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A. R. Penck Documented profileGermany · Germany
The Art Institute of Chicago lists an untitled 1981 woodcut from the eight-piece portfolio Eight Experiences, as well as a Portrait of Writer Sascha Anderson, dated circa 1980. An au…
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Abel Lauvray Documented profileFrance
After studying law at his family’s request, Abel Lauvray enrolled at Cormon’s studio in Paris. In 1893, he accompanied Claude Monet on the Seine aboard his studio boat, which the pai…
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Aboudia Documented profileCôte d’Ivoire
Aboudia’s painting draws on graffiti made by young residents in the working-class neighbourhoods of Abidjan, particularly Abobo, Yopougon and Treichville. It focuses on everyday life…
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Abraham Neumann Documented profilePoland
The Polish painter Abraham Neumann, born in Sierpc in 1873 and deceased in 1942, developed a body of work whose subjects and techniques reflect a varied practice. After 1911, his pai…
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Abraham Rademaker Documented profileCountry to be documented
Dutch painter, draughtsman, engraver and print dealer Abraham Rademaker develops a body of work in which topographical drawings and painted landscapes sit side by side. He produces l…
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Abraham Willaerts Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born around 1603 in Utrecht, where he died on 18 October 1669, Abraham Willaerts was a painter of the Northern Netherlands, known especially as a marine painter and for his depiction…
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Adam Pynacker Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Lempertz catalogue lists, under the name Adam Pynacker, Hirten in südlicher Landschaft mit Ruinen, an oil painting on panel measuring 36 × 45.8 cm, whose published provenance is…
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Adam van Noort Documented profileCountry to be documented
The painter and draughtsman Adam van Noort, based in Antwerp, was born there in 1562 and died there in 1641. He learned to paint from his father, Lambert van Noort, until his father’…
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Adelsteen Normann Documented profileNorway
Adelsteen Normann paints Norwegian fjords, including the Sognefjord, the Nærøyfjord and the Romsdalfjord. His practice combines working in direct contact with the landscape, from a b…
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Adolf Baumgartner-Stoiloff Documented profileAustria
Described as a Bulgarian-Austrian painter, Adolf Baumgartner-Stoiloff is also associated with the names Constantin Stoiloff and Stoiloff-Baumgartner, used in particular for his Russi…
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Adolf Chwala Documented profileCountry to be documented
Presented as a Czech painter who lived from 1836 to 1900, Adolf Chwala is listed in a catalogue by Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG in connection with a work recorded under his name. Entit…
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Adolf Eberle Documented profileCountry to be documented
A German painter (1843–1914), Adolf Eberle was the son of Robert Eberle, an animal and landscape painter, and thus continued a family tradition. Trained at Karl von Piloty’s school,…
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Adolf Helmberger Documented profileAustria
The Austrian painter Adolf Helmberger (1885–1967), born and deceased in St. Gilgen, is particularly associated with the landscapes of the Salzkammergut, which he painted mainly after…
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Adolf Luther Documented profileGermany
Two documented works by Adolf Luther bring together distinct materials and formats: a “Materiebild” on fibreboard and a “Linsenobjekt” composed of glass lenses. The untitled work, da…
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Adolf Seel Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Prussian painter Adolf Seel, born in Wiesbaden in 1829 and deceased in Dillenburg in 1907, developed a body of work shaped by his travels and his interest in architecture. He con…
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Adolf Senff Documented profileCountry to be documented
German painter who lived from 1785 to 1863, Adolph Senff appears under several forms of his name, including Carl Adolf, Karl Adolph and Adolf Karl Senff. Images listed under his name…
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Adolfo Carducci Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Adolfo Carducci, born in 1901 and died in 1984, is documented here through works whose titles evoke street scenes, places for walks and landscapes. Paris appears…
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Adolphe Hervier Documented profileFrance
The work of Adolphe Hervier brings together painted landscapes and printmaking: his depictions of the countryside and ports in oil or watercolour are complemented by his practice of…
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Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli Documented profileFrance
In some of his personal works, colour takes up a space that extends beyond the subject: Françoise Lempert notes warm tones, heavily impasted paint and effects of radiant light, as if…
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Adolphe Pierre Leleux Documented profileFrance
Adolphe Pierre Leleux, also known as Adolphe-Pierre Leleux, was a French painter born in Paris in 1812 and died in the same city in 1891. He was the brother of the painter Armand Lel…
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Adriaan Keus Documented profileCountry to be documented
Adriaan Keus’s career combines botanical studies in London with attendance at the academy in The Hague from 1896 to 1899. He gradually devoted himself to painting. He settled in Putt…
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Adriaen Brouwer Documented profileCountry to be documented
Adriaen Brouwer, a painter and draughtsman from the Southern Netherlands, is thought to have been born in Oudenaarde around 1605 or 1606; he died in 1638 and was buried in Antwerp on…
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Adriaen van der Werff Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Dutch painter Adriaen van der Werff was born in Kralingen on 21 January 1659 and died in Rotterdam on 12 November 1722. In 1676, he became an independent master in Rotterdam and…
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Adriaen van Ostade Documented profileCountry to be documented
Tavern scenes and depictions of peasant life recur in the work of Adriaen van Ostade. The view of peasants’ leisure activities evolves: the early scenes emphasise excessive behaviour…
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Adrianus Eversen Documented profileNetherlands
The Dutch painter Adrianus Eversen, born in Amsterdam in 1818 and died in Delft in 1897, specialised in street scenes. His work combines a realistic treatment with street scenes and…
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Adrien Manglard Documented profileFrance
A landscape and marine painter, Adrien Manglard carried out most of his work in Italy, where he settled in his youth and spent nearly fifty years. His training began with Adriaen van…
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Adrien Moreau Documented profileFrance
The French painter Adrien Moreau, born in Troyes in 1843 and deceased in Paris in 1906, made history painting and evocations of the past the core of his practice. His subjects span a…
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Adrien Seguin Documented profileFrance
Adrien Seguin, a French painter born in Pau in 1926 and deceased in Montpellier in 2005, spent his childhood in Senegal and remained in Africa until the age of eighteen. His father,…
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Aelbert Cuyp Documented profileNetherlands
Born and died in Dordrecht, Albert Cuyp developed a practice there encompassing landscape, marine painting, animal painting, still life and portraiture, with landscape occupying a pa…
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Aert van der Neer Documented profileCountry to be documented
The seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painter Aernout van der Neer—also known as Aert or Artus—is associated with winter landscapes and nocturnal scenes. From the mid-1640s, he dev…
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Afro Basaldella Documented profileItaly
Afro Basaldella (1912–1976) develops his pictorial language from expressionist and post-Cubist explorations towards abstraction, to which he turns after the Second World War. His car…
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Agnolo Gaddi Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter of the Florentine school, Agnolo Gaddi worked at Santa Croce on several painted ensembles and on the choir stained-glass windows. In the Castellani Chapel, he painted scene…
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Agostino Bonalumi Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter, draughtsman and sculptor Agostino Bonalumi develops the idea of «pittura – oggetto», or «object-painting»: a form of painting conceived to go beyond the frame of…
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Ahmed Louardiri Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in Salé in 1928, Ahmed Louardiri began painting at the age of 31, after working as a gardener. His career as a self-taught painter thus took shape after he had spent a long time…
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Al Held Documented profileUnited States
Al Held (1928–2005), whose full name is Alvin Jacob Held, is presented as an American artist. The Art Institute of Chicago’s directory associates Flemish II (1972), Untitled (1958/59…
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Alain Bonnefoit Documented profileFrance
Born in Paris on 18 May 1937, Alain Bonnefoit has an artistic practice encompassing painting, sculpture, lithography and drawing. A painter of nudes, he works notably in oil and sumi…
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Alain Jacquet Documented profileFrance
French artist Alain Jacquet (1939–2008) develops a body of work in which fragmentation into dots and circular framing feature in several documented works. Before devoting himself to…
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Alan Davie Documented profileUnited Kingdom
British painter, lithographer and jazz musician Alan Davie (James Alan Davie, 1920–2014) attended the Edinburgh College of Art in the late 1930s and began exhibiting with the Society…
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Alan Green Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Born in London in 1932 and deceased in 2003, Alan Green was a British artist whose practice encompassed painting, illustration and printmaking. He studied at the Beckenham School of…
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Alastair Mackinven Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1971 in Clatterbridge, United Kingdom, and died in 2025 in London, Alastair Mackinven trained in art in Canada and London. He obtained a BA in Fine Arts from the Alberta Coll…
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Albert André Documented profileFrance
Albert André’s path leads from training as an industrial draughtsman to a practice of painting in which colour helps construct volume. Before leaving for Paris, he trained as an indu…
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Albert Bligny Documented profileFrance
Albert Bligny specialises in military subjects, which form the focus of his artistic practice. He attends secondary school at the Collège de Château-Thierry and exhibits at the Salon…
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Albert Bredow Documented profileCountry to be documented
Albert Bredow’s career took him through Riga, Moscow and St Petersburg, where he worked as a theatre set designer. He worked in Riga from 1852 to 1855, then travelled to Moscow in 18…
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Albert Contreras Documented profileCountry to be documented
American painter Albert Contreras, born in 1933 and deceased in 2017, is represented in the available information by an abstract composition titled “Composition with Orange Circle No…
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Albert Ebert Documented profileGermany · Germany
The German painter Albert Ebert, born in 1906 and died in 1976, is represented here by Karneval, an oil painting on wood dated 1959. The small-format panel measures 9.2 × 6.9 cm and…
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Albert Emil Kirchner Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Saxon painter Albert Emil Kirchner was born in Leipzig on 12 May 1813 and died in Munich on 4 June 1885. From 1828, he studied drawing and anatomy under Friedrich Brauer at the L…
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Albert Gleizes Documented profileFrance
Self-taught, Albert Gleizes began painting around 1901 in the Impressionist tradition. At the 1911 Salon des Indépendants, he took part in the collective presentation of the Cubists…
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Albert Goodwin Documented profileUnited Kingdom
The British artist Albert Goodwin (1845–1932) is notably documented by a watercolour entitled «Fribourg». Executed in watercolour and opaque colours, signed at the lower right and ti…
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Albert Hennig Documented profileGermany
The German photographer, painter and graphic artist Albert Hennig (1907–1998) developed a practice that moved from photography to painting after his training at the Bauhaus. Born in…
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Albert Lebourg Documented profileFrance
Winter landscapes and sites by the water are among Albert Lebourg’s preferred subjects. Neige à Pont-du-Château, painted in oil on canvas in 1885, is held at the Musée d’art Roger-Qu…
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GND / Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / lobid · CC0 · RKDartists / RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History · ODC-BY 1.0 · 11.10.2026
ICCD / Ministero della Cultura — Catalogo Generale dei Beni Culturali · CC-BY 4.0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington / The Museum of Modern Art, New York / The Cleveland Museum of Art / The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) · Open Access · CC0 · 12.10.2026