Masters of Their Craft

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39,743 artists in the collection

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Demotte Inc

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Dempsey, Richard

American

American, 1909 - 1987

Richard William Dempsey (1909–1987) was an American illustrator and painter, with works included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art. Dempsey was born in Ogden, Utah, on September 14, 1909. He spent his youth in Oakland, California and attended the California School of Arts and Crafts. He relocated to Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Federal Government, first for the Federal Power Commission as a draftsman and then for the General Services Administration as an illustrator. Dempsey continued his studies at Howard University where he was taught by James Lesesne Wells. In 1946 Dempsey was the recipient of a fellowship from the Julius Rosenwald Fund to create portraits of important Black Americans. During his lifetime, Dempsey exhibited at the Franz Bader Gallery in Washington, D.C., and taught at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. Dempsey died on October 8, 1987, in Washington, D.C.

Demuth, Charles

Demuth, Charles

American

American, 1883 - 1935

Charles Henry Buckius Demuth (November 8, 1883 – October 23, 1935) was an American painter who specialized in watercolors and turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism. "Search the history of American art," wrote Ken Johnson in The New York Times, "and you will discover few watercolors more beautiful than those of Charles Demuth. Combining exacting botanical observation and loosely Cubist abstraction, his watercolors of flowers, fruit and vegetables have a magical liveliness and an almost shocking sensuousness." Demuth was a lifelong resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The home he shared with his mother is now the Demuth Museum, which showcases his work. He graduated from Franklin & Marshall Academy before studying at Drexel University and at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. While he was a student at PAFA, he participated in a show at the academy, and also met William Carlos Williams at his boarding house. The two were fast friends and remained close for the rest of their lives. He later studied at Académie Colarossi and Académie Julian in Paris, where he became a part of the avant garde art scene. The Parisian artistic...

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DENA (Dinah Rubenstein)

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Denanto, Francesco

Italian

Italian, active c. 1532

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Denes, Agnes

American

American, born Hungary, 1931

Agnes Denes (Dénes Ágnes; born 1931 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born American conceptual artist based in New York City. She is known for works in a wide range of media—from poetry and philosophical writings to extremely detailed drawings, sculptures, and iconic land art works, such as Wheatfield — A Confrontation (1982), a two-acre field of wheat in downtown Manhattan, commissioned by the Public Art Fund, and Tree Mountain—A Living Time Capsule (1992–96) in Ylöjärvi, Finland. Her work Rice/Tree/Burial with Time Capsule (1968–79) is recognized as one of the earliest examples of ecological art.

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Denghausen, Alfred

American

American, c. 1907 - 1995

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Denijs van Alsloot

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Denis Auguste Marie Raffet

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Denis Diderot

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Denis Dighton

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Denise Bellon