Masters of Their Craft
Artists
Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.
31,194 artists in the collection
Cady, Harrison
American
American, 1877 - 1970
Walter Harrison Cady (1877–1970) was an American illustrator and author, best known for his Peter Rabbit comic strip which he wrote and drew for 28 years.
Cady Noland
Cady Wells
Caesar, Pogus
British
British, born St. Kitts, 1953
Pogus Caesar (born 1953) is a British artist, archivist, author, curator, television producer and director. He was born in St Kitts, West Indies, and grew up in Birmingham, England.
Caffery, Debbie Fleming
American
American, born 1948
Debbie Fleming Caffery (born 1948) is an American photographer, known internationally for her documentary work of Louisiana. Her work is held by the George Eastman Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, and many other museums.
Caffiéri, Jacques
French
French, 1678 - 1755
Jacques Caffieri (25 August 1678, Paris – 25 November 1755, Paris) was a French sculptor, working for the most part in bronze.
Caffi, Ippolito
Italian
Italian, 1809 - 1866
Cage, John
American
American, 1912 - 1992
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was also instrumental in the development of modern dance, mostly through his association with choreographer Merce Cunningham, who was also Cage's romantic partner for most of their lives. Cage's teachers included Henry Cowell (1933) and Arnold Schoenberg (1933–35), both known for their radical innovations in music, but Cage's major influences lay in various East and South Asian cultures. Through his studies of Indian philosophy and Zen Buddhism in the late 1940s, Cage came to the idea of aleatoric or chance-controlled music, which he started composing in 1951. The I Ching, an ancient Chinese classic text and decision-making tool, became Cage's standard composition tool for the rest of his life. In a 1957 lecture, "Experimental Music", he described music as "a purposeless play" which is "an affirmation of life – not an attempt...
Cagnola, Luigi
Italian
Italian, 1762 - 1833
Cai Jiating
Caillebotte, Gustave
French
French, 1848 - 1894
Cain, Charles William
British
British, 1893 - 1962
Charles William Cain (1893–1962) was an English artist and Orientalist printmaker. His work is held in the British Museum and the V&A Museum.