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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Fernandez-Pol, Julia

American

American, born 1984

Fernand Khnopff

Fernand Khnopff

Fernand Edmond Jean Marie Khnopff (12 September 1858 – 12 November 1921) was a Belgian symbolist painter and one of the founding members of the avant-garde group Les XX in 1883. He was a leading figure in the Symbolist movement, and achieved international recognition for his enigmatic paintings that explored themes of isolation, desire, and the duality of woman as both femme fatale and angelic ideal. His sister Marguerite was a frequent subject, appearing in numerous portraits throughout his career. Khnopff's work bridged Continental Symbolism and British Pre-Raphaelitism. He cultivated close friendships with Edward Burne-Jones and other British artists, and from 1895 served as Brussels correspondent for the influential art journal The Studio, reporting on artistic developments in Belgium and continental Europe. His paintings, particularly Caress of the Sphinx (1896), exerted considerable influence on the Vienna Secession, notably on Gustav Klimt, after Khnopff exhibited 21 works at the Secession's first exhibition in 1898. Khnopff also designed theater sets and opera costumes, collaborating with director Max Reinhardt and staging productions at Brussels' Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie...

Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger

Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [fɛʁnɑ̃ leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art.

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Fernand Léger

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Fernand Lungren

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero

Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political criticism or humor, depending on the piece. He was considered the most recognized and quoted artist from Latin America in his lifetime, and his art can be found in highly visible places around the world, such as Park Avenue in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris, at different times. Self-styled "the most Colombian of Colombian artists", Botero came to national prominence when he won the first prize at the Salón de Artistas Colombianos in 1958. He began creating sculptures after moving to Paris in 1973, achieving international recognition with exhibitions around the world by the 1990s. His art is collected by many major international museums, corporations, and private collectors, sometimes selling for millions of dollars. In 2012, he received the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award.

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Fernando Castro Pacheco

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Fernando Garcia Ponce

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Fernando Guibert

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Fernando Theze

Italian

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Fernand Thesmar

French

1843 - 1912

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Fernekes, Max

American

American, 1905 - 1984

Maximillian (Max) Margius Fernekes (July 7, 1905 – November 28, 1984) was an American artist known for his etching and watercolors of the Wisconsin cityscapes. He has been called the Norman Rockwell of Mineral Point and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.