Biography Category
fl. 1671–98, English potter, reputed founder of the Chelsea porcelain factory. The registration in 1671 of his patent for the “Mistery of transpar...
(Achille Émile Othon Friesz) (ôtôN´ fr ´ s, äsh l´ m l´) (KEY) , 1879–1949, French painter. He studied under Bonnat at the École des Beaux...
(v nch n´ts fôp´pä) (KEY) , c.1427–c.1515, Italian painter. Giving new life to the art of the Lombard school, he exercised a great influence up...
(f rnäN´ l zh ´) (KEY) , 1881–1955, French painter. Léger first studied architecture, then he began to paint, studying briefly at the École des...
(n l´ r) (KEY) or Gottfried von Kniller (gôt´fr t f n kn l´ r) (KEY) , 1646–1723, English portrait painter, b. Germany. After study in Amsterda...
1823–91, English pen-and-ink artist and caricaturist. In 1851 he began his long association with Punch, where the bulk of his work appeared. His dra...