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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Bogdani, Jacob

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Bogdan Swider

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Boggs, Franklin

American

American, 1914 - 2009

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Boggs, Frank Myers

American

American, 1855 - 1926

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Boggs, William Brenton

American

American, 1809 - 1875

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Bohdan Holomicek

Bohemian 15th Century

Bohemian 15th Century

Bohemian

Bohemianism is a social and cultural movement that has, at its core, a way of life away from society's conventional norms and expectations. The term originates from the French bohème and spread to the English-speaking world. It was used to describe mid-19th-century non-traditional lifestyles, especially of artists, writers, journalists, musicians, and actors in major European cities. Bohemian is a 19th-century historical and literary topos that places the milieu of young metropolitan artists and intellectuals—particularly those of the Latin Quarter in Paris—in a context of poverty, hunger, appreciation of friendship, idealization of art and contempt for money. Based on this topos, the most diverse real-world subcultures are often referred to as "bohemian" in a figurative sense, especially (but by no means exclusively) if they show traits of a precariat. Bohemians were associated with unorthodox or anti-establishment political or social viewpoints expressed through free love, frugality, and—in some cases—simple living, van dwelling or voluntary poverty. A more economically privileged, wealthy, or even aristocratic bohemian circle is sometimes referred to as haute bohème (literally "Upper...

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Bohemian 17th Century

Bohemian

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Bohemian 18th Century

Bohemian

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Böhm, Johann George

German

German, probably 1696 - 1738

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Bohnen, Blythe

American

American, 1940 - 2022

Blythe Bohnen (1940-2022) is an American artist known for her minimalistic graphite drawings and photographs that represent aspects of motion. She uses shutter speed.

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Bohrod, Aaron

American

American, 1907 - 1992

Aaron Bohrod (21 November 1907 – 3 April 1992) was an American artist best known for his trompe-l'œil still-life paintings.