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Michael Tyzack Documented profileUnited Kingdom
British painter born in 1933 and died in 2007, Michael Tyzack received the John Moores Painting Prize for Alesso 'B'. A sale notice indicates that he studied under William Coldstream…
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Marcin Maciejowski Documented profilePoland
The Polish painter Marcin Maciejowski, born in 1974, first gained international recognition as part of Grupa Ładnie (Pretty Group), alongside students from the Krakow University of T…
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Mattheus Terwesten Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Dutch painter Mattheus Terwesten (1670–1757), also a draughtsman and interior decorator, is particularly known for his portraits and historical allegories painted on walls and ce…
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Maurice Quentin de La Tour Documented profileFrance
The 18th-century French painter and pastellist Maurice-Quentin de La Tour devotes most of his activity to pastel portraiture. Born and died in Saint-Quentin, in 1704 and 1788, he pur…
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Marcel Broodthaers Documented profileBelgium
Belgian visual artist Marcel Broodthaers, born in 1924 and died in 1976, initially devoted a significant part of his life to poetry: he worked mainly as a poet until 1963, before tur…
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Max Klinger Documented profileGermany
Max Klinger, an engraver, draughtsman and sculptor, first trained in Karlsruhe in 1874–1875, then at the Berlin Academy of Arts, where he studied under Karl von Gussow. After complet…
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Marie Vassilieff Documented profileFrance
The painter and theatre designer Marie Vassilieff—also known as Maria Ivanovna Vassilieva—was born in Smolensk in 1884 and died in 1957. Her career brings together painting, decorati…
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Manoucher Yektai Documented profileIran · United States
The Iranian painter Manoucher Yektai (1922–2019) is represented here by a still life dated 1973. Still Life with Cyclamens, signed and dated oil on canvas, measures 40.5 × 51 cm. The…
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Mikuláš Medek Documented profileCountry to be documented
Czech painter Mikuláš Medek, born in 1926 and died in 1974, worked in a context in which, according to Artsper’s biography, pressure from the communist regime in Czechoslovakia perme…
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Master IW Documented profileCountry to be documented
Known as Master IW or the Monogrammist I.W., this artist is presented as a Czech or Saxon Renaissance painter, active between 1520 and 1550, mainly in north-western Bohemia; the mono…
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Mary Heilmann Documented profileUnited States
United States artist Mary Heilmann, born in 1940 and died in 2026, has developed a practice in which painting is conceived both as a language to be questioned and as a pictorial expe…
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Mario Sironi Documented profileItaly
Mario Sironi’s career combines an evolving approach to painting with a wide-ranging practice, from graphic design and stage design to architecture and mural painting, culminating in…
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Mirta Cerra Herrera Documented profileCuba
The Cuban artist Mirta Cerra Herrera, born in Bejucal and also known as Mirta Cerra, pursues a practice that combines painting and sculpture with work as an avant-garde designer and…
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Marie Joseph Orgiazzi Documented profileFrance
In an auction catalogue, Marie Joseph Orgiazzi is identified as having lived from 1945 to 1998 and is represented by a work entitled « A Federico Lorca ou le sang du poète ». Describ…
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Max Schoendorff Documented profileFrance
A painter, printmaker, illustrator and stage designer, as well as an author and publisher, Max Schoendorff works across the visual arts, publishing and performance. Born and died in…
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Marcel Leprin Documented profileFrance
From 1926, his travels through the French countryside gave rise to a body of landscapes and urban views. Meaux and Avallon are among the places mentioned, followed in 1927 by Poitier…
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Michele Cascella Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter, watercolourist and pastellist Michele Cascella was born on 7 September 1892 in Ortona a Mare and died in Milan in 1989. He was the son of Basilio Cascella and th…
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Marcel Wibault Documented profileFrance
Marcel Wibault’s painting spans several fields: alpine landscapes, the work on the Mont Blanc Tunnel, rocks and, later, portraits of children and scenes of everyday life. Born in Bes…
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Marcel Gromaire Documented profileFrance
The French painter and decorator Marcel Gromaire (1892–1971) developed a practice spanning painting, decoration, tapestry and printmaking. After studying law, he abandoned the legal…
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Max Clarenbach Documented profileGermany
Max Clarenbach’s painting initially focuses on the landscapes of the Lower Rhine, which he observes and works through drawing, painting, etching and lithography. Winter motifs occupy…
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Mimmo Paladino Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter and sculptor Mimmo Paladino—whose name is Domenico Paladino—develops a practice that moves from painting to sculpture, installations and film. Born in Paduli in 1…
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Maurice Denis Documented profileFrance
In 1888, he studied at the École des beaux-arts and the Académie Julian, but soon left the former. In an article-manifesto published in August 1890, he set out the artistic ideas of…
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Mario Cavaglieri Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Mario Cavaglieri (1887–1969), born in Rovigo, Veneto, developed a body of work spanning two distinct periods: the depiction of high society before the war, follow…
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Marcelle Noyon Documented profileFrance
The French painter Marcelle Noyon, born in Paris in 1886 and died in Meaux in 1980, trained with Fernand Cormon, Eugène Thirion, Humbert and Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin. She exhibite…
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Mathys Schoevaerdts Documented profileCountry to be documented
Mathys Schoevaerdts’s work brings together landscapes, seascapes and genre scenes in compositions in which figures occupy an important place and stand out for their individuality and…
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Manfred Mohr Documented profileGermany
Born in 1938 in Pforzheim, Germany, Manfred Mohr is an artist whose career is closely connected to computer art. His first solo exhibition takes place in 1968 at Galerie Daniel Templ…
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Moritz von Schwind Documented profileCountry to be documented
Moritz von Schwind (1804–1871), an Austrian painter born in Vienna, develops a body of work at the intersection of decorative painting, literature and music. Trained at the Academy o…
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Marcel Masson Documented profileCountry to be documented
Associated with the pseudonym Antoine Blanchard, Marcel Masson is presented through scenes of Paris during the Belle Époque. The walls of Montmartre and the suburbs are among his pre…
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Maurice Blum Documented profileFrance
The French painter and engraver Maurice Blum (1832–1909) is documented by a work painted on wood, which here attests to his activity as a painter. Entitled « Fürstliches Interieur mi…
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Milan Konjović Documented profileSerbia
Milan Konjović first exhibited in 1914, showing around fifty works painted outdoors and directly from the subject, while pursuing his primary and secondary education in Sombor from 1…
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Michel Majerus Documented profileGermany · Luxembourg
Painting is Michel Majerus’s preferred medium, but it is interwoven with digital media and a repertoire of images that spans popular culture as much as art history. Video games, cine…
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Mihály Munkácsy Documented profileHungary
Mihály Munkácsy moved from scenes of the everyday lives of peasants and people living in poverty to large-scale biblical and decorative compositions, whose scale marks several stages…
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Max Kaus Documented profileGermany
The German painter Max Kaus was born and died in Berlin. He also worked as a graphic artist, printmaker and lithographer. His practice is thus documented through both painting and pr…
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Meindert Hobbema Documented profileCountry to be documented
Meindert Hobbema, born and died in Amsterdam (1638–1709), is chiefly associated with wooded landscapes, which he arranges around a path or a body of water. Baptised Meindert Lubberts…
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Manuel Mendive Documented profileCuba
Manuel Mendive’s work draws on Santería, a tradition present in his family, and on a recurring attentiveness to the natural world; it takes shape on a range of supports, including th…
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Marlene Dumas Documented profileNetherlands · South Africa
Marlene Dumas’s formative works combine hybrid investigations, at times abstract and at times post-conceptual, with collage and writing. Painting, less present during this period, wo…
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Max Slevogt Documented profileGermany
The German painter and printmaker Max Slevogt works in several forms of expression, from painting to printmaking and book illustration, as well as designing costumes and sets for the…
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Maria Palatini Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1952, Maria Palatini grew up in St. Gallen, the city where she also established her artistic practice. According to a biography published by Kunstkaufen.ch, in 1977 she chose…
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Maria Lassnig Documented profileAustria
The Austrian artist Maria Lassnig makes the body and its inner sensations a central subject of her painting; much of her work takes the form of self-portraits. After studying at the…
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Markus Lüpertz Documented profileGermany
Markus Lüpertz’s practice spans painting and sculpture, while his activities also include university teaching and, since the 1980s, stage design. He studied at the school of fine art…
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Maria Marc Documented profileGermany
Maria Marc, née Bertha Pauline Marie Franck, was a German painter whose artistic training took her to Berlin, Munich and the artists’ colony of Worpswede. Born in Berlin on 12 June 1…
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Mario Tozzi Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Mario Tozzi was born in Fossombrone in 1895. He trained in Bologna before continuing his career in Paris. After abandoning his studies in chemistry, he enrolled a…
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Marcel Burtin Documented profileFrance
Marcel Burtin is identified as a French painter (1902–1979). The provenance given for « Les deux amies » mentions Les Deux Rives, in Cannes, under number 15, followed by a private co…
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Max Pechstein Documented profileGermany
In 1907, the State Prize of Saxony enabled him to travel to Italy and Paris. After meeting Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Erich Heckel, he joined the artists’ group Die Brücke. In 1908, h…
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Markus Prachensky Documented profileAustria
Markus Prachensky (1932–2011) is an Austrian painter. Among the documented works is *Luxor Swing*, dated 1997: executed in ink on cardboard, it measures 77 × 56.5 cm and bears the si…
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Marcel Mouly Documented profileFrance
Born in Paris in 1918 and died in Clamart in 2008, Marcel Mouly found the subject for his first drawings early on, in 1931, in the port of Le Havre. That same year, he left school an…
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Mario Schifano Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter and collagist Mario Schifano (1934–1998), born in Khoms, Libya, and who died in Rome, developed a practice that extends beyond painting: his work also encompassed…
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Marc Sterling Documented profileFrance
Born in Minsk under the name Mordkha Sterling, Marc Sterling (1895–1976) was a French painter and draughtsman of Russian origin whose practice encompassed oil painting, gouache, draw…
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Max Uhlig Documented profileGermany · Germany
Painter Max Uhlig, born in 1937, is the artist of Bildnis R.J. (1993), an oil on canvas measuring 140 × 100 cm. The work is signed and dated on the front; on the reverse, it is signe…
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Matthijs Naiveu Documented profileCountry to be documented
Matthys Naiveu is known for his genre scenes, but his oeuvre also includes portraits, religious subjects and still lifes. This diversity is documented alongside an activity particula…
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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