Tiziano Vecelli

His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of Italian Renaissance, but on the future generation if Western Art. 

During the course of his long life, Titian's manner changed drastically but he retained a lifelong interest in color. Although his mature works may not contain the vivid, luminous tints of his early pieces, their loose brushwork and subtlety of tone are without precedent in history of Western Painting. He was noted for his mastery of color.