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Monograms have been used as signatures by artists and craft workers on paintings, sculptures and pieces of furniture, especially when guilds enforced measures against unauthorized participation in the trade. A famous example of a monogram serving as an artist's signature is the "AD" used by Albrecht Dürer.
Sewanee, Tenn: University Gallery, 1995. Abstract: Presents a short biography of Oertel and influences upon his art. Close-up views of paintings on display in the University Gallery are shown. Merrill, Peter C. 1997. "Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon". German Immigrant Artists in America, a Biographical Dictionary. The North Carolina Centennial Flag ...
A medallist or medalist (see spelling differences) is an artist who designs medals, ... Signature HB monogram. [292] Alois Börsch (1855 – 1923) [293] [294]
German artist Albrecht Dürer, recognizing how much his name increased the value of his prints, went so far as to petition a court to protect his signature. But with the advent of digital art, the ...
A royal charter of King George IV of Georgia with his khelrtva.AD 1222. Kept at the National Archives of Georgia in Tbilisi.. A khelrtva (Georgian: ხელრთვა, pronounced [χeɫɾtʰʷa]) is a Georgian calligraphic signature, monogram or seal, originally used by the Georgian monarchs, queens consort, patriarchs, royalty and nobility, [1] [2] [3] universally used since the early ...
Maude Goodman (1853–1938) (a.k.a. Matilda Scanes) – English Victorian fine art painter and children's book illustrator, Romantic genre paintings; Caroline Gotch (1854–1945) – English painter associated with the Newlyn School of artists; Walter Dendy Sadler (1854–1923) – English painter; Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) – Cornish ...
The RHL monogram (meaning: Rembrandt Harmenszoon Leidensis, i.e.: Rembrandt, son of Harmen from Leiden) is a particular type of signature that Rembrandt used only in 1628 and possibly in late 1627 or early 1629. The fact that the letters of the monogram were written in the wet paint of the surface is of major importance for dating the painting. [7]
Falk, Peter Hastings, Dictionary of Signatures & Monograms, 1988; Zellman, Michael David, 300 Years of American Art, (two volumes), 1986; Dawdy, Doris, Artists of the American West:A Biographical Dictionary (3 volumes), 1985; Falk, Peter Hastings (editor), Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947