Biography Category
(älb r´t jäk m t´t ) (KEY) , 1901–66, Swiss sculptor and painter; son of the impressionist painter Giovannia Giacometti; b. Stampa. He settled ...
1866–1934, English art critic and painter. A champion of modern French schools of art, he introduced Cézanne and the postimpressionists to England....
( ty n´ môr s´ fälk n ´) (KEY) , 1716–91, French sculptor; pupil of Lemoyne. Under Louis XV he became director of sculpture at the Sèvres porc...
(zh än´ m r ´) (KEY) , 1893–1983, Spanish surrealist painter. After studying in Barcelona, Miró went to Paris in 1919. In the 1920s he came into...
(r n ´ mägr t´) (KEY) , 1898–1967, Belgian surrealist painter. Strongly influenced by Chirico, Magritte developed a style in which a misleading s...
(py ´tr lông´g ) (KEY) , 1702–85, Venetian genre painter. Longhi studied with Crespi in Bologna. He is best known for his small pictures depicti...