Artists

Block, Herbert Lawrence

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy. During the course of a career stretching into nine decades, he won three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning (1942, 1954, and 1979), shared a fourth Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for Public Service on Watergate, the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994), the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award in 1957 and 1960, the Reuben Award in 1956, the Gold Key Award (the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame) in 1979, and numerous other honors.

Blocklandt, Anthonie van

Bloemaert, Abraham

Abraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, training most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.

Bloemaert, Cornelis

Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603 – 28 September 1692), was a Dutch painter and engraver, who after training in the Dutch Republic worked most of his career in Rome. His workshop in Rome played an important role in spreading Italian art throughout Europe and attracted many young engravers from abroad.

Bloemaert, Frederick

Frederik Bloemaert (c. 1614 – 11 June 1690) was a Dutch printmaker and draftsman. Bloemart was born and died in Utrecht. He was the youngest son of Abraham Bloemaert and distinguished himself as an engraver. He learned the art from his father, and was chiefly occupied in engraving after his designs. His principal work was a drawing book, containing 173 plates, engraved from the designs of his father. He also executed a few plates entirely with the graver. His prints are sometimes signed A. Bloem. inv. F. B. filius fecit, and sometimes F. B. The following are principally after his father's designs: Twelve of the Archbishops and Bishops of Utrecht, two of which are by Corn. Bloemart. (one pictured) Thomas a Kempis. St. Francis in a Hermitage. The Body of Leander on the sea-shore. A set of sixteen figures of Men and Women; marked F. B. fec. A set of thirty, of Beggars; on the title is inscribed Nudus inops mutilus, F. B. fec. The Five Senses. The Four Seasons. Twenty Landscapes; F. B. filius fecit et exc. A Landscape, with a Pigeon-house. Fourteen of Animals and Birds; entitled Verscheyde Besten und Vogelen. Four of Cock-fighting; De Hanabijters.

Bloemaert II, Cornelis

Cornelis Bloemaert II (1603 – 28 September 1692), was a Dutch painter and engraver, who after training in the Dutch Republic worked most of his career in Rome. His workshop in Rome played an important role in spreading Italian art throughout Europe and attracted many young engravers from abroad.

Blondeau

Blondeau is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Auguste Blondeau (1786–1863), French violinist and composer Charles Bruno Blondeau (1835–1888), Canadian politician and contractor Gustav Blondeau (1871–1965), co-founder of early aircraft manufacturer Hewlett & Blondeau Jean-Yves Blondeau (born 1970), inventor the 32-wheel roller suit Patrick Blondeau (born 1968), international footballer Peter Blondeau (died 1672), French moneyer and engineer Thérèse Blondeau (1913–2013), French swimmer Thomas Blondeau (1978–2013), Belgian writer and journalist Thylane Blondeau (born 2001), French model and actress

Blondeau, Jacques

Jacques Blondeau (alternative names: Jacomo Blondel, Hansje Blondeau, Jacobus Blondeau, Jean Jacques Blondeau, Jacques Blondel and nickname: Weyman) (Antwerp, 9 May 1655 – Rome, 1698) was a Flemish Baroque engraver who after training in Antwerp spent most of his career in the Papal States.

Blondel, François

François Blondel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa blɔ̃dɛl]; c. 10 June 1618 – 21 January 1686) was a soldier, engineer of fortifications, mathematician, diplomat, military and civil engineer and architect, called "the Great Blondel", to distinguish him in a dynasty of French architects. He is remembered for his Cours d'architecture which remained a central text for over a century. His precepts placed him in opposition with Claude Perrault in the larger culture war known under the heading Querelle des anciens et des modernes. If François Blondel was not the most highly reputed among the académiciens of his day, his were the writings that most generally circulated among the general public, the Cours de Mathématiques, the Art de jetter les Bombes, the Nouvelle manière de fortifier les places and, above all his Cours d'Architecture.

Blondel, Georges François

Blondel, Jacques-François

Jacques-François Blondel (8 January 1705 – 9 January 1774) was an 18th-century French architect and teacher. After running his own highly successful school of architecture for many years, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the Académie Royale d'Architecture in 1762, and his Cours d'architecture ("Course of Architecture", 1771–1777) largely superseded a similarly titled book published in 1675 by his famous namesake, François Blondel, who had occupied the same post in the late 17th century.

Blondel, Merry-Joseph