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David Hockney Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Born in Bradford in 1937, David Hockney is a British artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and stage design; he dies in London in 2026. His artistic…
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David Ostrowski Documented profileGermany
German painter David Ostrowski, born in Cologne in 1981, develops a body of work centred on pictorial experimentation. His painting tests gesture, accident and imperfection across va…
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Dieter Schwertberger Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1942 in Gresten, Lower Austria, Dieter Schwertberger, who signs his work De Es, first trains as an engineer in Vienna, graduating in 1962, before studying painting with Ernst…
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Dirck Hals Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Dutch painter from the United Provinces Dirck Hals is best known for his genre scenes. Born in Haarlem in 1591 and dying in the same city in 1656, he developed a body of work who…
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Douglas Swan Documented profileUnited States
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, Douglas Litterick Swan (1930–2000) was an American artist whose education took place mainly in Scotland, before continuing in London and Italy. His…
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Dieter Krieg Documented profileGermany
The work is signed and dated on the reverse and also bears a handwritten note from Galerie Timm Gierig in Frankfurt am Main on the reverse; its provenance then indicates a private co…
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Damien Hirst Documented profileUnited Kingdom
English sculptor and installation artist Damien Hirst, born in 1965, develops a body of work in which the relationship between art, life and death occupies a central place. He studie…
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Dimitrie Berea Documented profileRomania
The Romanian painter Dimitrie Berea, also known by the pseudonym Demetre de Berea, draws attention as a portraitist; the biographical notice presents him in this capacity as an offic…
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Duilio Barnabè Documented profileItaly
Duilio Barnabè, an Italian painter, was born in Bologna on 1 February 1914 and died in Rome on 8 May 1961; he lived from 1914 to 1961. Philob reports that he attended the Academy of…
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Donald Baechler Documented profileUnited States
American artist Donald Edward Baechler, born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1956 and who died in Manhattan in 2022, lived in New York. The institutions associated with his education ar…
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Duncan Grant Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Duncan Grant (1885–1978) pursued his career through collective initiatives: he was one of the founders of the Camden Town Group in 1911, then founded the Omega Workshops with Roger F…
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David Wilkie Documented profileUnited Kingdom
The Scottish painter David Wilkie, born in 1785 and died in 1841, first became known for his scenes of Scottish rural life: inns, village fairs and weddings. The National Gallery lin…
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Dorothea Sharp Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Dorothea Sharp’s career was marked by an Impressionist outlook, which she retained after discovering the works of Claude Monet and other Impressionists in Paris. The biographical sou…
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Dominique Rozier Documented profileFrance
A French painter associated with flowers and still life, Dominique Rozier pursued his work in a genre in which the observation of plant motifs and objects forms the core of pictorial…
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Dominique Paul Peyronnet Documented profileFrance
French painter born in Talence in 1872 and died in Paris in 1943, Dominique-Paul Peyronnet is often classified among the naïve painters, a designation that informs the reading of his…
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David Hare Documented profileUnited States
The American painter and sculptor David Hare, born in New York in 1917, was active in New York’s Surrealist circles before becoming associated with action painting from 1943. In 1947…
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Dario Cecchi Documented profileItaly
The Italian artist and creator Dario Cecchi (1918–1992) was born in Florence and died in Rome. The son of the writer Emilio Cecchi, he worked as a painter, writer, costume designer a…
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Daniel Maclise Documented profileIreland
Daniel Maclise’s career brings together painting, portraiture and illustration: early in his career, he works for a bank alongside the collector and amateur sculptor George Newenham,…
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Donald Judd Documented profileUnited States
Born in 1928 and died in 1994, Donald Clarence Judd, also known as Don Judd, is identified as an American minimalist artist. The Art Institute of Chicago’s catalogue lists, among oth…
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Delphin Enjolras Documented profileFrance
Delphin Enjolras is particularly known for his intimate scenes of women, often lit by a lamp or a fire, in which pastel, oil and watercolour are used to create a range of interior li…
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Domenico De Bernardi Documented profileItaly
The Italian artist Domenico De Bernardi (1892–1963), born and died in Besozzo, is documented here through two works mentioned in separate entries and catalogues. The MuseiD-Italia en…
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Duncan Cameron Documented profileCountry to be documented
Identified as a painter, Duncan Cameron (1837–1916) is documented in particular by a work entitled “On the Allan water”. The Piguet auction catalogue describes it as an oil on canvas…
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Deodat Roger Documented profileGermany
A landscape painter, figure draughtsman and etcher, Deodat Roger (1726–1821) is also described as a graphic artist and portrait miniaturist. His documented practice thus brings toget…
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Dietz Edzard Documented profileGermany
Dietrich Hermann Edzard, known as Dietz Edzard, was a German painter, engraver and illustrator, born in Bremen in 1893 and died in Paris in 1963. In 1911, he worked in Berlin under t…
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Dadamaino Documented profileItaly
Dadamaino, the pseudonym of Eduarda Emilia Maino, developed an artistic practice in which the surface becomes a site of passage: perforations, offset grids and calligraphic signs bri…
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Desire Thomassin Documented profileAustria
The Austrian painter Désiré Thomassin (1858–1933) is documented, among other works, by a winter landscape painting. Titled “Winterlandschaft mit zugefrorenem Fluss”, this oil paintin…
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Drago J. Prelog Documented profileAustria
Drago J. Prelog’s work brings together experimentation with writing, the invention of a printing technique that engages sight and touch, and a conception of painting as a process unf…
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David Teniers the Younger Documented profileCountry to be documented
David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690), also known as David Teniers II, is associated with peasant and high-society scenes, as well as paintings of art galleries. Born in Antwerp, he…
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