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Pierre Gastaud Documented profileFrance
The French painter, lithographer and sculptor Pierre Gastaud developed an artistic practice that Gérald Schurr characterises as abstract landscape painting, at times in violent tones…
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Pierre Charles Comte Documented profileFrance
The painting of Pierre-Charles Comte focuses in particular on the history of the Valois: his historical scenes depict episodes and figures from this period, including Henry III and t…
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Pierre Carrier-Belleuse Documented profileFrance
The French painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse is particularly known for his portraits of Opéra dancers, his panoramas and his works created on the Opal Coast. The son of the sculptor Al…
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Paul Uwe Dreyer Documented profileGermany
The German painter Paul Uwe Dreyer (1939–2008) is documented here by Zonenbild 4, a work that the sale notice states is signed, dated and titled on the reverse. The provenance given…
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Pierre Soulages Documented profileFrance
French painter and printmaker Pierre Soulages, born in Rodez in 1919, makes the light arising from the surface states of black a major focus of his pictorial research. At eighteen, h…
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Pierre Ernest Prins Documented profileFrance
French painter, printmaker and sculptor Pierre Prins (1838–1913) pursued an artistic practice whose different fields are also reflected in his career: training in drawing, learning t…
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Pol Bury Documented profileBelgium · France
Pol Bury (1922–2005), a Belgian artist, practised painting and sculpture, and created jewellery. A watercolour entitled Untitled, dated 1950, measures 465 × 290 mm; it is signed and…
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Pierre II Mignard Documented profileFrance
The French painter and architect Pierre II Mignard, known as the Chevalier Mignard, belonged to a family of artists. Born in Avignon in 1640, he was the eldest son of Nicolas Mignard…
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter, draughtsman and caricaturist Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755), active mainly in Rome, combined decorative and religious painting with the production of caricatures,…
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Peter Spens Documented profileCountry to be documented
Peter Spens (born in 1961) is the artist of Night Games, Beach Volleyball, an oil painting on panel dated 2016. The work’s description states that it is signed, dated and inscribed “…
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Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid Documented profileJordan · Turkey
Fahrelnissa Zeid’s practice is documented by large abstract canvases shown in New York in the 1950s, followed by the works titled *Paléokrystalos*, in which she incorporates painted…
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Peter Lanyon Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Peter Lanyon’s work combines abstract values with ideas about landscape and the figure. From 1959, he took up gliding; this experience opened up new perspectives on landscape, which…
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Paul Saïn Documented profileFrance
Born and died in Avignon, the painter Paul Saïn grounds his work in landscape: his stays in Corsica notably fostered a body of rural views, often sketched on small panels, in a natur…
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Pieter van Bloemen Documented profileCountry to be documented
Pieter van Bloemen (1657–1720), a painter born and deceased in Antwerp, is chiefly associated with Italianate landscapes, animals—especially horses—and genre scenes; he is also known…
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Peter Paul Rubens Documented profileCountry to be documented
In Antwerp, he receives a humanist education, including the study of Latin and classical literature; after completing his training, he joins the Guild of Saint Luke as an independent…
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Philippe de Champaigne Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in Brussels in 1602 and deceased in Paris in 1674, Philippe de Champaigne pursued a practice that brought together religious painting, portraiture and secular decoration. In 162…
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Paul Paede Documented profileGermany
The German painter Paul Paede was born in Berlin in 1868 and died in Munich in 1929. Works documented in auction notices include female nudes, reclining or standing. Liegender weibli…
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Pierre Grisot Documented profileFrance
An auction listing records, under the name Pierre Grisot, Zwei Tänzerinnen im Tutu, an oil painting on hardboard, signed lower right and measuring 35 × 26.5 cm. The work was estimate…
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Préfète Duffaut Documented profileHaiti
Haitian painter Préfète Duffaut, born in 1923 in Cyvadier, near Jacmel, and died in 2012 in Port-au-Prince, is considered one of the pioneers of Haitian naive art. After leaving scho…
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Paul Delvaux Documented profileBelgium
Paul Delvaux’s universe unfolds in enigmatic scenes in which female figures, clothed men, railway stations and classical architecture recur; the figures and settings alike seem suspe…
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Paul Müller-Kaempff Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German painter and lithographer Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861–1941) developed a practice extending from painting to several other techniques and disciplines. After studying at the Dü…
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Pierre Letellier Documented profileFrance
Pierre Letellier, a French painter born in 1928 and who died in 2000, developed a practice that moved from painting to illustration and printmaking, and also extended to photography…
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Pieter Bout Documented profileCountry to be documented
Pieter Bout is primarily concerned with landscape, which he develops through views of cities, villages, harbours, beaches and rivers. His paintings often include lively scenes, such…
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Paul Thek Documented profileUnited States
Paul Thek’s career is marked by the Technological Reliquaries, which were the subject of three solo exhibitions at the Stable Gallery and Pace Gallery in New York between 1964 and 19…
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Pieter de Neyn Documented profileCountry to be documented
Pieter de Neyn, also known as Pieter de Nijn, Pieter de Neyen or Deneyn, is a painter whose career, as recounted in a biography published by a gallery, brought together craft trainin…
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Peter Dreher Documented profileGermany
The German artist Peter Dreher, born in Mannheim in 1932, devotes his principal series, Tag um Tag guter Tag (“Day after day, a good day”), to the repeated depiction of the same glas…
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Philips Wouwerman Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter from the Northern Netherlands, Philips Wouwerman is mentioned in a contract concluded in 1706 between the Antwerp art dealer Jacob de Witte and Jan Frans van Bredael and Jo…
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Pinchus Krémègne Documented profileFrance
Pinchus Krémègne, a painter, sculptor and lithographer also known as Pinkus Krémègne, was born in 1890 in Zaloudock, near Lida, then part of the Russian Empire and now in Belarus; he…
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Paul César Helleu Documented profileFrance
The French painter and engraver Paul César Helleu, also known as Paul Helleu, was born in Vannes in 1859 and died in Paris in 1927. Admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1…
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Pieter de Bloot Documented profileCountry to be documented
Pieter de Bloot’s oeuvre encompasses genre scenes, historical and religious subjects, landscapes and still lifes; he painted numerous landscapes and peasant scenes in particular, sub…
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Pierre Vuitton Documented profileFrance
Coming from a well-to-do family of merchants, Pierre Vuitton is documented by a lot titled “Figur”, described as mixed media on paper, 19.5 × 16 cm, and framed. A commercial presenta…
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Peter Phillips Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Born in Birmingham in 1939, Peter Phillips is an English artist associated with Pop Art, whose practice extends from oil painting to collage, sculpture and architecture, as well as m…
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Pierre Ambrogiani Documented profileFrance
Born in Ajaccio in 1907 and died in 1985, Pierre Ambrogiani was a French painter and sculptor whose painting practice is described as expressionist and self-taught. According to desc…
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Pedro Flores García Documented profileSpain
Pedro Flores García is distinguished by a body of painting that the source describes as avant-garde, structured by a geometry of forms and planes, thick outlines and intense colours.…
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Paul Kutscha Documented profileAustria
Initially trained at a building school, Paul Kutscha-Arend studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from the spring of 1891, under Gabriel von Hackl and, from January 1893, Joha…
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Pierre Adolphe Huas Documented profileFrance
Pierre-Adolphe Huas (1838–1900) is presented as a French painter. A dealer listing offers *Young Neapolitan* under his name, a pastel from 1867 stated to be signed and dated, measuri…
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Pravoslav Kotík Documented profileCountry to be documented
Pravoslav Kotík (1889–1970) was a Czech painter and graphic artist. The Art Institute of Chicago lists Four Men Planting a Tree (1927), Village Landscape (1954) and Composition with…
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Philippe Jacques Linder Documented profileFrance
Philippe Jacques Linder, a French painter born in 1835 and who died in 1914, is listed under several categories that outline the different fields associated with his work. The entrie…
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Per Kirkeby Documented profileCountry to be documented
Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), a Danish artist, develops a body of work that an auction house text describes as inspired by nature and connected to abstraction. The documents show a range…
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Pál Fried Documented profileHungary · United States
Born in Budapest in 1893, Pál (Pal) Fried (1893–1976) is identified as a Hungarian and later American artist. His training began at the Hungarian Academy of Arts, where he studied un…
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Pierre Clerc Documented profileFrance
Pierre Clerc’s research into the “Empreintes”, begun in 1970, found monumental expression in 1979 in large concrete wall sculptures inspired by them. According to a biographical note…
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Paul Duhem Documented profileBelgium
Born in Blandain in 1919 and died in Ellignies-Sainte-Anne in 1999, Paul Duhem developed a body of work organised in series, in which houses and portraits recur in particular. In 199…
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Pierre Hodé Documented profileFrance
The French painter Pierre Hodé (1889–1942), who was active in the first half of the 20th century and was born Georges Pierre Théodule Ducenne, adopted an artist’s name derived from t…
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Pierre Laprade Documented profileFrance
Pierre Laprade (1875–1931) is a French painter. His name is also recorded in the forms Pierre Coffinhal-Laprade and Pierre Coffinal-Laprade. The Art Institute of Chicago lists The Ro…
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Philippe Rousseau Documented profileFrance
Philippe François Rousseau (Paris, 1816 – Acquigny, 1887) shifted his practice from landscape painting to still life and animal subjects. He studied at the École des beaux-arts in Pa…
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Pieretto Bianco Documented profileCountry to be documented
The sale records document a practice across several media, from watercolour and oil painting to stage design. A catalogue attributes to Bianco a Scenografia per Coppelia, Atto I, Sce…
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Pieter Meulener Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Flemish painter Pieter Meulener, born and deceased in Antwerp, is distinguished by a body of work that combines battle scenes with landscapes animated by genre scenes. Cavalry en…
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Pierre Bisiaux Documented profileFrance
Born in 1924 and deceased in 2005, Pierre Bisiaux is presented as a painter of still lifes and landscapes. Among the documented works is an oil-on-canvas still life, signed “P. Bisia…
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Paul Rebeyrolle Documented profileFrance
Painter and sculptor Paul Rebeyrolle developed a body of work in which nature, society and humanity recur as themes, in a painting marked by a pronounced materiality. Born on 3 Novem…
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Philipp Röth Documented profileGermany
Philipp Röth, a German painter born in Darmstadt in 1841 and who died in Munich in 1921, is associated with intimate landscape painting. His depictions of nature focus on seasonal, e…
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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