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

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.
Alexander RodchenkoDesigner · FashionAleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S.
Alexej von JawlenskyEngraver · PrintsAlexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941), surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany.
Allen JonesArtist · SculptureAllen Jones (born 1 September 1937) is a British pop artist best known for his paintings, sculptures, and lithography. He was awarded the Prix des Jeunes Artistes at the 1963 Paris Biennale.
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.
Amedeo ModiglianiArtist · SculptureAmedeo Clemente Modigliani (12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.
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.
Antonio CanovaArtist · PaintingsAntonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures.
Auguste RodinArtist · PaintingsFrançois Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.
Charley TooropIllustrator · IllustrationAnnie Caroline Pontifex Fernhout-Toorop (24 March 18915 November 1955), known as Charley Toorop, was a Dutch painter and lithographer.
Eduard Isaac AsserPhotographer · PhotographyEduard Isaac Asser (19 October 1809 – 21 September 1894) was a Dutch lawyer and amateur photographer.
Erwin BowienArtist · PaintingsErwin Johannes Bowien (3 September 1899 – 3 December 1972) was a German painter and author.
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.
Giovanni BelliniArtist · PaintingsGiovanni Bellini (Zuane Belin; c. 1430 – 29 December 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters.
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…
Gustave DoréEngraver · PrintsPaul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré (6January 1832 – 23January 1883) was a French artist.
Harriet HosmerArtist · SculptureHarriet Goodhue Hosmer (October 9, 1830 – February 21, 1908) was a neoclassical sculptor, considered the most distinguished female sculptor in America during the 19th century.
Heinrich KnirrArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Heinrich Knirr (c.1910/14); photograph by Theodor Hilsdorf
Howard Chandler ChristyIllustrator · IllustrationHoward Chandler Christy (January 10, 1872 – March 3, 1952) was an American artist and illustrator.
James TissotArtist · PaintingsJacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.
Jasper JohnsEngraver · PrintsJasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, and printmaker.
Jean MetzingerEngraver · PrintsJean Dominique Antony Metzinger (lang; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the…
John Everett MillaisPhotographer · PhotographySir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet (8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Joseph MulderEngraver · PrintsIllustration — An etching by Joseph Mulder called "Blue Butterflies and Pomegranate" from Insects of Surinam.
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.
Max BeckmannArtist · SculptureMax Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer.
Mel RamosEngraver · PrintsMelvin John Ramos (July 24, 1935 – October 14, 2018) was an American figurative painter, specializing most often in paintings of female nudes, whose work incorporates elements of realist…
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.
Piero ManzoniArtist · SculptureManifesto for the International Exhibition of Nothing is dated 1960.
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…
Remedios VaroArtist · PaintingsMaría de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (known as Remei or Remedios Varo, 16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish surrealist painter, writer, and graphic artist.
Rudolf BauerIllustrator · IllustrationAlexander Georg Rudolf Bauer (11 February 188928 November 1953) was a German-born painter who was involved in the avant-garde group Der Sturm in Berlin, and whose work would become central…
Thomas SullyArtist · PaintingsThomas Sully (June 19, 1783November 5, 1872) was an English-American portrait painter.
Vladimir TatlinEngraver · PrintsVladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (– 31 May 1953) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect, and stage-designer.

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