Masters of Their Craft

Artists

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31,194 artists in the collection

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baron François Pascal Simon Gérard

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Baron François-Xavier Fabre

Baron, Hannelore

Baron, Hannelore

American

American, born Germany, 1926 - 1987

Hannelore Baron (June 8, 1926 – April 28, 1987) was a German-American artist who created reminiscent and expressive collages and box constructions that blend abstraction, assemblage, and personal chronicle. Exhibited in the late 1960s, Baron's art often composed of found materials, fabric and text, earning recognition as an important artist in 20th-century mixed-media art.

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Baron, Henri Charles Antoine

French

French, 1816 - 1885

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Baron James de Rothschild

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Baron Louis Albert Guillain Bacler d'Alber

French

1761 - 1824

Baronzio, Giovanni

Baronzio, Giovanni

Italian

Italian, active c. 1320 - 1350

Giovanni Baronzio, also known as Giovanni da Rimini, (died before 1362), was an Italian painter who was active in Romagna and the Marche region during the second quarter of the 14th century. His year of birth is unknown. Giovanni Baronzio was the eminent representative of the second generation of painters of the school of Rimini who were influenced in by the activity of Giotto in Rimini.

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Barooshian, Martin

American

American, 1929 - 2022

Martin Barooshian (December 18, 1929- January 25, 2022) was an American painter and printmaker. He is known for his ability to weave a tapestry of art historical influences with modernist elements and a contemporary sensibility. His work frequently dances the line of Surrealism and Expressionism, often with a pop and op art edge, incorporating aspects of primitive, Romantic, and Renaissance art. He has worked in a wide variety of media from miniature etchings to oversized oils on canvas. These have included woodcuts, lithographs, etchings and engravings with aquatint and soft ground, monotypes, gouache and watercolor paintings, and oils. He is also known for his technical skill and innovation. Barooshian is a restless innovator with work that has moved through many periods with varying styles and transitions. However, Barooshian defines himself as a Biomorphic Abstract Surrealist after his first personal artistic breakthrough and mature style. Cate McQuaid—art critic for The Boston Globe—dubbed Barooshian's biomorphic surrealist style as “Pablo Picasso meets Stan Lee,” recognizing the blend of the modern with the contemporary. Further, she recognized that Barooshian held firm to...

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Barr

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Barra, Johan

Dutch

Dutch, 1581 - 1634

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Barrell, Eugene

American

American, 1915 - 1994

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Barret, George