Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

39,743 artists in the collection

Dawson, Manierre

Dawson, Manierre

American

American, 1887 - 1969

Manierre Dawson (December 22, 1887– August 15, 1969) was an American abstract painter and sculptor. He was an early practitioner of abstract art in the United States (U.S)

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Dawson, Robert

American

American, born 1950

Robert Dawson (born 1950 in Sacramento) is an American photographer and instructor of photography at San Jose State University and Stanford University. He received a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship for photography. Much of his photography has focused on California and its natural landscapes. In 2014, he published The Public Library, a book of photographs of public libraries across the United States taken over an eighteen-year period. He earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a master's degree from San Francisco State University. His work has been exhibited or held in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Library of Congress.

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Dayanita Singh

Dayes, Edward

Dayes, Edward

British

British, 1763 - 1804

Edward Dayes (1763 in London – May 1804 in London) was an English watercolour painter and engraver in mezzotint.

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Day, F. Holland

American

American, 1864 - 1933

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Day, Larry

American

American, 1921 - 1998

Lawrence James Day or Laurence J. Day (born Lorenzo del Giorno; October 29, 1921 – April 14, 1998), known professionally as Larry Day, was an American artist, influential visual arts instructor, and respected intellectual within the Philadelphia art scene. He was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; and Washington, D.C. during the second half of the 20th century. Day was known as “The Dean of Philadelphia Painters.” Although Day initially established his career with lyrical, nature-based abstract paintings, he's most known for his representational works. These realist paintings reference art historical traditions and depict narratives, portraits, and urban or suburban architectural subjects—such as residential areas, construction sites, abandoned warehouses, and empty streets—rendered in thin, luminous washes. His paintings and works on paper were included in many of the seminal exhibitions that refocused attention on figurative art in the 1960s, and to this day his art and teaching inspires generations of artists in Philadelphia, New York, and beyond, including notable artists Peter Paone, Eileen Neff, Joe Fyfe, and Sidney Goodman. His work is held in both national...

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Day, Richard

American

American, born Canada, 1896 - 1972

Richard Day (9 May 1896 – 23 May 1972) was a Canadian art director in the film industry. He won seven Academy Awards and was nominated for a further 13 in the category of Best Art Direction. He worked on 265 films between 1923 and 1970. He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and died in Hollywood, California.

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Day & Son

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Day, Thomas

British

British, c. 1703 - c. 1807

Thomas Day may refer to:

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Dayton R. Brown

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Dayton's Gallery 12 and Castelli Graphics

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Dayvid Froyla