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B. Prabha Documented profileIndia
According to sources, B. Prabha (1933–2001) developed her visual language from early abstract forms towards a more pronounced and decorative figuration. Born in Nagpur and raised in…
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Balthasar Denner Documented profileGermany
Balthasar Denner’s practice of portraiture is documented from his adolescence: according to a biographical note, he was already painting portraits at the age of fourteen. The Gemälde…
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Bartholomeus Molenaer Documented profileCountry to be documented
Also known as Bartholomeus Meulenaer, Bartholomeus Molenaer is presented as a painter and as the brother of Klaes Molenaer. A directory places his life around 1618–1650 and associate…
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Bartholomeus Spranger Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker Bartholomeus Spranger (Antwerp, 1546 – Prague, 1611) pursues a career that takes him from Antwerp studios to imperial and papal courts…
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Documented profileSpain
The work of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo brings together genre scenes and religious painting: episodes from the life of Christ, images of the Virgin and Child and of the Immaculate Conc…
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Bartolomeo Pinelli Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter and printmaker Bartolomeo Pinelli developed a body of work combining watercolour, etching and the illustration of historical and literary subjects. Born in Rome o…
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Béla Kádár Documented profileHungary
After six years of schooling, Béla Kádár becomes an apprentice iron turner. He begins painting murals in Budapest. In 1910, he visits Paris and Berlin; by 1918 at the latest, he has…
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Bengt Lindström Documented profileSweden
The Swedish painter, lithographer and sculptor Bengt Lindström developed, from 1949 onwards, a less figurative and increasingly colourful style of painting, drawing on Nordic referen…
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Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp Documented profileCountry to be documented
Dutch painter Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652) is associated with genre scenes devoted to everyday life in the Netherlands, as well as portraits of historical and mythological figu…
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Benjamin Prins Documented profileNetherlands
A genre painter and portraitist, Benjamin Liepman Prins frequently draws his subjects from the Jewish community, which also provides him with the majority of his commissions. He also…
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Berend Jan Brouwer Documented profileNetherlands
Berend Jan Brouwer, also known as Barend Brouwer, was a Dutch artist born in 1872 in Diepenveen and died in 1936 in Voorburg. Descriptions of his work encompass both city views and l…
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Bernar Venet Documented profileFrance
French artist Bernar Venet, born in 1941 in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, develops a body of work that moves from raw materials and conceptual proposals to monumental sculptures instal…
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Bernard Aubertin Documented profileFrance
Bernard Aubertin (1934–2015), a French visual artist, makes monochrome red and material central elements of his work: from 1958, he creates textured surfaces using tools such as spat…
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Bernard Cathelin Documented profileFrance
The French painter, lithographer and illustrator Bernard Robert André Cathelin made colour the organizing principle of his work: his compositions bring colours and tones together in…
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Bernard Lignon Documented profileCountry to be documented
Trained at the École régionale des beaux-arts de Montpellier, Bernard Lignon continues his career in Paris. He settles there after his studies and exhibits at Carlier alongside Yanke…
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Bernard Réquichot Documented profileFrance
In the work of Bernard Réquichot, born in 1929 and who died in Paris in 1961, painting expands from working on the surface to collage, then to forms conceived to occupy space. Oil, a…
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Bernard Schultze Documented profileGermany
Bernard Schultze, a German painter born in 1915 in Schneidemühl, now Piła, and who died in Cologne in 2005, is presented as a representative of Art Informel. In 1952, he founded Quad…
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Bernard Stern Documented profileBelgium · France
Bernard Stern is listed as a painter who lived from 1920 to 2002 and, according to Artpeers, lived and worked in London, New York and France. Artpeers mentions works exhibited at, am…
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Bernd Berner Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bernd Berner (1930–2002) is represented by a work entitled “Ohne Titel”, listed under his name in an auction. Described as a signed watercolour and gouache dated (…
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Bernhard Cullmann Documented profileCountry to be documented
The MAGEDA database associates Bernhard Cullmann with Namborn and describes him as a painter and graphic artist. The works it lists include Südindische Landschaft, measuring 54.5 × 5…
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Berto Ferrari Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1887 and died in 1965, Berto Ferrari is described by Artsper as an Italian painter. The paintings listed include « La rivièra, Nervi » (29 × 39.5 × 0.5 cm), marked as sold, a…
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Bjorn Wessman Documented profileSweden
Born in Hässleholm in 1949, Björn Wessman works in Sweden. A documented work, “Olivier à l’ombre” (2010), is an oil on canvas measuring 90 × 90 cm, titled, dated and signed on the re…
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Blalla W. Hallmann Documented profileGermany
German painter Blalla W. Hallmann (1941–1997) is represented here by a 1989 triptych comprising “Der Nürnberger Trichter - 41 Jahre danach”, “Im Salzkammergut” and “Der gekachelte To…
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Blinky Palermo Documented profileGermany
The German artist Blinky Palermo was the artistic name of Peter Schwarze, who became Peter Heisterkamp after his adoption. Born in Leipzig on 2 June 1943, he died in Malé on 18 Febru…
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Bô Yin Râ Documented profileCountry to be documented
Bô Yin Râ, born Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken in Bavaria, pursues a career as both a painter and a philosophical-religious writer. Trained under Hans Thoma in Frankfurt and Max Kling…
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Bram Bogart Documented profileBelgium · Netherlands
Bram Bogart, the artist name of Abraham van den Boogaart, was born in Delft in 1921. A Dutch painter who became Belgian, he was naturalised as a Belgian citizen in 1969 and died in 2…
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Branko Bahunek Documented profileCroatia
The Croatian painter Branko Bahunek is said to have lived from 1935 to 2005. An auction catalogue attributes Toalete to Bahunek, an oil on canvas dated 1979, signed and dated “B. Bah…
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Bruno Goller Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bruno Goller, born in 1901 and deceased in 1998, is also documented as a teacher at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. Konrad Klapheck attended his drawing class…
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Bruno Müller-Linow Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bruno Müller-Linow (1909–1997) is also described as a graphic artist and university teacher. The available biographical information links his career to Technische…
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Bui Xuan Phai Documented profileVietnam
Born in the village of Kim Hoang, in Ha Tay Province, Bui Xuan Phai graduated from the Higher School of Fine Arts of Indochina in 1945. He subsequently taught at the Hanoi School of…
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Burgoyne Diller Documented profileUnited States
The American painter, sculptor and draughtsman Burgoyne A. Diller (1906–1965) moved from figurative works to an abstraction structured by orthogonal geometric forms. Early in his car…
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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