Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

39,743 artists in the collection

Flannagan, John B.

Flannagan, John B.

American

American, 1895 - 1942

John Bernard Flannagan (April 7, 1895 – January 6, 1942) was an American sculptor. Along with Robert Laurent and William Zorach, he is known as one of the first practitioners of direct carving (also known as taille directe) in the United States.

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Flash, Lola

American

American, born 1959

Lola Flash (born 1959) is an American photographer whose work focuses on social, LGBT and feminist issues. An active participant in ACT UP during the time of the AIDS epidemic in New York City, Flash was notably featured in the 1989 "Kissing Doesn't Kill" poster. Flash's art, which is rooted in community advocacy, is in the permanent collections of (to name a few) the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Museum of African American History and Culture, the Brooklyn Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Flatbed Press

Flavin, Dan

Flavin, Dan

American

American, 1933 - 1996

Daniel Nicholas Flavin Jr. (April 1, 1933 – November 29, 1996) was an American minimalist artist famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures.

Flaxman, John

Flaxman, John

British

British, 1755 - 1826

John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was an English sculptor and draughtsman who was a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. He was a prolific maker of funerary monuments.

Flaxman, Mary Ann

Flaxman, Mary Ann

British

British, 1768 - 1833

Maria Flaxman (1768 – 17 April 1833) was a British painter and illustrator.

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Fleischberger, Johann Friedrich

Bavarian

Bavarian, active 1650

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Fleming, Alexander Patrick

American

American, born Canada, 1908 - 1983

Patrick Fleming was an Irish highwayman and the subject of poems and songs in Ireland. He was executed on 24 April 1650.

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Fleming, Dean

American

American, born 1933

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Fleming, Elmo

American

American, c. 1909 - 2001

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Fleming, Lucy

British

British, active c. 1860s

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Flemish