This guide is meant to provide the Art Student with an acceptable pronunciation for names and other words that may be unfamiliar to native speakers of English.  It is not perfect.  It ignores the nasal sounds of the French en, in, ain, as well as the guttural German consonants, giving instead the nearest English equivalents.  These sounds are difficult to render phonetically and difficult to pronounce for those who have not studied the languages; however, no student should be embarrassed by using the pronunciations here.
 

In many cases there are two or more pronunciations for a particular artist's name, both or all of which are in common use and considered "correct."  The pronunciations in this guide are those most often heard among English-speaking North Americans, and a few alternates have been provided.  Some instructors may prefer variant pronunciations of certain artists’ names.  These may be equally correct but inadvertently omitted from the list.
 

The phonetic system employed for this guide meant to be as simple as possible.  Its conventions include:

   an--plan, tan
   ay--play, day, stay
   ah--spa, hurrah
   eh--her, fur
   oh--toe, show, go
   ohn--phone, moan
   uh--bus, fuss

Museo  moo-ZEH-oh

Akhenaten  ah-keh-NAH-ten
Anuszkiewitz, Richard  ah-NUHS-keh-vitz
Aphrodite  aph-roh-DYE-tee
atueur  oh-TER
Baldovinetti, Alesso  ah-LESS-oh, bal-doh-veen-ETT-ee
Balla, Giacomo  JAH-koh-moh, BAH-lah
bas-relief  BAH-ree-leef
Bellini, Gentile  bel-LEE-nee,  jen-TEE-lay
Bernini, Gianlorenzo  jahn-loh-REN-zoh, bayr-NEE-nee
Bosch, hieronymus  heer-AHN-ih-mus,  bosh
Botticelli, Sandro  SAN-droh, boht-ee-CHEL-ee
Boucher, Francois   frahn-SWAH, boo-SHAY
Brancusi, Constantin  KAHN-stan-teen, BRAHN-koosh
   (more often in the U.S.: brahn-KOO-see)
Braque, Georges  zhorzh, brahk
Bruegel,Pieter  PEE-tur BROO-g 'l(often:BROY-g'l)
camera obscura  KAM-er-uh ob-SKOOR-uh
Caravaggio   kah-rah-VAH-jyoh
Cellini,Benvenuto   ben-ven-OO-toh chel-EE-nee
Ce`zanne, Paul   say-ZAN
Chagall, Marc   shah CAHL, mark
Chardin, Jean Baptisite Sime`on zahan ba-TEEST
  see-may-OHN shar-DAN
Chattres    SHAR-tr'
Chia, Sandro San-droh KEE-ah
chiroscuro kee-ah-roh-SKOOR-oh
Cimabue  chee-mah-BOO-ay
cire perdue  seer payr-DOO
contrapposto  kohn-trah-POH-stoh
Corbusier, Le  luh kohr-boo-ZYAY
Courbet, Gustave   goos-TAHV koor-BAY
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande  loo-ee ZHAHK man-DAY dah-GAYR
Dali, Salvador  sal-vah-DOHR DAH-lee, or dah-LEE
Daumier, Honore  ohn-ohr-AY  dohm-YAY
David, Jacques Louis  zhahl loo-EE dah-VEED
Degas, Edger  ed-GAHR deh-GAH
de Kooning, Willem  VILL-um duh KOON-n
Delacroix, Eugene  uh-ZHAYN duh-lah-KRWAH
Demorselles d' Avignon, Les  de mwah zell, dau en yon lay
Derain, Andre'  ahn-DRAY deh-RAN
Donatello dohn-ah-TELL-oh
Dubuffet, Jean  zhahn dyu-boo-FAY
Duccio  DOO-chyoh
Duchamp, Marcel  mahr-SELL doo-SHAHN
Dufy, Raoul  rah-OOL dyu-FEE
Durer, Albrecht  AHL-brekht  DOOR-er
Eakins, Thomas  AY-kins
Faberg'e, Peter Carl  fab-er-ZHAY
Fauve  fohv
Fontainebleau   fon teu blow
Fragonard, Jean-Honore  zhahn ohn-ohr AY frag-oh-NAHR
Gaudi, Antoni  ahn-TOH-nee gow-DEE
Gauguin, Paul  goh-GAN
genre   ZHON ruh
Gentileschi, Artemisia ahr-tuh-MEE-zhyuh jen-till-ESS-kee
Gericault, Theodore  tay-oh-DORE  zheh-ree-COH
Ghiberti, Lorenzo  loh-REN-zoh ghee-BAYR-tee
Giacometti, Alberto  ahl-BAYR-toh  jah-coh-MET-ee
Giorgione  johr-JYOHN-ay
Giotto  JYOH-toh
gouache  gwahsh
Goya, Francisco de  frahn-SISS-coh day GOY-ah
     (in Spain:  frahn-THEES-coh)
Grande Jatte, La   grahnd zhot, la
Greco, El  CRECK o, el
Gris, Juan   greece, Whahn
Guernica   WARE nee ca
haut-relief  OH ree-leef
Hiroshige ,Ando   ANH-doh heer-oh-SHEE-gay
Hokusai,Katsushika   kat-s'-SHEE-kah HOH-k'-sahy
Holbein,Hans   hahns HOHL-byne
Houdon,Jean Antoine   zhahn ahn-TWAHN oo-DOHN
Ingres,Jean Auguste Dominique   zhahn oh-GOOST
   dohm-een-EEK AN-gr'
intaglio   in-TAHL-yoh (sometimes anglicized to
   in-TAG-lee-oh)
Kandinsky,Wassily   vah-SEE-lee kan-DIN-skee
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig   KEERSH ner, urnst LOOD wig
Klee,Paul   klay
Klimt, Gustav   goos-TAHV kleemt
Knossos   KNAH-sohs
Kokoschka,Oskar   koh-KOHSH-kah
Kollwitz,Kathe   KAY-tuh KOHL-vitz
Laocoon   lay-AH-coh-un
Lascaux   las-COH
Laurencin,Marie   lohr-ahn-SAN
Lautrec,Henri de Toulouse-   ahn-REE deh too-LOOS
   loh-TREK
L'Enfant,Pierre Charles   pyayr shahrl' lahn-FAHN
Leonardo da Vinci   lay-oh-NAR-doh dah VEEN-chee
   (often in U.S.: lee-oh-NAR-doh)
Limbourg   lam-BOOR
Magritte,Rene   reh-NAY ma-GREET
Manet,Edouard   ayd-WAHR ma-NAY
Mantegna, Andrea  ahn-DRAY- ah mahn- TAYN- yah
Mapplethorpe, Robert  MAY-p'l-thorp
Marisol  mah-ree-SOHL
Masaccio  mah-ZAH-chyoh
Matisee, Henri  ahn-REE  ma-TEES
Medici, Lorenzo de'  loh-REN-zoh-  deh  MED-ee chee
Mezzotint  MET-zoh-tint
Michelangelo  my-kel-AN-jel-oh, or mee-kel-AN-jel-oh
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig  LOOT-fik mees van der ROH-er
Millet, Jean Francolis   mee lay, zhon fron swah
Miro, Joan  hwahn meer-OH
Modersohn-Becker, Paula  MOH-der-zun-BEK-er
Mona, Lisa   MOna, LEEza
Mondrian, Piet  peet MOHN-dree-ahn
Monet, Claude  moh-NAY
Morisot, Berthe  bayr-t'  mohr-ee-ZOH
Moulin, Rouge   nom lan roozh
Munch, Edvard  ED-varhd moonk
Muybridge, Eadweard  ED-werd MY-bridj
Mycenae  my-SEEN-ay,  or my-SEEN-ee
Nebudchadnezzar  neb-uk-ad-NEZ-zer
Piero della Francesca  PYAYR-oh DEL-lah fran-CHESS-kuh
Pieta   pea ay TAH
pointillism  PWAN-teel-ism (sometimes anglicized to POYN-till-ism)
Pollock, Jackson  PAHL-uck
Polyclitus  pahl-ee-KLY-tus
Pompeii  pahm-PAY,  or pohm-PAY
Pont du Gard  pohn dyu Gahr
Poussin, Nicolas  nee-coh-LAH poo-SAN
Praxiteles  prak-SIT-uh-leez
Raphael  RAFF-yell, or RAF-fy-ell, or raf-fy-YELL
Redon, Odilon   r'dawn, o dee lawn
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste  pyar oh-GOOST Ren-Wah
repousse  reh-poo-SAY
Reu des Moulins   rew day moo lau
Rigaud, Hyacinthe  ee-ah-SANT ree-GOH
Rivera, Diego   ree VAIR a, dee AY go
Rococo  roh-coh-COH
Rodin, Auguste  oh-GOOST  roh-DAN
Rousseau, Henri(le Douanier)  ahn-REE roo-SOH (luh dwan-YAY)
St. Sernin  san sayr-NAN
Salle, David  SAL-lee
San Vitale  san vee-TAHL-ay
Seurat, Georges  zhorzh syu-RAH
Simone, Martini   see MO nay, mar TEE nee
Siqueiros, David Alfaro  see-KAYR-ohs
Sotasu, Nonmura  noh-noh-MOOR-ah  SOH-taht-s'
Stieglitz, Alfred  STEEG-litz
Titian   TISH-an, or TEE-shan
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henre de   too loose lo trek, on ree de
triptyck   TRIP tick
trompe-l'oeil   trump-LOY
Tutankhamun   toot-an-KAH-mun
Uccello, Paolo   oo-CHEL-oh, POW-lo
Urbino   oor-BEE-no
Van Eyck, Jan   yahn van IKE
Van Gogh, Vincent   van GOH (in the U.S.; the Dutch
 pronunciation is nearly impossible to render phoneti-
 cally for English speakers)
Van Ruisdael, Jacob   YAH-cub van ROYS-dahl
Vasari, Giorgio   Jore-jyoh va-SAHR-ee
Velazquez, Diego   DYAY-goh vay-LASS-kess (usually,
 in the U.S.; in Spain, vay-LATH-keth)
Vermeer, Jan   yahn vayr-MEER, or vayr-MAYR
Verrocchio, Andrea del   ahn-DRAY-un del vayr-OHK-yoh
Versailles   vayr-SYE
Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth   vee-ZHAY leh-BRUN
Vuillard, Edouard   ayd-WAHR vwee-AHR
Watteau, Antoine   ahn-TWAHN wah-TOH, or vah-TOH
Willendorf   VILL-en-dohrf