Masters of Their Craft

Artists

Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.

31,194 artists in the collection

B

Blanchard, Washington

American

American, 1808 - 1855

B

Blanche F. Hunter

Blanche, Jacques-Emile

Blanche, Jacques-Emile

French

French, 1861 - 1942

Jacques-Émile Blanche (French: [blɑ̃ʃ]; (1 January 1861 – 30 September 1942) was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris.

B

Blanche Mary Grambs

B

Blanchet, Thomas

French

French, 1614 - 1689

Blanch, Lucile

Blanch, Lucile

American

American, 1895 - 1983

Lucile Esma Lundquist Blanch (December 31, 1895 – October 31, 1981) was an American artist, and art educator. She was noted for the murals she created for the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts during the Great Depression. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellow in 1933.

B

Blanco, Lázaro

Mexican

Mexican, 1938 - 2011

Lázaro Blanco Fuentes (April 1, 1938 – May 4, 2011) was a Mexican photographer. Blanco was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He directed the Casa del Lago Photography Workshop in Mexico City from 1968 until his death. Blanco's work has been shown in numerous galleries.

B

Blanquart-Évrard

Blarenberghe, Louis-Nicolas van

Blarenberghe, Louis-Nicolas van

French

French, 1716 or 1719 - 1794

Van Blarenberghe was the name of a dynasty of painters, originally from French Flanders (Lille), but some of the most famous descendants also lived in Paris, France. They were all descendants from Joris van Blarenberghe (1612–1670). The first two painters were Hendrick van Blarenberghe (1646–1712) and his son Jacques-Guillaume van Blarenberghe (1679–1742). Their style was still heavily influenced by the Flemish Baroque style. Jacques-Guillaume had two painting sons, Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (15 July 1716 – 1 May 1794) and Henri Désiré van Blarenberghe (1734–1812). Louis-Nicolas had a son who was also a painter and with whom he often collaborated: Henri-Joseph van Blarenberghe (24 November 1750 – 1 December 1826). Together with his father they stayed at the Palace of Versailles, where they worked as miniaturists for the high society of their day. They were especially famous for their paintings on snuff boxes. Louis-Nicolas also worked as official campaign painter of the French court, following the French army as a war reporter. Two of his daughters, Catherine-Henriette and Isabelle, were chamber maids to the children of the French kings. Louis-Nicolas created miniature gouaches...

B

Blashfield, Edwin Howland

American

American, 1848 - 1936

B

Blashko, Abe

American

American, 1920 - 2011

B

Blask, Kujahn