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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.
Abel de PujolArtist · PaintingsAlexandre-Denis-Abel de Pujol or Abel de Pujol (30 January 1785 in Valenciennes – 29 September 1861 in Paris) was a French painter.
Abraham BlootelingEngraver · PrintsAbraham Blooteling (or Bloteling) (1634–1690) was a Dutch designer and engraver.
Adam BuckEngraver · PrintsAdam Buck (1759 – August 1833) was an Irish artist who specialised in neoclassical portraits, including portrait miniatures, and engravings. He was principally active in Dublin and London.
Adelaide JohnsonArtist · SculptureAdelaide Johnson (1859–1955) was an American sculptor whose work is displayed in the U.S. Capitol and a feminist who was devoted to the cause of equality of women.
Adolf Ulrik WertmüllerArtist · PaintingsAdolf Ulrik Wertmüller (February 18, 1751 – October 5, 1811) was a Swedish painter whose notable works include Danaë receiving Jupiter in a Shower of Gold.
Adolf von HildebrandDesigner · DesignAdolf von Hildebrand (6 October 1847 – 18 January 1921) was a German sculptor.
Adolph von MenzelEngraver · PrintsAdolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 18159 February 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings.
Adolphe JourdanArtist · Paintings
Adolphe LalauzeIllustrator · IllustrationAdolphe Lalauze (8 October 1838 – 18 October 1906) was a prolific French etcher who made the illustrations for many books.
Adolphe-Félix CalsArtist · PaintingsAdolphe-Félix Cals (17 October 1810 – 3 October 1880) was a French portrait, genre, and landscape painter.
Adri Bleuland van OordtArtist · PaintingsAdri Bleuland van Oordt was a Dutch artist and draftswoman who was active from around 1877 until her death in 1944.
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.
Adriaen HannemanArtist · PaintingsAdriaen Hanneman (c. 1603 – buried 11 July 1671) was a Dutch Golden Age painter best known for his portraits of the exiled British royal court.
Adriaen van der WerffDesigner · DesignAdriaen van der Werff (21 January 1659 – 12 November 1722) was a Dutch painter of portraits and erotic, devotional and mythological scenes. He painted several works for the Medicis.
Adriana SpilbergArtist · PaintingsAdriana Spilberg (1652–1700) was a Dutch Golden Age painter active at the court of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine.
Aelbert CuypEngraver · PrintsAelbert Jacobszoon Cuyp or Cuijp (20 October 1620 – 15 November 1691) was one of the leading Dutch Golden Age painters, producing mainly landscapes.
Afarin SajediIllustrator · IllustrationAfarin Sajedi (born 1979) is an Iranian painter and illustrator, from Shiraz. Her paintings are predominantly figurative and feature women merged with a variety of animals or objects.
Agnes GoodsirArtist · PaintingsAgnes Noyes Goodsir (18 June 1864 – 11 August 1939) was an Australian portrait painter who lived in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.
Agostino MasucciArtist · PaintingsAgostino Masucci (aɡoˈstiːno maˈzuttʃi; 29 August 1690 – 19 October 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.
Aka HoeghArtist · SculptureAka Høegh (born 16 December 1947) is a Greenlandic painter, graphic artist, and sculptor.
Akseli Gallen-KallelaEngraver · PrintsAkseli Gallen-Kallela (born Axel Waldemar Gallén; 26 April 1865 – 7 March 1931) was a Finnish painter and a leading figure of Finnish romantic nationalism around the turn of the 20th…
Albert Chevallier TaylerArtist · PaintingsAlbert Chevallier Tayler (5 April 1862 – 20 December 1925) was an English artist who specialised in portrait and genre painting, but he was also involved in the plein air methods of the…
Albert EckhoutArtist · PaintingsAlbert Eckhout (c.1610–1665) was a Dutch portrait and still life painter. Eckhout, the son of Albert Eckhourt and Marryen Roeleffs, was born in Groningen, but his training as an artist and…
Albert EdelfeltIllustrator · IllustrationAlbert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (21 July 1854 – 18 August 1905) was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art.
Albert LynchIllustrator · IllustrationAlbert Lynch (1860–1950) was a French painter of German and Peruvian ancestry.
Aleksander KokularArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait
Aleksandr DeynekaPhotographer · PhotographyAleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (20 May 1899 – 12 June 1969) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters…
Aleksey AntropovArtist · PaintingsAleksey Petrovich Antropov (–) was a Russian painter active primarily in St. Petersburg, where he was born and died.
Alexander GardnerPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was a Scottish-American photographer who immigrated to the United States in 1856, where he began to work full-time in that…
Alexander Hugo Bakker KorffArtist · PaintingsAlexander Hugo Bakker Korff (1824 in The Hague – 1882 in Leiden), was a 19th-century Dutch genre painter.
Alexander Joseph DaiwailleArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Landscape in the mountains by Alexander Joseph Daiwaille
Alexander MolinariArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait (miniature, c.
Alexander Nikolayevich SamokhvalovArtist · PaintingsAlexander Nikolayevich Samokhvalov (21 August 1894 – 20 August 1971) was a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, art teacher and Honored Arts Worker of the…
Alexander OsmerkinArtist · PaintingsAlexander Alexandrovich Osmerkin (Russian: Александр Александрович Осмеркин; 8 December [O.S.
Alexander RodchenkoDesigner · FashionAleksander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (Russian: Александр Михайлович Родченко; 5 December [O.S.
Alexander RoslinArtist · PaintingsAlexander Roslin (pron; spelled Alexandre in French, pron; 15 July 17185 July 1793) was a Swedish painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St.
Alexandre RoubtzoffArtist · PaintingsAlexandre Roubtzoff (Russian: Александр Александрович Рубцов; 24 January 1884 – 26 November 1949) was a Russian-born French painter who specialized in Orientalist scenes.
Alexandre-François CaminadeArtist · PaintingsAlexandre-François Caminade (14 December 1783 – May 1862) was a French painter. Caminade was born and died in Paris.
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.
Alexey Vassilievich TyranovArtist · PaintingsAlexey Vasilievich Tyranov (Russian: Алексей Васильевич Тыранов; 1808 in Bezhetsk – 3 August 1859 in Kashin) was a Russian portrait and genre painter.
Alexey VenetsianovArtist · PaintingsAlexey Gavrilovich Venetsianov (18 February 1780 – 16 December 1847) was a Russian painter, renowned for his paintings devoted to peasant life and ordinary people.
Alexis Simon BelleArtist · PaintingsAlexis Simon Belle (12 January 1674 – 21 November 1734) was a French painter who specialised in portrait painting who is best known for his portraits of the French and Jacobite nobility.
Alfred GuillouArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Alfred Guillou; portrait by Peder Severin Krøyer (1879)
Alfred JustitzIllustrator · IllustrationJewish Museum in Prague
Alfred Philippe RollArtist · PaintingsAlfred Philippe Roll (1 March 1846 – 27 October 1919) was a French painter.
Alonso Sánchez CoelloArtist · PaintingsAlonso Sánchez Coello (c. 1531 – 8 August 1588) was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance.
Aloysius O'KellyArtist · Paintings
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.
Alvar CawénArtist · PaintingsFrans Alvar Alfred Cawén (8 June 1886, Korpilahti – 3 March 1935 Helsinki) was a Finnish expressionist painter.
Amanda Brewster SewellArtist · PaintingsLydia Amanda Brewster Sewell (February 24, 1859 - November 15, 1926) was a 19th-century American painter of portraits and genre scenes.
Amedeo PreziosiArtist · PaintingsAmedeo Preziosi (2 December 1816 – 27 September 1882) was a Maltese painter and traveler known for his watercolours and prints of Constantinople, the Balkans, Ottoman Empire, and Romania.
Amélie Beaury-SaurelIllustrator · IllustrationAmélie Beaury-Saurel (1849 – May 30, 1924) was a French painter noted for portraiture.
Ammi PhillipsArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Mrs. Mayer and Daughter, 1835–1840, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amrita Sher-GilArtist · PaintingsAmrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian–Indian painter.
Ana MendietaArtist · SculptureAna Mendieta (November 18, 1948 – September 8, 1985) was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork.
Anders G. AldrinEngraver · PrintsAnders G. Aldrin (1889–1970) was a Swedish born American artist, active from 1926 to 1970. The majority of his work was in painting, watercolors and wood block prints.
Anders ZornEngraver · PrintsAnders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920) was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist.
André LhoteEngraver · PrintsAndré Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes, and still life.
Andrea AppianiArtist · SculptureAndrea Appiani (31 May 17548 November 1817) was an Italian neoclassical painter. He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, a historical painter in…
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.
Andrea MantegnaEngraver · PrintsAndrea Mantegna (lang; c. 1431September 13, 1506) was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archaeology, and the son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
Andrei KolkoutineArtist · PaintingsAndrei Kolkoutine (born in 1957, in Smolyaninovo, Primorsky Krai) is a Russian artist. In 1982 Kolkoutine graduated at the Repin Academy of Arts in Leningrad, named after Ilya Repin.
Ange TissierArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Napoleon III and Louis Visconti
Ann MikolowskiEngraver · PrintsAnn Margaret (Stroman) Mikolowski (May 16, 1940 – August 6, 1999) was a twentieth-century American contemporary artist.
Anna Bacherini PiattoliArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-Portrait (1776)
Anna Dorothea TherbuschArtist · PaintingsAnna Dorothea Therbusch (born Anna Dorothea Lisiewski, Anna Dorota Lisiewska, 23 July 1721 – 9 November 1782) was a prominent Rococo painter born in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Anna Lea MerrittArtist · PaintingsAnna Massey Lea Merritt (September 13, 1844 – April 7, 1930) was an American artist from Philadelphia who lived and worked in Great Britain for most of her life.
Anna Maria EhrenstrahlArtist · PaintingsAnna Maria Ehrenstrahl (4 September 1666 – 22 October 1729), was a Swedish Baroque painter. She is known for her allegorical works paintings, portraits and group portraits.
Anna Maria van SchurmanEngraver · PrintsAnna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer who is best known for her exceptional…
Anna RajeckaArtist · PaintingsIllustration — A Girl with a Dove
Anna Stainer-KnittelArtist · PaintingsAnna Stainer-Knittel (28 July 1841, Elbigenalp - 28 February 1915, Wattens) was an Austrian portrait and flower painter.
Anna ZinkeisenArtist · PaintingsAnna Katrina Zinkeisen (29 August 1901 – 23 September 1976) was a Scottish painter and artist.
Anne KilligrewArtist · PaintingsAnne Killigrew (1660–1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Born in London, she and her family were active in…
Anne Vallayer-CosterArtist · PaintingsAnne Vallayer-Coster (21 December 1744 – 28 February 1818) was a French painter best known for still lifes.
Anne WhitneyArtist · SculptureAnne Whitney (September 2, 1821 – January 23, 1915) was an American sculptor and poet.
Anne-Louis GirodetIllustrator · IllustrationAnne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (an lwi ʒiʁɔdɛ də ʁusi tʁijozɔ̃; or de Roucy), also known as Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson or simply Girodet (29 January 17679 December 1824), was a French…
Anselm FeuerbachArtist · PaintingsAnselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 – 4 January 1880) was a German painter. He was the leading neoclassical painter of the German 19th-century school.
Anthonie Blocklandt van MontfoortDesigner · Modern designAnthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort, Anthonie van Blocklandt or Anthonie van Montfoort (1533 or 1534 - 18 October 1583) was a Dutch painter.
Anthonie Palamedesz.Artist · PaintingsAnthonie Palamedesz, also Antonie Palamedesz, birth name Antonius Stevens (1602 in Leith, Scotland – 27 November 1673 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch portrait and genre painter.
Anthony DevasArtist · PaintingsThomas Anthony Devas (8 January 1911 – 21 December 1958) was a British portrait painter who was associated with members of the Euston Road School.
Anthony van DyckArtist · PaintingsSir Anthony van Dyck (Antoon van Dijck; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641)[2][3] was a Flemish Baroque artist, who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish…
Anton AžbeArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Anton Ažbe, 1904 photograph
Anton KaulbachArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Falconer
Anton LosenkoArtist · PaintingsAnton Pavlovich Losenko (Russian: Антон Павлович Лосенко; 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1737 – 4 December [O.S.
Anton Raphael MengsArtist · PaintingsAnton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728[1] – 29 June 1779) was a Czech-Born German Neoclassical painter of Danish descent.
Anton Wilhelm TischbeinEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Herr and Frau Borries and Their Children (detail, c.1770/75)
Antoni BrodowskiArtist · PaintingsAntoni Stanisław Brodowski (26 December 1784, Warsaw – 31 March 1832, Warsaw) was a Polish painter in the Classical style.
Antonio BalestraEngraver · PrintsAntonio Balestra (12 August 1666 – 21 April 1740) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period.
Antonio BerniArtist · PaintingsDelesio Antonio Berni (14 May 1905 – 13 October 1981) was an Argentine figurative artist.
Antonio CanovaArtist · PaintingsAntonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures.
Antonio CavallucciArtist · PaintingsAntonio Cavallucci (21 August 1752 – 18 November 1795) was an eighteenth-century Italian painter of religious scenes and portraits.
Antonio CiseriArtist · PaintingsAntonio Ciseri (25 October 1821 – 8 March 1891) was a Swiss-Italian painter of religious subjects.
Antonio de La GandaraArtist · Comics and comic artAntonio de La Gándara (16 December 186130 June 1917) was a French painter, pastellist and draughtsman of the Belle Époque.
Antonio TrivaEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Portrait of Antonio Triva
Antonis MorArtist · PaintingsAnthonis Mor, also known as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and Antonio Moro (c. 1517 – 1577), was a Netherlandish portrait painter, much in demand by the courts of Europe.
Ants LaikmaaArtist · PaintingsAnts Laikmaa (5 May 1866, Araste – 19 November 1942, Kadarpiku) was an Estonian painter.
Arent de GelderArtist · PaintingsAert de Gelder (October 26, 1645 – August 27, 1727), also known as Arent de Gelder, was a Dutch painter, the only Dutch artist to paint in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style into the…
Arnold BöcklinArtist · SculptureArnold Böcklin (ˈaʁnɔlt ˈbœklin; 16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss Symbolist painter. His five versions of the Isle of the Dead inspired works by several late Romantic composers.
Arnold Henry Savage LandorArtist · PaintingsArnold Henry Savage Landor (2 June 1865 – 26 December 1924) was an English painter, explorer, writer, and anthropologist.
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.
Arnold NewmanPhotographer · PhotographyArnold Abner Newman (March 3, 1918 – June 6, 2006) was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians.
Arshile GorkyArtist · SculptureArshile Gorky (born Vostanik Manoug Adoian; April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian-American painter.
Arthur BoydArtist · CeramicsArthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd (24 July 1920 – 24 April 1999) was a leading Australian painter of the middle to late 20th century.
Arthur HackerArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Hacker, 1910–1919
Asmus Jacob CarstensArtist · PaintingsAsmus Jacob Carstens (or "Jakob", May 10, 1754 – May 25, 1798) was a Danish-German painter, one of the most committed artists of German Neoclassicism.
Aubin VouetArtist · PaintingsAubin Vouet (1595 - 1641) was a French painter, the son of Laurent Vouet and younger brother of Simon Vouet, both also painters.
August DeusserArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Self-portrait in Blue Jacket (c.1911)
Auguste CouderDesigner · Modern designLouis-Charles-Auguste Couder, or Auguste Couder (1 April 178921 July 1873), was a French painter and student of Jean-Baptiste Regnault and Jacques-Louis David.
Auguste de ChâtillonAuthor · BooksIllustration — Photograph of de Châtillon by Étienne Carjat, c.
Auguste de CreuseArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Princess Adélaïde of Orléans, 1838
Auguste RodinArtist · PaintingsFrançois Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.
Augustin Feyen-PerrinPhotographer · PhotographyFrançois Nicolas Augustin Feyen, known as Auguste Feyen-Perrin (12 April 1826, Bey-sur-Seille – 14 October 1888, Paris) was a French painter, engraver and illustrator.
Augustin PajouArtist · SculptureAugustin Pajou (19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculptor, born in Paris.
Augustin Théodule RibotEngraver · PrintsThéodule-Augustin Ribot (lang, lang; August 8, 1823September 11, 1891) was a French realist painter and printmaker.
Aurel BăeșuArtist · PaintingsAurel Băeșu (26 May 1896 – 24 August 1928) was a Romanian Impressionist landscape and portrait painter. Many of his works show the influence of Nicolae Grigorescu;
Balthasar DennerArtist · Paintings(National Museum in Warsaw).
Barbara KrafftArtist · PaintingsMaria Barbara Krafft (Steiner; 1 April 1764 – 28 September 1825) was a Moravian-born Austrian painter, best remembered today for her widely reproduced posthumous portrait of Wolfgang…
Barbara LonghiArtist · PaintingsBarbara Longhi (lang; 21 September 1552 – 23 December 1638) was an Italian painter.
Barthel BehamEngraver · PrintsBarthel Beham ou Boehm (vers 1502 à Nuremberg - 1540 à Bologne) est un peintre et un graveur allemand.

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