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Art Historians

253 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam BartschAuthor · BooksJohann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch (17 August 1757 – 21 August 1821) was an Austrian scholar and artist.
Alain LeRoy LockeAuthor · BooksAlain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, and educator.
Alan McLeod McCullochArtist · Comics and comic artAlan McLeod McCulloch AO (5 August 1907 – 21 December 1992) was one of Australia's foremost art critics for more than 60 years, an art historian and gallery director, cartoonist, and…
Alexandre LenoirArtist · PaintingsMarie Alexandre Lenoir (French pronunciation: [maʁi alɛksɑ̃dʁ lənwaʁ]; 27 December 1761 – 11 June 1839) was a French archaeologist.
Alexandre VassilievDesigner · FashionAlexandre Alexandrovich Vassiliev (born December 8, 1958, Moscow) is a Russian fashion historian, collector, TV host and author of best selling books.
Alexey ShchusevDesigner · DesignAlexey Victorovich Shchusev (– 24 May 1949) was a Russian and Soviet architect who was successful during three consecutive epochs of Russian architecture – Art Nouveau (broadly construed),…
Alfred Dwight Foster HamlinDesigner · DesignAlfred Dwight Foster Hamlin, A.M, L.H.D. (September 5, 1855 – March 21, 1926) was an American architect.
Allan CunninghamAuthor · BooksIllustration — Allan Cunningham, Henry Room, c.1840
Allan PorterPhotographer · PhotographyAllan Porter (April 29, 1934 – October 5, 2022) was an American Swiss photographer, journalist, editor, designer, and art director best known for his role as editor of Camera.
André LhoteEngraver · PrintsAndré Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes, and still life.
André MalrauxPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorges André Malraux (3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs.
Andrzej TomaszewskiDesigner · DesignIllustration — Andrzej Tomaszewski
Anton Raphael MengsArtist · PaintingsAnton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728[1] – 29 June 1779) was a Czech-Born German Neoclassical painter of Danish descent.
Antonio Gallego GallegoPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Gallego Gallego (21 April 1942 – 19 February 2024) was a Spanish writer and musicologist.
Anzhela AtarbekyanPerson · Music memorabiliaAnzhela Atabekyan (born April 11, 1938, in Yerevan) is an Armenian kanun (kanon) player, musicologist, art historian, and professor at the Yerevan State Conservatory.
Armen HaghnazarianDesigner · DesignArmen Hakhnazarian (5 May 1941, Tehran – 19 February 2009, Aachen) was a Doctor of Architecture, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Founding Director of Research on Armenian Architecture…
Arnold HoubrakenEngraver · PrintsArnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.
Arthur Coleman DantoAuthor · BooksArthur Coleman Danto (January 1, 1924 – October 25, 2013) was an American art critic, philosopher, and professor at Columbia University.
Arthur WaleyAuthor · BooksArthur David Waley (né Schloss, 19 August 188927 June 1966) was an English orientalist and sinologist who achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for his translations of Chinese and…
Ascanio CondiviAuthor · BooksAscanio Condivi (1525 – 10 December 1574) was an Italian painter and writer. Generally regarded as a mediocre artist, he is primarily remembered as the biographer of Michelangelo.
August VermeylenAuthor · BooksIllustration — August Vermeylen
Auguste ChoisyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Auguste Choisy
Auguste de MontferrandDesigner · DesignAuguste de Montferrand (Ogyust Monferran; January 23, 1786 – July 10, 1858) was a French classicist architect who worked primarily in Russia.
Baccio BandinelliDesigner · Modern designBaccio Bandinelli (also called Bartolomeo Brandini; 12 November 1493 – shortly before 7 February 1560) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, draughtsman, and painter.
Baldassarre CastiglioneAuthor · BooksBaldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico (6 December 1478 – 2 February 1529),[1] was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.[2]
Barbara Chase-RiboudArtist · PaintingsBarbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American and French visual artist, sculptor, novelist, and poet.
Barbara RoseArtist · PaintingsBarbara Ellen Rose (June 11, 1936December 25, 2020) was an American art historian, art critic, curator, and college professor.
Bazon BrockPerson · Film memorabiliaBazon Brock (born Jürgen Johannes Hermann Brock, 2 June 1936) is a German art theorist and critic, multi-media generalist, artist and philosopher.
Berit WallenbergPhotographer · PhotographyAnna Berit Wallenberg (19 February 1902 – 4 September 1995) was a Swedish archaeologist, anthropologist, art historian, photographer, and philanthropist.
Boris UspenskijArtist · PaintingsBoris Andreevich Uspenskij (born 1937, in Moscow) is a Russian linguist, philologist, semiotician, and historian of culture.
Camille MauclairAuthor · BooksSéverin Faust (December 29, 1872, Paris – April 23, 1945), better known by his pseudonym Camille Mauclair (kamij moklɛʁ), was a French poet, novelist, biographer, travel writer, and art…
Camillo BoitoDesigner · DesignCamillo Boito (kaˈmillo ˈbɔito; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.
Carla van de PuttelaarPhotographer · PhotographyCarla van de Puttelaar (born 1 November 1967) is a Dutch fine art photographer and art historian based in Amsterdam.
Carlo BianconiDesigner · DesignIllustration — Villa Bianconi Rusconi Bassi in Crespellano, Italy
Caspar Purdon ClarkeDesigner · DesignSir Caspar Purdon Clarke (21 December 1846 – 29 March 1911) was an English architect and museum director.
Catherine MilletAuthor · BooksIllustration — Catherine Millet at home
Charalambos BourasDesigner · DesignCharalambos Bouras (17 July 193327 July 2016) was a major Greek restoration architect, engineer and professor of architectural history.
Charles BlancAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait by Nadar, c.
Charles HolmesArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Holmes in the 1920s
Charles Lock EastlakePhotographer · PhotographySir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century.
Charles Paul LandonEngraver · PrintsCharles Paul Landon (12 October 17605 March 1826) was a French painter and popular writer on art and artists.
Charles Robert LeslieArtist · PaintingsCharles Robert Leslie (19 October 1794 – 5 May 1859) was an American[1] genre painter and writer, who was born and spent his career in England.
Christoph BaumerPhotographer · PhotographyChristoph Baumer (born June 23, 1952) is a Swiss explorer and historian of Central Asia.
Cirilo Volkmar MachadoArtist · SculptureCirilo Volkmar Machado (9 July 1748 – 12 April 1823) was a Portuguese painter, sculptor and architect, who is considered to have been the first historian of Portuguese art.
Clive BellArtist · PaintingsArthur Clive Heward Bell (16 September 1881 – 17 September 1964) was an English art critic, associated with formalism and the Bloomsbury Group.
Coosje van BruggenArtist · SculptureCoosje van Bruggen (June 6, 1942 – January 10, 2009) was a Dutch-born American sculptor, art historian, and critic. She collaborated extensively with her husband, Claes Oldenburg.
Cor BlokIllustrator · IllustrationCornelis Blok (1934–2021), known as Cor, was a Dutch artist and art history teacher. He became well known as a Tolkien illustrator; Tolkien purchased one of his paintings.
Cornelius GurlittDesigner · DesignCornelius Gustav Gurlitt (1 January 1850 – 25 March 1938) was a German architect and art historian.
Curt SachsPerson · Music memorabiliaCurt Sachs (German: [zaks]; 29 June 1881 – 5 February 1959) was a German musicologist. He was one of the founders of modern organology (the study of musical instruments).
Dalibor VeselyDesigner · DesignDalibor Vesely (19 June 1934 – 31 March 2015) was a Czech-born architectural historian and theorist who was influential through his teaching and writing in promoting the role of…
David KakabadzeArtist · PaintingsDavit Kakabadze (დავით კაკაბაძე; 20 August 1889 – 10 May 1952) was a leading Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer.
Davor DžaltoArtist · SculptureDavor Džalto (Давор Џалто; born 17 May 1980) is an artist, art historian, theologian and philosopher of Bosnian-Herzegovinian origin.
Dmitry MerezhkovskyAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский; 14 August 1865 – 9 December 1941) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic.
Dong QichangArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Portrait of Dong Qichang
Douglas BlissIllustrator · IllustrationDouglas Percy Bliss (28 January 1900 – 11 March 1984; Urdu: ڈگلس پرسی بلیس) was a Scottish painter and art conservationist.
Dugald Sutherland MacCollArtist · PaintingsIllustration — MacColl in 1906.
Édouard-Jules CorroyerDesigner · DesignIllustration — Édouard Corroyer
Eduard Schmidt von der LaunitzArtist · SculptureIllustration — Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz (1822) by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
Edward S. MorseAuthor · BooksEdward Morse (disambiguation)Edward Morse
Eligiusz NiewiadomskiArtist · PaintingsEligiusz Józef Niewiadomski (1 December 1869 – 31 January 1923) was a Polish modernist painter and art critic who sympathized with the right-wing National Democracy movement.
Elizabeth StephensArtist · SculptureElizabeth M. "Beth" Stephens (born November 18, 1960) is an American filmmaker, artist, sculptor, photographer, professor and two time Chair of the Art Department at UC Santa Cruz.
Emilio CecchiAuthor · BooksEmilio Cecchi (eˈmiːljo ˈtʃekki; 14 July 1884 – 5 September 1966) was an Italian literary critic, art critic and screenwriter.
Erich NeumannAuthor · BooksErich Neumann (23 January 1905 – 5 November 1960) was a German analytical psychologist and student of Carl Jung.
Ernest FenollosaAuthor · BooksErnest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 – September 21, 1908) was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial…
Ernst Joachim FörsterArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Portrait by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
Ernst von LiphartArtist · PaintingsBaron Ernst Friedrich von Liphart (August 26, 1847 – April 14, 1932), also known by his Russian name Ernst Karlovich Lipgart, and also referred to in English as Earnest Lipgart, was a…
Étienne Moreau-NélatonArtist · CeramicsAdolphe Étienne Auguste Moreau-Nélaton (2 December 1859 – 25 April 1927) was a French painter, art collector and art historian.
Étienne-Jean DelécluzeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Étienne-Jean Delécluze
Eugen Fischer de FarkasházyArtist · CeramicsMór Fischer, Hugo Fischer, and Eugene Fischer (grandchildren)
Eugen GomringerDesigner · Modern designEugen Gomringer (20 January 1925 – 21 August 2025) was a Bolivian-born Swiss concrete poet. He was head of the Institut für Konstruktive Kunst und Konkrete Poesie (IKKP) in Rehau, Germany.
Eugen PetersenAuthor · BooksEugen Adolf Hermann Petersen (16 August 1836 in Heiligenhafen – 14 December 1919 in Hamburg) was a German classical archaeologist and philologist.
Eugène FromentinArtist · PaintingsEugène Fromentin (24 October 182027 August 1876) was a French painter and writer.
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.
Ewa BraunDesigner · Modern designEwa Braun (born 2 August 1944) is a Polish Oscar winning set decorator, costume designer and production designer.
Félicie d'AyzacAuthor · BooksIllustration — Félicie d'Ayzac
Ferdinand AvenariusAuthor · BooksFerdinand Avenarius (20 December 1856, in Berlin – 22 September 1923, in Kampen) was a German lyric poet, a leading representative of the culture reform movement of his time and the first…
FilareteDesigner · DesignAntonio di Pietro Aver(u)lino (anˈtɔːnjo di ˈpjɛːtro aver(u)ˈliːno; c. 1400 – c.
Florent FelsPhotographer · PhotographyFerdinand Florent Fels (14 August 1891, Paris – 26 January 1977, Cap-d'Ail) was a French journalist, publisher and author prominent in discussing art in France.
Francesco MiliziaDesigner · DesignFrancesco Milizia (15 November 17257 March 1798) was an Italian writer and art theorist. He was one of the leading Italian theorists of Neoclassicism.
Francis PenroseDesigner · DesignFrancis Cranmer Penrose FRS (29 October 1817 – 15 February 1903) was a British architect of Cornish parentage, archaeologist, astronomer and sportsman rower.
Francisco de HolandaDesigner · DesignFrancisco de Holanda (c. 1517 – 19 June 1585) was a Portuguese artist, architect, and art essayist.
Franz RohPhotographer · PhotographyFranz Roh (21 February 1890 – 30 December 1965), was a German historian, photographer, and art critic.
Franz Theodor KuglerArtist · PaintingsFranz Theodor Kugler (19 January 1808, Stettin – 18 March 1858, Berlin) was an art historian and cultural administrator for the Prussian state.
Fred BachrachArtist · PaintingsAlbert Gustave Herbert "Fred" Bachrach (9 December 1914 – 18 December 2009) was a Dutch literary and art historian of French and German descent whose academic work featured in a number of…
Frédéric VillotEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Marie-Joseph Frédéric Villot
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…
Friedrich AchleitnerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Achleitner (23 May 1930 – 27 March 2019) was an Austrian poet and architecture critic. His magnum opus is a multi-volume do
Friedrich Gottlieb WelckerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Gottlieb Welcker (4 November 1784 – 17 December 1868) was a German classical philologist and archaeologist.
Friedrich von ThierschDesigner · DesignIllustration — Friedrich von Thiersch
Gennady GorAuthor · BooksGennady Samoilovich Gor (January 15, 1907 in Verkhneudinsk, Siberia - January 6, 1981 in St. Petersburg) was a Soviet writer of science fiction.
George GroslierPhotographer · PhotographyGeorge Groslier (February 4, 1887 – June 18, 1945) was a French polymath who – through his work as a painter, writer, historian, archaeologist, ethnologist, architect, photographer and…
Georges LafenestreAuthor · BooksGeorges Lafenestre (5 May 1837, Orléans - 19 May 1919, Bourg-la-Reine) was a French poet, art critic and art historian.
Georges Ribemont-DessaignesArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes photographed by Henri Manuel
Gerard de LairesseEngraver · PrintsGerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist. His broad range of skills included music, poetry, and theatre.
Gertrud KantorowiczAuthor · BooksGertrud Kantorowicz (9 October 1876 — 19 or 20 April 1945) was a German art historian, poet and translator.
Giacomo BoniDesigner · DesignGiacomo Boni (25 April 1859 – 10 July 1925) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Roman architecture. He is most famous for his work in the Roman Forum.
Giorgio VasariDesigner · DesignGiorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer known for his work Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors,…
Giovanni SantiArtist · PaintingsGiovanni Santi (c. 1435 – 1 August 1494) was an Italian painter and poet, father of Raphael Sanzio.
Giulio Ulisse ArataDesigner · DesignGiulio Ulisse Arata (21 August 1881 – 15 September 1962) was an Italian architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Giuseppe BossiArtist · PaintingsGiuseppe Bossi (11 August 1777 – 9 November 1815) was an Italian painter, arts administrator and writer on art.
Gloria GervitzAuthor · BooksGloria Gervitz (29 March 1943 – 19 April 2022) was a Mexican poet and translator of Ukrainian Jewish descent.
Gottfried SemperDesigner · DesignGottfried Semper (29 November 1803 – 15 May 1879) was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and…
Gustave KahnAuthor · BooksGustave Kahn (21 December 1859, in Metz – 5 September 1936, in Paris) was a French Symbolist poet and art critic.
Hans RichterArtist · SculptureHans Johannes Siegfried Richter (lang; 6 April 1888 – 1 February 1976) was a German Dada painter, graphic artist, avant-garde film producer, and art historian.
Hans SchleifDesigner · DesignHans Philipp Oswald Schleif (23 February 1902 in Wiesbaden – 27 April 1945 in Berlin) was a German architect, architectural and classical archaeologist and member of the SS (member number…
Hans-Ulrich ObristAuthor · BooksHans Ulrich Obrist (born 1968) is a Swiss art curator, critic, and art historian. He is Artistic Director at the Serpentine Galleries, London.
Heinrich KohlDesigner · DesignHeinrich Kohl (4 May 1877, Kreuznach – 26 September 1914, Moronvilliers) was a German architectural historian and archaeologist.
Henri MarceauDesigner · DesignHenri Gabriel Marceau (12 June 1896, in Richmond, Virginia – 15 September 1969, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American architect, teacher, art historian and museum curator.
Herbert Edward ReadAuthor · BooksSir Herbert Edward Read, (4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included…
Herman GrimmAuthor · BooksHerman Grimm (6 January 1828 – 16 June 1901) was a German academic and writer.
Hermann MuthesiusDesigner · DesignAdam Gottlieb Hermann Muthesius (20 April 1861 – 29 October 1927), known as Hermann Muthesius, was a German architect, author and diplomat, perhaps best known for promoting many of the…
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-MuskauDesigner · DesignHermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (born as Count Pückler, from 1822 Prince; 30 October 1785 – 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, renowned as an accomplished artist in landscape…
Hippolyte Le BasDesigner · DesignIllustration — Louis-Hippolyte Lebas (c.1865)
Hugo von BlombergArtist · PaintingsAugust Gotthold Dietrich Hugo, Baron von Blomberg, a poet and painter, was born in Berlin in 1820.
Izidor CankarAuthor · BooksIllustration — Izidor Cankar in the 1920s
Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de PerthesAuthor · BooksJacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), sometimes referred to as Boucher de Perthes (uklang), was a French archaeologist and antiquary notable for his…
Jacques HnizdovskyArtist · CeramicsJacques Hnizdovsky (1915 – 1985, born Yakiv Yakovych Hnizdovsky) was a Ukrainian-born American painter, printmaker, graphic designer, illustrator and sculptor.
Jacques Ignace HittorffDesigner · DesignIllustration — Jacques Hittorff; portrait by Ingres.
James Bolivar MansonArtist · PaintingsIllustration — James Bolivar Manson as Tate Director
James LaverAuthor · BooksJames Laver, CBE, FRSA (14 March 1899 – 3 June 1975) was an English author, critic, art historian, and museum curator who acted as Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings for the Victoria…

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