Painting began long before any recorded history, so it is impossible to know who exactly was the first person to paint. The oldest known cave painting is 35,000 years old in Chauvet Cave. Archaeologists discovered tools for making an ochre-based substance that were 100,000 years old in South Africa, but it is unclear if this substance was used as paint or as glue. Even so, there is no evidence to suggest that the inhabitants of the Chauvet Cave or the cave in South Africa invented painting, just that it was invented by that time.
Jessica - painting - was created in 1890.
Painting with Light was created in 1949.
Ophelia - painting - was created in 1852.
Autumn Leaves - painting - was created in 1856.
Chop Suey - painting - was created in 1929.
Ophelia - painting - was created in 1852.
Painting with Light was created in 1949.
The Pianist - painting - was created in 1896.
Stańczyk - painting - was created in 1862.
Outsider - painting - was created in 1988.
The Conversation - painting - was created in 1909.
Germania - painting - was created in 1848.
The Actor - painting - was created in 1904.
Primavera - painting - was created in 1482.
The pioneer - painting - was created in 1904.
The Storm - painting - was created in 1883.
The Portrait - painting - was created in 1935.