Masters of Their Craft
Artists
Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.
31,194 artists in the collection
Blackburn, Robert
American
American, 1920 - 2003
Robert Hamilton Blackburn (December 12, 1920 – April 21, 2003) was an African-American artist, teacher, and master printmaker.
Black & Chase
Blackfeet
Black, James Wallace
American
American, 1825 - 1896
BlackMass Publishing
Blackmon, Julie
American
American, born 1966
Blackshear, Kathleen
American
American, 1897 - 1988
Kathleen Blackshear (1897–1988) was an American Modernist artist known for her sensitive depictions of African-American subjects.
Black, Wendell
American
American, 1919 - 1972
Wendell & Wild is a 2022 American animated Gothic comedy horror film directed by Henry Selick from a screenplay written by Selick and Jordan Peele (who are also producers), based on Selick's and Clay McLeod Chapman's unpublished book of the same name. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele as the titular characters with Angela Bassett, Lyric Ross, James Hong, and Ving Rhames in supporting roles. This was Selick's first feature film since Coraline (2009). Selick began developing his stop-motion animation feature with Key and Peele set to star in November 2015. The distribution rights were picked up by Netflix in March 2018. Other voice cast were confirmed in March 2022. Production was done remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, with filming taking place in Portland, Oregon. It premiered at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2022, was released in select theaters on October 21, 2022, and made its streaming release in Netflix on October 28, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics who welcomed Selick's return and praised its stop-motion animation and characters, but criticized its screenplay. The film is dedicated to Mark Musumeci, an electricity...
Bladen, Ronald
American
American, born Canada, 1918 - 1988
Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was a Canadian-born American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge Painting, and sculptors such as Isamu Noguchi and David Smith. Bladen in turn had stimulating effect on a circle of younger artists including Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt and others, who repeatedly referred to him as one of the 'father figures' of Minimal Art.
Blaeu, Willem Jansz.
Dutch
Dutch, 1571 - 1638
Blaine, Nell
American
American, 1922 - 1996
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (July 10, 1922 – November 14, 1996) was an American landscape painter, expressionist, and watercolorist. From Richmond, Virginia, she had most of her career based in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Blair Hughes-Stanton