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An "old master print" is an original print (for example an engraving, woodcut, or etching) made by an artist in the same period. The term "old master drawing" is used in the same way. In theory, "Old Master" applies only to artists who were fully trained, were Masters of their local artists' guild, and worked independently, but in practice ...
Only in the Renaissance did individual artists in Western Europe acquire personalities known by their peers (some listed by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists), such as those known by: Their true name or their father's name: Filippino Lippi after his father Fra Filippo Lippi; A chosen pseudonym, possibly linked to his birthplace or his father's ...
Jon Gnagy (January 13, 1907 – March 7, 1981) was a self-taught artist most remembered for being America's original television art instructor, hosting You Are an Artist, which began on the NBC network and included analysis of paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, and his later syndicated Learn to Draw series.
The 89-year-old Japanese artist lived voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital for over 40 years, and her art ideas were born in those confines. She creates work based on images drawn from her ...
List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago; List of painters in the Frans Hals Museum; List of painters in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; List of painters in the National Gallery of Art; List of painters in the Pinakothek; List of painters in the Rijksmuseum; List of artists in the Web Gallery of Art (A–K) List of artists in the ...
Edgar Degas (UK: / ˈ d eɪ ɡ ɑː /, US: / d eɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː, d ə ˈ ɡ ɑː /; [1] [2] born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and ...
List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists; List of Académie des Beaux-Arts members: Painting; List of New Museum Triennial Artists; List of Vanity Fair artists; List of artists represented in the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; List of artists who created paintings and drawings for use in films
The Old Masters Gallery re-opened in 1960 after the reconstruction of the gallery building was completed. While the most important paintings survived this period, the losses were significant. Records from 1963 state that 206 paintings had been destroyed and 507 were missing. [ 1 ]