Masters of Their Craft
Artists
Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.
39,743 artists in the collection
Cerny, Josef
Czech
Czech, born 1934
Josef Černý (18 October 1939 – 24 July 2025) was an ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won three medals at four Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007. Černý died on 24 July 2025, at the age of 85.
Cero, Emile
American
American, c. 1915 - 1986
Ce Roser
American
Cervantes, Esperanza de
Spanish
Mexican, active mid 20th century
Cervantes, Miguel
Mexican
Mexican, born 1980
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( sur-VAN-teez, -tiz; Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saːˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his two-part novel Don Quixote, a work considered to be the first modern novel. Don Quixote has been labelled by many well-known authors as the "best book of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature". Much of his life was spent in relative poverty and obscurity, which led to many of his early works being lost. Despite this, his influence and literary contribution are reflected by the fact that Spanish is often referred to as "the language of Cervantes". In 1569, Cervantes was forced to leave Spain and move to Rome, where he worked in the household of a cardinal. In 1570, he enlisted in a Spanish Navy infantry regiment, and was badly wounded at the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571 and lost the use of his left arm and hand. He served as a soldier until 1575, when he was captured by Barbary pirates; after five years in captivity, he was ransomed, and returned to Madrid. His...
Cervin Robinson
American
1928 - 2022
César
French
French, 1921 - 1998
César (born Cesare Baldaccini; 1 January 1921 – 6 December 1998), also occasionally referred to as César Baldaccini ([sezaʁ baldatʃini]), was a French sculptor. César was at the forefront of the Nouveau réalisme movement with his radical compressions (compacted automobiles, discarded metal, or rubbish), expansions (polyurethane foam sculptures), and fantastic representations of animals and insects.
César Domela
Cesare Agostino Detti
Cesare Bassano
Cesare da Bagno
Italian
Florentine, c. 1530 - 1564
Cesare Dandini