Famous Artists
Our Directory includes information on some of the best-known and most important modern and contemporary artists. Click on the Name to view an artist biography, anecdotes, and suggested artworks, books and posters (as available). RELATED BOOKS. RELATED POSTERS.
Block, André
– Diseñador, editor, crítico y escultor abstracto.
Boccioni, Umberto
– Italian painter and sculptor and key figure in Futurism.
Bores, Francisco
– Spanish painter, mainly active in France, and widely recognized as one of the leading 20th century Spanish artists.
Borofsky, Jonathan
– American artist, and a leading exponent of art that is now termed as New Image Painting or New Image Art.
Botero, Fernando
– Colombian painter and sculptor, whose work has evolved from Abstract Expressionism of his early days to his own very personalized styles.
Bourgeois, Louise
– French-born American sculptor, painter and printmaker and one of the best known female sculptors of her time.
Boyd, Arthur
– Pintor australiano, está considerado como uno de los más importantes artistas de Australia del siglo XX
Brancusi, Constantin
– Romanian-born French sculptor, draughtsman, painter and photographer, regarded as one of the most influential 20th-century ABSTRACT sculptors.
Braque, Georges
– French painter and printmaker, recognized, along with Pablo Picasso, as the father of Cubism.
Breker, Arno
– Escultor y Arquitecto. Fue el escultor favorito de Hitler, gracias a sus musculosos guerreros que se convirtieron en el símbolo de la Alemania Nazi.
Brossa, Joan
– Maestro catalán considerado como uno de los más vanguardistas y prolíficos autores de este país.
Broto, José Manuel
– Pintor aragonés cuya obra se inscribe en la corriente denominada Neoabstracción de la década de 1970
Brown, Frederick
– Pintor y profesor. Esplendido retratista.
Buffet, Bernard
– French painter and printmaker, Bernard Buffet attained recognition as an artist, at a very young age. By 1948 he had had his first one-man show and received the Prix de la Critique. In the 1950s, he was considered the principal figurative artist in Paris.
Calder, Alexander
– American Sculptor, painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer, son of sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and best known as a pioneer of KINETIC ART.
Calvo, Carmen
– Pintora vista como una de las más destacadas, en particular del arte valenciano actual y del español en general
Campano, Miguel Ángel
– Destacado pintor asociado a la reivindicación de la pintura en los 70 y 80
Carlstedt, Birger
– Pintor y diseñador. Fue pionero del arte Abstracto en su país.
Caro, Sir Anthony
– British sculptor, recognized as a leading exponent of contemporary British art.
Carrington, Leonora
– British-born Mexican painter and writer, and amongst the best-known names in Surrealist art.
Catalá Roca, Francesc
– Uno de los grandes fotógrafos españoles y autor imprescindible a la hora de entender el documentalismo en España.
César
– French experimental artist, printmaker and sculptor, best recognized for his use of scrap materials and as one of the founder of NOUVEAU RÉALISME.
Chagall, Marc
– Russian-born painter and designer, prolific for his works depicting themes from the Bible, Jewish heritage and Russian folklore.
Chillida, Eduardo
– Basque-born sculptor and printmaker, widely recognized as one of the leading European sculptors of our time. This artist is well known for his wrought iron abstract sculptures that can be found at several public locations across Northern Spain a
Chirico, Giorgio de
– Greek-born Italian painter and sculptor, also credited with being the founder of Metaphysical Art, a predecessor of Surrealism.
Chirino, Martín
– Reconocido escultor español, está considerado como uno de los escultores españoles más sobresalientes de las últimas décadas
Christo
– Bulgarian-born American sculptor and experimental artist, famous for his Environmental Art and 'empaquetage' technique, involving packaging or wrapping different objects with materials like plastic and canvas.
Civera, Victoria
– Artista multidisciplinar cuyos lenguajes van desde la creación de instalaciones y las piezas multimedia hasta la fabricación de objetos, aunque la pintura ha sido siempre el centro de su trabajo
Clavé, Antoni
– Pintor, escultor y artista gráfico catalán fue uno de los continuadores del surrealismo
Clemente, Francesco
– Contemporary Italian Master artist, Francesco CLEMENTE is one of the most illustrious European TRANS-AVANTGARDE artists