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  1. Bauer, Ferdinand Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (1760-1826) was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia. Bauer was born in Feldsberg in 1760, the youngest son of Lucas Bauer, court painter to the Prince of Liechtenstein, but was left fatherless in his first year of life. The eldest son was the successor to their father's position. Together with two of his brothers, Joseph Anton and Franz Andreas, he was placed in the custody of Norbert Boccius (1729-1806), a...
  2. Bakst, Léon Léon Samoylovich Bakst (1866-1924), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others. Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg was b...
  3. Atkinson, Maud Tindal Amy Maud Tindal Atkinson (1875-1954) was an English female artist, active in the 20th century, who exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy. Atkinson was born at Shortlands, near Bromley in Kent, to Henry Tindal Atkinson, a county judge and his wife Marion Lewin. She had three sisters Ethel, Enid and Doris, and one brother Edward, later Sir Edward Hale Tindal Atkinson, who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions from 1930 to 1944. Atkinson studied at the Art Department of Kings Colleg...
  4. Barber, Charles Burton Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894) was a British painter who attained great success with his paintings of children and their pets. Barber was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, and studied from the age of 18 at the Royal Academy, London, receiving a silver medal for drawing in 1864, and first exhibiting there in 1866. During his lifetime Barber was regarded as one of Britain's finest animal painters and received commissions from Queen Victoria to do paintings of her with grandchildren and ...
  5. Bayard, Émile-Antoine Émile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891) was a French illustrator born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. A student of Léon Cogniet, he is known for illustrating Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. Starting in 1853, Bayard was a student of Cogniet for five years, publishing his first cartoons at the age of fifteen, often using the anagrammatic pseudonym, Abel De Miray. Between 1857 and 1864, he worked in the mediums of charcoal drawings, paintings, watercolours, woodcuts, engravings, ...
  6. Barbier, George George Barbier (1882-1932) né Georges Augustin Barbier, was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France, on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes, to illustrate books, and to produce haute couture fashion illustrations. For the next 20 years Barbier led a group from the Ecole des Beaux A...
  7. Aubriet, Claude Claude Aubriet (c.1651/1665-1742) was a French illustrator and botanical artist. The standard author abbreviation Aubriet is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Aubriet was born in Châlons-en-Champagne or in Moncetz. He was a botanical illustrator at the Jardin du Roi in Paris. There, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708) noticed his work and commissioned him as illustrator of his 1694 Elemens de Botanique. From 1700 to 1702 he accompanied Tournefort and...
  8. Anderson, Martin aka Cynicus Martin Anderson (1854-1932), better known by his pseudonym Cynicus, was a Scottish artist, political cartoonist, postcard illustrator, and publisher. Martin Anderson was born in Leuchars, Fife, in 1854. After his mother, Margaret Martin, separated from his father, she moved with her children to Cambuslang, Glasgow. Anderson studied at Glasgow School of Art under Robert Greenlees, in Ingram Street Glasgow. On leaving he worked as a designer at a calico printer. When he was 19, he founded The S...
  9. Alma-Tadema, Lawrence Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A painter of mostly classical subjects, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean...
  10. Anderson, Florence Mary Florence Mary Anderson (1889-1945), the children's illustrator and writer, was born in Greenock, Scotland in 1889, the fourth child of John, a wealthy sugar merchant, and his second wife Mary Matilda (née Matthews). In 1908, at the age of 19, Florence Anderson applied to attend afternoon classes in drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art. The formal art training she acquired in Glasgow provided Florence with a foundation on which she could develop her interpretative skills a...
  11. Allingham, Helen Helen Allingham (1848-1926), born Helen Paterson, was a prominent British watercolourist and illustrator, celebrated for her delicate representations of rural life and idyllic landscapes. Born in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, she showed artistic talent from an early age and was encouraged by her family to pursue her passion. Allingham became one of the first women to gain recognition in the male-dominated art world of the Victorian era. Educated at the Birmingham School of Art, she later attended ...
  12. Alken, Henry Henry Alken (1785-1851) was a distinguished British painter, engraver and caricaturist, renowned for his lively depictions of hunting, racing, and equestrian scenes. Born in London, he was the son of a successful artist, which undoubtedly influenced his early foray into the world of art. Alken’s keen eye for detail and vibrant use of colour made his works popular among the upper classes, who were captivated by the thrill of sports and rural life. Alken initially trained as an artist under the...
  13. Alberts, Jacob Jacob Alberts (1860-1941) was a German painter known for his evocative landscapes and genre scenes. Born in 1860 in Westerhever, Germany, Alberts initially pursued a path toward becoming a pastor but eventually turned to art. He studied at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf under notable artists such as Andreas Müller, Heinrich Lauenstein and Johann Peter Theodor Janssen. Later, he continued his education at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts under Wilhelm von Diez. Alberts' artistic journey too...
  14. Arcimboldo, Giuseppe Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), was an Italian Renaissance painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books. These works form a distinct category from his other productions. He was a conventional court painter of portraits for three Holy Roman Emperors in Vienna and Prague, also producing religious subjects and, among other things, a series of coloured drawings of exotic animals in the imperial menagerie. ...
  15. Armstrong, Margaret Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944) was a 19th and early 20th-century American book cover designer, illustrator and author. She is best known for her book covers influenced by Art Nouveau. She also wrote and illustrated the first comprehensive guide to wildflowers of the American West, 'Field Book of Western Wild Flowers' (1915). Margaret Neilson Armstrong was born in 1867 in New York City, the daughter of American diplomat and stained glass artist Maitland Armstrong and his wife Helen, wh...
  16. Arendsen, Arentine H. Arentine H. Arendsen (1836-1915) was a notable figure in the world of illustration and botanical art during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in the Netherlands, she later moved to England, where her artistic talents flourished. Arendsen was particularly admired for her meticulous and vibrant illustrations of plants, flowers, and landscapes. Her work often combined scientific accuracy with an artistic flair, making her pieces both educational and aesthetically pleasing. Arendsen’s ...