1932 - still living)
Major Work: "Betty"
📅 Birth Anniversary: February 9

Week 21: February 8-14, 2026

Michelangelo (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564)
Major Work: Sistine Chapel ceiling
📅 Death Anniversary: February 18

Week 22: February 15-21, 2026

Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 - March 16, 1957)
Major Work: "Bird in Space"
📅 Birth Anniversary: February 19

Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 - February 21, 1894)
Major Work: "Paris Street; Rainy Day"
📅 Death Anniversary: February 21

Week 23: February 22-28, 2026

Kazimir Malevich (February 23, 1879 - May 15, 1935)
Major Work: "Black Square"
📅 Birth Anniversary: February 23

Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792)
Major Work: "Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces"
📅 Death Anniversary: February 23

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (February 25, 1841 - December 3, 1919)
Major Work: "Luncheon of the Boating Party"
📅 Birth Anniversary: February 25

Week 24: March 1-7, 2026

Sandro Botticelli (March 1, 1445 - May 17, 1510)
Major Work: "The Birth of Venus"
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 1

Michelangelo (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564)
Major Work: Sistine Chapel ceiling
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 6

Piet Mondrian (March 7, 1872 - February 1, 1944)
Major Work: "Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow"
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 7

Anselm Kiefer (March 8, 1945 - still living)
Major Work: "Margarethe"
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 8

Week 25: March 8-14, 2026

Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 - March 16, 1957)
Major Work: "Bird in Space"
📅 Death Anniversary: March 16

Tamara de Lempicka (May 16, 1898 - March 18, 1980)
Major Work: "Young Lady with Gloves"
📅 Death Anniversary: March 18

Week 26: March 15-21, 2026

Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997)
Major Work: "Woman I"
📅 Death Anniversary: March 19

Week 27: March 22-28, 2026

Raphael (March 28, 1483 - April 6, 1520)
Major Work: "School of Athens"
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 28

Francisco Goya (March 30, 1746 - April 16, 1828)
Major Work: "The Third of May 1808"
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 30

Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890)
Major Work: "The Starry Night"
📅 Birth Anniversary: March 30

Week 28: March 29 - April 4, 2026

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (April 5, 1732 - August 22, 1806)
Major Work: "The Swing"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 5

Week 29: April 5-11, 2026

El Greco (1541 - April 7, 1614)
Major Work: "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz"
📅 Death Anniversary: April 7

Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528)
Major Work: "Melencolia I"
📅 Death Anniversary: April 6

Week 30: April 12-18, 2026

Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519)
Major Work: "Mona Lisa"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 15

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842)
Major Work: "Marie Antoinette with a Rose"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 16

Week 31: April 19-25, 2026

Joan Miró (April 20, 1893 - December 25, 1983)
Major Work: "The Farm"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 20

J.M.W. Turner (April 23, 1775 - December 19, 1851)
Major Work: "The Fighting Temeraire"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 23

Willem de Kooning (April 24, 1904 - March 19, 1997)
Major Work: "Woman I"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 24

Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 - August 13, 1863)
Major Work: "Liberty Leading the People"
📅 Birth Anniversary: April 26

Week 32: April 26 - May 2, 2026

Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519)
Major Work: "Mona Lisa"
📅 Death Anniversary: May 2

Week 33: May 3-9, 2026

Katsushika Hokusai (October 31, 1760 - May 10, 1849)
Major Work: "The Great Wave off Kanagawa"
📅 Death Anniversary: May 10

Week 34: May 10-16, 2026

Salvador Dalí (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989)
Major Work: "The Persistence of Memory"
📅 Birth Anniversary: May 11

Thomas Gainsborough (May 14, 1727 - August 2, 1788)
Major Work: "The Blue Boy"
📅 Birth Anniversary: May 14

Jasper Johns (May 15, 1930 - still living)
Major Work: "Flag"
📅 Birth Anniversary: May 15

Tamara de Lempicka (May 16, 1898 - March 18, 1980)
Major Work: "Young Lady with Gloves"
📅 Birth Anniversary: May 16

Barbara Hepworth (January 10, 1903 - May 20, 1975)
Major Work: "Single Form"
📅 Death Anniversary: May 20

Week 35: May 17-23, 2026

Sandro Botticelli (March 1, 1445 - May 17, 1510)
Major Work: "The Birth of Venus"
📅 Death Anniversary: May 17

Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528)
Major Work: "Melencolia I"
📅 Birth Anniversary: May 21

Mary Cassatt (May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1926)
Major Work: "The Child's Bath"
📅 Birth Anniversary: May 22

Week 36: May 24-30, 2026

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640)
Major Work: "The Descent from the Cross"
📅 Death Anniversary: May 30

Week 37: May 31 - June 6, 2026

Diego Velázquez (June 6, 1599 - August 6, 1660)
Major Work: "Las Meninas"
📅 Birth Anniversary: June 6

Paul Gauguin (June 7, 1848 - May 8, 1903)
Major Work: "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?"
📅 Birth Anniversary: June 7

Week 38: June 7-13, 2026

Gustave Courbet (June 10, 1819 - December 31, 1877)
Major Work: "The Stone Breakers"
📅 Birth Anniversary: June 10

John Constable (June 11, 1776 - March 31, 1837)
Major Work: "The Hay Wain"
📅 Birth Anniversary: June 11

Egon Schiele (June 12, 1890 - October 31, 1918)
Major Work: "Self-Portrait with Physalis"
📅 Birth Anniversary: June 12

Week 39: June 14-20, 2026

Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640)
Major Work: "The Descent from the Cross"
📅 Birth Anniversary: June 28

Week 40: June 21-27, 2026

Paul Klee (December 18, 1879 - June 29, 1940)
Major Work: "The Twittering Machine"
📅 Death Anniversary: June 29

Week 41: June 28 - July 4, 2026

John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 - September 9, 1815)
Major Work: "Watson and the Shark"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 3

Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 - July 13, 1954)
Major Work: "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 6

Marc Chagall (July 6, 1887 - March 28, 1985)
Major Work: "I and the Village"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 6

Week 42: July 5-11, 2026

Jan van Eyck (c.1390 - July 9, 1441)
Major Work: "Arnolfini Portrait"
📅 Death Anniversary: July 9

David Hockney (July 9, 1937 - still living)
Major Work: "A Bigger Splash"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 9

Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8, 1593 - 1652/53)
Major Work: "Judith Slaying Holofernes"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 8

Camille Pissarro (July 10, 1830 - November 13, 1903)
Major Work: "Boulevard Montmartre at Night"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 10

Amedeo Modigliani (July 12, 1884 - January 24, 1920)
Major Work: "Reclining Nude"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 12

Week 43: July 12-18, 2026

Rembrandt (July 15, 1606 - October 4, 1669)
Major Work: "The Night Watch"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 15

Joshua Reynolds (July 16, 1723 - February 23, 1792)
Major Work: "Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 16

Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 - September 27, 1917)
Major Work: "The Ballet Class"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 19

Week 44: July 19-25, 2026

Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967)
Major Work: "Nighthawks"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 22

Week 45: July 26 - August 1, 2026

Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 - October 2, 1968)
Major Work: "Fountain"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 28

Henry Moore (July 30, 1898 - August 31, 1986)
Major Work: "Reclining Figure"
📅 Birth Anniversary: July 30

Week 46: August 2-8, 2026

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 - February 22, 1987)
Major Work: "Campbell's Soup Cans"
📅 Birth Anniversary: August 6

Diego Velázquez (June 6, 1599 - August 6, 1660)
Major Work: "Las Meninas"
📅 Death Anniversary: August 6

Week 47: August 9-15, 2026

Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450 - August 9, 1516)
Major Work: "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
📅 Death Anniversary: August 9

Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 - August 11, 1956)
Major Work: "No. 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)"
📅 Death Anniversary: August 11

Week 48: August 16-22, 2026

Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848 - February 21, 1894)
Major Work: "Paris Street; Rainy Day"
📅 Birth Anniversary: August 19

Week 49: August 23-29, 2026

Frans Hals (c.1582 - August 26, 1666)
Major Work: "The Laughing Cavalier"
📅 Death Anniversary: August 26

Titian (c.1488/1490 - August 27, 1576)
Major Work: "Assumption of the Virgin"
📅 Death Anniversary: August 27

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (August 29, 1780 - January 14, 1867)
Major Work: "La Grande Odalisque"
📅 Birth Anniversary: August 29

Week 50: August 30 - September 5, 2026

Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 - December 29, 1825)
Major Work: "The Death of Socrates"
📅 Birth Anniversary: August 30

Henry Moore (July 30, 1898 - August 31, 1986)
Major Work: "Reclining Figure"
📅 Death Anniversary: August 31

Week 51: September 6-12, 2026

Andrea Mantegna (1431 - September 13, 1506)
Major Work: "Camera degli Sposi" frescoes
📅 Death Anniversary: September 13

Qi Baishi (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957)
Major Work: "Shrimps"
📅 Death Anniversary: September 16

Week 52: September 13-19, 2026

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255/1260 - 1318/1319)
Major Work: "Maestà"
📅 Death Anniversary: 1318/1319

Calendar cycles back to Week 1 on September 21

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This comprehensive calendar features 98 unique artists from art history (each appearing only once), spanning from the Medieval period to contemporary art, with birth dates prioritized over death dates.