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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Brother Thomas Bezanson

Brouet, Auguste

Brouet, Auguste

French

French, 1872 - 1941

Auguste Brouet (1872–1941) was a French etcher and book illustrator.

Brouwer, Adriaen

Brouwer, Adriaen

Flemish

Flemish, 1605/1606 - 1638

Adriaen Brouwer (c. 1605 – January 1638) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century. Brouwer was an important innovator of genre painting through his vivid depictions of peasants, soldiers and other "lower class" individuals engaged in drinking, smoking, card or dice playing, fighting, music making etc. in taverns or rural settings. Brouwer contributed to the development of the genre of tronies, i.e. head or facial studies, which investigate varieties of expression. In his final year he produced a few landscapes of a tragic intensity. Brouwer's work had an important influence on the next generation of Flemish and Dutch genre painters. Although Brouwer produced only a small body of work, Dutch masters Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt collected it.

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Brouwer, Cornelis

Dutch

Dutch, active second half 18th century

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Brouws, Jeff

American

American, born 1955

Jeff Brouws (born 1955) is a documentary photographer who resides in Upstate New York.

Brown, Benjamin Chambers

Brown, Benjamin Chambers

American

American, 1865 - 1942

Benjamin Chambers Brown (July 14, 1865 – January 19, 1942) was a well-known California Impressionist landscape artist. His most notable mediums were oil, lithography and etching.

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Brown, Bolton

American

American, 1865 - 1936

Brown, Brad

Brown, Brad

American

American, born 1964

Bradley Lorne Brown (born December 27, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Brown, Cecily

Brown, Cecily

British

British, born 1969

Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis Bacon and Joan Mitchell, to Old Masters like Rubens, Poussin and Goya. Brown lives and works in New York.

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Brown, Charles R.

American

American, born 1920

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Brown, Christopher

American

American, born 1951

Christopher Brown (born 1951), is an American artist and educator. He is known for his paintings and prints, often figurative and feature abstract settings with repeating patterns or shapes. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1981 to 1994. Brown has also worked as an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts. Brown's work is associated with neo-expressionism.

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Brown, Dayton

American

American, c. 1895 - 1971