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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Heal's Fabrics Ltd.

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Heal & Son

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Healy, George Peter Alexander

American

American, 1813 - 1894

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Heap, George

American, active 1714 - 1752

Heap of Birds, Edgar

Heap of Birds, Edgar

American

Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations, born 1954

Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne name: Hock E Aye Vi) is a multi-disciplinary artist. His art contributions include public art messages, large-scale drawings, Neuf series acrylic paintings, prints, and monumental porcelain enamel on steel outdoor sculpture. He is Southern Cheyenne and enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. He sits on the board for MoMA PS1.

Heard, Thomas H.

Heard, Thomas H.

American

American, born probably 1857

John Heard Jr. (March 7, 1946 – July 21, 2017) was an American actor. Heard made his debut appearance in film with the ensemble Between the Lines (1977). He appeared in a number of successful films, including Heart Beat (1980), Cutter's Way (1981), Cat People (1982), Beaches (1988), and Deceived (1991). He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest-starring as Vin Makazian on The Sopranos (1999–2004). Other films include The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Big (1988), Awakenings (1990), The Pelican Brief (1993), My Fellow Americans (1996), White Chicks (2004), and his role as Peter McCallister in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). From 1995 to 1996, he played the role of Roy Foltrigg in the television series The Client. From 2005 to 2006, Heard played the role of Governor Frank Tancredi in Prison Break.

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Hearne, Thomas

British

British, 1744 - 1817

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Hearst Foundation

Heartfield, John

Heartfield, John

German

German, 1891 - 1968

John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon. Some of his most famous photomontages were anti-Nazi and anti-fascist statements. Heartfield also created book jackets for book authors, such as Upton Sinclair, as well as stage sets for contemporary playwrights, such as Bertolt Brecht and Erwin Piscator.

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Heaslip, William

American

American, 1898 - 1970

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Heath, Charles

British

British, 1784/1785 - 1848

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Heath, Dave

American

American, 1931 - 2016

David Martin Heath (June 27, 1931 – June 27, 2016) was an American documentary, humanist and street photographer. Heath's books include A Dialogue with Solitude (1965). In 2015, a retrospective of his work was hosted by Philadelphia Museum of Art. His work is held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Museum of Modern Art.