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Modernism

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

Alexander VvedenskyAuthor · BooksHe was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Kazan.
Alfred MaurerArtist · PaintingsAlfred Henry Maurer (April 21, 1868 – August 4, 1932) was an American modernist painter.
Alfredo Ramos MartínezArtist · PaintingsAlfredo Ramos Martínez (November 12, 1871 – November 8, 1946) was a painter, muralist, and educator, who lived and worked in Mexico, Paris, and Los Angeles.
Alfredo VolpiArtist · PaintingsAlfredo Volpi (April 14, 1896 – May 28, 1988), was a prominent painter of the artistic and cultural Brazilian modernist movement.
Amadeo de Souza CardosoArtist · PaintingsAmadeo de Souza-Cardoso (14 November 1887 – 25 October 1918) was a Portuguese painter.
Amrita Sher-GilArtist · PaintingsAmrita Sher-Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian–Indian painter.
Anne HamblettEngraver · PrintsAnnie (Anne) Eleanor McCahon née Hamblett (11 October 1915 – 30 December 1993) was a New Zealand artist and illustrator. She was married to fellow artist Colin McCahon.
Beatriz MilhazesEngraver · PrintsShe is known for her work juxtaposing Brazilian cultural imagery and references to western Modernist painting. Milhazes is a Brazilian-born collage artist and painter k
Bernard KarfiolArtist · PaintingsBernard Karfiol (May 6, 1886 – August 16, 1952) was an American painter and watercolorist.
Carlo ScarpaDesigner · Modern designCarlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect and designer.
Coelho NetoAuthor · BooksHenrique Maximiano Coelho Neto (February 20, 1864 – November 28, 1934) was a Brazilian writer and politician.
Cyril PowerEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Tube Train, colour linocut 1934
Dušan DžamonjaArtist · SculptureDušan Džamonja (pron; 31 January 1928 – 14 January 2009) was a Yugoslav sculptor of Serbian ancestry.
Eero AarnioDesigner · Modern designEero Aarnio (born 21 July 1932) is a Finnish designer, noted for his innovative furniture designs in the 1960s, such as his plastic and fibreglass chairs.
Eero SaarinenDesigner · Modern designEero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer.
Eldrid LundenAuthor · BooksEldrid Lunden (born 5 October 1940) is a Norwegian poet, and 1996 became Norway's first professor in creative writing, at Telemark University College.
Ellen ThesleffArtist · PaintingsEllen Thesleff (5 October 1869 – 12 January 1954) was a Finnish expressionist painter, regarded as one of the leading Finnish modernist painters.
Ethel SpowersIllustrator · IllustrationEthel Louise Spowers (11 July 1890 – 5 May 1947) was an Australian artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London.
Euclides da CunhaAuthor · BooksEuclides da Cunha (January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer.
F. Scott FitzgeraldAuthor · BooksFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940), widely known as F.
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y MontojoArtist · PaintingsFernando Montojo Zóbel de Ayala (August 27, 1924 – June 2, 1984), also known as Fernando M. Zóbel, was a Spanish Filipino painter, businessman, art collector and museum founder.
Gertrude SteinAuthor · BooksGertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
Gordon BunshaftDesigner · DesignGordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century.
Grigorije SamojlovDesigner · DesignGrigorije Ivanovič Samojlov (Russian Cyrillic: Григорий Иванович Самойлов; Taganrog, Imperial Russia, 8 September 1904 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 15 October 1989) was a Russian…
Hannes MeyerDesigner · DesignHans Emil "Hannes" Meyer (18 November 1889 – 19 July 1954) was a Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus Dessau from 1928 to 1930.
Hart CraneAuthor · BooksHarold Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932) was an American poet. Inspired by the Romantics and his fellow Modernists, Crane wrote highly stylized poetry, often noted for its…
Henryk Mikolaj GóreckiPerson · Music memorabiliaHenryk Mikołaj Górecki (6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music.
Ion IrimescuArtist · SculptureIon Irimescu (27 February 1903 – 28 October 2005) was a Romanian sculptor and sketcher. From 1992, he was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.
Jakob WeidemannArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Jakob Weidemann (1966)
Konstantin SomovDesigner · Modern designKonstantin Andreyevich Somov (Russian: Константин Андреевич Сомов; 30 November [O.S.
Ludwig Mies van der RoheDesigner · Modern design
M. H. MaxyArtist · PaintingsMax Hermann Maxy (also known as M. H. Maxy, born Max Herman; October 26, 1895 – July 19, 1971) was a Romanian painter, art professor, scenographer, and professor of German-Jewish descent.
Marguerite ZorachArtist · PaintingsMarguerite Zorach (née Thompson; September 25, 1887 – June 27, 1968) was an American Fauvist painter, textile artist, and graphic designer, and was an early exponent of modernism in…
Marina TsvetaevaAuthor · BooksMarina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (Марина Ивановна Цветаева; 8 October 189231 August 1941) was a Russian poet. Her work is some of the best known in twentieth-century Russian literature.
Marjorie EatonDesigner · DesignArt Students League of New York, San Francisco School of Fine Arts
Milena Pavlović-BariliAuthor · BooksMilena Pavlović-Barili (alt. Barilli; Милена Павловић-Барили; 5 November 1909 – 6 March 1945) was a Serbian painter and poet.
Miloš BajićArtist · PaintingsMiloš Bajić (Милош Бајић; 1915–1995) was a Serbian Modernist painter, who is considered to be the founder of abstract painting in Yugoslavia.
Miroslav KrležaAuthor · BooksMiroslav Krleža (7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Croatian writer, widely considered to be the greatest of the 20th century.
Nikos SkalkottasPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Nikos Skalkottas. Sketch by Véronique Fournier-Pouyet
Peter LanyonArtist · CeramicsGeorge Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 – 31 August 1964) was a British painter associated with the St Ives School.
Robert AdamsArtist · SculptureRobert Adams (5 October 1917 – 5 April 1984) was an English sculptor and designer.
Rolf JacobsenAuthor · BooksRolf Jacobsen was a Norwegian poet, journalist and writer (1907–1994). He was born in Christiania and died in Hamar Municipality.
Rufino TamayoEngraver · PrintsRufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (ruˈfino taˈmaʝo; August 25, 1899 – June 24, 1991) was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico.
Ștefan LuchianArtist · PaintingsȘtefan Luchian (ʃteˈfan lukiˈan, last name also spelled Lukian; 1 February 1868 – 28 June 1916) was a Romanian painter, famous for his landscapes and still life works.
Susi Singer-SchinnerlArtist · CeramicsSusi Singer (October 26, 1894 – 1955), also known as Selma Singer-Schinnerl, was an Austrian-American Jewish ceramic artist known for her bright and detailed figurines.
Wilhelm WorringerAuthor · BooksWilhelm Robert Worringer (13 January 1881 in Aachen – 29 March 1965 in Munich) was a German art-historian known for his theories about abstract art and its relation to avant-garde movements…
Wyndham LewisIllustrator · IllustrationPercy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic.
Xul SolarArtist · PaintingsXul Solar was the adopted name of Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (14 December 1887 – 9 April 1963), an Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, and inventor of imaginary languages.
Þórbergur ÞórðarsonAuthor · Books

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