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Yvonne Canu Documented profileFrance
The French painter Yvonne Canu (1921–2008), born in Meknès, Morocco, developed a Neo-Impressionist practice characterised by a divided brushstroke and the arrangement of juxtaposed c…
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Arturo Ricci Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter Arturo Ricci (1854–1919) is documented here through his identity and information relating to a work, La supplique. A sale notice states that the painting was purc…
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Hannah Höch Documented profileGermany
The German artist Hannah Höch uses photomontage and cut-and-paste collage as means of social and political critique. Her compositions parody bourgeois life and question representatio…
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Otto Herbert Hajek Documented profileGermany
Abstract sculptor, painter and graphic artist, Otto Herbert Hajek (1927–2005) developed a body of work that also extends into public space and is particularly visible in Stuttgart, h…
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Leonhard Rausch Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German landscape painter and engraver Leonhard Rausch, associated with Romanticism, was born in Jülich in 1813 and died in Düsseldorf in 1895. His preferred subjects range from t…
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Antoni Suchanek Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Polish painter Antoni Karol Suchanek, born in Rzeszów in 1901 and died in Gdynia in 1982, pursued his artistic practice for more than sixty years, according to W. Zmorzyński. In…
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August Rieger Documented profileAustria
August Rieger’s career took him from theological studies to financial service, where he worked as a civil servant. His work includes landscapes, still lifes and interiors, as well as…
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Thore Heramb Documented profileNorway
Born in Kristiania, now Oslo, Thore Heramb (1916–2014) was a Norwegian painter whose career combined an early presence in exhibitions with decorative commissions and a body of work d…
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Alastair Mackinven Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1971 in Clatterbridge, United Kingdom, and died in 2025 in London, Alastair Mackinven trained in art in Canada and London. He obtained a BA in Fine Arts from the Alberta Coll…
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Georges Laporte Documented profileFrance
Painter, lithographer and illustrator, Georges-Charles Laporte developed a body of work in which seascape painting sits alongside a substantial body of illustration, notably for text…
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André Hambourg Documented profileFrance
The French painter, illustrator and lithographer André Hambourg brought together painting, printmaking and the printed image throughout his career. Born and died in Paris, he first s…
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Juan Genovés Documented profileSpain
The Spanish painter and graphic artist Juan Genovés Candel—also known in Catalan as Joan Genovés i Candel—developed a body of work shaped by the repressive context of the Franco dict…
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Carlo Grubacs Documented profileCountry to be documented
A pair of views of Venice by Carlo Grubacs shows the Basilica of Saint Mark and the Doge’s Palace in one, and the Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute in the other. Painted in oil on…
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José Camarón y Bonanat Documented profileSpain
José Camarón Boronat, also named José Camarón Bonanat by some biographers, was a Spanish painter and printmaker born in Segorbe in 1731. His practice encompassed painting, miniature…
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Winston Churchill Documented profileUnited Kingdom
For Winston Churchill (1874–1965), the British statesman, painting is presented as his principal leisure pursuit; the available information does not allow his artistic practice to be…
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Edward Bird Documented profileCountry to be documented
Edward Bird gives a prominent place to scenes of family life, a feature clearly documented in his choice of subjects. Before settling in Bristol in 1794 with the intention of establi…
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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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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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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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Wilhelm Sasnal Documented profilePoland
Born in 1972 in Tarnów, Poland, Wilhelm Sasnal is a Polish artist whose practice spans painting, photography, posters, illustration and film. In his paintings, photographic images dr…
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Bernard Moninot Documented profileFrance
Born in 1949 in Le Fay, in Saône-et-Loire, Bernard Moninot develops a practice that engages with traces, shadows and drawing. From 1992, in the series Ombres portées, forms in enamel…
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Jaber Al Mahjoub Documented profileTunisia
Jaber Al Mahjoub’s work brings together several media and materials: gouache, acrylic painting and sculptures made with plaster bandages, to which a sales notice adds papier-mâché. D…
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Hendrick ter Brugghen Documented profileCountry to be documented
The shift from history subjects to scenes of musicians marks an important change in Hendrick ter Brugghen’s painting. At the beginning of his career, he painted exclusively history s…
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Sophus Jacobsen Documented profileNorway
Norwegian landscape painter Sophus Jacobsen (1833–1912) is born in Fredrikshald, now Halden, and dies in Düsseldorf. His study trips take him to Norway, Italy and Germany. Among the…
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Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn Documented profileNetherlands
Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn (1817–1897), a Dutch painter, became particularly known for his depictions of winter subjects. His name also appears in several spellings, including Lodewijk…
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Oskar Laske Documented profileAustria
The Austrian painter and architect Oskar Laske was born in Czernowitz in 1874 and died in Vienna in 1951. A work entitled “Die Ssrjétenskaja in Odessa” combines watercolour, gouache…
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Adriaen van der Werff Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Dutch painter Adriaen van der Werff was born in Kralingen on 21 January 1659 and died in Rotterdam on 12 November 1722. In 1676, he became an independent master in Rotterdam and…
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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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Eugène Rémy Maes Documented profileBelgium
The Belgian painter Eugène Rémy Maes is associated with a pastoral painting entitled “Flock of Sheep at Rest”, which here features an animal subject. The work, executed in oil on woo…
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Leo Grewenig Documented profileGermany
The German painter Leo Grewenig was born in Heusweiler in 1898 and died in Bensheim in 1991. “Auf der Staffelei”, a work from 1984, is described as mixed media on paper: the sheet, m…
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Gustave Jean Jacquet Documented profileFrance
The French painter Gustave Jacquet, born in 1846 and died in 1909, is associated with female portraiture and genre scenes, particularly those in the taste of the eighteenth century.…
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Otto Muehl Documented profileAustria
A figure of Viennese Actionism and one of its co-founders, Otto Muehl (1925–2013) developed, between 1962 and 1970, a practice that shifted painting towards gesture, material and act…
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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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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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Nicola Carrino Documented profileItaly
Born in Taranto in 1932, Nicola Carrino develops a sculptural practice centred on form and space; he dies in 2018. His work is presented in a first solo exhibition when he is barely…
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Carl Ludwig Kaaz Documented profileGermany
Described as a German painter who lived from 1773 to 1810, Carl Ludwig Kaaz also appears in sources under the names Carl Ludwig Katz and Karl Ludwig Kaaz. An auction catalogue lists…
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Josep Maria Mallol Suazo Documented profileSpain
The Catalan painter Josep Maria Mallol Suazo (1910–1986), also listed under his full name, Josep Maria Benet Agustí Ignasi Mallol Suazo, had a career marked by exhibitions and awards…
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Wilhelm Thöny Documented profileAustria
Wilhelm Thöny, an Austrian painter, was born in Graz in 1888 and died in New York in 1949. A watercolour on paper entitled “Springbrunnen in Paris” is dated 1937. The sale catalogue…
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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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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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Adrien Manglard Documented profileFrance
A landscape and marine painter, Adrien Manglard carried out most of his work in Italy, where he settled in his youth and spent nearly fifty years. His training began with Adriaen van…
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L. S. Lowry Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), also known as L. S. Lowry, is an English artist whose painting focuses in particular on the industrial landscapes of Salford, Manchester and other…
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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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Antonio Murado Documented profileSpain
Executed in oil, they each measure 460 × 560 mm. On the reverse, each bears a signature, the date 2001 and the inscription “NYC”. The group is associated with the exhibition Antonio…
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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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Adolf Eberle Documented profileCountry to be documented
A German painter (1843–1914), Adolf Eberle was the son of Robert Eberle, an animal and landscape painter, and thus continued a family tradition. Trained at Karl von Piloty’s school,…
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Saul Steinberg Documented profileRomania · United States
Saul Erik Steinberg (1914–1999), a Romanian-American artist, developed a body of work spanning editorial drawing, books, mural painting and applied design. The covers, drawings and c…
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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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Natalia Goncharova Documented profileFrance
Natalia Sergeyevna Goncharova (1881–1962), also known as Natalia Goncharova and Nathalie Gontcharova, pursued a path through several strands of modern Russian painting and also worke…
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William Aiken Walker Documented profileUnited States
The American painter William Aiken Walker, who died in 1921, is particularly associated with scenes of the lives of the rural Black population on plantations. The entry describing th…
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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