Biography Category
(zhäN güst´ dôm n k´ N´gr ) (KEY) , 1780–1867, French painter, b. Montauban; son of a sculptor. He studied with J. L. David in Paris and in ...
(m k ´l jämb ´n ) (KEY) , fl.1420–62, Venetian mosaicist and painter, whose original name was Michele Giovanni Boni. One of the last exponents o...
(v n k) (KEY) , family of Flemish painters, the brothers Hubert van Eyck, c.1370–1426, and Jan van Eyck, c.1390–1441.
Their Lives
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(özh n´ frômäNt N´) (KEY) , 1820–76, French painter and art critic. After studying in Paris, he traveled in Algeria and painted North African s...
1637–88, English poet and miniature painter. There were several editions of his Poems and Songs (1674). One of his self-portraits is in the Victoria...
1758–1810, English portrait painter. He was a protégé of George III, whose illegitimate son he was rumored to be. He imitated, without total succe...