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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Fautrier, Jean

French

French, 1898 - 1964

Jean Fautrier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ fotʁije]; May 16, 1898 – July 21, 1964) was a French painter, illustrator, printmaker, and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme.

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Favai, Gennaro

Italian

Italian, 1879 - 1958

Gennaro Favai (1879–1958) was an Italian artist.

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Favanne, Jacques de

French

French, 1716 - 1770

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Favre-Petitpierre et Cie.

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Fawcett, John

active 1970s

Fawcett, Robert

Fawcett, Robert

American

American, 1903 - 1967

Robert Fawcett (1903–1967) was an English artist. He was trained as a fine artist but achieved fame as an illustrator of books and magazines. Born in England, he grew up in Canada and later in New York. His father, an amateur artist, encouraged Robert's interest in art. While in Canada, he was apprenticed to an engraver. He attended the Slade School of Art in London, then returned to the United States to pursue a career in fine arts, although he had to work as a commercial artist to support himself. He soon became disenchanted with the poor pay and political infighting of the fine arts world and decided to commit himself to commercial art, where he was successful. He was the author of On the Art of Drawing. As he was slightly color blind, Fawcett did not excel as a painter, but he was an excellent draftsman and designer, with a strong eye for detail. He produced story illustrations and full-page ads that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Holiday, and Cosmopolitan bringing a superb sense of composition to his advertisement work. His work for Collier's magazine included detailed illustrations accompanying a series of Sherlock Holmes stories. He later produced documentary...

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Fay Chong

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Faye, Harold Knickerbocker

American

American, 1910 - 1980

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Fayer, Aries

American

American, born 1891

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Fayga Ostrower

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Fay, Irene

Swiss

Swiss, 1914 - 1986

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Fay, Joseph

German

German, 1813 - 1875