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Malbone, Edward Greene

(Encyclopedia)Malbone, Edward Greene mălbōnˈ [key], 1777–1807, American portrait painter and miniaturist, b. Newport, R.I. After painting portraits in Providence and Boston, he accompanied Washington Allston t...

Mander, Karel van

(Encyclopedia)Mander, Karel van käˈrəl vän mänˈdər [key], 1548–1606, Flemish painter and humanist. He wrote plays on biblical themes and translated from the classics. He is known primarily for his biograph...

Marquet, Albert

(Encyclopedia)Marquet, Albert älbĕrˈ märkāˈ [key], 1875–1947, French painter. In 1894 he met Matisse and later became associated with fauvism. His exuberantly colored figure studies are clearly fauvist. Mar...

Lastman, Pieter

(Encyclopedia)Lastman, Pieter pēˈtər lästˈmän [key], 1583–1633, Dutch painter. During a stay in Rome, Lastman was influenced by Caravaggio's chiaroscuro technique and by the work of Elsheimer. In Holland he...

Chabas, Paul Émile

(Encyclopedia)Chabas, Paul Émile pōl āmēlˈ shäbäsˈ [key], 1869–1937, French academic painter. He is remembered chiefly for his nude, September Morn, which created a sensation when it was exhibited in 1912...

Calvert, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Calvert, Edward, 1799–1883, English painter and engraver. A great admirer of William Blake, Calvert, along with several of his contemporaries, formed a group around Blake called the Brotherhood of t...

Campagnola, Giulio

(Encyclopedia)Campagnola, Giulio kämpänyôˈlä [key], b. c.1482, d. after 1513, Italian painter and engraver. He painted miniatures and altarpieces but is best known for his finely executed engravings, many of ...

Buffet, Bernard

(Encyclopedia)Buffet, Bernard bĕrnärˈ büfāˈ [key], 1928–99, French painter. Buffet's melancholy paintings are characterized by prominent black outlining and grayed, muddied colors. The subjects of his many ...

Busch, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia)Busch, Wilhelm, 1832–1908, German cartoonist, painter, and poet. After studying at the academies of Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Munich, he joined the staff of the Fliegende Blätter, to which he contr...

Aertsen, Pieter

(Encyclopedia)Aertsen or Aertszen, Pieter both: pēˈtər ärtˈsən [key], 1503?–1575, Dutch painter, b. Amsterdam. Aertsen painted genre scenes (see genre) that are lighthearted in spirit. He also painted relig...