Category: Artist Biographies
Francesco Hayez: Biography
Francesco Hayez was a leading painter of Romanticism in Italy. He was known for his...
Read MoreEvelyn De Morgan: Biography
If you flip through a standard textbook on the Pre-Raphaelites, it’s usually just page after...
Read MoreKalipada Ghoshal: Biography
Kalipada Ghoshal (September 1906- 29 April 1995) was a Calcutta-based Bengali painter who gave himself...
Read MoreBandi: Biography
Bandi was a painter in the imperial atelier of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605),...
Read MoreGopal Sanyal: Biography
Gopal Sanyal (25 July 1933 – 29 July 2006) was a distinguished modern Indian artist...
Read MoreK. Venkatappa: Biography
K Venkatappa was born in Karnataka in 1886 into the family of court painters. He...
Read MoreMir Musavvir: Biography
Mir Musavvir (fl. 1510–1548, d. c. 1555) was a master Persian painter who hailed from...
Read MoreSarada Ukil: Biography
Sarada Charan Ukil (1890–1940) occupies an important yet understudied position in the history of modern...
Read MoreShankar: Biography
In the imperial workshops of the late 16th Century CE in the Mughal Empire, a...
Read MoreFrancois Clouet: Biography
François Clouet (1510-1572), son of the court painter Jean Clouet, was a miniaturist and painter,...
Read MoreAntonio Enriquez: Biography
Belonging to the category of obscure Baroque painters, much of Antonio’s personal life and art...
Read MoreRosa Bonheur: Biography
Born in Bordeaux, France, in 1822, Rosa Bonheur became the most celebrated female painter of...
Read MoreJose Maria Obregon: Biography
José María Obregón, born in 1832 till 1902, was one of the most recognized Mexican...
Read MoreHabiballah of Sava: Biography
Habib Allāh Savāji or ‘Habib Allah of Sava’ was a renowned painter of the Safavid...
Read MoreBhawani Das: Biography
Bhawani Das was a highly skilled Indian artist who lived and worked in the late...
Read MoreGiotto di Bondone: Biography
Born near the Republic of Florence, Giotto di Bondone was one of the pioneering artists...
Read MoreSilpi: Biography
The artist who shaped visual culture in twentieth-century Tamil Nadu. Born as P.M. Sreenivasan on...
Read MoreHenri Regnault: Biography
Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault was a Parisian-born painter during the 19th century who contributed to...
Read MoreGiuseppe Arcimboldo: Biography
Imagine a painting that, instead of human characteristics and senses, depicts a head made from...
Read MoreAntonio Fontanesi: Biography
Antonio Fontanesi (1818-1882) was a painter and printmaker from the Italian Romanticism art era, well-known...
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