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Franz West Documented profileAustria
Franz West (Vienna, 1947–2012), an Austrian artist, developed a practice in which sculpture directly engages the body and use. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna under the…
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Felix Schwormstädt Documented profileCountry to be documented
German painter and illustrator Felix Schwormstädt was born in Hamburg in 1870 and died in Locarno in 1938. A gouache on paper catalogued under his name, “Feiern auf der Strasse”, is…
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Frank Stella Documented profileUnited States
Frank Philip Stella (1936–2024), an American artist, conceives of the image as an object rather than as the representation of something. He sums up this position in a concise formula…
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Frans Francken I Documented profileCountry to be documented
Frans Francken I, also known as Frans Francken the Elder, was a Flemish painter born in 1542 and died in 1616. The father of Frans II, known as the Younger, he is often confused with…
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Frank Moss Bennett Documented profileUnited Kingdom
The British painter Frank Moss Bennett, born in Liverpool in 1874, worked in portraiture as well as historical scenes and architectural subjects. He studied at the Slade School of Fi…
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Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim Documented profileCountry to be documented
Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim, generally known as Eduard Meyerheim, was a Prussian painter born in Danzig in 1808 and died in Berlin in 1879. He received his first lessons from his fath…
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Ferdinand Richardt Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Danish-American painter and illustrator Ferdinand Richardt devoted a substantial part of his work to landscapes and architectural views. His journey from Denmark to the United St…
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Ferruccio Ferrazzi Documented profileItaly
The sale catalogue describes a signed, dated and titled oil on canvas depicting Herta Ottolenghi and her son Astolfo, measuring 126 × 151 cm. According to this catalogue, a label on…
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Franz Maria Jansen Documented profileGermany
Franz M. Jansen, a German painter and graphic artist, was born in Cologne on 4 February 1885. He is associated with Rhenish Expressionism, an artistic movement of the 1910s. Sources…
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Francesco Jacovacci Documented profileCountry to be documented
Francesco Jacovacci was born in Rome on 30 January 1838 and died there on 26 June 1908. He collaborates with Cesare Fracassini on the frescoes of the Basilica of Saint Lawrence outsi…
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Frans Snyders Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Flemish painter Frans Snyders initially devoted himself to flower and fruit still lifes, before also turning his work towards animal painting. His repertoire includes market stal…
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František Kupka Documented profileCountry to be documented
From 1911 onward, Kupka paints works with no reference to the world of objects. Verticality and circular movement are among his lines of inquiry: the Centre Pompidou dates the beginn…
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Franz Skarbina Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German painter Franz Skarbina (1849–1910), born and deceased in Berlin, developed his career within the capital’s artistic life, combining artistic practice, teaching and collect…
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Francisco Bores Documented profileSpain
Born in Madrid in 1898 and died in Paris in 1972, Francisco Bores was a Spanish painter whose career unfolded between these two cities. In 1916, he entered the academy of Cecilio Pla…
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Francesco Guardi Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Venetian painter Francesco Guardi was born and died in Venice (1712–1793). His elder brother Gian Antonio trained him and took over the family workshop after their father’s death…
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Fritz von Wille Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German painter Fritz von Wille developed a landscape practice in which the Eifel became a recurring point of reference, both in his stays there and in the titles of works held in…
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Franz Xaver Pieler Documented profileAustria
The Austrian painter Franz Xaver Pieler, born in Vienna in 1876 and deceased in Klosterneuburg in 1952, is described as a flower painter. His work Blumen in einer Vase, listed under…
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Friedrich Kallmorgen Documented profileGermany
Friedrich Kallmorgen, a German painter born in Altona in 1856 and deceased in Grötzingen in 1924, trained at several academies before teaching in Karlsruhe and later in Berlin. He re…
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Felix Schlesinger Documented profileGermany
A German genre painter, Felix Schlesinger is particularly associated with images of family life in the countryside, scenes of children and domestic interiors. The biography presents…
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Felix Droese Documented profileGermany
Felix Droese, also known as Kalus Felix Droese, is a German artist born in 1950. A work entitled “Ohne Titel”, offered at auction under his name, combines watercolour, ink and collag…
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Frans de Hulst Documented profileCountry to be documented
Dune or river landscapes, often dominated by fortified towers, characterise Frans de Hulst’s painting. His early works evoke the technique of Salomon van Ruysdael; this resemblance h…
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Filippo Palizzi Documented profileCountry to be documented
Filippo Palizzi (1818–1899), an Italian painter born in Vasto and died in Naples, brings landscape together with close observation of animals in their natural environment. His intere…
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Frédéric Marius Maniquet Documented profileFrance
Auction records identify Frédéric Marius Maniquet as an artist born in 1822 and deceased in 1896. Among the works catalogued under his name are two seascapes. The painting titled « B…
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Fritz Grebe Documented profileGermany
Known as Fritz Grebe, Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig Grebe trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cassel; August Bromeis is associated with this period of study, dated between 1872 and 18…
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Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart Documented profileGermany · Netherlands
Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart builds a geometric language from simple elements: his compositions bring together verticals and horizontals, primary colours and greys, followed by di…
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Felix Heuberger Documented profileAustria
Born in Vienna in 1888, Felix Heuberger initially trained as an engineer and obtained a degree in civil engineering from the Technische Hochschule in 1914. A painter and printmaker a…
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Ferdinand Leeke Documented profileGermany
Ferdinand Leeke is a German painter known in particular for his illustrations of scenes from Richard Wagner’s operas. Around 1889, Siegfried Wagner commissioned him to create a serie…
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Fritz Bamberger Documented profileGermany
The German painter Fritz Bamberger (1814–1873) taught in Munich; August Christian Geist studied under him for two years from 1853. “Blick auf die Sierra Nevada” is an oil on canvas m…
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Franz Marc Documented profileCountry to be documented
A journey to France, particularly to Paris, in 1903 fostered his interest in Impressionism; according to one source, he also discovered Japanese art there. His first solo exhibition…
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Franz de Paula Ferg Documented profileUnited States
The Austrian painter, draughtsman and etcher Franz de Paula Ferg, also known as Francis Paul Ferg, was born on 2 May 1689. His work focuses mainly on scenes of everyday life: markets…
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Franz Courtens Documented profileBelgium
Franz Courtens, also known as Frans Courtens, was a Belgian painter born in Termonde in 1854 and died in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in 1943. His work, associated with Belgian Impressionis…
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Friedrich Gauermann Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Austrian painter Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, associated with the Biedermeier landscape, whose name is also written Mathias, was born in Scheuchenstein in 1807 and died i…
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Félix Planquette Documented profileFrance
The French painter Félix Planquette, born in Arras in 1873 and died in Paris in 1964, devotes a significant part of his work to landscape and animal painting. He depicts, in particul…
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Ferdinand Brütt Documented profileGermany
The German painter Ferdinand Brütt, associated with the Düsseldorf School of Painting, developed a body of work that includes both genre scenes and history paintings. After his first…
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Fernando Botero Documented profileColombia · France · Italy
The Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, also identified by his full name, Luis Fernando Botero Angulo, was born in Medellín in 1932 and died in Monaco in 2023. In 1957, *…
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Franz Beer Documented profileAustria
Franz Beer, an Austrian abstract painter born in Vienna in 1929, studied architecture, painting, restoration and printmaking at the city’s Academy of Fine Arts from 1944 to 1950, bef…
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Fausto Melotti Documented profileItaly
The Italian sculptor, painter, ceramicist and lithographer Fausto Melotti conceives of sculpture as an investigation into the organisation of space, which he seeks to articulate acco…
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Fred Sandback Documented profileUnited States
Fred Sandback’s sculptures take shape through the arrangement of taut threads: between walls, corners, floor and ceiling, they delineate geometric figures and create virtual planes o…
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Friedrich Rehberg Documented profileGermany
The German painter Friedrich Rehberg (1758–1835), active in portraiture and historical subjects, also practised engraving and lithography, as attested in particular by a work devoted…
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Franz Xaver Winterhalter Documented profileCountry to be documented
Franz Xaver Winterhalter pursues a career as a portraitist in the service of several European courts: as official painter in Karlsruhe, he receives commissions from Louis-Philippe, t…
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Franz Kernbeis Documented profileAustria
Franz Kernbeis (1935–2019), an Austrian artist, was the youngest in a family of seven children. After eight years of primary school, he worked in his parents’ agricultural concern. H…
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Franz Kamlander Documented profileAustria
The recurring presence of animals, and especially cows, distinguishes the work of Franz Kamlander, produced at the Haus der Künstler in Gugging over nearly twenty years. He often dre…
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Francesco Zuccarelli Documented profileCountry to be documented
Italian painter Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788) is also listed under the name Francesco Zuccherelli. The Art Institute of Chicago lists a Portrait of an Old Man, with no date indica…
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Felipe Orlando Documented profileCuba
Felipe Orlando (1911–2001) is presented as a Cuban writer and painter. A work attributed to the artist, entitled « Mann im Mond », is executed in mixed media on paper; signed lower r…
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Ferdinand Gueldry Documented profileFrance
The French painter Ferdinand Gueldry brings two worlds into dialogue in his work: boating scenes on the Marne, with their rowers and spectators, and factory interiors and working-cla…
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François Gall Documented profileFrance · Hungary
His training began with Aurel Popp and continued in Rome, at the Accademia di San Luca in Umberto Coromaldi’s studio, before he entered the Collegium Hungaricum. His hometown organis…
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Frans Stamkart Documented profileNetherlands
Born in 1874 and died in 1947, Frans Stamkart is identified as a Dutch artist by the auction catalogue documenting his work here. He is represented in it by an untitled charcoal draw…
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Feliciano Peña Documented profileMexico
This oil painting on canvas mounted on wood measures 55 × 80 cm; it is indicated as signed and dated on the front and reverse. The provenance stated for this work includes the Galeri…
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Franz Priking Documented profileGermany
Franz Priking, a German painter and lithographer, was born in Mülheim in 1929 and died in Oppède in 1979. His birth name is also given in the form Pricking. He developed a style of p…
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Franz Borghese Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter and sculptor Franz Borghese (1941–2005), born in Rome according to a sale notice, is notably documented by Il cavaliere. This oil on canvas, dated 1969, is signed…
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Countries reflect citizenships recorded in the source and may be incomplete. Reference profiles open the indicated source and do not imply that works are available at the gallery.
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