Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

31,194 artists in the collection

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Baumgartner, Christiane

German

German, born 1967

Baumgartner, Johann Wolfgang

Baumgartner, Johann Wolfgang

German

German, 1709 - 1761

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1702 in Ebbs, Tirol - 7 September 1761 in Augsburg) was an Austrian-German Rococo painter.

Baum, Paul

Baum, Paul

German

German, 1859 - 1932

Paul Baum (22 September 1859 – 15 May 1932), was a German painter, draftsman and printmaker. He was the most important representative of Neo-Impressionism in Germany.

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Baur, Johann Wilhelm

German

German, 1607 - 1641

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Baur, Johann Wilhelm

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Bause, Johann Friedrich

German

German, 1738 - 1814

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Bavoux, Charles Jules Nestor

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Baxter, Blanche

Canadian

Canadian

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Baxter, Charles

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Baxter, Iain

Canadian

Canadian, born 1936

IAIN BAXTER& (born Iain Baxter on November 16, 1936) is a Canadian conceptual artist. BAXTER& is recognized internationally as an early practitioner of conceptual art; the Canada Council Molson Prize committee stated in 2005 that his "highly regarded conceptual installations and projects, as well as his photography, have earned him the label of 'the Marshall McLuhan of the visual arts." BAXTER& was co-president with Ingrid Baxter of the conceptual project and legally incorporated business N.E. Thing Co., founded in 1966. BAXTER& is Professor Emeritus at the School of Visual Arts University of Windsor and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

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Bayard, Hippolyte

French

French, 1801 - 1887

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Bayer, Herbert

American

American, born Austria, 1900 - 1985

Herbert Bayer (April 5, 1900 – September 30, 1985) was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He served as a design consultant to and then Chairman of the Department of Design at the Container Corporation of America. He helped design the campus of The Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado, where his seminal earthwork Grass Mound (1955) is located. He was also instrumental in the development of the Atlantic Richfield Company's corporate art collection until his death in 1985.