This document provides a brief overview of the history of painting from ancient cave paintings in Spain through various periods including Egyptian, Chinese, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, Pointalism, Ukiyo-e, Post-Impressionism and Fauvism. Key artists mentioned include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Van Eyck, Caravaggio, Vermeer, Boucher, David, Delacroix, Turner, Monet, Manet, Seurat, Matisse, and Derain.