Other British painters, such as Johann Zoffany and Ozias Humphrey, were travelling in India too.

And when the Mexican painter traveled to New York to teach a workshop in early 1936, Gershwin commissioned him to paint his portrait.

Enchanted by Western art, a young Japanese painter named Kiyoki travels to France to study.

Northern painters in the 16th century increasingly looked and travelled to Rome, becoming known as the Romanists.

They held an annual show and competition; painters and other artists traveled from all over the sector.

During the Baroque period, however, canvas proved easily portable as painters traveled among art centers, spreading the influence of Caravaggio and his followers through Europe.

A talented painter and writer, she and her husband traveled extensively and counted as friends the foremost musicians and artists of their time.

Beginning in 366 A.D., painters traveled from all over China to the oasis town of Dunhuang to fill nearby caves with Buddhist imagery.

During the Renaissance, painters traveled from all over Europe to Venice, Florence and Rome to learn from the Italian greats.

In 1885 the painter travelled to Italy.