Masters of Their Craft
Artists
Discover the visionaries who shaped the course of art history.
31,194 artists in the collection
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.
Favai, Gennaro
Italian
Italian, 1879 - 1958
Gennaro Favai (1879–1958) was an Italian artist.
Favanne, Jacques de
French
French, 1716 - 1770
Favre-Petitpierre et Cie.
Fawcett, John
active 1970s
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...
Fay Chong
Faye, Harold Knickerbocker
American
American, 1910 - 1980
Fayer, Aries
American
American, born 1891
Fayga Ostrower
Fay, Irene
Swiss
Swiss, 1914 - 1986
Fay, Joseph
German
German, 1813 - 1875