Artists
Becquet
French
Bedford, Francis
British
British, 1816 - 1894
Francis Bedford (1815 in London – 15 May 1894) was one of England's most prominent landscape photographers and the first to accompany a royal tour.
Bednarczyk, Andrzej
Polish
Polish, born 1960
The Charles de Gaulle Monument, also known as the Statue of Charles de Gaulle, is a monument in Warsaw, Poland, in the Downtown district placed near the Charles de Gaulle Roundabout, and in front of the Banking and Financial Centre building. It consists of a bronze statue of Charles de Gaulle, a military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II, and served as the president of France. The statue was designed by sculptor Jean Cardot, while its pedestal and surrounding area were designed by Andrzej Kiciński, Marcin Bednarczyk, and Robert Jaworski. It was unveiled on 15 May 2005.
Bednárová, Eva
Czech
Czech, 1937 - 1986
Eva Bednářová (8 May 1937 – 6 December 1986) was a Czech printmaker and illustrator. Born in Prague, Bednářová was a graduate of the University of Applied Arts in that city. Throughout her career she produced illustrations for more than 40 books over three decades. Her illustrations for Chinese Fairy Tales by Dana and Milada Šťovíčková won the Grand Prix at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1969. Two of her prints are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art; she is also represented in the collection of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.
Bedoli, Girolamo Mazzola
Italian
Italian, c. 1500 - 1569
Beechey, William, Sir
British
British, 1753 - 1839
Sir William Beechey (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting.
Beefheart, Captain
American
American, 1941 - 2010
Beeh, René
German
German, 1886 - 1922
René Beeh (German: [ˈʁɛne be:], January 1886 − 23 January 1922) was a German draughtsman and painter from Alsace. He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries and called "the coming genius" (das kommende Genie) by art historian Wilhelm Hausenstein, but with his having died prematurely, he has been mostly forgotten.
Beer, Doris
American
American, active c. 1935
Beerman, Miriam
American
American, 1923 - 2022
Miriam Beerman (November 15, 1923 – February 2022) was an American abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1923, and died in February 2022, at the age of 98.
Beers, Ira Jefferson
American
American, 1923 - 1975
Beert the Elder, Osias
Flemish
Flemish, c. 1580 - 1624