Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

39,743 artists in the collection

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Galliari, Gasparo

Italian

Piedmontese, 1761 - 1823

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Galliari, Giuseppino

Italian

Italian, 1752 - 1817

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Gallimard, Claude-Olivier

French

French, 1718/1719 - 1774

Découvertes Gallimard (French: [dekuvɛʁt ɡalimaːʁ], lit. 'Gallimard Discoveries'; in United Kingdom: New Horizons, in United States: Abrams Discoveries) is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to particular subjects, written by experts and intended for a general audience. Created in the style of livre d'art, the collection is based on an abundant pictorial documentation and a way of bringing together visual documents and texts, enhanced by printing on coated paper, as commented in L'Express, "genuine monographs, published like art books". Its creator—Pierre Marchand the "iconophile", as remarked by the German graphic designer Raymond Stoffel—was instrumental in moulding the policy and ideals of the collection, which was an immediate success both in France and internationally. The first title À la recherche de l'Égypte oubliée (English edition: The Search for Ancient Egypt) appeared on 21 November 1986, authored by the French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter. These scholarly little books then released in successive volumes, without a systematic plan, each of which is structured like...

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Gallina, Gallo

Italian

Italian, 1796 - 1874

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Gallinazo

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Gallo, Giovanni

Italian

Italian, active 16th century

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Galloway, John

American

American

John Galloway may refer to: John Galloway (American politician) (born 1960), Pennsylvania politician John Galloway (Medal of Honor) (1843–1904), veteran of the American Civil War John A. Galloway (1928–2025), American endocrinologist John James Galloway (1819–1883), Australian politician

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Galvin, Robert

American

American, active c. 1935

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Gamaliel Rodriguez

Puerto Rican

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Gambara, Lattanzio

Italian

Brescian, c. 1530 - 1574

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Gambello, Antonio

Italian

Venetian, active c. 1458 - 1481

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Gambello, Vettor, called Camelio

Italian

Venetian, 1455/1460 - 1537