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Biography
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) - Netherlands (Zundert)
Post-Impressionism, Realism, Cloisonnism, Symbolism
The death of Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch post-Impressionist painter, occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room at the Auberge Ravoux in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise in northern France. Van Gogh was shot in the stomach, either by himself or by others, and died two days later. In 1889, Vincent van Gogh experienced a deterioration i...... |
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Biography
Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989) - Spain (Figueres (Girona))
Surrealism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Symbolism, Verism, Abstract Art, Expressionism
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known professionally as Salvador Dalí (/ˈdɑːli, dɑːˈli/ Catalan: [səɫβəˈðo ðəˈɫi] Spanish: [salβaˈðoɾ ðaˈli]), was a prominent Spanish surrealist artist of Catalan ethnicity born in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. Dalí was a skilled draftsman, bes...... |
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Biography
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) - France (Le Cateau-Cambrésis)
Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Realism, Naive Art / Primitivism
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse (French: [ɑ̃ʁi emil bənwɑ matis] 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso, as one of the a...... |
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Biography
Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906) - France (Aix-En-Provence)
Post-Impressionism, Romanticism, Cubism, Impressionism
Paul Cézanne (US: /seɪˈzæn/ or UK: /sɪˈzæn/ French: [pɔl sezan] 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne's often repetitive, e...... |
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Biography
Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) - France (Paris)
Post-Impressionism, Cloisonnism
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (/ɡoʊˈɡæn/ French: [øʒɛn ɑ̃ʁi pɔl ɡoɡɛ̃] 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French post-Impressionist artist. Underappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the French avant-...... |
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Biography
Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944) - Netherlands (Amersfoort)
Neoplasticism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Modernism
Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1906 Mondrian (/ˈmɔːndriˌɑːn, ˈmɒn-/ Dutch: [ˈpit ˈmɔndrijaːn], later [ˈmɔndrijɑn] 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th century abstract art, as he changed his...... |
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Biography
Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968) - France (Blainville-Crevon)
Expressionism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Surrealism, Dadaism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Fauvism, Symbolism, Op-Art, Conceptual Art
Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (French: [maʁsɛl dyʃɑ̃] 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French-American painter, sculptor, chess player and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, conceptual art, and Dada, although he was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. Duchamp is commonly regarded, alo...... |
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Biography
Georges Pierre Seurat (1859 - 1891) - France (Paris)
Post-Impressionism, Pointillism, Neo-Classicism, Impressionism
Georges-Pierre Seurat (French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa] 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism. Seurat's artistic personality was compounded of qualities which are usually su...... |
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Biography
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (1878 - 1935) - Ukraine (Kiev Governorate Of Russian Empire)
Suprematism, Cubism, Geometric Abstract Art, Expressionism, Fauvism, Symbolism, Abstract Art, Pointillism, Cubo-Futurism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Post-Impressionism, Neo-Classicism, Realism, Constructivism
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich[nb 1] (February 23, 1878 – May 15, 1935) was a Russian painter and art theoretician. He was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the avant-garde Suprematist movement. He was a devout Christian mystic who believed the central task of an artist was that of rendering spiritual feeling. Kazimir Malevic...... |
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Biography
Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967) - Belgium (Lessines)
Surrealism, Art Deco, Cubism, Post-Impressionism
René François Ghislain Magritte (French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit] 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for creating a number of witty and thought-provoking images. Often depicting ordinary objects in an unusual context, his work is known for challenging observers' preconditioned perceptions of ...... |
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Biography
Franz Marc (1880 - 1916) - Germany (Munich)
Post-Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Realism, Symbolism
Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 – March 4, 1916) was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of the German Expressionist movement. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it. Franz Marc was born in 1880 in Munich, then the ca...... |
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Biography
Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) - United States (Charlotte Amalie)
Realism, Impressionism, Pointillism, Post-Impressionism
Camille Pissarro (French: [kamij pisaʁo] 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from ...... |
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Biography
Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916) - France (Bordeaux)
Symbolism, Post-Impressionism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Realism, Art Nouveau
Odilon Redon (born Bertrand-Jean Redon French: [ʁədɔ̃] April 20, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist. Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, to a prosperous family. The young Bertrand-Jean Redon acquired the nickname "Odilon" from his mother, Odile. Redon started drawing as a child and,...... |
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Biography
Maurice Utrillo (1883 - 1955) - France (Montmartre)
Post-Impressionism
Maurice Utrillo (French: [mɔʁis ytʁijo]), born Maurice Valadon (26 December 1883 – 5 November 1955), was a French painter who specialized in cityscapes. Born in the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who was born there. Utrillo was the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (born Marie-Clémentine...... |
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Biography
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858 - 1924) - Canada (St. John's)
Post-Impressionism, Naive Art / Primitivism
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (October 10, 1858 – February 1, 1924) was an American Post-Impressionist artist who worked in oil, watercolor, and monotype. He exhibited as a member of The Eight, though the delicacy of his compositions and mosaic-like beauty of his style differed from the artistic intentions and philosophy of the group. Maurice Prenderg...... |
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Biography
Ferdinand Hodler (1853 - 1918) - Switzerland (Bern)
Symbolism, Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau, Romanticism, Renaissance, Naive Art / Primitivism
Ferdinand Hodler (March 14, 1853 – May 19, 1918) was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism he called "parallelism". Hodler was born in Bern, the eldest of six children. His father, Jean Hodle...... |
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Biography
Jean Edouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940) - France (Cuiseaux)
Post-Impressionism, Cloisonnism, Pointillism
Jean-Édouard Vuillard (French: [vɥijaʁ] 11 November 1868 – 21 June 1940) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis. Jean-Édouard Vuillard was born on 11 November 1868 in Cuiseaux (Saône-et-Loire), where he spent his youth in 1878 his family moved to Paris. Vuillard's father, a retired army captain, was 27 years older than his mo...... |
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Biography
Paul Signac (1863 - 1935) - France (Paris)
Post-Impressionism, Pointillism
Paul Victor Jules Signac (French: [pɔl siɲak] 11 November 1863 – 15 August 1935) was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. Paul Signac was born in Paris on 11 November 1863. He followed a course of training in architecture before deciding at the age of 18 to pursue a career as a p...... |
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Biography
André Derain (1880 - 1954) - France (Chatou)
Fauvism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Expressionism, Cubism, Post-Impressionism
André Derain (French: [dəʁɛ̃] 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1895 Derain began to study on his own, contrary to claims that meeting Vlaminck or Matisse began his efforts to paint, ...... |
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Biography
Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994) - Belgium (Wanze)
Surrealism, Post-Impressionism
Paul Delvaux (French: [dɛlvo] 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter famous for his paintings of female nudes. He was influenced by the works of Giorgio de Chirico, and was also briefly associated with surrealism. Delvaux was born in Wanze in the Belgian province of Liège, the son of a lawyer. The young Delvaux took music lessons, ...... |
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Biography
Maximilien Luce (1858 - 1941) - France (Paris)
Post-Impressionism, Pointillism
Maximilien Luce (13 March 1858 – 6 February 1941) was a prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionis...... |
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Biography
Henri De Toulouse Lautrec (1864 - 1901) - France (Albi)
Art Nouveau, Post-Impressionism
Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), also known as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French: [ɑ̃ʁi də tuluz lotʁɛk]), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a col...... |
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Biography
Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) - France (Le Havre)
Naive Art / Primitivism, Fauvism, Cubism, Post-Impressionism
Raoul Dufy (French: [ʁa.ul dy.fi] 3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, prin...... |
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Biography
Alfred Sisley (1839 - 1899) - France (Paris)
Impressionism, Realism, Post-Impressionism
Alfred Sisley (/ˈsɪsli/ French: [sislɛ] 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. He was the most consistent of the Impressionists in his dedication to painting landscape en plein air (i.e., outdoors). He deviated into figure paintin...... |
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Biography
Denis Maurice (1870 - 1943) - France (Granville)
Post-Impressionism, Symbolism
Maurice Denis (French: [dəni] 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist and writer, who was an important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art. He was a associated with Les Nabis then the Symbolist movement, and then with a return to neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the ...... |
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Biography
Paul Serusier (1864 - 1927) - France (Paris)
Cloisonnism, Synthetism, Post-Impressionism, Realism
Paul Sérusier (9 November 1864 – 7 October 1927) was a French painter who was a pioneer of abstract art and an inspiration for the avant-garde Nabis movement, Synthetism and Cloisonnism. Sérusier was born in Paris. He studied at the Académie Julian and was a monitor there in the mid-1880s. In the summer of 1888 he travelled to Pont-Aven and joined ...... |
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Biography
Mikhail Nesterov (1862 - 1942) - Russia (Ufa)
Art Nouveau, Symbolism, Post-Impressionism, Realism
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Не́стеров 31 May [O.S. 19 May] 1862, Ufa – 18 October 1942, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet painter associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia. He was born to a strongly patriarchal merchant family. His father was a dra...... |
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Biography
Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941) - France (Lille)
Post-Impressionism
Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his notable work was accomplished at a young age, in the years 1886 through 1897. He is also associated with Cloisonnism ...... |
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Biography
Grant Wood (1891 - 1942) - United States (Anamosa)
Regionalism, Post-Impressionism, Social Realism
Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly American Gothic, an iconic painting of the 20th century. Grant Wood was born in rural Iowa four miles (6 km) east of Anamosa in 1891 his mother moved the family to Cedar Rapids after his...... |
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Biography
Pierre Bonnard (1867 - 1947) - France (Fontenay-Aux-Roses)
Post-Impressionism
Pierre Bonnard (French: [bɔnaʁ] 3 October 1867 — 23 January 1947) was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis. Bonnard preferred to work from memory, using drawings as a reference, and his paintings are often characterized by a dreamlike quality. The intimate do...... |
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Biography
Felix Vallotton (1865 - 1925) - Switzerland (Lanne)
Cloisonnism, Symbolism, Post-Impressionism, Realism, Art Nouveau
Félix Edouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss/French painter and printmaker associated with Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He was born into a conservative middle-class family in Lausanne, and there he attended Collège Cantonal, graduating with a degree in classical studi...... |
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Biography
Arshile Gorky (1904 - 1948) - Turkey (Khorgom)
Post-Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, Cubism
Arshile Gorky (/ˌɑːrʃiːl ˈɡɔːrkiː/ born Vostanik Manoug Adoian, Armenian: Ոստանիկ Մանուկ Ատոյեան April 15, 1904 – July 21, 1948) was an Armenian-American painter, who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. He spent most his life as a national of the United States. Along with Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Gorky has ...... |
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Richard Gerstl (1883 - 1908) - Austria (Vienna)
Expressionism, Pointillism, Art Nouveau, Post-Impressionism
Richard Gerstl (14 September 1883 – 4 November 1908) was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with the wife of Arnold Schoenberg which led to his suicide. Richard Gerstl was born in a prosperous civil family, Emil Gerstl, a...... |
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Biography
Suzanne Valadon (1865 - 1938) - France (Bessines-Sur-Gartempe)
Post-Impressionism
Suzanne Valadon (23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter and artists' model who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. She was also the mother of painter Maurice Utrillo. The subjects of her dra...... |
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Biography
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (1881 - 1962) - Russia (Nagaevo)
Cubo-Futurism, Fauvism, Futurism, Post-Impressionism
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian: Ната́лья Серге́евна Гончаро́ва IPA: [nɐˈtalʲjə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ɡəntɕɐˈrovə] July 3, 1881 – October 17, 1962) was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was born on July 3, 1881, in Nagaevo (now in the Chernsky District of Tula ...... |
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Biography
Robert Delaunay (1885 - 1941) - France (Paris)
Orphism, Post-Impressionism
Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, cofounded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstract, reminiscent of Paul Klee. His key influence related to bold use of colour and a clear love of experiment...... |
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Biography
Walter Richard Sickert (1860 - 1942) - Germany (Munich)
Post-Impressionism, Impressionism
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was an English painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group in London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the 20th century. Sickert was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his su...... |
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Biography
Vladimir Tatlin (1885 - 1953) - Ukraine (Kharkov)
Cubism, Constructivism, Expressionism, Abstract Art, Post-Impressionism
Vladimir Yevgraphovich Tatlin (Russian: Влади́мир Евгра́фович Та́тлин 28 December [O.S. 16 December] 1885 – 31 May 1953) was a Soviet painter and architect. With Kazimir Malevich he was one of the two most important figures in the Soviet avant-garde art movement of the 1920s, and he later became an important artist in the Constructivist movement. H...... |
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Biography
Moise Kisling (1891 - 1953) - Croatia (Kraków)
Post-Impressionism
Moïse Kisling, born Mojżesz Kisling (January 22, 1891 – April 29, 1953), was a Polish-born French painter. He moved to Paris in 1910 at the age of 19, and became a French citizen in 1915, after serving and being wounded with the French Foreign Legion in World War I. He emigrated to the United States in 1940, after the fall of France, and returned t...... |
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Biography
Henri Edmond Cross (1856 - 1910) - France (Douai)
Post-Impressionism, Pointillism
Henri-Edmond Cross, born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix, (20 May 1856 – 16 May 1910) was a French painter and printmaker. He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that movement. He was a significant influence on Henri Matisse and many other artists. His work was instrumental...... |
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Biography
Giovanni Segantini (1858 - 1899) - Austria (Arco)
Symbolism, Post-Impressionism
Giovanni Segantini (15 January 1858 – 28 September 1899) was an Italian painter known for his large pastoral landscapes of the Alps. He was one of the most famous artists in Europe in the late 19th century, and his paintings were collected by major museums. In later life he combined a Divisionist painting style with Symbolist images of nature. He w...... |
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Biography
Pyotr Konchalovsky (1876 - 1956) - Russia (Kharkov)
Fauvism, Cubism, Socialist Realism, Realism, Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau
Pyotr Konchalovsky (Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Russian: Пётр Петро́вич Кончало́вский 21 February 1876 – 2 February 1956) was a Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group. Pyotr Konchalovsky was born in the village of Slavianka, Kharkov gubernia (currently Ukraine) on 21 February 1876. His father was an art publisher. In 1889, the Kon...... |
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Biography
Alberto Giacometti (1901 - 1966) - Switzerland (Borgonovo)
Surrealism, Expressionism, Post-Impressionism, Naive Art / Primitivism
Alberto Giacometti (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti] 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He was born in the canton Graubünden's southerly alpine valley Val Bregaglia, as the eldest of four children to Giovanni Giacometti, a well-known post-Impressionist painter and Annetta Giaco...... |
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Biography
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878 - 1939) - Russia (Khvalynsk)
Symbolism, Post-Impressionism
Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin, Russian: Кузьма Сергеевич Петров-Водкин (November 5, 1878 – February 15, 1939) was an important Russian and Soviet painter and writer. Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin was born in Khvalynsk (Saratov Oblast) into the family of a local shoemaker. His first exposure to art was in his early childhood, when he took some lessons from a...... |
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Biography
Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (1871 - 1960) - Hungary (Budapest)
Socialist Realism, Post-Impressionism, Pointillism, Realism, Neoplasticism, Art Nouveau
Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (Russian: Игорь Эммануилович Грабарь, 25 March 1871 in Budapest – 16 May 1960 in Moscow) was a Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art. Grabar, descendant of a wealthy Rusyn family, was trained as a painter by Ilya Repin in Saint Petersburg and by Anton Ažbe in Munich. He reached his pe...... |
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David Davidovich Burliuk (1882 - 1967) -
Post-Impressionism, Realism, Naive Art / Primitivism, Futurism, Cubo-Futurism, Fauvism, Surrealism, Abstract Art
David Davidovich Burliuk (Ukrainian and Russian: Дави́д Дави́дович Бурлю́к 21 July 1882 – 15 January 1967) was a Russian and Ukrainian Futurist, Neo-Primitivist, book illustrator, publicist, and author associated with Russian Futurism. Burliuk is often described as "the father of Russian Futurism." David Burliuk was born in 1882 in Semyrotivka near...... |
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Biography
Paul Cesar Helleu (1859 - 1927) - France (Vannes)
Post-Impressionism, Surrealism
Paul César Helleu (17 December 1859 – 23 March 1927) was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Époque. He also conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He was also the father of Jean...... |
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Biography
Theo Van Rysselberghe (1862 - 1926) - Belgium (Ghent)
Pointillism, Post-Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism
Théophile "Théo" van Rysselberghe (23 November 1862 – 14 December 1926) was a Belgian neo-impressionist painter, who played a pivotal role in the European art scene at the turn of the century. Born in Ghent to a French-speaking bourgeois family, he studied first at the Academy of Ghent under Theo Canneel and from 1879 at the Académie Royale des Bea...... |
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Biography
Konstantin Yuon (1875 - 1958) - Russia (Moscow)
Art Nouveau, Socialist Realism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism
Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon (Russian: Константи́н Фёдорович Юо́н October 24 [O.S. October 12] 1875 – April 11, 1958) was a noted Russian painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. Yuon was born in Moscow to the fami...... |
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Biography
Edouard Cortes (1882 - 1969) - France (Lagny/Marne)
Post-Impressionism
Edouard Léon Cortès (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist artist of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poete Parisien de la Peinture" or "the Parisian Poet of Painting" because of his diverse Paris cityscapes in a variety of weather and night settings. Cortes was born on August 6, 1882, in Lagny-sur-Marne, about twenty miles east...... |
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Eugène Anatole Carrière (1849 - 1906) - France (Gournay-Sur-Marne)
Post-Impressionism
Eugène Anatole Carrière (16 January 1849 – 27 March 1906) was a French Symbolist artist of the Fin de siècle period. His paintings are best known for their brown monochrome palette. He was a close friend of the sculptor Rodin and his work influenced Picasso. Some see traces of Carrière's monochrome style in Picasso's Blue Period. He was born at Gou...... |
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Maxime Emile Louis Maufra (1861 - 1918) -
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism
Maxime Maufra (May 17, 1861 in Nantes – May 23, 1918), was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer. Maufra first began painting at 18. He was encouraged to do so by two artists from Nantes such as the brothers Charles Leduc and Alfred Leduc and the landscape painter Charles Le Roux. However, he did not fully embrace his paint...... |
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Georges Lacombe (1868 - 1916) - France (Versailles)
Post-Impressionism
Georges Lacombe (18 June 1868 – 29 June 1916) was a French sculptor and painter. Born to a distinguished family of Versailles, he received his artistic training at the Académie Julian from the impressionists Alfred Philippe Roll and Henri Gervex. At the Académie Julian he met Émile Bernard and Paul Sérusier in 1892, shortly afterwards becoming a me...... |
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Biography
Konstantinos Maleas (1879 - 1928) - Turkey (Constantinople)
Post-Impressionism, Symbolism
Konstantinos Maleas (Κωνσταντίνος Μαλέας) (Constantinople, 1879 - Athens, 1928) was one of the most important Post-impressionist Greek painters of the 20th century. Along with Konstantinos Parthenis, he is sometimes considered Greece's most important modern artist. Maleas was born and grew up in Constantinople, far away from the Greek artistic cent...... |
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Biography
Aristarkh Vasilevich Lentulov -
Cubo-Futurism, Cubism, Post-Impressionism, Realism
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (Russian: Лентулов, Аристарх Васильевич) (January 16, 1882 - April 15, 1943) was a major Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation who also worked on set designs for the theatre. Aristarkh Lentulov was born in the town of Nizhny Lomov in Penza Oblast, Russia into the family of a rural priest. He studied art in ...... |
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