British, 20th century, male.
Active in London.
Born 10 March 1903, in Braintree (Essex); died 21 November 1989, in Saffron Walden (Essex).
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, illustrator, printmaker, graphic designer. Military subjects, rustic scenes, landscapes, seascapes, harbour scenes, architectural views, church interiors. Decorative panels.
Edward Bawden studied at Cambridge School of Art ...
Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 1928, in Colognola ai Colli, near Verona.
Painter, engraver, graphic designer, fresco artist, sculptor. Religious subjects. Designs for stained glass.
Bellomi studied initially at the Cignaroli Academy in Verona. After World War II, he worked as a coal miner in St-Étienne in France. However, he spent most of his life in Verona where, ...
Italian, 14th – 15th century, male.
Born at the end of the 14th century, in Milan; died c. 1470.
Painter, fresco artist. History painting, religious subjects.
Few biographical details are known of this artist. The Church of San Angelo possesses a Pietà, dated 1418, and a ...
Belgian, 20th century, male.
Born 1869, in Antwerp; died 1941, in Brussels.
Painter, sculptor, illustrator, poster artist. Religious subjects, portraits, landscapes.
Art Nouveau.
Having first studied law, Ghisbert Combaz became a pupil at the academy in Antwerp and a professor at the Brussels academy. He spent most of his life in Antwerp, where he exhibited from 1886 onwards; he also exhibited in conjunction with the association of Art Nouveau artists known as the Libre Esthétique from 1897. As an art historian, he made special study of the art of the Far East. With their sinuous and undulating rhythm, the arabesques in his engravings and posters provide typical examples of the Modern Style....
Belgian, 20th century, male.
Born 1909, in Liège; died 1993.
Engraver (including etching), draughtsman, painter, poster artist. Religious subjects, popular scenes, local scenes.
Jean Dols was a pupil of Jean Donnay at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Liège. He showed a collection of his engravings at the Pavillon des Expositions at Wégimont in ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 10 April 1900, in Châteauroux; died 13 May 1989, in St-Aubin-Châteauneuf.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, illustrator, designer, poster artist, sculptor. Religious subjects, military subjects, battles, figures, nudes, figure compositions. Wall decorations.
Robert Falcucci trained in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts and the École des Arts Décoratifs, and he was also taught by Cécile and Émmanuel Cavaille-Coll. In ...
French, 20th century, male.
Active in the USA fromc.1943.
Born 1901, in Chinon; died 2 September 1968, in New York.
Painter (including gouache), poster artist, draughtsman, pastellist, illustrator. Religious subjects, local scenes, figures, nudes, portraits, landscapes with figures, urban landscapes, still-lifes (flowers/fruit). Murals, designs for stained glass...
British, 19th – 20th century, female.
Born 1 August 1865, in London, to Scottish parents; died 5 January 1917, in London.
Painter, illustrator, poster artist. Religious subjects, mythological subjects, portraits, interiors with figures, still-lifes, flowers. Designs for stained glass.
Symbolism.
Isobel Gloag studied at the St John's Wood Art School and the Slade School in London, then in the studio of M.W. Ridley. She also studied with Raphaël Collin in Paris. She liked to illustrate scenes from old ballads and romances. Her style is similar to that of the Pre-Raphaelites. She suffered from health problems throughout her life. She was a member of the Ridley Art Club and exhibited at the Royal Academy from ...
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 27 October 1872, in Pforzheim; died 8 June 1943, in Jugenheim.
Sculptor (bronze), draughtsman, painter, engraver (wood), graphic designer. Religious subjects, portraits. Medals.
Darmstadt Artists' Colony.
Daniel Greiner had been a pastor, bur he decided, after a conflict with the authorities in his parish of Schotten, to turn to art instead. He trained in Paris, then at the Bildhauerschule (school of sculpture) in Berlin. In ...
Dutch, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 11 February 1868, in The Hague; died 1943, in The Hague.
Painter, watercolourist, pastellist, poster artist. Religious subjects, figure compositions, landscapes, seascapes.
Symbolism.
After studying under Arnaud Gerkins and then Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Willem van Konijnenburg entered the art academy in The Hague. From ...
French, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 12 May 1872, in Montauban; died 7 September 1931, in Montricoux.
Painter, fresco artist, engraver, illustrator, poster artist. Religious subjects, figures, portraits, urban landscapes.
Marcel-Lenoir's father was a jeweller and goldsmith and the artist himself learned to set stones and engrave metal. He moved to Paris at a very early age, earning his living as an engraver and lithographer....
French, 20th century, male.
Born 1931, in Nice; died 3 June 2005.
Draughtsman, painter (gouache), sculptor, engraver, poster artist, illustrator, designer. Religious subjects, figures, portraits. Postage stamps.
Raymond Moretti lived and worked in Courbevoie. After producing strictly figurative painting he undertook, around 1970, an enormous construction which he showed mainly in Paris in ...
Belgian, 20th century, male.
Born 1883, in Nice, France; died 1971, in Liège.
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, poster artist. Religious subjects, portraits, landscapes.
Jacques Ochs attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Liège until 1903, where he worked under the guidance of d'Heuer, de Witte and Carpentier. From ...
French, 20th century, male.
Born 4 January 1925, in Valenciennes.
Painter, sculptor, poster artist, designer. Religious subjects, figures, portraits, nudes, scenes with figures, local scenes (bullfighting), landscapes, seascapes, still-lifes, flowers. Murals, designs for stained glass, stage sets.
Podevin took private classes in drawing in Valenciennes. He won the first prize in the Concours Lefranc in 1936 and entered the École des Beaux-Arts there, studying architecture and painting. In 1943 he became a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, with Brianchon and Souverbie, and in 1944 he passed the entrance examination for the École des Arts Décoratifs. In 1945 he became a state drawing teacher; 1950, a teacher at the École des Beaux-Arts in Douai; 1955, a teacher at the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine; and 1970, a teacher for the preparatory classes of the Grandes Écoles....
Filipino, 20th – 21st century, male.
Born 1953, in Roxas City, Philippines.
Painter, assemblage artist, graphic designer. Religious, socio-political themes, historical subjects, objects.
Black Artists of Asia.
Norberto Roldan studied at the University of Santo Tomas, majoring in visual communication. He also took graduate courses in art studies at the University of the Philippines. In 1986, he co-founded the group Black Artists of Asia with Charlie Co, Nunelucio Alvarado, and other artists in Bacolod, in the Visayas region of the Philippines. Promoting social and political themes, Roldan’s work has focused in particular on religious ideology. A former seminarian, he examines faith and devotion through works assembled from the relics of his Catholic belief. His first solo exhibition was held at the Hiraya Gallery in Manila in 1987.
Roldan lived in Sydney from 1987 to 1989, where he worked as a graphic designer for a journal published by the Australian Centre for Photography. He also mounted his first solo exhibition abroad, ...
German, 20th century, male.
Born 1 July 1873, in Leipzig; died 1957, in Heidelberg.
Painter, draughtsman, watercolourist, poster artist. Religious subjects, portraits. Murals, designs (glassware and furniture).
Paul Otto Rössler studied first at the Art Academy of Leipzig from 1893 to 1898 then at the Dresden Academy. He taught decorative painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule at Dresden ...
Spanish, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active also active in France.
Born 20 January 1850, in Alcoy, near Alicante; died 14 April 1910, in Madrid.
Painter, watercolourist, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, poster artist. History painting, religious and mythological subjects, portraits, genre scenes, still-lifes, landscapes. Murals.
Sala y Francés studied under his cousin Placido Francés and under Salustiano Asenjo at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Valencia before settling in Madrid, where he initially complemented his studies by copying works by Goya and Velázquez. He went on to teach at the school of painting in Madrid from 1907....
Spanish, 20th century, male.
Born 9 June 1899, in Madrid; died 4 January 1966, in Madrid.
Painter, illustrator, poster artist. Religious subjects, landscapes. Murals.
The grandson of Eduardo Rosales, Eduardo Santonja Rosales studied at the college of fine arts in Madrid. He ranks as an accomplished illustrator who also produced murals for a number of public buildings in Spain. His paintings include a notable ...
German, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 22 December 1869, in Burkhardtscharf, near Chemnitz; died 19 June 1927, in Wachwitz, near Dresden.
Painter, pastellist, poster artist. Religious subjects.
Jugendstil.
Osmar Schindler was a pupil of Ferdinand W. Pauwels and Leon Pohle at the Academy of Fine Arts at Dresden, where he himself became a teacher. He contributed to the review ...
Slovene, 20th century, male.
Born 1883, in Ljubljana.
Painter, print artist, graphic artist, illustrator, art writer. Religious subjects, portraits, landscapes.
Hinko Smerekar studied in Vienna and Munich. He illustrated popular fiction and designed cartoons.
