Aa, Cornelis Johannes van der
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 20th-Century Art. 41 words.
Dutch, 20th century, male.
Born 1883; died 1950.
Painter. Urban landscapes.
Amsterdam, 5 June 1990: View of Rome with St Angel Castle and the Tiber (...
Aa, Edith van der
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 20th-Century Art. 34 words.
Dutch, 20th century, female.
Born in Cilacap (Java), Indonesia.
Painter. Portraits, still-lifes.
Edith van der Aa exhibited some still-lifes and her Portrait of...
Aae, Arvid
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; 20th-Century Art; 19th-Century Art. 42 words.
Swedish, 19th – 20th century, male.
Born 1 July 1877, in Johannishus.
Painter. Portraits.
Having studied at the academy of art in Copenhagen in the last few years...
Aagaard Andersen, Gunnar
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art. 294 words.
(b Ordrup, July 14, 1919; d Munkerup, nr Dronningmølle, Hillerød, June 29, 1982).
Danish painter, sculptor, designer and writer. He studied at the Kunsthåndvaerkerskole (1936–9)...
Aagaard, Gunnar Andersen
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art. 26 words.
Danish, 20th century, male.
Born 1919.
Sculptor.
Copenhagen, 26 May 1987: Sculpture (1954, steel, 32¼ × 99½ ins/82 × 253 cm) DKK 6,000
null...Aali, Halil
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Art of the Middle East and North Africa; 20th-Century Art. 46 words.
Turkish, 20th century, male.
Born in Constantinople.
Painter. Still-lifes.
He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ernest Laurent and Léon Galand....
Aalto, Alvar
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
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Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Architecture; Industrial and Commercial Art; Professional Interior Design; 20th-Century Art. 401 words.
Finnish, 20th century, male.
Born 3 February 1898, in Kuortane; died 11 May 1976, in Helsinki.
Architect, designer, painter, draughtsman, watercolourist. Figures,...
Aalto, (Hugo) Alvar
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Architecture; Art of the United States; 20th-Century Art. 4140 words.
(Henrik)
(b Kuortane, Feb 3, 1898; d Helsinki, May 11, 1976).
Finnish architect and designer, active also in America. His success as an architect lay in the individual...
Aaltonen, Vallio or Waïnö
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art. 245 words.
Finnish, 20th century, male.
Born 8 March 1894, in Martilla (Swedish St Mårtens); died 30 May 1966, in Helsinki.
Painter, sculptor. Figures. Monuments.
Vallio...
Aaltonen, Wäinö
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art. 720 words.
(Waldemar)
(b Marttila [Swed. St Mårtens], March 8, 1894; d Helsinki, May 30, 1966).
Finnish sculptor and painter. He was the most significant sculptor of the early...
