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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Beth Van Hoesen

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Betsy Kenyon

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Bettati, Giovanni

Italian

Italian, 1700 - 1777

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Bettes, John

English

English, 1530 - 1580

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Betty Boulez-Cuykx

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Betty Waldo Parish

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Betty Woodman

Elizabeth Woodman (née Abrahams; May 14, 1930 – January 2, 2018) was an American ceramic artist.

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Betye Saar

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Betzler, Emil

German

German, 1892 - 1974

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Beuning, Wim

Dutch

Dutch, 1914 - 1986

Prior to the 2012 Dutch general election, contesting parties put forward party lists.

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Beurdeley, Jacques

French

French, 1874 - 1954

Beuys, Joseph

Beuys, Joseph

German

German, 1921 - 1986

Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( BOYSS; German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism and sociology. With Heinrich Böll, Johannes Stüttgen, Caroline Tisdall, Robert McDowell, and Enrico Wolleb, Beuys created the Free International University for Creativity & Interdisciplinary Research (FIU). Through his talks and performances, he also formed The Party for Animals and The Organisation for Direct Democracy. He was a member of a Dadaist art movement Fluxus and singularly inspirational in developing of Performance Art, called Kunst Aktionen, alongside Wiener Aktionismus that Allan Kaprow and Carolee Schneemann termed Art Happenings. According to his biographer Reinhard Ermen, he can be seen as the “ideal antagonist” of Andy Warhol.. Beuys was professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1961 until 1972. He was a founding member and life-long supporter of the German Green Party.