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André Hambourg Documented profileFrance
The French painter, illustrator and lithographer André Hambourg brought together painting, printmaking and the printed image throughout his career. Born and died in Paris, he first s…
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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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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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Antonio Murado Documented profileSpain
Executed in oil, they each measure 460 × 560 mm. On the reverse, each bears a signature, the date 2001 and the inscription “NYC”. The group is associated with the exhibition Antonio…
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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 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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Alessio Issupoff Documented profileItaly
The Russian painter Alessio Issupoff, born in 1889 and deceased in 1957, is also known as Aleksei Vladimirovich Issupoff and Alessio Isupov. These variants accompany a career that Pi…
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Anthony Law Documented profileCanada
Listed as a Canadian painter, Anthony Law (1916–1996), also known as C. Anthony Law, Charles Anthony Francis Law or Tony Law, was an official war artist for the Royal Canadian Navy d…
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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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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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Almir Mavignier Documented profileBrazil
Almir Mavignier, also known as Almir da Silva Mavignier, was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1925 and died in Hamburg in 2018. He is associated with Concrete Art and Op Art. Painting, poin…
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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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Alexander Kanoldt Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German painter Alexander Kanoldt, born in Karlsruhe in 1881 and died in Berlin in 1939, combined magical realism with still lifes of ordinary objects in the early 1920s; he also…
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Augustin Fils Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter and miniaturist as well as an aeronaut, Augustin fils pursued two distinct practices in parallel: his miniatures were based on silhouettes painted in watercolour, cut out a…
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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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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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Allan McCollum Documented profileUnited States
Born in Los Angeles in 1944, Allan McCollum developed a body of work that was presented in solo exhibitions from the early years of his career: the first took place in 1970, and the…
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Attila Kovács Documented profileGermany · Hungary
Koordination p3-13-1975 is an acrylic painting on canvas mounted on wood, measuring 100 × 100 cm; the entry describes it as signed and dated, and as bearing the name Kovács on the re…
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Amador Magraner Documented profileCountry to be documented
The sales catalogue places Amador Magraner in Pollença in 1957. It documents an untitled work from 1997, executed in mixed media on paper, signed and dated in pencil at the lower rig…
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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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Albrecht Adam Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Bavarian painter and engraver Albrecht Adam is primarily associated with battle painting, though his work is not limited to it: his oeuvre also includes genre scenes and portrait…
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Alois Binder Documented profileAustria · Germany
Popular genre scenes occupy a central place in Alois Binder’s painting, alongside Bavarian landscapes, scenes in traditional dress, portraits and still lifes. Born in 1857 in Hausman…
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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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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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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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Arcangelo Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter and sculptor Esposito Arcangelo, known as Arcangelo, was born in Avellino in 1956. He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1976 and graduated there in…
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Antonio Scaccabarozzi Documented profileItaly
Born in Merate in 1936 and died in Santa Maria Hoè in 2008, Antonio Scaccabarozzi presented his first research works in the field of geometric abstraction in Milan. In 1959, he recei…
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Alfons Walde Documented profileAustria
Alfons Walde (Oberndorf, near Kitzbühel, 1891 – Kitzbühel, 1958) is associated with the mountain landscapes of Tyrol, particularly winter scenes and their inhabitants. According to t…
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Attilio Pratella Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Attilio Pratella, born in Lugo in 1856 and deceased in Naples in 1949, spent most of his life in the latter city. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologn…
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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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Anton Henning Documented profileGermany
This oil on canvas, monogrammed and dated “AH 96”, measures 182 × 152 cm. The entry associates it with the exhibition “Anton Henning, Too much of a good thing...”, and cites Kunstver…
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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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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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Anton Braith Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in Biberach in 1836 and dying in the same town in 1905, Anton Braith grew up in modest circumstances: his father, a day labourer who became a farmer, employed him as a child as…
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Andries Vermeulen Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Dutch painter and draughtsman Andries Vermeulen was born in Dordrecht on 23 March 1763 and died in Amsterdam on 6 July 1814. He was trained by his father, Cornelis Vermeulen. He…
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André Utter Documented profileFrance
The French painter André Utter, born in Paris in 1886 and deceased there in 1948, pursued his artistic career in the circle of Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo. Introduced to pain…
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Alexander Altmann Documented profileFrance
Alexandre Altmann, a Russian-French painter born in 1878 and deceased in 1932, was born in Sobolevka, Ukraine, according to a biographical source. After studying at the School of Fin…
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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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Árpád Szenes Documented profileFrance · Hungary
French painter of Hungarian origin, Árpád Szenes develops his work from poetic intimacy towards contemplative landscapes in which figurative references become less pronounced. Pierre…
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André Van Schuylenbergh Documented profileCountry to be documented
His work is at this time associated with an exploration of the female silhouette: distinctive lines and a pronounced stylisation of the head construct the image of a figure described…
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Antonietta Brandeis Documented profileCountry to be documented
The work of Antonietta Brandeis is devoted mainly to cityscapes and the surroundings of cities. Her training takes her from Prague, where she studies with Karel Javurek, to the Acade…
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Alexander Rothaug Documented profileAustria
A drawing catalogued under the name of Alexander Rothaug, “Sitzender weiblicher Akt”, depicts a seated female nude executed in heightened chalk. Signed lower right and measuring 28.7…
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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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Alessandro Lupo Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Alessandro Lupo was born and died in Turin. His work belongs to the tradition of late nineteenth-century Piedmontese naturalism. His landscapes are described as i…
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Andro Wekua Documented profileGeorgia
Born in Georgia in 1977 and based in Berlin, Andro Wekua develops a practice spanning collage, painting, sculpture, installation and film. This diversity of media is accompanied by a…
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Alfred de Dreux Documented profileFrance
A French portrait and animal painter, Alfred de Dreux specialized in the representation of the horse. From 1823, encouraged by his uncle, the painter Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy, he…
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Alphonse Mucha Documented profileCountry to be documented
Alphonse Mucha develops a practice that connects theatre posters, decorative publishing and the creation of official documents. The commission for Gismonda in 1894 marks a turning po…
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Angelos Giallinas Documented profileGreece
The Greek painter Angelos Giallinas, born and deceased in Corfu, is best known for his watercolours and is considered one of the last representatives of the Ionian Islands School. Af…
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Andreas Jawlensky Documented profileGermany
Presented as a German painter, Andreas Jawlensky was born in Prely, Latvia, in 1902 and died in Barga in 1984. Among the documented works is Landschaft, a 1929 drawing in coloured pe…
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Antonio Saura Documented profileSpain
Antonio Saura Atarés (1930–1998), a Spanish artist born in Huesca, developed an autodidactic body of work organised around recurring series: the Ladies, the Crucifixions, the Faces,…
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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