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Wada, Sanzo A 20th century Japanese painter and printmaker, Sanzo Wada studied Western style art techniques at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He then completed his education in Europe, from 1907 to 1915. As well, he apparently traveled and worked in India and... {read more}	Wagstaff, Sam Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. (4 November 1921 – 14 January 1987) was an American curator and collector as well as the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (who was also his lifetime companion) and poet-punk rocker Patti... {read more}
Walker, Kara Kara Walker was born in Stockton, California in 1969. She received a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1991 and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1994. The artist is best known for exploring the raw intersection of race, gender,... {read more}	Wall, Jeff Canadian artist Jeff Wall was born in Vancouver in 1946. He received his B.A. degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1968 and his M.A. degree from the same institution in 1970. From 1970-1973, Wall studied art history at the... {read more}
Wall, Ruth A. Ruth A. Wall 1917-2009 Ruth Wall died peaceably of natural causes on December 14 at the Unith Care Center in Vernal Utah. Ruth was born in Wyoming, moved to Utah as a child. She taught high school until she enlisted in the Army. She was... {read more}	Wallace, Ian Ian Wallace (born 1943) in Shoreham, England, is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver. He won the 2004 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Wallace had tremendous impact on the Vancouver art scene and is considered the father of the... {read more}
Wallis, Alfred Alfred Wallis (18 August 1855 – 29 August 1942) was a Cornish fisherman and artist. On leaving school Alfred became an apprentice basket maker before becoming a mariner in the merchant service by the early 1870s. This work involved sailing schooners... {read more}	Walter, Curt CV of Curt Walter \| Visual Artist \| \| +41 79 480 86 75 \| artecurtwalter [dot] ch \| www.curtwalter.ch \| www.visibel.ch 1 Projects 2010-2011 Book project, "in...boscamento", ISBN 978-88-7967-288-7 Education 1973-1978 Ensba, Ecole des Beaux-Arts,... {read more}
Walter, Martha Martha Walter was a well-known Philadelphia-born Impressionist who specialized in light hearted, colorful beach scenes especially of Gloucester, Coney Island, Atlantic City and the French Coast. She went to Girls High School, and from 1895 to 1898... {read more}	Walters, Joe JOE WALTERSBorn: June 28,1952, Morehead, KentuckyEducation:M.F.A., Sculpture, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 1981B.A., Art, Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky., 1974Visiting Graduate Student, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky... {read more}
Wang, Du Born in WuHan, China 1956Lives and works in Paris since 1990EDUCATION_ 1981-85 : Canton Academy of fine arts_ 1985-90 : Professor of fine arts, Polytechnic University of South China, Institut of architecture_ 1986-90 : Founder and... {read more}	Wang, Guangyi 1957 Born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 1984 Graduated from the Oil Painting Department, Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (NZAFA) Guangyi Wang lives and works in Beijing Selected Exhibitions: 2006 Plato and His Seven Spirits, Century OCT, Beijing... {read more}
Born 1968, in Inner Mongolia, China. 1991 graduated in Art from Shandong Normal University, China. {read more}	Warhol, Andy Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), known as Andy Warhol, was a Rusyn American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial... {read more}
Warren, Glen Glen Warren was born in rural Mississippi, in 1935, where his only access to the world of art was through illustrated monthly magazines and a wonderful Methodist Minister's wife who was a gifted artist and teacher. His first interest in birds... {read more}	Washington, Jr., James James W. Washington, Jr. was an African-American painter and sculptor who grew into prominence in Seattle’s art community. Washington was born and raised in Gloster, Mississippi, a rural mill town in the Jim Crow South. He was one of six children of... {read more}
Waters, John John Waters was born April 22, 1946, in Baltimore, Maryland. Sometimes called the "King of Bad Taste" or the "Pope of Trash," Waters has built a reputation for shocking his audiences. He started out making short experimental films in the 1960s.... {read more}	Waterston, Darren DARREN WATERSTON was born in California in 1965 and received his BFA at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. He continued his training in Germany studying painting at the Academie der Kunst in Berlin and the Fachhochschule fur Kunst in Munster. He... {read more}
Watson, Joseph My Bio: I grew up in a small city just south of Los Angeles. The town is called Gardena There were many non-traditional art forms that surrounded me. This had an impact on how I interpret my experiences and surroundings in my art. I was fortunate... {read more}	Webb, Dan Seattle artist Dan Webb juxtaposes highly crafted and exquisite wood-working with a split, rough-hewn source. This box seems as if it would excite, yet soon become frustration...a birthday gift you could never open. From Seattle Magazine: Born to... {read more}
Weber, Bruce Bruce Weber (born March 29, 1946 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker.He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and... {read more}	Weber, Max Max Weber (April 18, 1881 - October 4, 1961) was a Russian-born Jewish-American painter who worked in the style of cubism before migrating to Jewish themes towards the end of his life.Born in Białystok, then part of Russian Empire, he immigrated to... {read more}
Wegman, William Photo credit: Tim Mantaon William Wegman was born in 1943 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He received a B.F.A. in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1965 and an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana... {read more}	Wei, Li Li Wei (born in 1970, Hubei, China) is a contemporary artist from Beijing, China. His work often depicts him in apparently gravity-defying situations. Wei started off his performance series, Mirorring, and later on took off attention with his Falls... {read more}
Weichman, Marie Marie Weichman was born in Wyoming and raised in Texas. Since earning an MFA from Texas Tech University, she has been included in numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States as well as international exhibits in China and Peru. Weichman... {read more}	Weinman~Matthies, Candice {read more}
Weinstein, Matthew Matthew Weinstein’s early works throughout the 1990s focused on gestural abstraction, cartoon drawing, photographic-based imagery of ghostly images, and a fascination with blood, death, skulls and bones. Currently, Weinstein’s primary medium is 3D... {read more}	Weltman, Carolyn Carolyn Weltman has exhibited her unique pieces worldwide and has received acclaim for her many solo shows in New York and Europe. Her work has been auctioned by houses such as Christie’s, Sothebys and Philips de Pury and surveyed in documentaries... {read more}
Wesselmann, Tom Tom Wesselmann (February 23, 1931, Cincinnati - December 17, 2004) was an American artist associated with the Pop art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture. Early years From 1949 to 1951 he attended college in Ohio; first at Hiram... {read more}	West, Franz Franz West (born February 16, 1947 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist who currently resides in Vienna. West studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Bruno Gironcoli. He is married to the Georgian artist Tamuna Sirbiladze who too is based... {read more}
West, Michael Corinne Michael West (1908-1991) made reference to "The New Art" in a 1942 poem of the same title. This "new art" was later to be more formally known as lyrical cubism and then Abstract Expressionism. This is a very early reference to America's new art. In... {read more}	Weston, Edward Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958) was a 20th century American photographer. He has been called "one of the most innovative and influential American photographers…"[1] and "one of the masters of 20th century photography."[2] {read more}
Wheeler, Steve Steve Wheeler (1912-1992) was born Stephen Brosnatch in Slovakia and emigrated with his family to New Salem, Pennsylvania, when he was a young boy. In 1932 Wheeler began studies in New York at the Art Students League and with Hans Hofmann, who... {read more}	Wheelwright, Joseph Joseph Wheelwright is a master carver of stones, trees, bones and other natural materials. He lives and works in Boston and Vermont, where he maintains a foundry for casting his tree personages into bronze. He is represented in New York by Allan... {read more}
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 11, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based artist. Averse to sentimentality and moral allusion in painting, he was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His famous signature for... {read more}	White, Elizabeth Native American ceramist Elizabeth White was born with the name Polingaysi Qoyawayma on the Hopi Reservation at Old Oraibi on the Third Mesa in Arizona in 1892. Her first name translates to "Butterfly Resting Among the Flowers in a Breeze." She was... {read more}
White, Minor Minor Martin White (July 9, 1908 – June 24, 1976) was an American photographer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.After serving in military intelligence during World War II, White moved to New York City in 1945. He spent two years studying aesthetics... {read more}	White, Robin Robin White studied and worked in graphic design, fashion and advertising since the early 80’s. For the past 3 years, she has been painting nearly full time on a collection of “Big Faces”. Robin says faces are an obsession of hers and in them she... {read more}
White, Wendy Born in Rockaway Beach, New York, Wendy’s palette and writings are strongly influenced by her early environment of living by the sea. Her father was a painter and while she was growing up, she and her twin brother would frequently model for him as... {read more}	Wicki, Daniela Daniela Wicki was born in Lima ,Peru,to Swiss parents. Formed initially in classical painting during her teenage years , she left the world of painting for a successful career as an attorney and business ventures in New york. The city's energy and... {read more}
wiggs, Jennifer Born in Lafayette, Indiana in the 1960’s. Began drawing in elementary school. She had some formal lessons from an illustrator around age eleven. Loved Mad magazine and comics. In college (Indiana University, Bloomington) begins serious study of... {read more}	Wiley, Kehinde Kehinde Wiley (born 1977) is a New York-based portrait painter, who is known for his highly naturalistic paintings of contemporary urban African, African-American, Afro-Brazilian, Indian and Ethiopian-Jewish (Beta Israel) men in heroic poses.... {read more}
Wiley, William A significant figure in the Bay Area Figurative movement of the San Francisco, Oakland, California area, William Wiley along with Robert Arneson is regarded as a pivotal artist in the transition between the Funk Art of the 1950s rooted in Abstract... {read more}	Winogrand, Garry Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) was an American photographerHe photographed to see what things looked like photographed. He first picked up a camera in the 1950's and didn't put it down until his untimely death in 1984. During the 30 years he... {read more}
Winslade, Dorothy Dorothy Winslade (1898 - 1973) was born on the Isle of Wight, England in 1898. Influenced by her artist father, she early on became fascinated with art and studied in London, then Paris after volunteer service in Queen Mary's Auxiliary Army Corps... {read more}	Witkin, Joel Peter Joel-Peter Witkin (born in New York in 1939,) is an American photographer who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He elaborates sophisticated installations using models and accessories evocating a baroque atmosphere with a strange and non typical... {read more}
Wojnarowicz, David David Wojnarowicz (American artist born 1954- 1992) was one of the indispensable American artists of the end of the 20th century. Through his paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, writings, performances and music, Wojnarowicz opened up art’s... {read more}	WoLanin, James American, born 1965, Sayreville, New Jersey Education duCret School of Art, Plainfield, NJ, graduate cum laude, 1999 Grants Artist in Residence, Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, January 2009 Artist in Residence, School of... {read more}
Woodruff, Hale Hale Aspacio Woodruff (August 26, 1900 - September, 1980) was an African American artist known for his murals, paintings, and prints. One example of his work, the three-panel Amistad Mutiny murals (1938), can be found at Talladega College in... {read more}	Wou-ki, Zao Zao Wou-Ki (born 13 February 1921 in Beijing) is a Chinese-French painter. He was born in a cultivated family and studied calligraphy in his childhood and from 1935 to 1941 painting at the school of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. He went to Paris... {read more}
Wright, Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. {read more}	Wu, Guanzhong Wu Guanzhong ( August 29, 1919 – June 25, 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter. Wu had painted various aspects of China, including much of its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as many of its landscapes and waterscapes in a style... {read more}
Wyeth, Andrew Andrew Newell Wyeth (July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S. artists of the middle 20th century, and was sometimes referred... {read more}	Wyeth, Jamie James Browning Wyeth (born July 6, 1946) is a contemporary American realist painter. He was born in Chadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, son of Andrew Wyeth and grandson of N.C. Wyeth. He is artistic heir to the Brandywine School Tradition, painters... {read more}