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William Holdbrook Beard (1824-1900) was an American painter best known for his paintings of animals in the role of human figures. Born in Painesville, Ohio, he painted with his older brother and fellow painter James Henry Beard but was mostly self-taught. In 1845, he moved to New York City to…
Romare Bearden was an artist, teacher, musician, printmaker, and an influential member of the Harlem, New York art scene. Collage is what Bearden is best known for today; he felt it was a form of improvisation, and that it mirrored the fragmented cultural and life experiences of African Americans. He…
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings in black ink, influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Cecilia Beaux was an American artist with French heritage, best known for her traditional portraitures. She began attending the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts in 1876, subsequently winning the Mary Smith prize at exhibitions in 1886, 1887, 1891, and 1892. With her early education, Beaux became largely influenced by…
A member of the Australian Tonalism movement, Clarice Beckett is known for her landscapes of the Australian Coast. Beckett often painted in the early morning or in the evening in order to capture an atmospheric quality. She also amplified natural effects such as fog, rain, and sunsets. The Australian Tonalism…
Max Beckmann was one of Germany’s leading 20th-century painters and printmakers, his largely allegorical Expressionistic works shaped by his experiences of war. Max Beckmann was born on February 12, 1884. From 1900 to 1903, he trained under Hans von Marées at the Weimar Academy. Upon leaving the Academy, his painting…
Albertus van Beest, (1820-1860), was a Dutch maritime painter. He was known for his landscapes of rough seas and stormy skies. Van Beest was born and raised in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He showed talent from a young age for drawing. He spent the early part of his life traveling,…
The French artist Valérie Belin is best known for her work which balances representation and abstraction through photography. Her manipulation of photographs and popular imagery addresses themes of beauty and femininity in relation to reality and myth.
Charles Bell (1935 – 1995) was an American Photorealist and Hyperrealist, known primarily for his large scale still lifes. | From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Vanessa Bell, the older sister of famed author Virginia Woolf, was a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group, a group of artists, writers, and intellectuals in mid-20th Century London. Bell’s early career was influenced by exposure to impressionist and post-impressionist exhibitions, manifesting in her loose brushwork and vibrant color palette.…
American realist painter, George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925), is known for his artistic talent that stretched across a variety of themes and topics. Some of his most famous paintings depict prize-fighters frozen in time during an action-packed fight. On the other end of the spectrum, he also received praise for his…
Scholars have little biographical information about John Whitchurch Bennett beyond what can be gleaned from his military service records. In 1816, when he was a 2nd lieutenant in the British Army, he was stationed in Ceylon, a British island colony now known as Sri Lanka. Bennett was placed on half-pay…
Born in Paris, Marie’s father encouraged her to make her own way. She studied in the atelier of the preeminent artist of the time, Jacque-Louis David. She exhibited in the Salon de Paris and her painting “Portrait of Madeleine” was acquired by King Louis the 18th. Her neoclassical style focuses…
Benson was known for his realistic portraits and Impressionist paintings. Some of his best known works are of his daughters at their summer home in North Haven, Maine.
Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. His fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the…
