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Architectural Drafters

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Aaron DouglasIllustrator · IllustrationAaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 – February 2, 1979) was an American painter, illustrator, and visual arts educator. He was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Adriaen BrouwerArtist · PaintingsAdriaen Brouwer (c. 1605January 1638) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.
Albert BierstadtPhotographer · PhotographyAlbert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902) was a German-American artist best known for his monumental landscapes that glorified the American West.
Alonso CanoDesigner · DesignAlonso Cano Almansa (19 March 1601 3 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor born in Granada.
Alphonse LegrosArtist · SculptureAlphonse Legros (8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British.
Andrea del VerrocchioArtist · PaintingsAndrea del Verrocchio (USalso; born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de' Cioni; c. 1435 – 1488) was an Italian sculptor, painter and goldsmith who was a master of a workshop in Florence.
Arshile GorkyArtist · SculptureArshile Gorky (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian; April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian-American painter.
Benjamin WestArtist · PaintingsBenjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an American-born British painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General…
Benvenuto CelliniArtist · SculptureBenvenuto Cellini (lang; 3 November 1500 – 13 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author.
BronzinoAuthor · BooksAgnolo di Cosimo (17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino (Il Bronzino il bronˈdziːno) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence.
Bruce NaumanArtist · SculptureBruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance.
Camille ClaudelArtist · SculptureCamille Rosalie Claudel (8 December 1864 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity.
Carel FabritiusArtist · PaintingsCarel Pieterszoon (abbr. Abbreviated patronymic surname Pietersz.) Fabritius (ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijʏs; bapt.
Carl LarssonEngraver · PrintsCarl Olof Larsson (Sv-Carl Larsson.ogg; 28 May 1853 – 22 January 1919) was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Caspar David FriedrichArtist · SculptureCaspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often…
Chaïm SoutineArtist · PaintingsChaïm Soutine (Khaim Solomonovich Sutin; Chaim Sutin; 13 January 1893 – 9 August 1943) was a French painter of Belarusian-Jewish origin of the School of Paris, who made a major contribution…
Charles Le BrunEngraver · PrintsCharles Le Brun (baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time.
Charles SheelerPhotographer · PhotographyCharles Sheeler (July 16, 1883 – May 7, 1965) was an American artist known for his Precisionist paintings, commercial photography, and the 1921 avant-garde film, Manhatta, which he made in…
Charley TooropIllustrator · IllustrationAnnie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop (24 March 18915 November 1955), known as Charley Toorop, was a Dutch painter and lithographer.
Cy TwomblyArtist · SculptureEdwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer.
Dan FlavinArtist · PaintingsDaniel Nicholas Flavin Jr. (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available…
Diego RiveraEngraver · PrintsDiego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a Mexican painter.
Edvard MunchArtist · PaintingsEdvard Munch (12 December 1863 – 23 January 1944) was a Norwegian painter. His 1893 work The Scream has become one of the most iconic and acclaimed images in all of Western art.
Edward Burne-JonesIllustrator · IllustrationSir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet (28 August 183317 June 1898), was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.
Edwin LandseerArtist · PaintingsSir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags.
Ernst Ludwig KirchnerEngraver · PrintsErnst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker.
Eugène Viollet-le-DucDesigner · DesignEugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (lang; 27 January 181417 September 1879) was a French architect and writer, famous for his restoration of the most prominent medieval landmarks in France.
Fernando BoteroIllustrator · IllustrationFernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) was a Colombian painter and sculptor.
Frans HalsEngraver · PrintsFrans Hals the Elder[1] (lang; c. 1582 – 26 August 1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Frans SnydersArtist · PaintingsFrans Snyders or Frans Snijders (11November 157919August 1657) was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes.
Frederic William BurtonArtist · PaintingsSir Frederic William Burton (8 April 1816 in Wicklow – 16 March 1900 in London) was an Irish Victorian painter, mainly in watercolour, and curator who was the third director of the National…
George Caleb BinghamArtist · PaintingsGeorge Caleb Bingham (March 20, 1811 – July 7, 1879) is recognized as one of the most important American artists of the 19th century.
George Hendrik BreitnerEngraver · PrintsGeorge Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer.
Georges de La TourArtist · PaintingsGeorges de La Tour (13 March 1593 – 30 January 1652) was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France…
Gerard van HonthorstEngraver · PrintsGerard "Gerrit" van Honthorst (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656) was a Dutch Golden Age painter who became known for his depiction of artificially lit scenes, eventually receiving the…
Gino SeveriniArtist · SculptureGino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian painter and a leading member of the Futurist movement. For much of his life, he divided his time between Paris and Rome.
Giorgio MorandiEngraver · PrintsGiorgio Morandi (20 July 1890 – 18 June 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Giovanni Battista TiepoloEngraver · PrintsGiovanni Battista Tiepolo (5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted…
Giuseppe ArcimboldoDesigner · Modern designGiuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi (lang; 5 April 1527 – 11 July 1593), was an Italian Mannerist painter best known for creating imaginative portraits in the shapes of human…
Guido ReniIllustrator · IllustrationGuido Reni (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian Baroque painter, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de…
Gustav KlimtArtist · PaintingsGustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement.
Hans von KulmbachArtist · PaintingsHans Suess, known as Hans von Kulmbach (1480 in Kulmbach, Franconia – prior to 3 December 1522 in Nuremberg), was a German artist active in Poland.
Henri de Toulouse-LautrecDesigner · Modern designComte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec, was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and…
Henry FuseliIllustrator · IllustrationHenry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his career in Britain.
Hieronymus BoschArtist · PaintingsHieronymus Bosch (born Jheronimus van Aken; c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch painter from Brabant.
Howard Chandler ChristyIllustrator · IllustrationHoward Chandler Christy (January 10, 1872 – March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator.
Hyacinthe RigaudArtist · PaintingsJacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (18 July 1659 – 29 December 1743), known in French as Hyacinthe Rigaud (pron), was a French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other…
Jacopo TintorettoArtist · PaintingsJacopo Robusti (late September or early October 1518 31 May 1594), best known as Tintoretto (lang), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school.
Jacques-Louis DavidArtist · PaintingsJacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.
James EnsorEngraver · PrintsJames Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for…
Jan Brueghel the ElderArtist · PaintingsJan Brueghel the Elder (usalso; 1568 – 13 January 1625) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman.
Jan P. StrijbosPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Jan Strijbos (1959)
Jan van EyckDesigner · DesignJan van Eyck[1] (lang; c. before 1390 – 9 July 1441) was an early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as early Netherlandish…
Jan VerheulArtist · SilverJan Verheul or J. Verheul Dzn. (Rotterdam, 14 February 1860 - 19 October 1948) was a Dutch architect, watercolourist and designer.
Jaume PlensaPhotographer · PhotographyJaume Plensa i Suñé (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒawmə ˈplɛnsə]; born 23 August 1955) is a Catalan visual artist, sculptor, designer and engraver.
Jaune Quick–to–See SmithArtist · PaintingsJaune Quick-to-See Smith (January 15, 1940 – January 24, 2025) was a Native American visual artist and curator.
Jean DubuffetEngraver · PrintsJean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (ʒɑ̃ filip aʁtyʁ dybyfɛ; 31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor of the École de Paris (School of Paris).
Jean-Antoine WatteauEngraver · PrintsJean-Antoine Watteau (baptised 10 October 1684died 18 July 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in…
Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresArtist · PaintingsJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter.
Johann ZoffanyEngraver · PrintsJohan / Johann Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy, and India.
John Roddam Spencer StanhopeArtist · PaintingsJohn Roddam Spencer Stanhope (20 January 1829 – 2 August 1908) was an English artist associated with Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts and often regarded as a second-wave…
Joseph DucreuxEngraver · PrintsJoseph Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a portrait painter, pastelist and etcher from Lorraine who became a French national.
Joseph StellaArtist · PaintingsJoseph Stella (born Giuseppe Michele Stella, June 13, 1877 – November 5, 1946) was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially…
Juan GrisEngraver · Prints
Juan MuñozArtist · PaintingsJuan Muñoz (17 June 1953 28 August 2001) was a Spanish sculptor, working primarily in paper maché, resin and bronze.
Julian SchnabelEngraver · PrintsJulian Schnabel (born October 26, 1951) is an American painter and filmmaker. In the 1980s, he received international attention for his "plate paintings"—with broken ceramic plates set onto…
Jusepe de RiberaEngraver · PrintsJusepe de Ribera (baptised 17 February 1591 – 3 November 1652) was a Spanish painter and printmaker.
Katsushika HokusaiEngraver · Prints
Lorenzo LottoArtist · PaintingsLorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other…
Louise HervieuArtist · PaintingsLouise Hervieu (lwiz ɛʁvjø; 26 October 1878 – 11 September 1954) was a French writer, artist, painter, draftsman, and lithographer.
Lucas Cranach the ElderEngraver · PrintsLucas Cranach the Elder (Lucas Cranach der Ältere; c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
Lucio FontanaArtist · CeramicsLucio Fontana (lang; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian sculptor, painter, and theorist. He is known as the founder of Spatialism and exponent of abstraction.
Maarten van HeemskerckEngraver · PrintsMaarten van HeemskerckÉgalement graphié « Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen », et le prénom pouvant aussi être « Marten » ou « Martin », né en 1498 à Heemskerk et mort le à Haarlem, est…
Marc QuinnEngraver · PrintsMarc Quinn (born 8 January 1964) is a British contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation, and painting.
Marcel DuchampEngraver · PrintsHenri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (lang; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the…
Martin CreedArtist · SculptureMartin Creed (born 21 October 1968) is a British artist, composer and performer. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his…
Matthew BarneyArtist · PaintingsMatthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing.
Max BeckmannArtist · SculptureMax Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer.
MichelangeloArtist · SculptureMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
Mike KelleyArtist · SculptureMichael Kelley (October 27, 1954 – c. January 31, 2012) was an American artist whose work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage, collage, performance, photography,…
Nicolas de LargillièreArtist · PaintingsNicolas de Largillière (lang; baptised 10 October 1656 – 20 March 1746) was a French painter and draughtsman.
Nicolas PoussinArtist · PaintingsNicolas Poussin (lang; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
Niki de Saint PhalleArtist · SculptureNiki de Saint Phalle (born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle; 29 October 193021 May 2002) was a French American sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated…
Otto WagnerDesigner · DesignOtto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner.
Paolo VeroneseArtist · PaintingsPaolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese (USalso), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and…
Paul KaneArtist · PaintingsPaul Kane (September 3, 1810 – February 20, 1871) was an Irish-born Canadian painter whose paintings and especially field sketches were known as one of the first visual documents of Western…
Paul McCarthyArtist · SculpturePaul McCarthy (born August 4, 1945) is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Paulus PotterEngraver · PrintsPaulus Potter (20 November 1625 (baptised) – 17 January 1654 (buried)) was a Dutch painter who specialized in landscapes featuring animals, often from a low vantage point.
Philippe de ChampaigneArtist · PaintingsPhilippe de Champaigne (French pronunciation: [filip də ʃɑ̃paɲ]; 26 May 1602 – 12 August 1674) was a Brabant-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of French Baroque painting.
Pierre CuypersArtist · SculpturePetrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect, designer and restoration architect.
Pierre JacotinAuthor · Maps and atlasesPierre Jacotin (1765–1827) was the director of the survey for the Carte de l'Égypte (Description de l'Égypte), the first triangulation-based map of Egypt, Syria and Palestine.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirArtist · PaintingsPierre-Auguste Renoir (lang; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a leading French Impressionist artist.
Piet MondrianIllustrator · IllustrationPieter Cornelis Mondriaan (7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian (USalso), was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest…
Quinten MetsysArtist · PaintingsQuentin Matsys (also Massys or Metsys; Quinten Matsijs; 1466–1530) was a Flemish painter in the Early Netherlandish tradition. He was born in Leuven.
RaphaelArtist · SculptureRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or 6 April 14836 April 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
Red GroomsIllustrator · IllustrationRed Grooms (born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937) is an American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life.
Richard DaddIllustrator · IllustrationRichard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and…
Robert CampinArtist · PaintingsRobert Campin (c. 1378 in Valenciennes, France – 26 April 1444 in Tournai, then Bishopric, currently Belgium), now usually identified with the Master of Flémalle (earlier the Master of the…
Robert RauschenbergArtist · SculptureMilton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and multi-media artist, whose work has been associated with numerous mid-20th century…
Robert SmithsonArtist · PaintingsRobert Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts.
Romaine BrooksArtist · SculptureRomaine Brooks (born Beatrice Romaine Goddard; May 1, 1874 – December 7, 1970) was an American painter who worked mostly in Paris and Capri.
Rosalba CarrieraArtist · PaintingsRosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was an Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures.
Sandro BotticelliArtist · PaintingsAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi (c. 1445 – May 17, 1510), better known as Sandro Botticelli or simply Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
Shirana ShahbaziPhotographer · PhotographyShirana Shahbazi (born 1974) is an Iranian-born photographer who now lives in Switzerland. Her work includes installations and large prints of conceptual photography.
Théodore GéricaultArtist · PaintingsJean-Louis André Théodore Géricault (lang; 26 September 1791 – 26 January 1824) was a French painter and lithographer. His best-known painting is The Raft of the Medusa.
Thomas GainsboroughEngraver · PrintsThomas Gainsborough (14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788) was an English painter, draughtsman and printmaker who specialised in portrait and landscape painting.
TitianArtist · PaintingsTiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/149027 August 1576), Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian, was an Italian Renaissance painter.
Tom ThomsonArtist · PaintingsThomas John Thomson (August 5, 1877July 8, 1917) was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century.
Tracey EminEngraver · PrintsDame Tracey Karima Emin (born 3 July 1963) is an English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork.
Vladimir TatlinEngraver · PrintsVladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (– 31 May 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect, and stage-designer.
Wassily KandinskyArtist · PaintingsWassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (– 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras.
Wifredo LamArtist · Ceramics
William Holman HuntIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Winold ReissIllustrator · IllustrationHe was born in Karlsruhe, Germany.

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