Hieronymus Bosch(01 of30)
Open Image ModalWe\'ll start with a real challenge. This one has plagued every fan of \"The Garden of Earthly Delights.\" The correct pronunciation: Hi-RAHN-eh-mus Bosh.\n (credit:\"The Garden of Earthly Delights\" (Wikimedia))
Wassily Kandinsky(02 of30)
Open Image ModalOk, so it\'s probably just Mr. Kandinsky\'s first name that baffled you. It\'s VUH-sill-ee KAN-din-skee. No Wa-silly necessary. We doubt the Russian artist would have appreciated that strange nickname. (credit:\"Ladies in Crinolines\" (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images))
Katsushika Hokusai(03 of30)
Open Image ModalYou can\'t truly admire \"The Great Wave off Kanagawa\" without properly pronouncing the artist\'s name, right? Say it with us: Hoe-koo-SIGH. Or Hock-sigh if you can muster the speed.\n (credit:\"The Great Wave off Kanagawa\" (Wikimedia))
Auguste Rodin(04 of30)
Open Image ModalThe next time you\'re ogling the French sculptor\'s works, you can confidently comment on his impeccable craftsmanship with this helpful hint: It\'s Oh-GOOST Roh-DAN. (credit:\"The Thinker\" (JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP/Getty Images))
Georges Seurat(05 of30)
Open Image Modal\"A Sunday on La Grande Jatte\" (Wikimedia)\n\n\n\n (credit:No, it\'s not George. Try, Zhorzh Sir-AH.)
Antoni Gaudi(06 of30)
Open Image ModalThe first name\'s a breeze. The second name is really just as easy: Gowdy (like Howdy). (credit:(Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images))
Le Corbusier(07 of30)
Open Image ModalImpress your architecture-loving friends with a swift and smooth pronunciation of the design pioneer\'s name: Luh Cor-boo-see-YAY.\n (credit:\"Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes\" (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images))
Cimabue(08 of30)
Open Image ModalRemember this 13th century Italian painter and mosaicist? His name is pronounced Chee-ma-BOO-ay.\n (credit:\"Maestà\" (Wikimedia))
Mary Cassatt(09 of30)
Open Image ModalNo, it\'s not Cass-et. It\'s Cuh-SAHT. Now you can truly appreciate her works\' impressionist beauty. (credit:\"Self-Portrait\" (Wikimedia))
Albrecht Dürer(10 of30)
Open Image ModalDon\'t say Der-er. Try ALL-BREKT DEWR (or D-yer). (credit:\"Self-Portrait\" (Wikimedia))
Alberto Giacometti(11 of30)
Open Image ModalWhen admiring the work of the Swiss sculptor, painter, and printmaker, you should say, \"I really enjoy the surreal experimentation of Ja-koe-met-ee.\" (credit:\"La Main\" (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images))
Théodore Géricault(12 of30)
Open Image ModalNo one paints a better dramatically grim raft scene than Zhair-i-KOE.\n (credit:\"The Raft of the Medusa\" (Wikimedia))
Louis Daguerre(13 of30)
Open Image ModalWithout Da-GAIR, we would never have enjoyed the 19th century wonder that was the daguerreotype. (credit:\"Boulevard du Temple\" (Wikimedia))
Gustave Courbet(14 of30)
Open Image ModalThe man behind the scandalous \"Origin of the World\" painting: Goo-STAHV Kor-BAY. (credit:\"Self-Portrait\" (Wikimedia))
Giotto(15 of30)
Open Image ModalEasy: JA-toe. (credit:\"The Nativity\" (Wikimedia))
Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres(16 of30)
Open Image ModalThe French neoclassical painter looks as if his last name might be pronounced like \"fingers\" without the first consonant, but, in fact, it\'s An-gair (or Ang-r if your French accent is better than ours). (credit:\"Napoleon on his Imperial throne\" (Wikimedia))
Eadweard Muybridge(17 of30)
Open Image ModalSo. Many. Syllables. Tough them out with this pronunciation tip: Ed-werd MY-bridge. (credit:\"The Horse in Motion\" (Wikimedia))
Yves Tanguy(18 of30)
Open Image ModalThe illusive sixth vowel makes this one a bit overwhelming. The name is EVE TANG-EEE. (credit:\"The Doubter\" (Photo by Walter Mori / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images))
Titian(19 of30)
Open Image ModalSo short, yet somewhat difficult to decipher. Repeat after us: TISH-in. (credit:\"The Rape of Europa\" (WIkimedia))
Vincent van Gogh(20 of30)
Open Image ModalYes, you can say \"Vincent van Go\" or \"Vincent van Goff,\" but a closer pronunciation of the Dutch name would actually be vun Khokh. It\'s obviously debatable. (credit:\"Self-Portrait\" (AP Photo/ Kroeller-Mueller Museum))
Louise Bourgeois(21 of30)
Open Image ModalHow do you pronounce the name of the French-American sculptor known for her spider-like creations? Boo-ZHWA (credit:\"Spider Maman\" (Photographer: David Ramos/Bloomberg via Getty Images))
Paul Gauguin(22 of30)
Open Image ModalThe double \"u\" can really hold a person back. But it\'s just Paul Go-GAN. (credit:\"Te aa no areois (The Seed of the Areoi)\" (Wikimedia))
Jan Van Eyck(23 of30)
Open Image ModalYawn vun EYE-k. Or \"Fun\" if you\'re feeling bold. (credit:\"The Arnolfini Portrait\" (Wikimedia))
Edvard Munch(24 of30)
Open Image ModalNever Mun-ch, always Moonk. (credit:\"The Scream\" (Wikimedia))
Renoir(25 of30)
Open Image Modal\"Oh, what a beautiful Ren-WA painting you have.\"\n (credit:\"Le Moulin de la Galette\" (Wikimedia))
Edgar Degas(26 of30)
Open Image ModalYou know he created more than a handful of ballet-inspired artworks, but you\'re unsure of how to say his name? Ed-gar Deh-GAH. (credit:\"The Dance Class\" (Wikimedia))
Eugene Delacroix(27 of30)
Open Image ModalThe French Romantic\'s name is Yoo-gene Del-a-QUA. (Or Oo-zhen if you\'re feeling optimistic.) (credit:\"Liberty Leading the People\" (Wikimedia))
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec(28 of30)
Open Image ModalThe painter and printmaker\'s full name is Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, but let\'s stick with the short version: AHN-ree deh Tah-LOOSE Lah-TREK. (credit:\"Divan Japonais\" (Wikimedia))
Francoise Gilot(29 of30)
Open Image ModalKnown to some as the lover and muse of Pablo Picasso, this French painter\'s name is Fran-SWAZ Zhee-LOW. (Bonus points if you can phonetically differentiate between the female and male versions of this first name.)\n (credit:\"Portrait of Francoise\" by Pablo Picasso (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images))
Henri Matisse(30 of30)
Open Image ModalNope, don\'t say Henry. It\'s Awn-REE Mah-TEESE. (credit:\"Music\" (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images))