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(hwän bout s´tä m ´n ) (KEY) , 1578–1649, Spanish painter. He entered the Dominican order in Toledo, where he is thought to have studied with El...
(sht f´än lôkh´n r) (KEY) , d. 1451, German religious painter of the school of Cologne. He combined the Gothic tradition with a new naturalism and...
(fräNswä´-übâr´ dr ´) (KEY) , 1727–75, French painter, a follower of François Boucher, whose style he imitated. Under the patronage of the ...
(zhäN lürs ´) (KEY) , 1892–1966, French artist and writer. Lurçat worked as a painter and lithographer, illustrating numerous books. He is best ...
1814–75, French painter. He was born into a poor farming family. In 1837 an award enabled him to go to Paris, where he studied with Delaroche. In 18...
1937–, English painter. Moving from a distorted, semiexpressionist form of pop art, Hockney developed a highly personal realistic style, producing i...