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Aae, Arvid
Swedish, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1 July 1877, in Johannishus.
Painter. Portraits.
Having studied at the academy of art in Copenhagen in the last few years of the 19th century, Arvid Aae went on to specialise in painting portraits of children.
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Aarsleff, Carl Wilhem Oluf Peter
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 ...
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Aarts, A.
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.
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Aarts, Johannes Josephus
Dutch, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 18 August 1871, in The Hague; died 19 October 1934, in Amsterdam.
Engraver, lithographer.
Johannes Josephus Aarts studied at the school of fine art in The Hague and became professor in graphics at the art academy of Amsterdam.
He executed wood engravings and etchings....
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Aarts, Johannes Josephus
Jan Jaap Heij
(b The Hague, Aug 18, 1871; d Amsterdam, Oct 19, 1934).
Dutch printmaker and painter. He trained at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague, where he subsequently taught graphic art (1893–1911). In 1911 he succeeded Pieter Dupont as professor in graphics at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam under the directorship of Antoon Derkinderen. In the early years of his career Aarts produced some paintings using the pointillist technique, mostly landscapes (The Hague, Gemeentemus.); he also carved some sculptures in wood. He is, however, best known for his graphic work. In technique and subject-matter, his prints have a great deal in common with those of Dupont. As the latter’s successor he devoted himself to the revival of engraving, which his predecessor had reintroduced; his own experiments in this medium (in particular his scenes with diggers and beggars, all c. 1900) are considered milestones in early 20th-century Dutch printmaking. He also applied his skills to etching, lithography, woodcutting and wood-engraving; of the latter his ...
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Abades, Juan Martínez
Spanish, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1862, in Gijón (Asturias); died 1920, in Madrid.
Painter, illustrator. History painting, portraits, landscapes, seascapes.
Juan Martínez Abades studied at the Escuela Especial de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (school of painting, sculpture and engraving) in Madrid. While he was there he also took lessons from José Grajera. The award of a grant in ...
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Abarzuza y Rodríguez de Arias, Felipe
Spanish, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 22 May 1871, in Cádiz; died 1948.
Painter. Genre scenes.
Felipe Abarzuza y Rodríguez de Arias was a pupil of Joaquin Sorolla. He had some success at exhibitions in Madrid early in his career and became a teacher at the Cádiz academy. His genre scenes included picturesque scenes on the subjects of marriage, the theatre and the circus....
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Abate, Giuseppe
Italian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Painter, art restorer. Frescoes.
In 1860, while working on the Chapel of Castel-Capuano, Abate discovered and restored the frescoes so admired today in the great hall of the Court of Appeal in Naples.
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Abatt, Agnes Dean
American, 19th – 20th century, female.
Born 23 June 1847, in New York; died 1917.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtswoman, illustrator. Landscapes, flowers.
Agnes Abatt studied art at the Cooper Institute and the International Academy of Art in New York, and later received advice from R. Swain Gifford and James D. Smilie....
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Abattucci, Pierre
Belgian, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 20 May 1871, in Molenbeek-St-Jean; died 1942, in Ixelles (Brussels).
Painter, engraver. Portraits, landscapes.
Having initially studied at the school of decorative arts, Pierre Abattucci went on to the fine arts academy of Brussels where he was a pupil of Joseph Stallaert and Portaels. He spent considerable time in Italy in various places including Venice, Florence, Assisi and Rome. He showed at the Brussels International Exhibition in 1910. In 1901, 1903 and 1904 he executed albums for the Société des Aquafortistes Belges, of which he was a member. He was professor at the Molenbeek-St-Jean Academy of Art. His landscapes, such as ...
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Abbe, James
(Edward)
(b Alfred, ME, July 17, 1883; d San Francisco, Nov 11, 1973).
American photographer. Self-taught, Abbe started to produce photographs at the age of 12. From 1898 to 1910 he worked in his father’s bookshop and then worked as a reporter for the Washington Post, travelling to Europe in 1910. Having earlier produced photographs of ships and sailors for tourist cards, from 1913 to 1917 he worked as a freelance photojournalist in Virginia. In 1917 he set up a studio in New York, where he produced the first photographic cover for the Saturday Evening Post as well as photographs for Ladies Home Journal, the New York Times and other publications. From 1922 to 1923 he worked as a stills photographer, actor and writer for film studios. Though this was mainly for Mack Sennett in Hollywood, he also worked for D. W. Griffiths as a stills photographer on Way Down East (1920) and accompanied Lilian Gish to Italy to provide stills for Griffiths’s ...
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Abbéma, Louise
French, 19th – 20th century, female.
Born 30 October 1858, in Étampes; died 1927, in Paris.
Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, pastellist, engraver, draughtswoman, illustrator. Allegorical subjects, genre scenes, portraits, interiors, flowers. Decorative panels.
Abbéma was a pupil of Chaplin, Henner and Carolus-Duran. Until 1926, she exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, gaining an honourable commendation in 1881 and a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. She was made a Chévalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1906....
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Abbey, Edwin Austin
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1 April 1852, in Philadelphia; died 1911, in London.
Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman (including ink), pastellist, illustrator. Historical subjects, genre scenes, landscapes, figures.
Edwin Austin Abbey's apprenticeship consisted of making drawings for a wood engraver before studying at the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia and starting work as an illustrator. The drawings he supplied for ...
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Abbey, Edwin Austin
Pamela H. Simpson
(b Philadelphia, PA, April 1, 1852; d London, Aug 1, 1911).
American painter, illustrator, and muralist, active also in England. Abbey began his art studies at the age of 14 in his native Philadelphia where he worked with Isaac L. Williams (1817–95). Two years later he enrolled in night classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art working under Christian Schussele (1824–1979), but by then Abbey was already a published illustrator. In the 1870s his drawings appeared in numerous publications, but it was his work for Harper & Brothers that proved most important to his career. In 1871 he moved to New York, and in 1878, Harper’s sent him on a research trip to England. He found such affinity with the country that he made it his home for the rest of his life. After 1889 he devoted more time to painting, was elected a Royal Academician in 1898, and in 1902 was chosen by Edward VII (...
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Abbott, Francis R.
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Active in Philadelphia.
Died 1925, in Philadelphia.
Painter.
Francis R. Abbott was a Fellow of the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and a member of the Philadelphia Art Club.
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Abbott, Samuel Nelson
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1874, in Mechanicsville; died 1953.
Painter (gouache), illustrator. Genre scenes.
New York, 3 June 1982: Archery Lesson (gouache, 11 × 9½ ins/28 × 24.2 cm) USD 850
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Abbott, Yarnall
American, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1870, in Philadelphia; died 1938.
Painter. Landscapes.
Bolton, 15 May 1985: Houses, Provincetown (oil on canvas, 30 × 36 ins/76.2 × 91.6 cm) USD 900
New York, 14 Nov 1991: Sea and Derricks (oil on canvas, 30¼ × 36½ ins/77 × 92.9 cm) ...
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Abdo, Alexander
British, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1865.
Painter. Landscapes.
Abdo worked in London. One of his landscapes, entitled Love Lane, is mentioned as having been shown at the Royal Academy in 1908.
London, 29 March 1984: Landscape with Mill in Snowy Weather (oil on card...