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Gustave Cariot Documented profileFrance
Born in Paris on 28 June 1872, Gustave Camille Gaston Cariot is described as a French painter associated with the Pointillist movement. His work includes landscapes of Brittany and t…
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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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Georg Tyrahn Documented profileCountry to be documented
Georg Tyrahn is described as a German painter, born in 1860 and deceased in 1917. An auction catalogue describes Der erste Geburtstag as an oil painting on canvas signed “G. Tyrahn”…
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Willem van de Velde the Younger Documented profileCountry to be documented
Willem van de Velde the Younger, a marine painter born in Leiden in December 1633 and who died in London in 1707, is associated first with calm maritime scenes and later with battle…
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Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé Documented profileFrance
Ivan Choultsé’s painting focuses on natural motifs, with water and snow given particular prominence; winter landscapes, often Swiss, are especially frequent. Descriptions of his work…
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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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Amador Magraner Documented profileCountry to be documented
The sales catalogue places Amador Magraner in Pollença in 1957. It documents an untitled work from 1997, executed in mixed media on paper, signed and dated in pencil at the lower rig…
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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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Wilhelm Volz Documented profileGermany
The German painter and lithographer Wilhelm Volz (1855–1901) is also listed as a painter of historical, genre and landscape scenes, as well as an illustrator and etcher. These detail…
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Agnolo Gaddi Documented profileCountry to be documented
A painter of the Florentine school, Agnolo Gaddi worked at Santa Croce on several painted ensembles and on the choir stained-glass windows. In the Castellani Chapel, he painted scene…
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Kain Tapper Documented profileCanada · Finland
The Finnish sculptor Kain Tapper (1930–2004) is represented in the available references by public works located in several Finnish cities, from Saarijärvi to Turku and Kotka. He was…
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Ercole Calvi Documented profileCountry to be documented
Ercole Calvi’s painting is distinguished by a repertoire of Romantic landscapes, in which views of lakes and landscapes of the Brianza occupy an important place. An Italian painter b…
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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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Lionel Edwards Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Lionel Dalhousie Robertson Edwards (1878–1966), a British artist born in Clifton, is associated with hunting subjects, horse racing and military subjects. In the late 19th century, h…
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Luigi Conconi Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Italian painter Luigi Conconi (1852–1917), born and died in Milan, combined painting and architecture. He graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic School of Milan in 1874 a…
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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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Tadaaki Kuwayama Documented profileJapan
Japanese painter Tadaaki Kuwayama (桑山 忠明), born in 1932, graduated from Tama Art University in Tokyo in 1958. His name is also given as Kuwayama Tadaaki. After graduating, he left fo…
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Johann Friedrich August Tischbein Documented profileGermany
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as “Leipziger-Tischbein”, was a German painter born in Maastricht in 1750 and died in Heidelberg in 1812. A member of the Tischbein dynasty,…
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Luis Feito Documented profileSpain
Born in Madrid in 1929, Luis Feito López, known as Luis Feito, developed his painting from early figurative elements through a Cubist period and then towards abstraction, particularl…
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Kim Donaldson Documented profileZimbabwe
Kim Donaldson is presented as an advocate for conservation, committed to the subjects he depicts; his practice pays particular attention to animal habitats and anatomy. According to…
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Jean Delville Documented profileBelgium
The Belgian painter Jean Delville, born in Leuven in 1867 as Jean Libert, situated his practice within Symbolism while extending it through poetry, writing and art theory. He trained…
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Caroline Friederike Friedrich Documented profileCountry to be documented
A court painter and member of the Dresden Academy, Caroline Friederike Friedrich is also known for her numerous bouquets executed in watercolour and oil. Among the works catalogued u…
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Joshua Reynolds Documented profileCountry to be documented
British painter born in Plympton in 1723 and died in London in 1792, Joshua Reynolds is distinguished primarily as a portraitist. According to the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, h…
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Jochen Seidel Documented profileGermany
The German painter Jochen Seidel, also known as Hans Joachim Seidel, lived from 1924 to 1971. Two works on paper, Come Back to Ireland Where the Green Is Like the Green in Your Paint…
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Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio, born and deceased in Alba, makes industrial painting and its deployment in space a central part of his work. Born Giuseppe Gallizio, he o…
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Chaïm Soutine Documented profileFrance
Chaïm Soutine, also known as Khaïm Solomonovitch Sutin, is a Belarusian painter who emigrated to France. In 1907, in Minsk, he attended drawing classes with Michel Kikoïne under M. K…
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John Quincy Adams Documented profileAustria
Documented works by John Quincy Adams include, in particular, two pendant portraits of Mor and Gabriele Fekete-Schindler-Barney, executed in oil on canvas and each signed by the arti…
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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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Albrecht Adam Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Bavarian painter and engraver Albrecht Adam is primarily associated with battle painting, though his work is not limited to it: his oeuvre also includes genre scenes and portrait…
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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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Frans Snyders Documented profileCountry to be documented
The Flemish painter Frans Snyders initially devoted himself to flower and fruit still lifes, before also turning his work towards animal painting. His repertoire includes market stal…
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Charles Bouchez Documented profileFrance
French painter who lived from 1811 to 1882, Charles Bouchez is associated, in an auction listing, with a work entitled “Départ en barque”. This oil on canvas, measuring 40 × 56 cm, i…
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Guglielmo Welters Documented profileItaly
Guglielmo Welters was born in Capri in 1913 and died in Genoa in 2003. The auction listing describes «Golfo di Bordighera» as an oil painting on panel signed «G. Welters». Another li…
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Joseph Garibaldi Documented profileFrance
The French painter Joseph Garibaldi, born and deceased in Marseille, anchors a significant part of his work in the landscapes and ports of the Provençal coast. He paints regularly in…
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Eugène Cottin Documented profileFrance
The French painter and caricaturist Eugène Cottin (1841–1902) works in several fields: painting, humorous drawing for the press and book illustration. He trains at the École des beau…
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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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František Kupka Documented profileCountry to be documented
From 1911 onward, Kupka paints works with no reference to the world of objects. Verticality and circular movement are among his lines of inquiry: the Centre Pompidou dates the beginn…
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Jan Kubíček Documented profileCzechia
The Czech painter, sculptor and graphic artist Jan Kubíček (1927–2013) is associated with Constructivist and Concrete art. A documented example of his work is Progrese-Regrese (1974)…
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Luc Tuymans Documented profileBelgium
Born in 1958 in Mortsel, Belgium, Luc Tuymans lives and works in Antwerp. His figurative paintings generally take pre-existing images as their starting point, including photographs a…
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Cyprien Gaillard Documented profileFrance
French artist Cyprien Gaillard, born in Paris in 1980, works across photography, sculpture, video and performance. His work engages with the paradoxes of contemporary societies and t…
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Louis Marcoussis Documented profileFrance · Poland
Louis Marcoussis’s work spans Cubist painting, printmaking and illustration. His subjects range from still lifes and musical instruments to portraits, views of Paris and Breton lands…
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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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Giuseppe Casciaro Documented profileCountry to be documented
Giuseppe Casciaro is identified as an Italian painter. A work entitled “Italienische Landschaft” suggests a landscape subject: executed in mixed media on paper, it is signed and date…
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Henri Rousseau Documented profileFrance
A self-taught artist, Henri Rousseau taught himself to paint without formal academic art training and began his career as a painter in 1872. After working as a clerk to a bailiff, he…
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Emil Hünten Documented profileCountry to be documented
Johann Emil Hünten, also known as Emil Hünten, was born in Paris on 19 January 1827. Described as a Prussian painter specialising in historical scenes, he also worked as a battle pai…
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Conrad Felixmüller Documented profileGermany
Conrad Felixmüller is a painter whose works often address the social realities of the Weimar Republic. Born in Dresden on 21 May 1897, he died in Berlin-Zehlendorf on 24 March 1977.…
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Carl Hilgers Documented profileCountry to be documented
Carl Hilgers, also written as Karl Hilgers, was a German landscape painter who was born and died in Düsseldorf, in 1818 and 1890. He received his first lessons at the Düsseldorf Acad…
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Alois Binder Documented profileAustria · Germany
Popular genre scenes occupy a central place in Alois Binder’s painting, alongside Bavarian landscapes, scenes in traditional dress, portraits and still lifes. Born in 1857 in Hausman…
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Johann Wilhelm Preyer Documented profileCountry to be documented
Born in Rheydt in 1803 and died in Düsseldorf in 1889, Johann Wilhelm Preyer is described as a painter devoted exclusively to still life. The biographical note describes a meticulous…
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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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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