(Encyclopedia) Dessoir, MaxDessoir, Maxmäx dĕswär,ˈ [key], 1867–1947, German philosopher. He earned doctorates from the universities of Berlin (philosophy, 1889) and Würtzburg (medicine, 1892). He…
(Encyclopedia) Denis, MauriceDenis, Mauricemôrēsˈ dənēˈ [key], 1870–1943, French painter and writer on art. His paintings, usually on religious themes, have not proved so influential as his art…
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(Encyclopedia) Ozenfant, AmédéeOzenfant, Amédéeämādāˈ ōzäNfäNˈ [key], 1886–1966, French art theorist and painter. He criticized the cubists after 1912 for creating a merely decorative art form.…
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Robert (Robert Eugene Morris), 1931–2018, American artist, b. Kansas City, Mo., studied Kansas City Art Institute, California School of Fine Arts, Reed College. He settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Blunt, Anthony Frederick, 1907–83, English art historian and Soviet spy, grad. Cambridge. Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after 1947 and professor of the history of art at…
industrialist, art collectorBorn: 1877Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Having graduated from Yale in 1899, he began working in his family's lumber business, becoming president in 1911. His interests…
(Encyclopedia) Mâle, ÉmileMâle, Émileāmēlˈ mäl [key], 1862–1954, French art historian. Mâle pioneered the study of French art of the Middle Ages, its forms, and especially the Eastern sources of…
(Encyclopedia) Sachs, Paul J.Sachs, Paul J.săks [key], 1878–1965, American art teacher and collector, b. New York City. As professor of fine arts at Harvard, Sachs influenced and inspired many art…
(Encyclopedia) Cortissoz, RoyalCortissoz, Royalkôrtēˈsōz [key], 1869–1948, American critic and lecturer on art. He was the New York Herald Tribune art critic from 1891 and was noted for his lectures…
