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Art Historians

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

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James StuartArtist · PaintingsJames "Athenian" Stuart (1713 – 2 February 1788) was a British archaeologist, architect and artist, best known for publishing carefully measured architectural prints, including the smallest…
Jan HoetArtist · Comics and comic artKnight Jan Hoet (23 June 1936 – 27 February 2014) was the Belgian founder of SMAK (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst or Municipal Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent, Belgium.
Jan VethDesigner · Modern designJan Pieter Veth (18 May 1864, Dordrecht – 1 July 1925, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic and university lecturer. He is especially noted as a portrait painter.
Jean-Baptiste DescampsAuthor · BooksIllustration — Self-portrait, c.
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine LassusDesigner · DesignJean-Baptiste-Antoine Lassus (19 March 1807 – 15 July 1857) was a French architect who became an expert in restoration or recreation of medieval architecture.
Jeff WallEngraver · PrintsJeffrey Wall, OC, RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian photographer. He is an artist best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs and art history writing.
Jens Jørgen ThorsenIllustrator · IllustrationJens Jørgen Thorsen (2 February 1932 Holstebro – 15 November 2000) was a Danish artist, director, and jazz musician whose works sometimes created controversy.
Jindřich ChalupeckýAuthor · BooksJindřich Chalupecký (12 February 1910 – 19 June 1990) was a Czech art and literary theorist and critic, essayist, art historian, and translator. He was the husband of poet Jiřina Hauková.
Joanna Merwood-SalisburyDesigner · DesignJoanna Merwood-Salisbury is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington, specialising in urban American architectural history and the history of…
Johann Bernhard Fischer von ErlachArtist · SculptureJohann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced…
Johann Caspar FüssliAuthor · BooksJohann Caspar Füssli (3 January 1706 – 6 May 1782) was a Swiss portrait painter and art historian.
Johann Dominicus FiorilloArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Johann Dominicus Fiorillo
Johann Georg HamannAuthor · BooksJohann Georg Hamann (lang; 27 August 1730 – 21 June 1788) was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg.
Johann Ludwig BurckhardtAuthor · BooksJohann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (24 November 1784 – 15 October 1817) was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist.
Johann Peter MelchiorArtist · CeramicsIllustration — Bust of Maximilian von Montgelas by Johann Peter Melchior
John BergerArtist · PaintingsJohn Peter Berger (5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize.
John EvelynAuthor · BooksJohn Evelyn (31 October 162027 February 1706), an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor government official, has become best known as a diarist.
John NealAuthor · BooksJohn Neal (August 25, 1793 – June 20, 1876) was an American writer, critic, editor, lecturer, and activist.
John RuskinDesigner · DesignJohn Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era.
John Turtle WoodDesigner · DesignJohn Turtle Wood (13 February 1821 – 25 March 1890) was an English architect, engineer and archaeologist.
Jonathan RichardsonArtist · PaintingsJonathan Richardson (12 January 1667 – 28 May 1745), sometimes called "the Elder" to distinguish him from his son, was an English artist, collector of drawings and writer on art, working…
Jordi Pericot i CanaletaDesigner · Modern designJordi Pericot i Canaleta (born November 16, 1931, in El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish plastic artist and designer.
Josep Puig i CadafalchDesigner · Modern designJosep Puig i Cadafalch (Catalan: [ʒuˈzɛp ˈpudʒ i kəðəˈfalk]; 17 October 1867 in Mataró – 21 December 1956 in Barcelona) was a Spanish architect who designed many significant buildings in…
Joseph Archer CroweIllustrator · IllustrationSir Joseph Archer Crowe KCMG (25 October 1825, London – 6 September 1896, Gamburg an der Tauber, today Werbach, Germany) was an English journalist, consular official and art historian,…
Juan Agustín Ceán BermúdezArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Retrato de J. A. Ceán Bermúdez (Goya, 1785)
Judith MasonEngraver · PrintsJudith Mason born Judith Seelander Menge (10 October 1938 – 28 December 2016) was a South African artist who worked in oil, pencil, printmaking and mixed media.
Julius HübnerArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait (1859)
Julius LangbehnAuthor · BooksJulius Langbehn (26 March 1851 – 30 April 1907) was a German national Romantic art historian and philosopher.
Julius Meier-GraefeAuthor · BooksJulius Meier-Graefe (10 June 1867 – 5 June 1935) was a German art critic and novelist.
Julius PosenerDesigner · DesignIllustration — Image of Julius Posener
Karl BötticherDesigner · DesignKarl Gottlieb Wilhelm Bötticher (29 May 1806, Nordhausen – 19 June 1889, Berlin) was a German archaeologist who specialized in architecture.
Karl Ludwig FernowAuthor · BooksIllustration — Karl Ludwig Fernow
Karl MadsenArtist · PaintingsCarl Johan Wilhelm Madsen, commonly known as Karl Madsen, (22 March 1855 – 16 April 1938) was a Danish painter and art historian with close connections to the Skagen Painters.
Kathleen James ChakrabortyDesigner · DesignKathleen James-Chakraborty is a professor of art history and architectural historian at University College Dublin.
Katja AßmannDesigner · DesignKatja Aßmann (born 28 May 1971) is a German curator and arts administrator. She is currently the artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr (Urban Arts Ruhr).
Kenyon CoxIllustrator · IllustrationKenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher.
Léon de LabordeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Walls of the Konya citadel, built and decorated by Kayqubad I, incorporated many Greco-Roman Classical elements. Léon de Laborde, 1838.
Leopoldo CicognaraArtist · PaintingsCount Leopoldo Cicognara (17 November 1767, in Ferrara – 5 March 1834, in Venice) was an Italian artist, art collector, art historian and bibliophile.
Liang SichengDesigner · Design
Liz RidealPhotographer · PhotographyMarie Elisabeth Chichester Rideal (born 1954 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) is a British artist, art historian, educator and author.
Ljubo BabićIllustrator · IllustrationLjubomir Tito Stjepan Babić (14 June 1890 – 14 May 1974) was a Croatian artist, museum curator and literary critic.
Lodovico GuicciardiniAuthor · Maps and atlasesLodovico Guicciardini (19 August 1521 – 22 March 1589) was an Italian writer and merchant from Florence who lived primarily in Antwerp from 1542 or earlier.
Lorado TaftArtist · SculptureLorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor, writer and educator.
Lorenzo GhibertiArtist · SculptureLorenzo Ghiberti (Italian: [loˈrɛntso ɡiˈbɛrti]; né di Bartolo; 1378 – 1 December 1455) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known…
Luca BeltramiDesigner · DesignLuca Beltrami (13 November 1854 – 8 August 1933) was an Italian architect and architectural historian, known particularly for restoration projects.
Ludwig BorchardtDesigner · DesignLudwig Borchardt (5 October 1863 – 12 August 1938) was a German Egyptologist. He is best known for finding a famous bust of Nefertiti at Amarna.
Luigi Pellegrini ScaramucciaArtist · PaintingsLuigi Pellegrini Scaramuccia (16213 August 1680) was an Italian painter and artist biographer of the Baroque period.
Manuel de Araújo Porto-AlegreDesigner · DesignManuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre was a Brazilian painter, writer, architect, journalist, diplomat and politician (1806–1879). He was born in Rio Pardo and died in Lisbon.
Margherita SarfattiAuthor · BooksMargherita Sarfatti (marɡeˈriːta sarˈfatti; Grassini; 8 April 1880 – 30 October 1961) was an Italian journalist, art critic, patron, collector, socialite, and prominent propaganda adviser…
Marion SpielmannAuthor · BooksIllustration — Marion Spielmann painted by John Henry Frederick Bacon.
Matthew Digby WyattDesigner · DesignIllustration — Matthew Digby Wyatt, 1851
Maurice DenisArtist · PaintingsMaurice Denis (lang; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer.
Max DessoirPerson · Film memorabiliaMaximilian Dessoir (8 February 1867 – 19 July 1947) was a German philosopher, psychologist and theorist of aesthetics.
Max HerzDesigner · DesignMax Herz (born Herz Miksa; 19 May 1856 – 5 May 1919) was a Hungarian architect, conservator, museum director and architectural historian, active in Egypt.
Metin ErksanPerson · Film memorabiliaİsmet Metin Erksan (1 January 1929 – 4 August 2012) was a Turkish film director and art historian.
Michel SeuphorEngraver · PrintsFernand Berckelaers (10 March 1901, in Borgerhout – 12 February 1999, in Paris), pseudonym Michel Seuphor (anagram of Orpheus), was a Belgian painter.
Miner Kilbourne KelloggArtist · PaintingsMiner Kilbourne Kellogg (1814-1889) was an American painter noted for his Orientalist work, an art historian and art collector.
Moyo OkedijiArtist · PaintingsMoyo Okediji is an art historian, painter and artist whose works contains a number of icons and signifiers of the deep aspects of Yoruba culture.
Narisa ChakrabongseAuthor · BooksNarisa Chakrabongse (born 2 August 1956) is a writer, publisher, and environmental activist.
Nicolas de PigageDesigner · DesignIllustration — Nicolas de Pigage
Nikolaus PevsnerDesigner · DesignSir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British historian who specialised in the areas of art and architecture.
Nkiru NzegwuArtist · PaintingsNkiru Nzegwu (born March 22, 1954) is a Nigerian philosopher, art historian, scholar, curator, and painter. She is a Distinguished Professor at State University of New York at Binghamton.
Okakura KakuzōAuthor · Books
Ole SarvigAuthor · BooksOle Sarvig (27 November 1921 in Copenhagen – 4 December 1981 in Copenhagen) was a Danish author and poet, known for his participation in the literary journal heretica.
Oscar LevertinAuthor · BooksOscar Ivar Levertin (17 July 1862, Norrköping – 22 September 1906) was a Swedish poet, critic and literary historian.
Osman Hamdi BeyArtist · Paintings
Osvald SirénAuthor · BooksOsvald Sirén (6 April 1879 – 26 June 1966) was a Finnish-born Swedish art historian, whose interests included the art of 18th-century Sweden, Renaissance Italy and China.
Otto JahnPerson · Music memorabiliaOtto Jahn (lang; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen) was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music.
Otto Julius BierbaumAuthor · BooksOtto Julius Bierbaum (28 June 1865 – 1 February 1910) was a German writer.
Otto SchneidArtist · PaintingsOtto Schneid (also known as Naftali Schneid; 30 January 1900 – 12 May 1974) was an Austrian-Israeli art historian, writer and artist.
Pablo de CéspedesDesigner · DesignPablo de Céspedes (1538 – July 26, 1608) was a Spanish painter, poet, and architect.
Panagiotis DoxarasArtist · PaintingsPanagiotis Doxaras (1662–1729), also known as Panayiotis Doxaras, was an author and painter. He was a prolific member of the Heptanese school.
Pascal CosteDesigner · DesignXavier Pascal Coste (26 November 1787 – 8 February 1879) was a French architect. He was at one time a personal architect for Muhammad Ali Pasha.
Paul ClaudelAuthor · BooksPaul Claudel (6 August 1868 – 23 February 1955) was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel.
Paul JamotArtist · PaintingsPaul Jamot (lang, lang; 22 December 1863 – 13 December 1939) was a French painter, art critic and museum curator.
Paul NizonAuthor · BooksPaul Nizon (born 19 December 1929 in Bern) is a Swiss art historian and writer.
Pedro de MadrazoAuthor · BooksPedro de Madrazo y Kuntz (11 October 1816, Rome - 20 August 1898, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, jurist, writer, translator and art critic.
Peter KidsonDesigner · DesignPeter Kidson (23 August 1925 – 10 February 2019) was a British emeritus professor and honorary fellow at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where he lectured on medieval architecture until…
Peter WellerPerson · Film memorabiliaPeter Francis Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American actor and television director.
Pierre DaixPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Georges Daix (24 May 1922 – 2 November 2014) was a French journalist, writer and art historian. He was a friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso.
Pierre RestanyEngraver · Prints(by Erling Mandelmann, 1998)
Pietro AretinoAuthor · BooksPietro Aretino (lang; 19 or 20 April 1492[3] – 21 October 1556) was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics.
Pietro D'AchiardiArtist · PaintingsIllustration — The Red Cart
Pilar Molina LlorenteIllustrator · IllustrationPilar Molina Llorente (born 11 December 1943) is a Spanish children's literature writer.
Pol AbrahamDesigner · DesignHippolyte Pierre "Pol" Abraham (11 March 1891 in Nantes, France – 21 January 1966 in Paris) was a French architect.
Priyambada Mohanty HejmadiArtist · PaintingsPriyambada Mohanty Hejmadi is an Indian classical dancer, scientist, academician, art writer, and biologist.
Quentin BajacPhotographer · PhotographyQuentin Bajac (born 1965) is a French museum curator and art historian specialising in the history of photography.
Raffaele MontiArtist · SculptureRaffaele Monti (often misspelt Rafaelle or Raffaelle; Milan 1818–1881) was an Italian sculptor, writer, and poet.
Raoul HausmannArtist · SculptureRaoul Hausmann (July 12, 1886 – February 1, 1971) was an Austrian artist and writer.
Renato De FuscoDesigner · Modern designRenato De Fusco (14 July 1929 – 30 April 2024) was an Italian architectural historian, art theorist and academic. He was professor emeritus of the University of Naples Federico II.
Robert ByronPhotographer · PhotographyRobert Byron (26 February 1905 – 24 February 1941) was an English travel writer, best known for his travelogue The Road to Oxiana. He was also an art critic and historian.
Roberto LonghiPerson · Film memorabiliaRoberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca.
Roger de PilesEngraver · PrintsRoger de Piles (7 October 1635 – 5 April 1709) was a French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat.
Roger FryArtist · PaintingsRoger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.
Roland FreemanPhotographer · PhotographyRoland L. Freeman (July 27, 1936 – August 7, 2023) was an American photographer and documenter of Southern folk culture and African-American quilters.
Roman GhirshmanPhotographer · PhotographyRoman Ghirshman was a French anthropologist, archaeologist, art historian, explorer, photographer and university teacher (1895–1979). He was born in Kharkiv and died in Budapest.
Rose VallandAuthor · BooksRose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art curator, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated…
Rudolf Erich RaspeAuthor · BooksRudolf Erich Raspe (March 1736 – 16 November 1794) was a German librarian, writer, and scientist, called by his biographer John Patrick Carswell a "rogue".
Samia HalabyArtist · PaintingsLiberation Art of Palestine: Palestinian Painting and Sculpture in the Second Half of the 20th Century (H.T.T.B. Publications)
Sanzō WadaEngraver · PrintsSanzo Wada (和田三造, Wada Sanzō) was a Japanese painter and costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the jidaigeki film Gate of Hell (1953).
Sigurd FrosterusDesigner · DesignSigurd Frosterus (4 June 1876 – 2 March 1956) was a Finnish architect, art critic, and art collector.
Simon ArmitageAuthor · BooksSimon Robert Armitage (born 26 May 1963) is an English poet, playwright, musician and novelist. He was appointed Poet Laureate on 10 May 2019.
Sophie El GoulliAuthor · BooksSophie el Goulli (4 February 1932 – 10 October 2015) was a Tunisian writer and art historian.
Stanisław BarejaTerminology · Film memorabiliaStanisław Sylwester Bareja (5 December 1929 – 14 June 1987) was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films (mostly comedies) have reached cult status in Poland.
Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczAuthor · BooksStanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (24 February 188518 September 1939), commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer…
Taras KompanichenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaTaras Viktorovych Kompanichenko (born 14 November 1969) is a Ukrainian recording artist, kobzar, bandurist, lirnyk, composer, and singer-songwriter.
Teju ColePhotographer · PhotographyTeju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella, Every Day Is for the Thief (2007); a novel, Open City (2011);
Theodor von FrimmelPerson · Music memorabiliaTheodor von Frimmel, fully Theodor von Frimmel-Traisenau (15 December 1853 – 3 December 1928), was an Austrian art historian, musicologist and Beethoven biographer.
Thomas McEvilleyAuthor · BooksThomas McEvilley (July 13, 1939 – March 2, 2013) was an American art critic, poet, novelist, and scholar.
Tommaso TemanzaAuthor · BooksTommaso Temanza (9 March 170514 June 1789) was an Italian architect and author of the Neoclassic period.
Tseng Yu-hoArtist · PaintingsTseng Yu-ho (1924/1925–2017) was a Chinese-born American art historian, visual artist, curator, and educator.
Umberto BarbaroPerson · Film memorabiliaUmberto Barbaro (3 January 1902, Acireale – 19 March 1959, Rome) was an Italian film critic and essayist.
Vernon LeeAuthor · BooksViolet Paget (14 October 1856 – 13 February 1935), known by the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British art historian and writer.
Vilém FlusserPhotographer · PhotographyVilém Flusser (May 12, 1920 – November 27, 1991) was a Czech-born Brazilian philosopher, writer and journalist, best known for his contributions to media studies, communication theory, and…
Vincent PriceAuthor · BooksVincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, known to film audiences for his work in the horror genre, mostly portraying villains.
Vincenzo CarducciArtist · PaintingsVincenzio Carduccio (in Spanish, sometimes Vicencio or Vicente Carducho; 1576 or 1578–1638) was an Italian painter who spent his career in Spain.
Vincenzo DantiArtist · SilverVincenzo Danti (1530 – 26 May 1576) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Perugia.
Vivant DenonArtist · PaintingsDominique Vivant, Baron Denon (dɔminik vivɑ̃ baʁɔ̃ dənɔ̃; 4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist.[1] Denon was a diplomat for…
Vladimir FavorskyEngraver · PrintsVladimir Andreyevich Favorsky (March 14, 1886 – December 29, 1964) was a Russian draughtsman and art teacher, active in Moscow from Tsar Nicholas II's reign through Khruschev's rule, best…
Waldemar ŁysiakDesigner · DesignWaldemar Łysiak (born 8 March 1944 in Warsaw) is a bestselling Polish writer, art historian and journalist, who has written under his own name as well as the pseudonyms 'Valdemar Baldhead'…

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