Text-to-image generative AI applications (like Midjourney) are incredibly powerful tools that can help you create any image that you’re able to sufficiently prompt.
These applications can create art in the style of nearly any known artist. Below, find reference art for some of the best-known artists. Use these reference images to prompt for art to be created “in the style of _______.”
Salvador Dali
Style: Surrealism
Key Descriptors: Dreamlike, Enigmatic, Melting, Psychedelic, Illusory
Vincent van Gogh
Style: Post-Impressionism
Key Descriptors: Expressive, Movement, Colorful, Symbolic, Enigmatic
Frida Kahlo
Style: Naive Art
Key Descriptors: Surrealist, Raw, Feminist, Emotional, Autobiographical
Henri Matisse
Style: Fauvism
Key Descriptors: Fluid, Playful, Simplistic, Flat, Lyrical
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Style: Graffiti Art
Key Descriptors: Graffiti-inspired, Collage, Deconstructed, Primitivism, Abstract
Banksy
Style: Street Art
Key Descriptors: Graffiti, Witty, Political, Satirical, Street Art, Subversive
Edvard Munch
Style: Expressionism
Key Descriptors: Dark, Melancholic, Intense, Psychological, Figurative
Gustav Klimt
Style: Art Nouveau
Key Descriptors: Sensual, Decorative, Feminine, Decadent, Whimsical
René Magritte
Style: Surrealism
Key Descriptors: Playful, Illusionistic, Juxtaposition, Conceptual, Dreamlike
Marc Chagall
Style: Modernism
Key Descriptors: Whimsical, Poetic, Symbolic, Playful, Mystical
Wassily Kandinsky
Style: Abstract Art
Key Descriptors: Abstract, Geometric, Musical, Non-representational, Synesthetic
Paul Cézanne
Style: Post-Impressionism
Key Descriptors: Spatial, Form-focused, Structural, Textured, Naturalistic
Amedeo Modigliani
Style: Modernism
Key Descriptors: Expressionistic, Linear, Simplified, Modernist, Romantic
Egon Schiele
Style: Expressionism
Key Descriptors: Psychological, Controversial, Emotive, Raw, Expressionistic, Distorted
Joan Miró
Style: Surrealism
Key Descriptors: Childlike, Whimsical, Abstract, Poetic, Dreamlike
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Style: Post-Impressionism
Key Descriptors: Realistic, Graphic, Post-Impressionistic, Lively, Decadent
Frédéric Bazille
Style: Impressionism
Key Descriptors: Atmospheric, Youthful, Realistic, Naturalistic, Light-filled
