Adams, Maurice B(ingham)
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; Publishing; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 358 words.
(b Burgess Hill, Sussex, 1849; d London, Aug 17, 1933).
English architect, editor and draughtsman. After completing his articles with H. N. Goulty of Brighton, he became...
Adams, Tate
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Exhibition Catalogues and Specific Collections; Painting; Prints and Printmaking; Architecture; Publishing; Book Arts and Illustration; Industrial and Commercial Art; 20th-Century Art. 331 words.
(b Holywood, County Down, Ireland, Jan 26, 1922).
Australian painter, printmaker, book designer, lecturer, collector, gallery director and publisher of limited edition artists’...
Ai Weiwei
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online February 2013 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; Publishing; Contemporary Art; 20th-Century Art; East Asian Art. 719 words.
Chinese, 20th – 21st century, male.
Active in China and the United States.
Born 18 May 1957, in Beijing, China.
Artist, architect, designer, curator, publisher,...
Baargeld, Johannes Theodor
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Installation Art, Mixed-Media, Assemblage, and Collage; Architecture; Publishing; 20th-Century Art. 901 words.
(Gruenwald, Alfred Emanuel Ferdinand]
(b Stettin, Pomerania [now Szczecin, Poland], Oct 9, 1892; d nr Chamonix, France, 17 or Aug 18, 1927).
German collagist,...
Bardi [neé Bo], Lina
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; Publishing; Latin American and Caribbean Art; 20th-Century Art. 571 words.
(b Rome, Dec 5, 1914; d São Paulo, March 29, 1992).
Brazilian architect of Italian birth. She graduated in architecture (1942) from the University of Rome and in 1943 was...
Barillet, Madeleine
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Professional Interior Design; Publishing; 20th-Century Art. 34 words.
French, 20th century, female.
Decorative designer.
Madeleine Barillet designed liturgical vestments in a contemporary idiom. She contributed an article to the journal Art...
Beshkov, Il’ya
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Graphic Design and Typography; Painting; Architecture; Publishing; History of Art; Book Arts and Illustration; 20th-Century Art. 405 words.
(b Dolni Dŭbnik, nr Pleven, July 24, 1901; d Sofia, Jan 23, 1958).
Bulgarian cartoonist, illustrator, draughtsman, painter, teacher, editor and critic. In 1926 he studied...
Boeken, Albert
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; Publishing; 20th-Century Art. 344 words.
(b Amsterdam, Feb 1, 1891; d Amsterdam, May 5, 1951).
Dutch architect and writer. He studied civil engineering at the Technische Hogeschool, Delft, graduating in 1916. For a...
Bonfante, Egidio
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Architecture; Publishing; 20th-Century Art. 181 words.
Italian, 20th century, male.
Born 1922, in Treviso.
Painter, designer, architect.
Bonfante studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and at the Milan school...
Bottomley, William Lawrence
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online June 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; Publishing; Art of the United States; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 423 words.
(b Richmond, VA, Feb 24, 1883; d Glen Head, Long Island, NY, Feb 1, 1951).
American architect, preservationist, author, and editor. His wealthy patrician family provided the...
