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AI interpretation11.04.1887–24.04.1972
Jamini Roy
Jamini Roy (1887–1972) was an Indian artist associated with the Bengal Renaissance. His main genres included religious painting, folk art, and portraiture. Born in Beliator, he was connected to the Kalighat painting style and Catalan modernism, and died in Kolkata.
1981–present
Hend Kheera
Hend Kheera is an Egyptian street artist born in Cairo in 1981. She is known for works combining stencils and slogans and emerged as a leading figure in Egyptian street art following the 2011 Arab Spring.
1933–present
Anna Bella Geiger
Anna Bella Geiger, born in 1933 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a Brazilian artist of Polish-Jewish descent. She works across painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and video art, and teaches at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage.
26.11.1969–present
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American artist born on November 26, 1969, in Stockton. She works in figurativism and socially engaged art projects. Walker teaches at Columbia University and Mason Gross School of the Arts and is a member of the American Philosophical Society.
08.12.1922–20.07.2011
Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud (1922–2011) was a British and German artist known for portrait, self-portrait, nude, still life, animal painting, landscape, and genre scenes. Born in Berlin, he lived and worked primarily in the UK and Germany.
02.10.1868–26.02.1958
Yokoyama Taikan
Yokoyama Taikan (born Sakai Hidemaro) was a Japanese nihonga painter born in 1868 in Mito, Japan. He devoted his career to the traditional Japanese painting movement and died in 1958 in Taito, Japan.
07.01.1917–17.11.1977
Gamal El-Sagini
Gamal El-Sagini (1917–1977) was an Egyptian artist, sculptor, and medalist born in Cairo. He is recognized for his contributions to visual arts and sculpture within Egypt's mid-20th-century cultural context.
06.09.1897–26.10.1976
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976) was a Brazilian modernist painter, illustrator, caricaturist, journalist, and art critic born and deceased in Rio de Janeiro. He is regarded as one of the three major Brazilian artists of his time.01.04.1933–29.11.1996
Dan Flavin
Dan Flavin (1933–1996) was an American minimalist artist from Queens specializing in sculptural objects and installations made of fluorescent lamps. He worked in light art and installation art genres and was also involved in architecture.
AI interpretation21.05.1844–02.09.1910
Henri Rousseau
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was born on May 21, 1844, in Laval, France. He became one of the most renowned representatives of naive art and primitivism. Rousseau worked as a painter, printmaker, and art figure. His creative work encompassed genres such as landscape, still life, and figurative painting. His style is associated with post-impressionism,…
AI interpretation28.11.1788–16.06.1878
Kikuchi Yōsai
Kikuchi Yōsai (Japanese: 菊池 容斎), born November 28, 1788, in Shitaya, Japan, and died June 16, 1878, was a Japanese artist and cultural figure. He is recognized for his work in the portrait genre, with notable contributions including "Zenken Kojitsu." Kikuchi Yōsai was part of the Japanese cultural tradition and had a significant impact on the art scene of…1934–present
Ablade Glover
Ablade Glover is a Ghanaian artist and university lecturer born in 1934 in Accra. He has exhibited widely and gained international recognition over several decades. His works are held in notable private and public collections worldwide.
AI interpretation24.01.1823–03.11.1870
Prilidiano Pueyrredón
Prilidiano Pueyrredón (1823–1870) was an Argentine artist, architect, and engineer born and died in Buenos Aires. He represented Romanticism and costumbrismo, working in portrait and nude genres.
07.09.1917–09.06.2000
Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) was an American artist, illustrator, and draftsman known for his dynamic cubism style and social realism themes focused on the human figure and narrative painting.
AI interpretation1527–11.07.1593
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593) was an Italian painter from Milan associated with Mannerism. He served as a court painter, draftsman, designer, tapestry maker, architectural draughtsman, engineer, and fresco artist.
AI interpretation1750–1837
Sengai
Sengai Gibon (Japanese: 仙厓義梵) was born in 1750 in Mino, Japan. He was a Japanese Rinzai school Buddhist monk who also engaged in calligraphy and painting. Throughout his life, Sengai combined his spiritual practice with artistic activities. Holding the title of bhikshu, he is known as a significant figure in Japanese culture during the 18th and 19th…1974–present
Otobong Nkanga
Otobong Nkanga, born in 1974 in Kano, Nigeria, is a multidisciplinary artist working in performance, installation, sculpture, photography, and drawing. She lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium, and received the Yanghyun Prize in 2015.
AI interpretation29.06.1861–24.07.1938
Pedro Figari
Pedro Figari (1861–1938) was a Uruguayan artist, lawyer, politician, journalist, philosopher, and writer. Born and died in Montevideo, he was a representative of American Impressionism and contributed to art, education, and public life in Uruguay.
25.06.1923–04.11.1994
Sam Francis
Sam Francis, born Samuel Lewis Francis on June 25, 1923, in San Mateo, was an American painter, graphic artist, sculptor, illustrator, and lithographer. He worked in the style of abstract expressionism and died on November 4, 1994, in Santa Monica.
AI interpretation1400–18.02.1455
Fra Angelico
Fra Beato Angelico, also known simply as Angelico, was born Guido di Pietro in 1400 in the town of Vicchio. Upon entering monastic life, he took the name Giovanni da Fiesole and became a member of the Dominican Order. He is recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. Angelico was active during the Italian Renaissance, specifically within the Early…22.08.1920–26.05.2014
Hooshang Seyhoun
Hooshang Seyhoun (1920–2014) was an Iranian architect, sculptor, painter, scholar, and professor. He studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the University of Tehran. He created numerous monuments and over a thousand private villas.1938–present
Farouk Hosny
Farouk Hosny, born in 1938 in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Egyptian artist and politician known for his abstract painting. He served as Egypt's Minister of Culture from 1987 to 2011.
AI interpretation11.12.1857–31.05.1941