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Bernhard, Lucian  

German, 20th century, male.

Active in the USA.

Born 15 March 1883, in Stuttgart; died 29 May 1972, in New York.

Painter, sculptor, graphic designer, poster artist, illustrator, architect, designer, decorative artist. Designs for carpets, advertising art, furniture, lamps, wallpaper.

Jugendstil.

Deutscher Werkbund.

Lucian Bernhard studied painting at the Kunstakademie in Munich, but taught himself design. He was active in Berlin. In ...

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Birga, Sergio  

Italian, 20th century, male.

Active from 1964 active in France.

Born 10 July 1940, in Florence.

Painter, illustrator. Scenes with figures, landscapes, ruins, architectural views. Wall decorations.

Sergio Birga studied at the fine arts academy in Florence and was then tutored in engraving by Lucien Coutaud at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He spent some time in Germany in ...

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Bruynseraede, René  

Belgian, 20th century, male.

Born 1909, in Ghent.

Painter, illustrator, architect. Portraits, urban landscapes, still-lifes. Wall decorations, designs for stained glass, posters.

René Bruynseraede was educated at Ghent academy. He participated in group exhibitions from 1928, almost without exception in Belgium and predominantly in his native Ghent. He exhibited solo from ...

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Devoux, Georges Raymond  

French, 20th century, male.

Born 27 September 1876, in Sèvres; died 27 December 1964, in Fontainebleau.

Painter, illustrator, architect, decorative artist. Mythological subjects, nudes, portraits, genre scenes, landscapes.

Devoux was a pupil of Tony Robert-Fleury, Jules Lefebvre and Fernand Cormon. From 1914 until his death he lived in Fontainebleau. He painted mythological and domestic scenes, nudes, portraits and landscapes of the region where he lived, east of Paris. An architect as well as a painter, he constructed seven houses in Fontainebleau in the 1920s. His architecture was inspired by his travels in Italy, Britain and Switzerland. He also designed gardens and furniture, and illustrated children's magazines. From ...

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Endell, August  

German, 20th century, male.

Born 12 April 1871, in Berlin; died 15 April 1925, in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland).

Draughtsman, architect, decorative artist, designer, illustrator, author. Furniture, jewellery, lamps, art objects.

Jugendstil.

Deutscher Werkbund.

In Munich, August Endell studied philosophy, art history, aesthetics and psychology, notably a course run by Theodor Lipp on the psychological effect of the perception of lines and forms. There, in ...

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Korovin, Konstantin Alekseevich  

Russian, 19th – 20th century, male.

Active from 1923 in France.

Born 23 November 1861, in Moscow; died 11 September 1939, in Paris.

Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, illustrator, decorative artist, architect. Scenes with figures, rural landscapes, urban landscapes, harbour scenes, still lifes, flowers.

Stage sets, stage costumes...

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Mir y Trinxet, Joaquín  

Spanish, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 6 January 1873, in Barcelona; died 27 April 1940, in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Catalonia).

Painter, draughtsman (including charcoal), illustrator, decorative designer. Landscapes, seascapes, architectural views, urban views, harbour scenes. Wall decorations, designs for stained glass.

Joaquín Mir y Trinxet's father made him study with a view to a commercial career. He was a pupil at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Barcelona. He was part of the art groups in Barcelona ...

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Pankok, Bernhard  

German, 20th century, male.

Born 16 May 1872, in Münster; died 5 April 1943, in Baierbrunn (Upper Bavaria), in Munich according to other sources.

Architect, painter, draughtsman, illustrator, engraver, sculptor, interior designer, graphic designer. Portraits, landscapes with figures, landscapes, portraits. Stage sets, designs (furniture).

Jugendstil, Art Deco...

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Paul, Bruno  

German, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 19 January 1874, in Seifhennersdorf (Lausitz); died 17 August 1968, in Berlin.

Painter, draughtsman, architect, interior designer, engraver, illustrator, caricaturist, decorative designer, designer, poster artist, graphic designer. Furniture, objets d'art.

Bruno Paul studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden from 1886 to 1894...

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Pierné, Jean  

French, 20th century, male.

Born 20 June 1881, in Paris; died 16 September 1974, in Mortagne au Perche (Orne).

Painter (including gouache), draughtsman, watercolourist, pastellist, illustrator. Figures, portraits, nudes, landscapes, architectural views, seascapes, still-lifes (including flowers). Decorative schemes.

Jean Pierné studied with Luc Olivier Merson and Cormon at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. From ...

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Pryde, James Ferrier  

British, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 30 March 1866, in St Andrews; died 1941, in London.

Painter (including gouache), engraver, illustrator, poster artist. Figures, portraits, genre scenes, interiors, architectural views. Theatre decoration, stage sets.

James Ferrier Pryde studied at the Royal Scottish Academy, and later at the Académie Julian, Paris, under Bouguereau. He was a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers. Having been an actor, he also designed posters for Henry Irving. He collaborated with his brother-in-law, Sir William Nicholson, under the name of the ...

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Taylor, Fred  

British, 20th century, male.

Born 22 March 1875, in London; died 1963.

Painter, illustrator, poster artist, decorative artist. Cityscapes, architectural views, scenes with figures.

Fred Taylor studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and Goldsmiths College in London. He became one of Britain's foremost poster artists and received regular commissions from London Transport, LNER and shipping companies from the turn of the century until the 1940s. He also worked as an illustrator and decorative artist, notably designing decorative schemes for the former Underwriter's Room at Lloyds of London, and murals for Austin Reed's red laquer room in ...