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  1. Velázquez, Diego Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), born in Seville, remains one of the most revered Spanish painters of the Baroque era. His mastery of realism and innovative techniques significantly influenced the trajectory of Western art. Apprenticed at a young age, Velázquez quickly developed a distinctive style characterised by his keen observation of light and texture, which brought life to his subjects. In 1623, he was appointed court painter to King Philip IV, a position that allowed him to produce some of...
  2. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator whose distinctive style and keen observations of nightlife have left an indelible mark on the art world. Despite his short stature, due to a medical condition, Toulouse-Lautrec's larger-than-life spirit and passion for art prevailed. Best known for his vivid depictions of the bustling cabarets and brothels of late 19th-century Paris, his works encapsulate the vibrant energy and complexities of modern li...
  3. Trood, William William Henry Hamilton Trood (1859-1899) was an English artist of the latter half of the 19th century. Trood was born in Taunton, Somerset, the son of William and Myra Jane Trood. He is described in The Dictionary of Victorian Painters (1978) as a painter of animals, especially dogs. The dictionary adds, "His pictures usually have sentimental titles", e.g. 'A Coveted Bone', 'The Old Man's Darling', 'Home Sweet Home' etc.". According to an obituary notic...
  4. Prendergast, Maurice Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924) was an American artist who painted in oil and watercolour, and created monotypes. His delicate landscapes and scenes of modern life, characterised by mosaic-like colour, are generally associated with Post-Impressionism. Prendergast, however, was also a member of The Eight, a group of early twentieth-century American artists who, aside from Prendergast, represented the Ashcan School. Maurice Prendergast and his twin sister, Lucy, were born at their family...
  5. Pascin, Jules Jules Pascin (1885-1930), born Julius Mordecai Pincas, also known as the "Prince of Montparnasse", was a Bulgarian artist of the School of Paris. He later became an American citizen. His most frequent subject was women, depicted in casual poses, usually nude or partly dressed. Pascin was educated in Vienna and Munich. In December 1905, he moved to Paris, becoming part of the great migration of artists to that city at the start of the 20th century. There he was welcomed by "Les Dôm...
  6. Pissarro, Camille Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). He later moved to France. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Pissarro studied from great forerunners, including Gustave Courbet and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Pissarro’s work is characterised by his innovative approach to capturing...
  7. Peto, John John Frederick Peto (1854-1907) was an American trompe-l'œil ("fool the eye") painter who was long forgotten until his paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow trompe-l'œil artist William Harnett. Although Peto and the slightly older Harnett knew each other and painted similar subjects, their careers followed different paths. Peto was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at the same time as Harnett. Until he...
  8. Phillips, Clarence Coles Clarence Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was an American artist and illustrator who signed his early works 'C. Coles Phillips', but after 1911 worked under the abbreviated name, Coles Phillips. He is known for his stylish images of women and a signature use of negative space in the paintings he created for advertisements and the covers of popular magazines. Phillips was born in Springfield, Ohio, the son of Anna Seys and Jacob Phillips. From 1902 to 1904, he attended Kenyon College in his ...
  9. Prater, Ernest Ernest Prater (1864-1950) was a noted English artist and book illustrator, notable also for his work as a war correspondent and reportage artist during the Anglo-Boer War. Prater was born in Islington in London, of Cornish descent; his father was Joseph Prater of Crantock, Cornwall. He attended Dr. Devonshire's school in London, and began his working life as a publisher's clerk and took up drawing. His listing in Who's Who in Art for 1929 stated that his recreations included all r...
  10. Prinsep, Valentine Valentine Cameron Prinsep RA (1838-1904) was a British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite school. Born in Calcutta, India, he was the second child of Henry Thoby Prinsep, a civil servant of the British Raj, and his wife Sara Monckton Pattle. His home was shared by the painter George Frederick Watts and the Little Holland House salon. His mother was a sister of the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron and Maria Jackson (née Pattle), grandmother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Henry and Sara Prin...
  11. Pollard, James James Pollard (1792-1867) was a British painter noted for his mail coach, fox hunting and equine scenes. Pollard was born in Baynes Spa Fields (later renamed Exmouth Street) in Islington, the son of the painter and publisher Robert Pollard (1755-1838). Between 1821 and 1839, James Pollard exhibited at the Royal Academy. He exhibited at the British Institution in 1824 and 1844. During his career, he also worked with John Frederick Herring Sr. on several horse racing paintings in which he paint...
  12. Pisa, Alberto Alberto Pisa (1864-1936) was an Italian painter, often painting ruins, landscapes, and garden views in bright watercolour. He was born in Ferrara and initially studied there with Gaetano Domenichini. He later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. His first work was a Church Interior, displayed at the Promotrice. In 1887, he sent canvases depicting the Church of Santa Maria Novella and the genre painting Donne e Madonne to the Exposition of Venice. He completed illustrations for bo...
  13. Roberts, David David Roberts RA RBA (1796-1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838-1840). These and his large oil paintings of similar subjects made him a prominent Orientalist painter. He was elected as a Royal Academician in 1841. David Roberts was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was ap...
  14. Rhead, Louis Louis John Rhead (1857-1926) was an English-born American artist, illustrator, author and angler who was born in Etruria, Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-four. The Rhead family had operated and worked in the Staffordshire Potteries for at least three generations. Louis' father George W. Rhead worked in the pottery industry and was a highly respected gilder and ceramic artist. In the 1870s, George Rhead taught art and design in Staffordshire s...
  15. Rivière, Briton Briton Rivière RA (1840-1920) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings. Briton's father, William Rivière (1806-1876), was for some years drawing-master at Cheltenham College, and then an art teacher at the University of Oxford. Briton was educated at Cheltenham College and Oxford, where he took his degree in 1867. For his art training he was indebted almost entirely to his father. H...
  16. Richardson, Frederick Frederick Richardson (1862-1937) was an American illustrator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, best remembered for his illustrations of works by L. Frank Baum. A native Chicagoan, Richardson studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and at the Académie Julian in Paris. He taught at the Chicago Art Institute for seven years. He was "a slightly-built, gray-eyed man" whose work "was strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement...." From 1892 on, if not e...