You are reading an old version of the documentation (v2.0.2). For the latest version see https://matplotlib.org/stable/ Artist tutorial¶ There are three layers to the matplotlib API. The matplotlib.backend_bases.FigureCanvas is the area onto which the figure is drawn, the matplotlib.backend_bases.Renderer is the object which knows how to draw on the FigureCanvas, and the matplotlib.artist.Artist i
