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Armen Eloyan Documented profileArmenia
Born in Yerevan in 1966, Armen Eloyan lives and works in Amsterdam and Zurich. His painting combines observation and expression, appropriating forms associated with Pop Art and an ex…
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Arnold Moeller Documented profileGermany
The German landscape and animal painter Arnold Wilhelm Moeller, also known by the spelling Möller, was born in Bückeburg in 1886 and died in Bruckmühl in 1963. Before his artistic tr…
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Arnulf Rainer Documented profileAustria
The Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer (1929–2025), born in Baden, made overpainting a central method in his work: from 1952, he superimposed brushstrokes on existing works or photographs…
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Árpád Szenes Documented profileFrance · Hungary
French painter of Hungarian origin, Árpád Szenes develops his work from poetic intimacy towards contemplative landscapes in which figurative references become less pronounced. Pierre…
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Arthur Grimm Documented profileGermany
Arthur Grimm’s work spans several genres: he is particularly known for his still lifes, flower paintings and landscapes, and also produces watercolours, drawings, portraits and self-…
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Arturo Vermi Documented profileItaly
Arturo Vermi (1928–1988) is associated, in a sales notice, with his friends from Cenobio and a search for the sign as an expressive element. This indication situates his approach wit…
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Asger Jorn Documented profileCountry to be documented
Asger Jorn, born Asger Oluf Jørgensen, was a Danish artist whose life spanned 1914 to 1973. His career brought together painting, writing and participation in several art movements.…
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Attila Kovács Documented profileGermany · Hungary
Koordination p3-13-1975 is an acrylic painting on canvas mounted on wood, measuring 100 × 100 cm; the entry describes it as signed and dated, and as bearing the name Kovács on the re…
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Attilio Pratella Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Attilio Pratella, born in Lugo in 1856 and deceased in Naples in 1949, spent most of his life in the latter city. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologn…
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August Fritz Documented profileCountry to be documented
August Fritz (1843–1895), a German artist, is documented as a landscape painter and watercolourist. His training included instruction from K. L. Seeger in Darmstadt, followed by the…
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August Riedel Documented profileCountry to be documented
August Riedel situates his landscape within the conventions of German landscape painters based in Rome, while distinguishing himself through a light palette. Trained at the Academy o…
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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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August Schleich Documented profileCountry to be documented
An animal painter established in Munich, August Schleich is particularly associated with Rauchmalerei, a process in which the image emerges by removing highlights from a layer of soo…
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August Stimpfl Documented profileAustria
Austrian painter August Stimpfl, born and deceased in Imst, pursued a practice ranging from painting to works integrated into architecture. He attended the School of Applied Arts in…
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August Wilhelm Leu Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Prussian painter August Wilhelm Leu, born in Münster in 1818 and deceased in Seelisberg in 1897, is primarily associated with landscape painting. A biographical source states tha…
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Auguste Herbin Documented profileFrance
Among the works dated to his early years are Fleurs et fruits, from 1905, as well as House and Flowering Cherry Trees, Hamburg, from 1907; Kornfeld also lists a Port de Hambourg, cir…
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Auguste Raffet Documented profileFrance
Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet, known as Auguste Raffet, was a French artist whose practice encompassed drawing, printmaking, painting and illustration. Born in Paris on 2 March 1804, he…
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Auguste Rodin Documented profileFrance
A sales notice reports that 174 works by Auguste Rodin were presented at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, an indication of the extent of his presence at the event. The works…
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Augustin Fils Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter and miniaturist as well as an aeronaut, Augustin fils pursued two distinct practices in parallel: his miniatures were based on silhouettes painted in watercolour, cut out a…
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Augustin Grass-Mick Documented profileFrance
A painter, pastellist and draughtsman, Augustin Grass-Mick worked in portraiture, urban scenes and landscape as well as press illustration; his career thus encompassed several genres…
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Augusto Lovatti Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter Augusto Lovatti (1852–1921) is documented through a career path that took him to Rome for his training. According to an auction notice, he studied at Cesare Macca…
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Aurel Naray Documented profileHungary
Aurel Naray, a Hungarian artist born in Budapest in 1883 and who died in 1948, is known here through works whose titles evoke maternal and religious figures. Maria mit zwei Engeln is…
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Aurélie Nemours Documented profileFrance
The square, the preferred format for her canvases from 1965 onwards, and the exploration of the vibration of black and white in several series are essential reference points in the w…
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Aurelio Catti Documented profileCountry to be documented
The documents give Aurelio Catti (1895–1966). A work catalogued under his name, Italienische Piazza, is a watercolour signed at the lower left, measuring 48.5 × 33.5 cm. The Invaluab…
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Avni Arbaş Documented profileFrance · Turkey
Born in Istanbul in 1919 and died in Izmir in 2003, Avni Arbaş incorporated subjects related to everyday life and the landscapes of Turkey into his work, from the Bosphorus to fishin…
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B. Prabha Documented profileIndia
According to sources, B. Prabha (1933–2001) developed her visual language from early abstract forms towards a more pronounced and decorative figuration. Born in Nagpur and raised in…
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Balthasar Denner Documented profileGermany
Balthasar Denner’s practice of portraiture is documented from his adolescence: according to a biographical note, he was already painting portraits at the age of fourteen. The Gemälde…
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Balthasar van der Ast Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter of still lifes of flowers, fruit and shells, Balthasar van der Ast often populates his compositions with insects and lizards. The treatment of the surfaces is described as…
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Bartholomeus Molenaer Documented profileCountry to be documented
Also known as Bartholomeus Meulenaer, Bartholomeus Molenaer is presented as a painter and as the brother of Klaes Molenaer. A directory places his life around 1618–1650 and associate…
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Bartholomeus Spranger Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Flemish painter, draughtsman and printmaker Bartholomeus Spranger (Antwerp, 1546 – Prague, 1611) pursues a career that takes him from Antwerp studios to imperial and papal courts…
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Documented profileSpain
The work of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo brings together genre scenes and religious painting: episodes from the life of Christ, images of the Virgin and Child and of the Immaculate Conc…
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Bartolomeo Pinelli Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter and printmaker Bartolomeo Pinelli developed a body of work combining watercolour, etching and the illustration of historical and literary subjects. Born in Rome o…
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Béla Kádár Documented profileHungary
After six years of schooling, Béla Kádár becomes an apprentice iron turner. He begins painting murals in Budapest. In 1910, he visits Paris and Berlin; by 1918 at the latest, he has…
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Bengt Lindström Documented profileSweden
The Swedish painter, lithographer and sculptor Bengt Lindström developed, from 1949 onwards, a less figurative and increasingly colourful style of painting, drawing on Nordic referen…
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Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp Documented profileCountry to be documented
Dutch painter Benjamin Gerritsz Cuyp (1612–1652) is associated with genre scenes devoted to everyday life in the Netherlands, as well as portraits of historical and mythological figu…
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Benjamin Prins Documented profileNetherlands
A genre painter and portraitist, Benjamin Liepman Prins frequently draws his subjects from the Jewish community, which also provides him with the majority of his commissions. He also…
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Berend Jan Brouwer Documented profileNetherlands
Berend Jan Brouwer, also known as Barend Brouwer, was a Dutch artist born in 1872 in Diepenveen and died in 1936 in Voorburg. Descriptions of his work encompass both city views and l…
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Bernar Venet Documented profileFrance
French artist Bernar Venet, born in 1941 in Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban, develops a body of work that moves from raw materials and conceptual proposals to monumental sculptures instal…
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Bernard Aubertin Documented profileFrance
Bernard Aubertin (1934–2015), a French visual artist, makes monochrome red and material central elements of his work: from 1958, he creates textured surfaces using tools such as spat…
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Bernard Cathelin Documented profileFrance
The French painter, lithographer and illustrator Bernard Robert André Cathelin made colour the organizing principle of his work: his compositions bring colours and tones together in…
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Bernard Lignon Documented profileCountry to be documented
Trained at the École régionale des beaux-arts de Montpellier, Bernard Lignon continues his career in Paris. He settles there after his studies and exhibits at Carlier alongside Yanke…
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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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Bernard Réquichot Documented profileFrance
In the work of Bernard Réquichot, born in 1929 and who died in Paris in 1961, painting expands from working on the surface to collage, then to forms conceived to occupy space. Oil, a…
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Bernard Schultze Documented profileGermany
Bernard Schultze, a German painter born in 1915 in Schneidemühl, now Piła, and who died in Cologne in 2005, is presented as a representative of Art Informel. In 1952, he founded Quad…
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Bernard Stern Documented profileBelgium · France
Bernard Stern is listed as a painter who lived from 1920 to 2002 and, according to Artpeers, lived and worked in London, New York and France. Artpeers mentions works exhibited at, am…
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Bernd Berner Documented profileGermany
The German painter Bernd Berner (1930–2002) is represented by a work entitled “Ohne Titel”, listed under his name in an auction. Described as a signed watercolour and gouache dated (…
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Bernhard Cullmann Documented profileCountry to be documented
The MAGEDA database associates Bernhard Cullmann with Namborn and describes him as a painter and graphic artist. The works it lists include Südindische Landschaft, measuring 54.5 × 5…
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Berto Ferrari Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in 1887 and died in 1965, Berto Ferrari is described by Artsper as an Italian painter. The paintings listed include « La rivièra, Nervi » (29 × 39.5 × 0.5 cm), marked as sold, a…
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Bjorn Wessman Documented profileSweden
Born in Hässleholm in 1949, Björn Wessman works in Sweden. A documented work, “Olivier à l’ombre” (2010), is an oil on canvas measuring 90 × 90 cm, titled, dated and signed on the re…
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Blalla W. Hallmann Documented profileGermany
German painter Blalla W. Hallmann (1941–1997) is represented here by a 1989 triptych comprising “Der Nürnberger Trichter - 41 Jahre danach”, “Im Salzkammergut” and “Der gekachelte To…
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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