M. C. Escher

M. C. Escher

male, deceased (1972)
Maurits Cornelis Escher (June 17 1898 - March 27 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often...

John Held Jr.

male, deceased (1958)
John Held Jr. (January 10, 1889 -March 2, 1958) was a United States illustrator, one of the most famous magazine illustrators of the 1920s. His...
Paul Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

male, deceased (1903)
Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a leading Post-Impressionist artist. Best known as a painter, his bold experimentation with colouring led directly t...

Utamaro

male, deceased (1806)
"' (ca. 1753 - 1806) (his name was archaically romanized as Outamaro"') was a Japanese printmaker and painter, and is considered one of the...
Frans Masereel

Frans Masereel

male, deceased (1972)
Frans Masereel (Blankenberge, Belgium 1889 - France 1972) was a Flemish painter and one of the greatest woodcut artists of the twentieth century....
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

male, deceased (1938)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge."

Käthe Kollwitz

female, deceased (1945)
Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human c...
Hans Holbein The Younger

Hans Holbein The Younger

male, deceased (1543)
Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497- before November 29 1543) was a German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is...
Hans Baldung

Hans Baldung

male, deceased (1545)
Hans Baldung known as Hans Baldung Grien/Grün. German Renaissance artist as painter and printmaker in woodcut. He was considered the most gifted s...
Mary Azarian

Mary Azarian

female, 69 years old
Mary Azarian (born 1940) is a woodcut artist and children's book illustrator. In 1999 she won the Caldecott Medal for her book, "Snowflake...