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  • Sites in the main letter categories will be listed with the artist's name (Surname, First Name) as the site title.
For historically important artists whose last name begins with the letter 'B'.

Barye, Antoine Louis

(1796-1875) French animal sculptor.

Benson, Frank Weston

Sites submitted here will provide information relevant to Frank Weston Benson. Before submitting your site, please first review the Art_History/Arts Guidelines, since these pertain to all listings in this category.

(1862 - 1951) (Frank Weston Benson) - American impressionist born on March 24, 1862, in Salem, Massachusetts.

Bernini, Gianlorenzo

(1598-1680) Italian sculptor and architect, the dominant figure of the Italian baroque.

Beuys, Joseph

Joseph Beuys: 1921-1986, German conceptual artist and political activist.

Blanchard, Antoine

For sites that offer biographical information and images of this 20th century French artist's work. Works shown should not be for sale.
For sites that offer biographical information and images of this 20th century French artist's work. Works shown should not be for sale.

Bondone, Giotto di

(1266-c.1337) Florentine painter and architect.

Bonington, Richard Parkes

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828) British Romantic painter.

Bosch, Hieronymus

Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516)

- Dutch painter known for his dark and symbolic paintings depicting Heaven and Hell themes.

Boucher, François

(1703-1770) French painter, his art embodied the spirit of his time; it was elegant, frivolous, and artificial.

Boudin, Eugène-Louis

Boudin, Eugène-Louis (1824-1898) is a French Impressionist Painter.

Bourdelle, Émile Antoine

Émile Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929), French sculptor and pupil of Rodin.

Braque, George

(1882-1963) French painter, who, with Pablo Picasso, originated cubism and the cubist style, to become one of the major figures of 20th-century art.

Breton, Jules

This category is for informational sites about Jules Breton. Sites selling products should be submitted to an appropriate in Shopping/Visual_Arts.

French artist born 1827 died 1906, associated with the Realism movement.

Brett, John

John Brett (1831-1902) was the son of a veterinary surgeon. He showed an early enthusiasm for geology, astronomy and painting. (When he was forty he became a member of the Royal Society of Astronomers).

Brett entered the Royal Academy as a student when he was twenty two years old. However Brett was more interested in the ideas of the art critic John Ruskin and the work of the artists who formed the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 than the classical ideals of the Royal Academy.

In 1853 John Brett met one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Holman Hunt. Brett's association with the Pre-Raphaelite artists and his reading of Ruskin's Modern Painters had a profound effect on his painting.

His best known picture is the Stonebreaker, at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery.

Briullov, Karl

Karl Briullov (1799-1852) was a famous Russian Romantic painter.

Brueghel the Elder, Jan

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) is a Flemish Northern Renaissance artist, also known as "Velvet" Brueghel.

Buffet, Bernard

(1928-) French painter, his melancholy paintings are characterized by a prominent black line and grayed, muddied colors. His subjects include still life, city scenes, and figures.

Burne-Jones, Edward

Please submit only sites that relate to Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.

General sites about the turn-of-the-century Arts and Crafts Movement should be listed in Arts:Art History:Movements:Arts and Crafts. This is not a category for commercial sites like galleries or auctions.

A pupil of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and a protégé of John Ruskin, Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) belonged to the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, creating a narrative style of romantic symbolism steeped in medieval legend, and fused with the influence of the Italian Renaissance. He became one of the most sought-after painters in Europe. Much of his early work was designs for stained glass windows, made by the William Morris Company.

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