This document categorizes different approaches to painting by subject matter, including landscape, figures, portraits, interiors, still life, comics/graffiti, animals, architecture, urban surreal, flowers, trees, and vanitas. Many artists are listed under each category, such as John Constable, Claude Lorrain, and Joseph Turner for landscape, and Rembrandt, Goldie, and Henri Matisse for portraits. The document provides a thematic breakdown of styles and subjects in painting.

1. APPROACHES TO PAINTING
Thematic Approaches
Landscape Figures Portrait
John Constable Jacques Louis David Rembrandt
Claude Lorrain Pablo Picasso Jacques Louis David
Caspar David Friedrich Henri Matisse Goldie (NZ)
Joseph Turner Aubrey Beardsley Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Gustave Klimt Paul Gauguin
Paul Cezanne
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Henri Matisse
Vincent Van Gogh Marc Chagall Brett Whitely (Aus)
Charles Heaphy (NZ) Alberto Giacometti Rene Magritte
Bill Sutton (NZ) Lucien Freud Alexej Von Jawlensky
Rita Angus (NZ) Stanley Spencer Picasso
Salvador Dali Willem de Kooning Tom Wesselmann
Toss Woollaston (NZ) Tom Wesselmann Roy Lichtenstein
Edward Hopper Freda Kahlo Chuck Close
Grahame Sydney (NZ) Francis Bacon Francis Bacon
Colin McCahon (NZ) Paula Rego Gilbert and George
Connor Harrington Andy Warhol
Robert Ellis (NZ)
Jose Toirac Frank Auerbach
Peter James Smith (NZ) Clayton Brothers Merlin Carpenter
Shane Cotton (NZ) Nigel Brown (NZ) Zhang Xiaogang
Laurence Berry (NZ) Seraphine Pick (NZ) Wangechi Mutu
Anselm Kiefer Merlin Carpenter Lucien Freud
Richard Diebenkorn Neo Rausch Clayton Brothers
John Walsh (NZ) Martin Kippenburger Nigel Brown (NZ)
Eric Fischil Rita Angus (NZ)
Lena Emmertz
Banksy Toni Fomison (NZ)
Euan MacLeod (NZ) Martin Kippenberger
Jeffrey Harris (NZ) Amelie Von Wulffen
Pat Hanly (NZ) Brian Alfred
Sarah Dolby (NZ) Sarah Dolby (NZ)
Peter Stichbury (NZ)
Interiors Architecture Still Life
Antonello da Messina Canaletto Jacob van Walscapelle
Jan Vermeer Piranesi Chardin
Henry V. Steinwick Monet Zurbaran
Jan van Eyck Georges Seurat Giorgio Morandi
Edouard Vuillard MC Escher
Picasso
Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh
Henri Matisse Lyonel Feininger Braque
Pierre Bonnard Georgio De Chirico Jim Dine
Elmer Bischoff Andrew Wyeth Janet Fish
Edward Hooper Edward Hopper Wayne Thiebaud
Philip Pearlstein Charles Demuth Patrick Caulfield
Patrick Caulfield Ed Ruscha Robert Kushner
Ben Nicholson Richard Estes Marilyn McAvoy
Richard Diebenkorn David-Thorpe David Salle
Eric Fischl Sheri Warshauer Sylvia Siddell (NZ)
Vieira da Silva Wayne Thiebaud
Dick Frizzell (NZ)
Brett Whiteley (Aus) Thomas-Scheibitz-Douglas
Graham Sydney (NZ) Robert Ellis (NZ) Michael Smither (NZ)
Jacqueline Fahey (NZ) Peter Siddell (NZ) Shane Cotton(NZ)
Shara Hughes Graham Sydney (NZ) Michael Shepherd (NZ)
Richard Hamilton Jeffrey Smart (AUS) Jason Hicks (NZ)
Amelie Von Wulffen Gerhart Richter Pamela Woolfe (NZ)
Sheri Warshauer Franz Ackermann Avigdor Arikha
Carole Benzaken
Brian Alfred
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2. APPROACHES TO PAINTING
Thematic Approaches
Comics Graffiti Flowers Trees
Roy Lichtenstein Leonardo Da Vinci Illuminated Manuscript
Derek Boshier Albrecht Durer Casper David Fredrich
Mel Ramos Utamaro Jan WIJNANTS
Andy Warhol Paul De Longpre Cezanne
Tom Wesselmann
John Lindley Andrew Wyeth
Gerald Laing
Peter Robinson (NZ) Jacob van Walscapelle Camille Pissaro
Keith Haring Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh
Takashi Murakami Georgia O’Keefe Lilian Westcott Hale
Yoshitomo Nara Marilyn McAvoy Egon Schiele
Alex Pardee Jim Dine Henri Rousseau
Tor-Magnus Lundeby Robert Kushner Raoul Dufy
Dick Frizzell (NZ) Janet Fish Mondrian
Tanya Thompson (NZ) Pat Steir Gustave Klimt
Banksy Eric & Heather ChanSchatz Wang Wu
Wang Guangyi
Pamela Woolfe (NZ) Colin McCahon (NZ)
Michael Majerus
George Baloghy (NZ) Karl Maughan (NZ) Kitaj
Kelcy Taratoa (NZ) Reuben Paterson (NZ) Jim Dine
Seung Yul Oh (NZ) Peter James Smith (NZ) Anselm Keifer
Jenny Dolezel (NZ) Jim Dine Stanley Palmer (NZ)
Clayton Brothers Tom Wesselmann Brett Whiteley
Jean-Michel Basquiat Andy Warhol Michael Raedecker
Camille Rose Garcia Tim Maguire (AUS) Andrew McLeod (NZ)
Arturo Herrera April Shin (NZ) Toby Ziegler
Connor Harrington Contemporary design
Ernesto Caivano
Urban Surreal Animals Vanitas
Piero Della Francesca Hieronymus Bosch Barthel Bruyn
Bruegel George Stubbs Pieter Claesz
Gustave Caillebotte Edward Landseer Philippe de Champaigne's
Joaquin Torres-Garcia Albrecht Durer Albrecht Durer
Guy Pene Du Bois
Henri Rousseau Leonardo Da Vinci
Utrillo
Giorgio De Chirico Franz Marc Cezanne
Max Ernst Edward Manet James Ensor
Paul Delvaux Max Ernst Georgia O’Keefe
Boccinoni Balla Carol Bierach
Charles Sheeler Paul Klee Freda Kahlo
Edward Hopper Robert Rauschenberg John Coult
David Hockney Brett Whiteley Dali
Ed Ruscha Hamish Foote (NZ) Jean-Michel Basquiat
John Korner Joanna Braithwaite (NZ Jim Dine
Dirk-Skreber
Bill Hammond (NZ) Picasso
Carole Benzaken
Hundertwasser Geoff Dixon (NZ) Clayton Brothers
Arif Ozakca Don Binney (NZ) Damien Hurst
Jeffrey Smart (Aus) Brett Whiteley (AUS) Andy Warhol
Kelcy Taratoa (NZ) Nick Bantock Gabriel Orozco
Bill Hammond (NZ) Leonora Carrington
Anif Ozakca Camille Rose Garcia
Ernesto Caivano
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3. Interiors
Henry V. Steinwick
Antonello da Messina Jan van Eyck Jan Vermeer
Edouard Vuillard
Vincent Van Gogh Pierre Bonnard
Henri Matisse
Edward Hooper Graham Sydney (NZ) Andrew Wyeth
Vilhelm Hammershoi
Eric Fischl
Richard Diebenkorn Elmer Bischoff
Ben Nicholson
Philip Pearlstein
Jacqueline Fahey (NZ)
Tom Wesslemann Patrick Caulfield
Matthias Weischer Sheri Warshauer Shara Hughes
Brett Whiteley (Aus)
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4. Figures
Gustave Klimt Egon Schiele
Zurbaran Jacques Louis David Aubrey Beardsley
Henri Matisse Freda Kahlo
Georges Braque Pablo Picasso Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Lucien Freud Paula Rego
Willem de Kooning Alberto Giacometti Eric Fischil
Kara Walker
Martin Kippenburger Francis Bacon Jose Toirac Banksy
Clayton Brothers Merlin Carpenter Neo Rausch Connor Harrington Robin Kahukiwa (NZ)
Jeffrey Harris (NZ) Pat Hanly (NZ)
Sarah Dolby (NZ) Euan MacLeod (NZ) Nigel Brown (NZ)
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5. Landscape
Joseph Turner
John Constable Claude Lorrain Caspar David Friedrich
Paul Cezanne Seurat Van Gogh Kandinsky
Salvador Dali Edward Hopper
Richard Diebenkorn
Anselm Kiefer
Charles Heaphy (NZ)
Bill Sutton (NZ) Toss Woollaston (NZ) Grahame Sydney (NZ)
Colin McCahon (NZ)
Michael Raedecker John Walsh (NZ)
Rita Angus (NZ)
Shane Cotton (NZ) Robert Ellis (NZ)
Peter James Smith (NZ) Laurence Berry (NZ)
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6. Still Life
Zurbaran
Jacob van Walscapelle Chardin Giorgio Morandi
Henri Matisse
Cezanne Georges Braque Pablo Picasso
Avigdor Arikha Magritte Wayne Thiebaud Jim Dine
Janet Fish Peter James Smith (NZ) Patrick Caulfield Tom Wesslemann
Michael Shepherd (NZ)
Sylvia Siddell (NZ)
Shane Cotton(NZ) Pamela Woolfe (NZ)
Jason Hicks (NZ) Marilyn McAvoy
David Salle
Robert Kushner
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7. Portrait
Rembrandt Goldie (NZ) Jacques Louis David Giuseppe Arcimboldi Gustave Courbet
Picasso Henri Matisse Paul Gauguin Rene Magritte Alexej Von Jawlensky
Andy Warhol Roy Lichtenstein Tom Wesselmann Chuck Close Francis Bacon
Frank Auerbach
Brett Whitely (Aus) Glenn Brown Brian Alfred Merlin Carpenter
zhang xiaogang Lucien Freud Gilbert and George
Clayton Brothers Wangechi Mutu
Toni Fomison (NZ)
Sarah Dolby (NZ) Phillip Clairmont (NZ)
Peter Stichbury (NZ) Martin Kippenberger
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8. Comics and Graffiti
Roy Lichtenstein Derek Boshier Mel Ramos Andy Warhol
Keith Haring Michael Majerus
Tom Wesslemann Tor-Magnus Lundeby
Wang Guangyi Simon Bedwell
Gerald Liang Banksy
Kelcy Taratoa (NZ)
Arturo Herrera Connor Harrington George Baloghy (NZ)
Jenny Dolezel (NZ)
Takashi Murakami Yoshitomo Nara Clayton Brothers
Jean-Michel Basquiat Tanya Thompson/Misery (NZ) Camille Rose Garcia Alex Pardee
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9. Animals
George Stubbs
Hieronymus Bosch Edward Landseer Albrecht Durer
Paul Klee
Balla
Franz Marc Henri Rousseau
Geoff Dixon (NZ)
Brett Whiteley
Max Ernst
Edward Manet
Nick Bantock Leonora Carrington Don Binney (NZ) Camille Rose Carcia
Robert Rauschenburg
Bill Hammond (NZ) Joanna Braithwaite (NZ
Hamish Foote (NZ)
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10. Architecture
Monet Georges Suerat
Canaletto Piranesi
MC Escher Van Gogh Lyonel Feininger Andrew Wyeth
Edward Hopper Graham Sydney
Charles Demuth Peter Siddell (NZ)
Richard Estes Mikhail Evstafiev
Ed Ruscha Wayne Thiebaud
Gerhart Richter
Sheri Warshauer Jeffrey Smart David-Thorpe
Franz-Ackermann
Carole Benzaken Thomas-Scheibitz-Douglas Brian Alfred
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11. Urban Surreal
Piero Della Francesca
Bruegel Chinese
Gustave Caillebotte Maurice Utrillo Joaquín Torres-García Guy Pène du Bois
Boccioni
Giorgio De Chirico Paul Delvaux Max Ernst
Ed Ruscha Charles Sheeler Edward Hopper David Hockney
Madeline Casey (NZ) George Baloghy (NZ)
Kelcy Taratoa (NZ) Jeffrey Smart (Aus)
Dirk-Skreber Carole Benzaken Hundertwasser John Korner
Arif Ozakca
Bill Hammond (NZ) Neo Rausch Jeffry Harris (NZ)
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12. Flowers
Leonardo Da Vinci
Utamaro
Albrecht Durer Vincent Van Gogh
Karl Maughan (NZ)
Jacob van Walscapelle Janet Fish John Lindley
Marilyn McAvoy Peter James Smith (NZ)
Tim Maguire (AUS) Pat Steir
Eric and Heather Jim Dine
Robert Kushner ChanSchatz
Pamela Wolfe (NZ)
Georgia O’Keefe Tom Wesselmann Andy Warhol Reuben Paterson (NZ)
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13. Trees
Cezanne
Illuminated Manuscript Casper David Fredrich Jan WIJNANTS
Andrew Wyeth Van Gogh
Camille Pissaro
Lilian Westcott Hale
Mondrian
Egon Schiele Henri Rousseau Raoul Dufy
Wang Wu Colin McCahon (NZ) Kitaj
Gustave Klimt
Stanley Palmer (NZ)
Brett Whiteley
Jim Dine Anselm Keifer
Michael Raedecker Andrew McLeod (NZ) Toby Ziegler Contemporary design
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14. Vanitas (skulls mortality)
Pieter Claesz Philippe de
Champaigne's
Barthel Bruyn
Cezanne
James Ensor
Albrecht Durer Leonardo Da Vinci
Georgia O’Keefe Carol Bierach Freda Kahlo John Coult
Jim Dine
Picasso
Dali
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Andy Warhol
Clayton Brothers Damien Hurst Gabriel Orozco
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