Artists
Betty Woodman
American
1930 - 2018
Betye Saar
Betye Saar
American
Betzler, Emil
German
German, 1892 - 1974
Beuford Smith
American
1941 - 2025
Beuning, Wim
Dutch
Dutch, 1914 - 1986
Prior to the 2012 Dutch general election, contesting parties put forward party lists.
Beurdeley, Jacques
French
French, 1874 - 1954
Beuther, Friedrich
German
German, 1776/77 - 1856
Marcuard & Co., founded by Johann Rudolf Marcuard in 1746, was a private bank based in Bern, Switzerland. One of the first banks in Switzerland, it quickly became one of the largest banks of the 18th century. It merged with Crédit Suisse in 1919 and operated jointly until 1995.
Beutler, Mathias
German
German, active c. 1582 - active 1614
Beuys, Joseph
German
German, 1921 - 1986
Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( BOYSS; German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings. According to his biographer Reinhard Ermen, he can be seen as the “ideal antagonist” of Andy Warhol.. Beuys was professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1961 until 1972. He was a founding member and life-long supporter of the German Green Party.
Bevan Davies
Bevan, Robert Polhill
British
British, 1865 - 1925
Robert Polhill Bevan (5 August 1865 – 8 July 1925) was a British painter, draughtsman and lithographer who was married to the Polish-born artist Stanisława de Karłowska. He was a founding member of the Camden Town Group, the London Group, and the Cumberland Market Group.