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Raphaël Collin Documented profileFrance
The French painter and illustrator Raphaël Collin (Louis-Joseph-Raphaël Collin) worked across genre painting, the nude, portraiture, decorative composition and illustration. He exhib…
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Rudolf Wacker Documented profileAustria
The Austrian painter Rudolf Wacker, born in 1893 and died in 1939, brought together in his work landscapes and courtyards, self-portraits and female nudes, as well as found objects,…
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Rafael de Ochoa Madrazo Documented profileSpain
Rafael de Ochoa y Madrazo, also referred to as Rafael de Ochoa Madrazo and Rafael De Ochoa y Madrazo, is associated with two posters listed under the titles “France / Turquie” and “P…
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Richard Hambleton Documented profileCanada · United States
The Canadian painter and graffiti artist Richard Hambleton, associated with street art, conceived of his work as a conceptual practice carried out both in public space and for galler…
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Richard Mudariki Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1985, Richard Mudariki is a full-time painter who lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. His contemporary paintings contain social commentary on various African issues.…
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Regina Bogat Documented profileUnited States
Regina Bogat, an American abstract artist born in 1928, is represented by an untitled work from 1964, executed in oil and collage on cardboard. The work measures 53.5 × 38.5 cm. A de…
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Roberto Fabelo Documented profileCuba
Roberto Fabelo Pérez, a Cuban artist born in 1950, is represented by works on different supports and in distinct formats. Esmeralda en el muro del malaca is a watercolour on paper, s…
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Rebecca Horn Documented profileGermany
Rebecca Horn’s work engages the body and movement through devices that transform gesture and explore its automation. In Pencil Mask (1972), a mask made of leather straps and fitted w…
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Roland Lefranc Documented profileFrance
The French painter and lithographer Roland Lefranc grounded a significant part of his work in Lower Normandy: the coastline occupies a prominent place, alongside ports, regattas, rur…
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Ryszard Winiarski Documented profilePoland
A painter, creator of spatial forms and scenographer, Ryszard Winiarski makes chance a principle of visual construction, drawing in particular on probability, game theory and statist…
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Roger Montané Documented profileFrance
The figurative painter Roger Montané, born in Bordeaux in 1916 and deceased in Castelmaurou in 2002, combined academic training with a practice shaped by observing everyday life. He…
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Richard Müller Documented profileGermany
The German painter Richard Müller, who was also an engraver and draughtsman, first trained at the painting school of the Meissen porcelain manufactory before studying at the Dresden…
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Romolo Leone Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter associated with Naples, Romolo Leone is described as a pupil of Giuseppe Casciaro and a member of the Flegreo group. Two commercial listings give his dates as 1883–1958; on…
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Robert Liebknecht Documented profileFrance
The urban landscapes, cafés and street scenes of Berlin-Wedding are among Robert Liebknecht’s documented subjects after he settled in the district in 1930. Born in Berlin in 1903 and…
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Rupprecht Geiger Documented profileGermany
Rupprecht Geiger, a German artist born in Munich in 1908 and deceased in 2009, is associated in an entry with the Zen 49 group and the Post-Painterly Abstraction movement. The fields…
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Robert Longo Documented profileUnited States
American artist Robert Longo, born in 1953, develops a body of work that moves from drawing to cinema and explores images in both their intensity and their duration. After studying a…
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Richard Ziegler Documented profileGermany · United Kingdom
British painter (1891–1992), Richard Ziegler is listed in the Dobiaschofsky catalogue for the pastel “Garten in Dubrovnik”. The work, measuring 28 × 41 cm, is described as monogramme…
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Reuven Rubin Documented profileIsrael · Romania
Born in Romania in 1893, Reuven Rubin is an Israeli painter whose work includes landscapes of historical Palestine, particularly Jerusalem and Galilee. He also creates sets for the H…
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Roger de La Fresnaye Documented profileFrance
In the documented record, Roger de La Fresnaye’s painting is distinguished by Cubist compositions with geometrically stylized, highly coloured forms, developed into figure scenes, la…
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Robert Rotar Documented profileGermany
The provenance indicated for this work is Galerie Loehr, in Frankfurt am Main, where an exhibition devoted to the artist is also recorded in 1965. It was announced as intended to be…
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Robert Kummer Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German painter Robert Kummer, born in Dresden in 1810 and deceased in 1889, travelled through several regions of Europe and the Mediterranean. His travels are reflected concretel…
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René Portocarrero Documented profileCuba
Cuban painter René Portocarrero (1912–1985) works notably in cycles, with groups devoted to interiors, feasts, and a contemporary mythology. The landscapes of Havana also form a thre…
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Rudolf-Werner Ackermann Documented profileGermany
German painter Rudolf Werner Ackermann, born in 1908 and died in 1982, is notably associated with the creation of the Hermès scarf Harnais à l’Anglaise. This scarf is inspired by fou…
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Rosemarie Trockel Documented profileGermany
Born in 1952 in Schwerte, Germany, Rosemarie Trockel is a German artist whose work brings techniques and motifs associated with different domains into dialogue. In the mid-1980s, her…
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Robert Combas Documented profileFrance
Born in Lyon in 1957, Robert Combas develops a figurative practice that takes shape from his earliest years of training. After a year at the Beaux-Arts in Sète, where he meets Hervé…
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Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann Documented profileCountry to be documented
Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893), a German painter, trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Julius Schnorr, Heinrich Maria von Hess and Clemens von Zimmermann. H…
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Roelant Savery Documented profileCountry to be documented
Roelant Savery, a painter and engraver, was born in Kortrijk in 1576 and died in Utrecht in 1639. He trained with his elder brother Jacob Savery and Hans Bol. Around 1604, he travell…
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Robert Michel Documented profileGermany
The German artist Robert Michel (1897–1983) developed a practice combining collage, typography and graphic arts. He is regarded as a pioneer of collage, drawing on the principles of…
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Robert Franz Curry Documented profileUnited States
Robert Franz Curry was born in Boston in 1872 and died in Riederau in 1955. He studied at Harvard University and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. A painter of portraits, l…
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René Duvillier Documented profileFrance
Trained at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris under Charles Guérin, René Duvillier developed a body of work that ranges from landscapes and imaginary figures to a…
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Richard Jackson Documented profileUnited States
In Richard Jackson’s work, painting becomes a means of producing sculptures and installations as well as works related to performance. Born in 1939 in Sacramento, California, he live…
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Régis François Gignoux Documented profileFrance
Régis François Gignoux is a landscape painter whose work is distinguished by its scenes of snow and winter. Questroyal highlights, in these landscapes, an attention to the truth of p…
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Renato Guttuso Documented profileItaly
The entries on Renato Guttuso document works from the period 1944–1947, including the Manifesto per le Città Eroiche, which CulturaItalia attributes to him and dates to 1944, and Wom…
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Robert Malaval Documented profileFrance
Born in Nice in 1937, Robert Malaval develops a body of work whose materials and processes evolved from the wax and stearin of the « Aliments blancs » to stencil impressions, and the…
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Robert Delaunay Documented profileFrance
Robert Delaunay, a French painter born in 1885 and died in 1941, is represented in the catalogue of the Art Institute of Chicago by works dated from 1909 to 1928. The references incl…
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Rudolf Schlichter Documented profileGermany
The German artist Rudolf Schlichter, born in 1890 and deceased in 1955, is represented here by a pencil drawing entitled Leicht bekleidete liegende Frau. Signed at the lower left and…
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Renato Natali Documented profileItaly
Italian painter Renato Natali (1883–1979), born and deceased in Livorno, situates his work within the artistic life of this port city. He is associated with Livorno’s post-Macchiaiol…
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René Genis Documented profileFrance
French painter René Genis, born in 1922 and died in 2004, is mentioned in an auction catalogue for *Bateaux sur la plage*, a signed oil on canvas measuring 29 × 58 cm. The work is gi…
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Raoul Hausmann Documented profileAustria · Germany
The Austrian photographer and sculptor Raoul Hausmann (1886–1971) is also known as «Dadasoph». A work listed by the Art Institute of Chicago, «Mécano (Mechanic)», is attributed to hi…
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Roger Edgar Gillet Documented profileFrance
The French painter and printmaker Roger-Edgar Gillet develops his work from an early abstract period towards figuration; in the mid-1960s, humanity becomes the central subject of his…
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Robert Fernier Documented profileFrance
A painter and draughtsman, Robert Fernier leaves behind an oeuvre estimated at around 4,000 works, produced over half a century. His activities also include writing: in 1930, he publ…
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Raffaele De Grada Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Raffaele De Grada, born in Milan in 1885 and deceased in the same city in 1957, is interested in landscape painting and seeks pictorial solutions connected both t…
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Richard Wiesner Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Czech painter Richard Wiesner, born in 1900 and died in 1972, is listed as such. He is listed among the artists associated with the « Guggenheim International Award, 1960 », pres…
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Robert Rauschenberg Documented profileGermany · United States
American painter and graphic artist Robert Rauschenberg, also known as Bob Rauschenberg, lived from 1925 to 2008. The Art Institute of Chicago lists the following works: Untitled and…
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Raimund Girke Documented profileGermany
Born in Heinzendorf, now Jasienica, Poland, he grew up in a family that settled in the Osnabrück region after fleeing Lower Silesia. His father, Arthur Girke, was an art educator and…
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Rolf Cavael Documented profileCountry to be documented
Titled “Abstrakte Komposition”, it is executed in ink on paper and measures 45.5 × 28 cm. The catalogue associates this work with the artist’s estate, Galerie Alvensleben in Munich,…
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Roberto Masi Documented profileItaly
Roberto Masi, an Italian painter born in Florence in 1940 and deceased in 2011, is presented by the gallery as a representative of Italian primitivism; the gallery also describes him…
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Robert Russ Documented profileAustria
Robert Russ’s landscape painting took shape in Vienna, in contact with academic teaching and a family already involved in the arts. Andreas Robert Russ was the son of the painter Fra…
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Rudolf Ausleger Documented profileGermany
German painter and art teacher Rudolf Ausleger (1897–1974) first trained at the Schule Reimann, then at the Staatliche Kunstschule, where he studied with Georg Tappert and Bernhard H…
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Rudolf Négely Documented profileHungary
Rudolf Négely’s work is primarily associated with landscape, particularly urban scenes and seascapes or harbour views inspired by Italy and the Adriatic coast. Venice, sailing ships,…
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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