Dutch, 17th – 18th century, male.
Born 1659 or 1660, in Leiden; died 1721.
Sculptor, engraver.
Hillebrand van der Aa received his training as an artist from his father, the sculptor Boudewyn Pietersz. van der Aa. He was married twice - the first time on 13 May 1683...
German, 17th century, male.
Active in Cologne towards the middle of the 17th century.
Sculptor.
No works by this artist are known. His name is only mentioned in account books.
Danish, 20th century, male.
Born 1919.
Sculptor.
Copenhagen, 26 May 1987: Sculpture (1954, steel, 32¼ × 99½ ins/82 × 253 cm) DKK 6,000
British, 19th century, female.
Sculptor. Busts.
Miss Aagot-Vangen exhibited a plaster bust at the Paris Salon of 1905.
Finnish, 20th century, male.
Born 8 March 1894, in Martilla (Swedish St Mårtens); died 30 May 1966, in Helsinki.
Painter, sculptor. Figures. Monuments.
Vallio Aaltonen studied at the school of painting of the Turku Artistic Association. He became a teacher and member of the academy of Finland, as well as an associate member of the art academies of Brazil and the USSR....
Norwegian, 19th century, male.
Born 24 December 1854, in Rauland.
Painter, sculptor. Genre scenes, portraits.
At the age of 20, Aanonsen decided to study with the painter Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien, where he stayed for three years. He then went to Munich to work with the Bavarian painter Anton Seitz, an imitator of Meissonnier. He returned to Oslo in ...
Danish, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 14 August 1852, in Nyborg.
Sculptor. Statues.
Initially a woodcarver, Carl Wilhelm Oluf Peter Aarsleff went on to study under Fjeldskov at the Kunstakademi in Copenhagen from 1872 to 1876. In 1879 his statue of Telemachus, now in the museum of Odense, earned him a gold medal. He visited Paris, Greece and Italy, where he stayed for quite some time in Rome. His works can be seen in the art gallery of Copenhagen and at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. The art lover Jacobsen commissioned two reliefs which now adorn the façade of the latter. Aarsleff was also involved in the decoration of Copenhagen's law courts. He was appointed a member of the Kunstakademi of Copenhagen in ...
Belgian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Sculptor. Busts.
A. Aarts showed an ivory sculpture representing a Head of a Laughing Child at the Brussels Exhibition in 1897.
Norwegian, 20th century, male.
Born 21 April 1933, in Inderøy (Nord-Trøndelag); died 10 February 2004, in Oslo.
Sculptor.
Niels Aas was included in the Norwegian selection for the Paris Biennale des Jeunes (Biennale for Young Artists) in 1965.
Swiss, 18th century, male.
Sculptor (wood).
He worked in the canton of Schwyz.
Italian, 15th century, male.
Active in Venice.
Sculptor. Religious subjects.
Venetian School.
Alberto Abaisi collaborated with his brother Arduino on woodcarvings for the sacristy of the bishop's palace in Ferrara, but was most active in Venice, where he lived from 1436 to 1451.
Italian, 14th – 15th century, male.
Active in Ferrara.
Died c. 1454, in Ferrara.
Sculptor (wood).
Arduino Abaisi, the most famous member of the Abaisi family, produced woodcarvings for churches and private patrons in Ferrara, Modena and Mantua from 1406 to 1452. He found great favour at court and a patron in Duke Leonello d'Este. Son of Tommasino da Baisio, he was sometimes assisted by his brother Alberto, notably in the carvings for the sacristy of the bishop's palace in Ferrara....
Italian, 15th century, male.
Active in Modena and in Bologna.
Sculptor.
Modena School, Bolognese School.
Biagio Abaisi may be the woodcarver known as 'Biagio da Bologna' in Ferrara, who was apprenticed to Arduino Abaisi and assisted him in carvings for the office of Duke Leonello d'Este in Belfiore around ...
Italian, 14th century, male.
Active in Ferrara.
Died before 1390.
Sculptor (wood).
Giovanni Abaisi produced the carvings for the choir of the old church of S Domenico in Ferrara in 1384.
Italian, 15th century, male.
Active in Bologna.
Sculptor. Religious subjects.
Bolognese School.
Nicolo Abaisi was a woodcarver who collaborated with Biagio Abaisi on the church of S Michele in Bosco near Ferrara in 1454.
Italian, 14th – 15th century, male.
Active in Ferrara.
Died before 1423.
Sculptor (wood).
Son of Giovanni da Baisio, Tommasino Abaisi executed the carvings for the choir of the Chiesa dei Servi church in Ferrara between 1405 and 1406. He is also believed to have worked for the monastery of S Bartolo and other churches in Ferrara....
Polish, 20th century, female.
Born 1930, in Falenty.
Painter (mixed media), sculptor.
A student at the academy of fine art in Warsaw between 1950 and 1955, Magdalena Abakanowicz taught at the fine arts college in Poznan from 1965 onwards. Initially a painter, she later took up sculpture and also began working with textiles in ...
Swiss, 18th – 19th century, male.
Born 22 December 1769, in Schlinig; died 10 September 1863, in Kerns (Nidwalden).
Sculptor. Animals, groups. Statues.
He initially trained under the sculptor Mathias Punt in Schlinig (Slingia, South Tyrol), then went to work in Strasbourg. After moving on to Switzerland, Franz Abart settled in Lucerne and established a reputation as an accomplished artist. His crucifixes, which are found in several Swiss churches, confirm his talent. At Kerns, he met and married the daughter of an important official: a fortunate circumstance that contributed to his success. Exhibitions in Bern in ...
French, 19th century, female.
Born in Paris.
Painter, sculptor. Portraits.
Abary studied painting under Chaplin, Jacquet and Buttin and sculpture under Madame Berteaux; exhibited portraits and medallions at the Salon de Paris from 1880 to 1892.
Italian, 15th century, male.
Active at the end of the 15th century.
Sculptor. Religious subjects. Decorative schemes.
Venetian School.
According to records, from 1462 to 1486 Pier Antonio dell'Abate, together with the brothers Lorenzo and Cristoforo Canozi da Lendinara, produced woodcarvings for stalls in the churches of S Antonio in Padua, Santa in Monta in Venice and S Francisco in Treviso. Elements of his work can still be found in Ferrara....
