French, 16th century, male.
Died before 1564.
Potter. Decorative motifs.
Mentioned in documents from 1526, Abaquesne was the first ceramicist to set up in Rouen. His work shows the influence of Italian models. He made a series of panels for the chateau of Écouen and the chapel at La Bastie d'Urfé....
German, 18th century, male.
Active still alive in 1782.
Born 1714, in Zerbst.
Miniaturist.
Brother of E. H. Abel and Ernst August Abel. After working for a time at the royal porcelain manufactory in Berlin, he gave up painting in favour of music, becoming first violinist in Schwerin. His sons Wilhelm, Christian August, and August, were his pupils....
Argentinian, 20th century, male.
Born 1912, near Buenos Aires.
Painter, potter.
Acebal Y Digoras went to Spain to study at the school of fine arts in Bilbao, then began to exhibit in Bilbao and Paris. After returning to Argentina, he regularly took part in the national salon, as well as in collective events in Latin America, such as the salon in Mar-del-Plata ...
Swiss, 19th century, male.
Born in Tafers (Fribourg).
Sculptor.
He was a monk who lived as a hermit at St Theodule near Memberg around 1850. He submitted modelled clay figures to various Swiss exhibitions. It is not known if he studied sculpture before taking orders....
German, 20th century, male.
Born 8 March 1918.
Sculptor.
Hans Achtziger worked primarily as a sculptor in decorative work, tin glazed earthenware and porcelain.
Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 1900, in Marciana Marina (Livorno); died 1971, in Milan.
Painter, ceramicist, illustrator, scenographer, writer. Stage costumes.
Futurism.
Giovanni Acquaviva studied philosophy and law at the University of Pisa, while devoting himself to illustration at the same time. He founded the Futurist group ...
Italian, 19th century, male.
Active in Naples at the beginning of the 19th century.
Sculptor, modeller (porcelain).
Four bisque medallions of the face of Napoleon are attributed to Pietro Paolo Acquaviva. He made them at the royal porcelain factory. Acquaviva was one of the artists who produced the decorations upon the return of the Bourbons to Naples. He was appointed a teacher of sculpture in ...
British, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1868, in Worcester; died 1947.
Painter. Landscapes.
Harry Adams worked as a decorative artist for the Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory for eight years, before going to study art at the Académie Julian in Paris in 1895. He first exhibited in ...
British, 19th century, male.
Born 1840, in Edmonton, Surrey; died 20 June 1906, in Ewhurst Hill, near Guildford.
Painter, watercolourist, engraver. Genre scenes, landscapes, landscapes with figures.
John Clayton Adams exhibited landscapes at Royal Academy exhibitions in London from 1863. He was a member of the New Watercolour Society and the Society of British Artists. He painted landscapes in the South of England....
Canadian First Nations (Oji-Cree), 20th century, female.
Born 28 March 1971, in Yorkton (Saskatchewan).
Installation artist, ceramicist, photographer, sculptor, printmaker.
KC Adams studied at Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec, where she received her BFA in Studio Arts in 1998. Her artistic practice was further developed through artists’ residencies in Canada, at institutions in Banff, Charlottetown and Winnipeg. During her ...
German, 19th century, male.
Born 1786 or 1787, in Triesdorf near Ansbach; died 1842 or 1850, in Munich.
Painter (including porcelain), watercolourist. History painting, portraits.
He was first taught art by Professor Naumann in Ansbach. Later, around 1811, he worked at the royal manufactory in Nymphenburg, where he was appointed head and inspector of the painting workshop. In his genre, he is considered among the best German masters. His reputation is based mainly on his reproductions of old masters. Notable among his works are some large vases decorated with portraits of members of the Bavarian royal family....
French, 20th century, male.
Born 20 April 1900, in Chatillon-Coligny (Loiret); Jean died in 1995, Jacques died in 1984, both in France.
Painter, sculptor (including bronze/ceramics), decorative designer. Landscapes, figures, animals.
Jacques Adnet was an influential and important French designer, working during the height of the Art Deco movement, which first began just before World War I and continued through the 1940s. Jacques Adnet began his education with his twin brother, Jean, at the Municipal School of Design in Auxerre and later attended École des Arts Decoratifs in 1916, studying under architect Charles Louis Genuys. After graduating, Adnet honed his cabinetry and carpentry skills as an apprentice under French artist, architect, and designer Tony Selmersheim, and began working collaboratively with his brother, Jean. Their dual creations, most of which were furniture, were presented under a shared names as ‘J.-J. Adnet’. The twins exhibited their works at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes...
Flemish School, 17th century, male.
Born 1587, in Antwerp; died 30 October 1661.
Painter, painter (glass/ceramics), engraver. Animals, flowers, fruit, still-lifes.
Alexander Adriaenssen was a pupil of A. van Laeck and a member of the Antwerp guild in 1610. He was a fine painter of flowers, birds and fish and also painted on glass and pottery, excelling at producing silver tones. A copperplate engraving by him of A. van der Does, after van Dyck, is extant....
French, 20th century, female.
Born 1937, in Nice.
Painter, sculptor, potter.
D'Agaggio lives and works in Antibes. She regularly exhibits in the USA and in France. One of her most notable exhibitions was in 1985, at the Orangery in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. The French government has commissioned several ceramic-sculpture monuments from her....
French, 18th century, male.
Painter (porcelain/enamel).
French, 20th – 21st century, male.
Born 22 June 1952, in Bordeaux.
Painter (including mixed media), sculptor, potter. Stage sets.
At the age of 24, Philippe Aïni gave up his job as a pastry cook to become an artist, although he lacked any training. At first, he was supported and encouraged to exhibit by Jean-Pierre Roche of the Galerie Émergences in Bordeaux (...
Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 2 December 1899, in Albisola; died May 1971, in Albisola.
Ceramicist, draughtsman, painter, sculptor, screen printer, photographer. Artists' books.
Futurism.
Tullio d'Albisola studied with his father Giuseppe, a master potter, then with Gaetano Ballardini at the international university pottery class in Faenza, which he entered in ...
Spanish, 19th century, male.
Born in Valencia.
Sculptor.
Apprenticed to his father José, to whom he was an able assistant, Alegre is known for a terracotta Mercury, which earned him a silver medal at the national art exhibition in Madrid in 1850.
Danish, 19th century, male.
Active in Copenhagen in 1818.
Painter.
Alexandersen studied at the Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi in Copenhagen from 1831 to 1838, and was employed by the royal porcelain factory. Between 1837 and 1846, he exhibited drawings and a number of flower paintings.
Spanish, 15th century, male.
Active in Seville.
Painter.
Juan Alfon was the brother of the potter Logre. He was killed by Juan Guillen y Lorenzo, a shoemaker, sometime before 2 May 1498. Mentioned by Gestoso in his dictionary, this artist may be the same as the artist described above....
