Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

31,194 artists in the collection

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Albert Birkle

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Albert Bitran

Albert Bloch

Albert Bloch

Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror, and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small amount of science fiction. His writing career lasted 60 years, including more than 30 years in television and film. He began his professional writing career immediately after graduation from high school, aged 17. He is best known as the writer of the novel Psycho (1959), the basis for the 1960 film Psycho directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. He was a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft, who was the first to seriously encourage his talent. However, while he started emulating Lovecraft and his brand of cosmic horror, he later specialized in crime and horror stories, often emphasizing psychological aspects of the characters within. Bloch was a contributor to pulp magazines such as Weird Tales in his early career, and was also a prolific screenwriter and a major contributor to science fiction fanzines and fandom in general. He won the Hugo Award (for his story "That Hell-Bound Train"), the Bram Stoker...

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Albert Bouts

Netherlandish

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Albert Charles Lebourg

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Albert-Charles Lebourg

French

1849 - 1928

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Albert Christ-Janer

José Luis Gómez Martínez (born June 1, 1943) is professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of Georgia and a former essayist and literary critic. He is known for research into the theory of the essay, along with his work on Hispanic thought and Latin American fiction. During his professional career José Luis Gómez won several awards for his scholarly contributions, including the prestigious Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (1984–1985), the Albert Christ-Janer Award (1988), and the 1989 Sturgis Leavitt Prize. In 1999 he was named Professor of the Year by the Georgia Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. In 2000 he was elected Membro Correspondente da Academia Brasileira de Filosofia (Acceptance Speech 2005).

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Albert Christoph Dies

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Albert Christoph Dies

Austrian

1755 - 1822

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Albert Daniel Rutherston

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Albert de Balleroy

French

1828 - 1873

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Albert de Belleroche