Artists
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Charles Burton Barber (b. 1845 – d. 1894) was a British artist who is most known for creating delightful paintings of children and animals. Many of Barber’s most famous works depict young children playing alongside their pets, most commonly various breeds of dogs. Barber’s paintings were never particularly numerous and…
French Illustrator Georges Barbier was born in Nantes, France, on October 16th, 1882. He attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, learning under French painter Jean-Paul Laurens. Barbier worked during the Art Deco period, a time that saw a strong development between fashion and decoration. Due to the commercial failure…
Will Barnet knew he wanted to be an artist when he was 10 years old. He was born in Massachussets and went to the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He watched John Singer Sargent work on the Boston Public Library murals . Barnet moved to New York…
Rafael Barradas was an Uruguayan painter active in the early 20th century. He was born on January 4, 1880, in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he was involved in the artistic and bohemian circles of the city. He worked as a journalist and illustrator for several magazines and founded a magazine called…
George Barret the Elder was an Irish landscape painter best known for his role as a founding member of the British Royal Academy. He was born around 1728 in Dublin, Ireland, where he grew up and trained as an artist. He moved to London in 1762, gaining a reputation and…
Barlett was born in Long Beach, CA, and studied at Mills College in Oakland, CA, and Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT. While at Yale she became acquainted with many notable modern artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Elizabeth Murray, and Richard Serra, all of whom exposed her to…
Rose Barton (1856-1929) was one of the most-loved watercolor painters in Ireland, specializing in painting street scenes, landscapes and gardens, and children. Cousin of author/artist Edith Somerville, Rose Barton was educated privately and slowly started to exhibit her work with the Water Colour Society of Ireland and the Royal Hibernian…
Maria Konstantinowna Bashkirtseff (also known as Marie or Mariya) was a Ukrainian-French diarist, painter, and sculptor. She died of tuberculosis when she was 25, but her diary, which was published posthumously, created a sensation. It documents her experiences as a female art student, her infatuations with others, and her views…
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (b. 1863 – d. 1923) was a Spanish artist who excelled at creating portraits, landscapes, and images that addressed important social and historical themes. Sorolla worked mostly within the mode of plein air Impressionism and mostly focused on representing the people and landscapes of Spain. Born…
Lubin Baugin was an obscure French Baroque painter from the 17th century. Born in 1612 in Pithiviers, he moved to Paris around 1629 to begin his artistic career. Finding success, the French Academié inducted him in 1651. Although no documentation of the event exists, he likely traveled to Italy to…
Walt Baulstaff lived and worked during the nineteenth century, producing prints of towns in the New England area. We have very little information on this artist, beyond the artworks he created. Prints were a desirable medium for showcasing the industrial advancements of small towns. Typically, printmakers would use drawings or…
Jean Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter. Many of Bazille\’s major works are examples of figure painting in which he placed the subject figure within a landscape painted en plein air.
Mary Beale was a prolific portrait painter in Baroque-era England. She is known for being the first female artist in England to fully support herself and her family with her work. Her father was a member of the Painter-Stainers’ Company and helped Beale learn to paint in her youth. At…