Biography Category
(shärl m ryôN´) (KEY) , 1821–68, French etcher. His short life was saddened by poverty and neglect and complicated by recurring forms of mental a...
(bär´´t l m ´ s vän d r h lst) (KEY) , 1613–70, Dutch portrait painter. In Amsterdam the wealthy citizens preferred his flattering, tasteful po...
(äng-g ´l kä kouf´män) (KEY) , 1741–1807, Swiss neoclassical painter and graphic artist. From her youth she was known for her artistic, musical...
(h d´l r) (KEY) , 1853–1918, Swiss painter and lithographer. At first he worked in an ornamental style akin to art nouveau. Inclined toward mystici...
(kr v l´l ) (KEY) , b. c.1430, d. after 1493, Venetian painter, who worked chiefly in the Marches. His paintings, notable for their rather harsh conc...
(Maurits Cornelis Escher) (môr´ ts kôrn ´l s sh´ r, Du. s´kh r) (KEY) , 1898–1972, Dutch artist. Primarily a graphic artist, Escher composed...