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Vincent van Gogh Documented profileNetherlands
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), born in Groot-Zundert in the Netherlands, worked in the art trade and as a preacher before devoting himself to drawing and painting in 1880. Supported b…
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Vincenzo Cabianca Documented profileCountry to be documented
Vincenzo Cabianca (1827–1902), born in Verona and deceased in Rome, participated in the investigations of the Macchiaioli. Following studies in Venice and a stay in Milan, he settled…
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Vincenzo Irolli Documented profileItaly
The Italian painter Vincenzo Irolli, born in 1860 and deceased in 1949, is documented here through a work in which the theme of fish plays an important role. According to an auction…
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Virgilio Guidi Documented profileItaly
Virgilio Guidi, a painter and poet born in Rome in 1891 and deceased in Venice in 1984, is also described as an essayist and sculptor. His documented career thus links several practi…
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Vittorio Zecchin Documented profileItaly
Vittorio Zecchin (1878–1947), born in Murano, developed a practice spanning painting and the decorative arts. His encounters with the work of Jan Toorop and Gustav Klimt at the Venic…
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Vladimir de Terlikowski Documented profilePoland
Wladimir de Terlikowski (1873–1951) developed a body of portraits and landscapes in Paris distinguished by his use of the palette knife. After brief studies in Munich and in Jean-Pau…
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Vladimir Nemukhin Documented profileRussia
Vladimir Nemukhin (1925–2016) belonged to Soviet unofficial art and the Lianozovo circle. He studied with Pyotr Sokolov, who introduced him to the experiments of the Russian avant-ga…
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Vladimir Tretchikoff Documented profileSouth Africa
Vladimir Tretchikoff’s career unfolds across several cities and different image-making professions. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, his family takes refuge in Harbin, where he…
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Vladimir Udatny Documented profileCountry to be documented
Vladimir Udatny (1920–1972), listed under the designation “YU” in an auction catalogue, is documented by a work signed and dated on the reverse of its frame. Offered as lot 1257, it…
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Vladimir Veličković Documented profileFrance · Serbia
Vladimir Veličković (1935–2019), a French-Serbian painter born in Belgrade, graduated in architecture in 1960 before settling in Paris in 1966. Appointed a studio head at the Beaux-A…
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Vlastimil Rada Documented profileCountry to be documented
Vlastimil Rada (1895–1962) is presented as a Czech illustrator, painter, writer and university teacher. A bibliographical reference associated with a work mentions his name alongside…
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Vojislav Jakic Documented profileNorth Macedonia
Vojislav Jakic, born in Macedonia in 1932 and deceased in 2003, worked mainly in Serbia. From 1970, his drawings assumed considerable dimensions, with some scrolls exceeding fifty me…
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Volker Tannert Documented profileGermany
Volker Tannert, a German painter, sculptor and draughtsman, was born on 19 March 1955 in Recklinghausen. A biographical note mentions New York and Paris for the years 1979–1980, as w…
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Vũ Cao Đàm Documented profileFrance
Vu Cao Dam (1908–2000) studied at the Indochina School of Fine Arts in Hanoi between 1926 and 1931, specialising in sculpture. A scholarship enabled him to reach Paris in December 19…
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Vytautas Kasiulis Documented profileLithuania
Vytautas Kasiulis was a Lithuanian painter who settled in Paris. He graduated from the Institute of Applied Arts in Kaunas in 1941, taught there until 1944 and held a solo exhibition…
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Walala Tjapaltjarri Documented profileAustralia
A Pintupi artist from Australia's Western Desert, Walala Tjapaltjarri grew up in a nomadic family group before joining the community of Kiwirrkurra in 1984. Encouraged by his brother…
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Walasse Ting Documented profileTaiwan · United States
Walasse Ting, also known as Ding Xiongquan, developed his career between China, Paris, New York and Amsterdam. After Hong Kong, he arrived in Paris in 1953, according to the Musée Ce…
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Walt Disney Documented profileUnited States
American producer, director, screenwriter, actor and animator Walter Elias Disney — known as Walt Disney — initially develops his work around drawing and animated films before expand…
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Walter Dahn Documented profileGermany
German artist Walter Dahn, born in 1954 and deceased in 2024, developed a practice that gives particular importance to drawing, photography, video and Super 8 films. From 1971 to 197…
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Walter Dexel Documented profileGermany
Walter Dexel (1890–1973) was a German painter, graphic artist and designer. Titled «Wasserfall», this oil on board is dated 1913 and measures 39.4 × 29.9 cm; the entry notes the sign…
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Walter Gramatté Documented profileGermany
Walter Gramatté, a German painter and printmaker born in Berlin in 1897 and died in Hamburg in 1929, fought in the First World War. His artistic career unfolded over a short life, wi…
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Walter Hagen Documented profileGermany
Walter Hagen (1928–1980), born in Regensburg and deceased in Hemau, was a German painter, graphic artist and restorer. After completing a craft apprenticeship in painting and gaining…
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Walter Jacob Documented profileGermany
Walter Jacob (1893–1964), born in Altenburg under the name Walter Friedrich Richard Jacob, began exhibiting in 1912 at the Beyer & Sohn gallery in Leipzig. Max Klinger acquired one o…
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Walter Leblanc Documented profileBelgium
The Belgian artist Walter Leblanc, born in Antwerp in 1932 and deceased in Silly in 1986, developed a body of work in which material and torsion became essential means of renewing pa…
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Walter Leistikow Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German artist Walter Leistikow, born in 1865 and deceased in 1908, was among the pupils of the painter Hans Fredrik Gude. This information documents one aspect of his training, b…
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Walter Ophey Documented profileGermany
The German painter and graphic artist Walter Hugo Ophey took part in founding the Sonderbund in 1909, as part of a group of painters from Düsseldorf that included Julius Bretz, Max C…
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Walter Pichler Documented profileAustria
The Austrian artist Walter Pichler (1936–2012) places drawing at the foundation of his work, while also attaching major importance to space and the nature of sculpture. This interpla…
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Walter Schmögner Documented profileAustria
Born in 1943, Walter Schmögner is an Austrian painter and sculptor. Among the documented works is the watercolour « Aufgeklapptes Brotbuch mit Strickzeug », signed and dated 1973, me…
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Walter Sickert Documented profileUnited Kingdom
Walter Sickert (1860–1942) renewed British figurative painting through his attention to urban life and ordinary situations. A pupil of Whistler in London and a friend of Degas and se…
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Walter Spitzer Documented profilePoland
Walter Spitzer (1927–2021) was a painter, printmaker and sculptor born in Cieszyn, Poland, who settled in France. Deported as a teenager to Blechhammer and subsequently transferred t…
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Walter Uhl Documented profileCountry to be documented
Walter Uhl (1907–1990) is documented by La route blanche, an oil painting on panel, signed and dated 1969, measuring 66 × 82 cm. The work is listed as lot 1139 in the Piguet sale of…
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Walter Wörn Documented profileGermany
Born in Stuttgart in 1901 and deceased in that city in 1963, Walter Wörn is cited in a biography of Wilhelm Adolf Geyer among the artist friends from his student years. The same sour…
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Walther Bötticher Documented profileCountry to be documented
Walther Bötticher belongs to German Expressionism, and his work is distinguished by a relationship with nature in which sensitive observation accords with a decorative conception of…
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Wassily Kandinsky Documented profileGermany · France
In the work of Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), colour and form are conceived as means of expression capable of acting directly on the viewer. His early musical training informs an app…
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Werner Berg Documented profileGermany
Werner Berg (1904–1981), born in Elberfeld, abandoned an initial commercial and academic path to devote himself to painting. After studying art in Vienna and Munich, he settled in 19…
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Werner Berges Documented profileGermany
German painter Werner Berges, born in Cloppenburg in 1941, is presented by Galerie Foxx as one of the representatives of German Pop Art. According to the gallery, the figure of the “…
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Werner Büttner Documented profileGermany
German painter Werner Büttner, born in 1954, also works in sculpture and songwriting; his work is described as suffused with humour, lucidity and poetry. His references include liter…
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Werner Drewes Documented profileGermany · United States
Werner Drewes (1899–1985), born in Germany and resident in the United States from 1930, developed a practice as a painter and printmaker. His Bauhaus training brought him into contac…
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Werner Gilles Documented profileGermany
Werner Gilles (1894–1961), born in Rheydt and deceased in Essen, was a German painter and draughtsman. After studying in Kassel and Weimar, he attended the Bauhaus, where he worked w…
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Werner Heldt Documented profileGermany
Werner Heldt (1904–1954), born in Berlin, made his native city a central subject of his paintings and drawings. He attended the school of applied arts before studying at the Hochschu…
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Werner Scholz Documented profileAustria · Germany
Werner Scholz’s career is marked by his beginnings in Berlin: he studied painting at the Berlin University of the Arts in 1919 and 1920, then founded a studio there in 1920. In 1937,…
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Werner Schramm Documented profileGermany
The German painter Werner Schramm, born in Duisburg in 1898 and died in Düsseldorf in 1970, was mobilised as a medical orderly during the final months of the First World War. From 19…
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Wifredo Lam Documented profileCuba · France
Wifredo Lam’s painting brings together Cubist forms and Surrealist ideas with a long-standing interest in the symbolism of Cuban Santería, a religion combining elements of Catholicis…
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Wilhelm Amandus Beer Documented profileGermany
Wilhelm Amandus Beer (1837–1907), a German painter, is associated with the depiction of scenes from Russian folk life. His preference for these subjects is said to have earned him th…
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Wilhelm Brücke Documented profileCountry to be documented
Wilhelm Brücke (1800–1874), also known as Johann Wilhelm Brücke, was a German painter trained at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. The son of a goldsmith, he pursued an artistic caree…
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Wilhelm Busch Documented profileCountry to be documented
Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), born in Wiedensahl, abandoned mechanical engineering studies to train at the academies of Düsseldorf, Antwerp and Munich. From 1858 he contributed to Flieg…
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Wilhelm Grögler Documented profileCountry to be documented
The German painter and illustrator Wilhelm Grögler was born in 1839 in Uherské Hradiště and died in Munich in 1897. Based in Munich, he was not enrolled at the city’s Academy; little…
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Wilhelm Hempfing Documented profileGermany
The German painter Wilhelm Hempfing, born in Schönau in 1886 and deceased in Karlsruhe in 1948, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe under Friedrich Fehr. He also learned…
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Wilhelm Hensel Documented profileCountry to be documented
Wilhelm Hensel (1794–1861), a Prussian portrait painter and engraver, was born in Trebbin and died in Berlin. His training began in Berlin: he enrolled at the Academy of Architecture…
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Wilhelm Imkamp Documented profileGermany
Abstract painting is at the heart of Wilhelm Imkamp’s work: shaped by his impressions of nature and by music, it seeks, according to the biographical source, to offer the eye an expe…
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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