Johannes Vermeer
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Dutch Interior I includes details derived from the artist's imagination
Creating Religious messages
William Ernest Chapman an oil artist born in Altmar NY in 1858. Studied in Chicago. He is known for interior, figure and landscaping painting.
Until the latter part of the 15th century practically all painting were either portraits or had religious subjects. The 16th and 17th centuries were dominated by history and religious subjects.This is to say that any artist before 1700 was a religious painter.Just take your pick:Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael ...
They painted religious themes indirectly by using everyday people and life to represent religious scenes and messages