Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

29,499 artists in the collection

Azaceta, Luis Cruz

Azaceta, Luis Cruz

American

American, born Cuba, 1942

Luis Cruz Azaceta (born April 5, 1942) is a Cuban-American painter. Azateca has been painting and drawing since the late 1970s. In usually large-format works executed with expressive colors, Cruz Azaceta has dealt with themes of urban violence, personal isolation in a large and overcrowded city, the conditions created by mismanaged government, the abuses and oppression of dictatorships, and in a number of works done in the late 1980s, the ravages of AIDS.

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Azechi Umetaro

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Azolina MaMncube Ngema

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Aztec (Mexica)

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Azuma, Norio

American

American, 1928 - 2004

Norio Azuma (Japanese: 東 典男, November 28, 1928 – February 4, 2004) was a Japanese American painter and serigraph artist who worked in a modernist style. Norio Azuma (born 1928, Japan) was a Japanese-American printmaker and visual artist known for his work in drawing and etching. His career spanned several decades and he exhibited widely across the United States and internationally. Azuma’s work is characterized by his refined technical skill and frequent exploration of the human figure, particularly in etching and print media. For more information, please visit: norioazuma.org

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Azumaya Takemi

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Baagöe, Carl Emil

Danish

Danish, 1829 - 1902

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Baak, Jehsong

American

American, born South Korea, 1967

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Baba Kashio

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Babbitt, Platt D.

American

American, c. 1822 - 1879

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Babcock, William Perkins

American

American, 1826 - 1899

Babel, Pierre-Edme

Babel, Pierre-Edme

French

French, probably 1720 - 1775

Pierre-Edmé Babel (Paris, 11 November 1719 – Kehl, 26 October 1775) was a Parisian sculptor, draftsman, and etcher. Babel designed pieces for the Palace of Versailles, today they are seen in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace. Works by Babel are held in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum and the Harvard Art Museums.