Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

29,499 artists in the collection

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Adelman, Lillian

American

American, 1899 - 1985

Lillian Adelman (1899 – 1985) was an American artist known for her work with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Her work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.

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Ademollo, Luigi

Italian

Italian, 1764 - 1849

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Ader, Bas Jan

Dutch

Dutch, 1942 - 1975

Bastiaan Johan Christiaan "Bas Jan" Ader (19 April 1942 – disappeared 1975) was a Dutch conceptual and performance artist, and photographer. His work was in many instances presented as photographs and film of his performances. He made performative installations, including Please Don't Leave Me (1969). Ader was lost at sea in 1975, attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the American coast to England sailing in a thirteen-foot sailboat. His deserted vessel was found off the coast of Ireland on 18 April 1976, offering few clues as to his fate.

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Adiukru

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Adja Yunkers

American

1900 - 1983

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Adja Yunkers

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Adlard, Henry

British

British, active 19th century

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Adler and Work, Inc.

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Adler, Lee

American

American, 1934 - 2003

Lee Adler (1926–2003) was an American painter and printmaker. His papers can be found in the Archives of American Art. Active from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, he produced over 300 paintings and 75 editions of prints found in collections of a number of museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The largest holdings of his work can be found at the Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, Kansas.

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Adler & Sullivan, Architects

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Adlophe Lalauze

French

1838 - 1906

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Adolf Arthur Dehn