VACCARO, Andrea
(1604-1670) Baroque Italian painter (Naples)
VACCARO, Lorenzo
(1655-1706) Baroque Italian sculptor (Naples)
VADDER, Lodewijk de
(1605-1655) Baroque Flemish painter (Brussels)
VAFFLARD, Pierre-Auguste
(1777-1837) Romanticism French painter (Paris)
VALADIER, Luigi
(1726-1785) Neoclassicism Italian sculptor (Rome)
VALCKERT, Werner Jacobsz. van den
(1580-1627) Baroque Dutch painter
VALDAMBRINO, Francesco di
(1363-1435) Early RenaissanceItalian sculptor (Siena)
VALDÉS LEAL, Juan de
(1622-1690) Baroque Spanish painter (Seville)
VALENCIENNES, Pierre-Henri de
(1750-1819) Neoclassicism French painter
VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE
(1591-1632) Baroque French painter (Rome)
VALENTIN, Moise (see VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE)
(1591-1632) Baroque French painter (Rome)
VALKENBORCH, Frederik van
(1566-1623) Baroque Flemish painter
VALKENBORCH, Lucas van
(1530-1597) Mannerism Flemish painter
VALLAYER-COSTER, Anne
(1744-1818) Rococo French painter (Paris)
VALLE, Filippo della
(1698-1768) Baroque Italian sculptor (Rome)
VANDERLYN, John
(1775-1852) Romanticism American painter
VAN GOGH, Vincent
(1853-1890) An artist whose work is one of the formative influences of 20th-c. art and whose life has become almost a legend. The son of a Dutch parson, he was employed by a firm of art dealers in The Hague, London and Fans. Afterwards he became in turn a schoolmaster in Britain, a missionary to the miners in the Borinage, Belgium, and finally, in 1880, an artist. Van G. was virtually self-taught, though he received some technical advice in oil and watercolour painting from a cousin, the artist A. Mauve. In 1886 he left Holland for Pans, where he lived with his brother Theo, one of the few art dealers encouraging such artists as Bernard, Degas, Gauguin, Seurat and Toulouse-Lautrec. Impressed by the work and personalities of these painters, Van G. conceived the idea of founding a 'Studio of the South' at Aries as a working community for progressive artists. Fie himself went to Aries early in 1888, but the only other painter he persuaded to join him was Gauguin, who visited him at the end of 1888. A violent quarrel between the 2 precipitated the first of Van G.'s periodic attacks of madness in which he cut off part of his ear. 2 years later, at Auvers-sur-Oise, he shot himself. He bad sold 1 picture during his lifetime.
Early work of Van G.'s Dutch period is heavy, rich but subdued in colour, with a few fine effects. The Potato Eaters is typical. After his contact with other painters in Paris, with Japanese prints and the work of such original colourists as Delacroix and A. Monticelli, Van G.'s style changed radically to the brilliant colour and frenzied, thick brushwork of his Aries period. Among hundreds of paintings of the last two and a half years are: Cornfield and Cypress Frees, Starry Night, La Mousme, Sunflowers and Self-portrait. His watercolours (e.g. Fishing Boats at Santeo Maries) and drawings are of equal intensity and value, while the letters he wrote to his brother Theo are important literary and human documents in their own right.
VANLOO, Carle (see LOO, Carle van)
(1705-1765) Baroque French painter
VANNI, Francesco
(1563-1610) Mannerism Italian painter (Siena)
VANNI, Lippo
(active 1340-1375) Medieval Italian illuminator (Siena)
VANNUCCI, Pietro di Cristoforo (see PERUGINO, Pietro)
(1450-1523) Early Renaissance Italian painter (Umbria)
VANVITELLI, Luigi
(1700-1773) Baroque Italian sculptor (Naples)
VARIN, Jean (see WARIN, Jean)
(1607-1672) Baroque French sculptor
VARIN, Quentin
(1570-1634) Baroque French painter
VAROTARI, Alessandro (see PADOVANINO)
(1588-1649) Baroque Italian painter (Venice)
VASARELY, Victor Vasarhelyi Gyozo
(1906-1997)Hungarian-French artist whose work is generally seen aligned with Op-Art. Zebra, created by Vasarely in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op-art.
VASARI, Giorgio
(1511-1574) Mannerism Italian painter (Florence)
VASOLDO (see PARACCA, Giovanni Antonio)
(?-1584) Mannerism Italian sculptor (Rome)
VASSALLETTO, Pietro
(active 1154-1186) Medieval Italian sculptor (Rome)
VASSALLO, Antonio Maria
(1620-1664/72) Baroque Italian painter (Genoa)
VASSÉ, Louis-Claude
(1716-1772) Rococo French sculptor (Paris)
VASSILACCHI, Antonio
(1556-1629) Mannerism Italian painter (Venice)
VÁZQUEZ, Alonso
(1565-1608) Mannerism Spanish painter (Seville)
VECCHI, Giovanni de'
(1536-1614) Mannerism Italian painter (Rome)
VECCHIA, Pietro della
(1602-1678) Baroque Italian painter (Venice)
VECCHIETTA
(1412-1480) Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (Siena)
VECELLIO, Francesco
(1475-1560) High Renaissance Italian painter
VEEN, Otto van
(1556-1629) Mannerism Flemish painter
VEERENDAEL, Nicolaes van
(1626-1691) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
VEIT, Philipp
(1793-1877) Romanticism German painter
VELA, Vincenzo
(1820-1891) Realism Swiss sculptor (Italy)
VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silvay
(1599-1660) Baroque Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656). From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velazquez's artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, in particular Edouard Manet. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain's Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali, as well as the Anglo-Irish painter Francis Bacon, have paid tribute to Velazquez by recreating several of his most famous works.
VELDE, Adriaen van de
(1636-1672) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
VELDE, Esaias van de
(1587-1630) Baroque Dutch painter (The Hague)
VELDE, Jan Jansz. van de
(1619/20-1662) Baroque Dutch painter
VELDE, Jan van de, I
(1569-1623) Baroque Dutch painter
VELDE, Jan van de, II
(1593-1641) Baroque Dutch graphic artist (Haarlem)
VELDE, Peter van den
(1634-1714) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
VELDE, Willem van de, the Elder
(1611-1693) Baroque Dutch painter (London)
VELDE, Willem van de, the Younger
(1633-1707) Baroque Dutch painter (London)
VELLERT, Dirck Jacobsz
(1480-1547) Northern Renaissance Netherlandish glass painter (Antwerp)
VELSEN, Jacob van
(1597-1656) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VENIUS, Otto (see VEEN, Otto van)
(1556-1629) Mannerism Flemish painter
VENNE, Adriaen Pietersz van de
(1589-1662) Baroque Dutch painter (The Hague)
VERBOECKHOVEN, Eugène-Joseph
(1798-1881) Romanticism Belgian painter (Brussels)
VERBOECKHOVEN, Louis-Charles
(1802-1889) Romanticism Belgian painter (Brussels)
VERBRUGGEN, Gaspar-Pieter the Younger
(1664-1730) Baroque Flemish painter
VERBRUGGEN, Hendrick Frans
(1654-1724) Baroque Flemish sculptor (Antwerp)
VERELST, Simon Pietersz
(1644-1721) Baroque Dutch painter (London)
VERHAECHT, Tobias
(1561-1631) Baroque Flemish painter
VERHAEGEN, Theodoor
(1701-1759) Baroque Flemish sculptor (Mechelen)
VERHAGHEN, Pieter Jozef
(1728-1811) Rococo Flemish painter
VERHEYDEN, Pieter van (see HEYDEN, Pieter van der)
(1530-1575) Mannerism Flemish graphic artist (Antwerp)
VERHULST, Rombout
(1624-1696) Baroque Flemish sculptor (Mechelen)
VERKOLJE, Johannes
(1650-1693) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VERMEER VAN DELFT, Jan (see VERMEER, Johannes)
(1632-1675) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VERMEER VAN HAARLEM, Jan the Elder
(1628-1691) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
VERMEER, Johannes
(1632-1675) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VERMEYEN, Jan Cornelisz
(1500-1559) Northern Renaissance Dutch painter (Brussels)
VERNET, Carle
(1758-1836) Neoclassicism French painter (Paris)
VERNET, Claude-Joseph
(1714-1789) Rococo French painter
VERNET, Horace
(1789-1863) Romanticism French painter
VERONESE, Paolo
(1528-1588) Mannerism Italian painter (Venice)
VERROCCHIO, Andrea del
(1435-1488) Early Renaissance Italian sculptor
VERSPRONCK, Jan Cornelisz
(1597-1662) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
VERVOORT, Michiel the Elder
(1667-1737) Baroque Flemish sculptor (Antwerp)
VESALIUS, Andreas
(1514-1564) High Renaissance Flemish graphic artist
VESEL, Andreas van (see VESALIUS, Andreas)
(1514-1564) High Renaissance Flemish graphic artist
VEYRIER, Cristophe
(1637-1689) Baroque French sculptor
VIANEN, Adam van
(1568-1627) Baroque Dutch goldsmith (Utrecht)
VIANEN, Paulus van
(1570-1613) Baroque Dutch goldsmith (Prague)
VICENTINO, Andrea
(1542-1617) Mannerism Italian painter (Venice)
VICO, Enea
(1523-1567) Mannerism Italian graphic artist
VICTORS, Jan
(1620-1676) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
VIEIRA, Jacinto
(active 1720s) Baroque Portuguese sculptor
VIEN, Joseph-Marie
(1716-1809) Neoclassicism French painter
VIGARNY, Felipe (see BIGARNY, Felipe)
(1470-1543) High Renaissance Spanish sculptor
VIGÉE-LEBRUN, Élisabeth
(1755-1842) Rococo French painter
VIGIER, Jean (see COURT, Jean de)
(active 1555-1585) Mannerism French painter
VIGNOLA, Giacomo da
(1507-1573) High Renaissance Italian architect (Rome)
VIGNON, Claude
(1593-1670) Baroque French painter
VILADOMAT Y MANALT, Antonio
(1678-1755) Baroque Spanish painter (Barcelona)
VILLACIS, Aníbal Anibal Villacis
(born 1927) master painter from Ecuador who used raw earthen materials such as clay and natural pigments to paint on walls and doors throughout his city when he could not afford expensive artist materials.
VILLAFUERTE, JuanJuan Antonio Villafuerte Estrada
(1945- 1977) artist known for his transmutated drawings and paintings.
VILLAMENA, Francesco
(1564-1624) Baroque Italian graphic artist (Rome)
VILLANDRANDO, Rodrigo de
(active 1608-1622) Baroque Spanish painter (Madrid)
VILLARD DE HONNECOURT
(1200-1250) Medieval French architect
VINCENT, François-André
(1746-1816) Neoclassicism French painter
VINCKBOONS, David
(1576-1629) Baroque Flemish painter (Amsterdam)
VINCKENBRINCK, Albert Jansz
(1604-1664) Baroque Dutch sculptor (Amsterdam)
VINNE, Vincent I Laurensz van der
(1628-1702) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
VINNE, Vincent II Laurensz van der
(1686-1742) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
VIOLA, Giovan Battista
(1576-1622) Baroque Italian painter (Rome)
VISCARDI, Girolamo
(1467-1522) High Renaissance Italian sculptor (Genoa)
VISCHER, Peter the Elder
(1460-1529) Northern Renaissance German sculptor (Nuremberg)
VISCHER, Peter the Younger
(1487-1528) Northern Renaissance German sculptor (Nuremberg)
VISENTINI, Antonio
(1688-1782) Baroque Italian graphic artist (Venice)
VISHNYAKOV, Ivan Yakovlevich
(1699-1761) Baroque Russian painter
VISSCHER, Anna Roemers
(1583-1651) Baroque Dutch glass painter (Amsterdam)
VISSCHER, Claes Jansz the Elder
(1550-1612) Mannerism Netherlandish graphic artist (Amsterdam)
VISSCHER, Claes Jansz the Younger
(1587-1652) Baroque Dutch graphic artist (Amsterdam)
VISSCHER, Maria Tesselschade Roemers
(1594-1649) Baroque Dutch glass painter (Amsterdam)
VISSCHER, Roemer
(1547-1620) Northern Renaissance Dutch graphic artist (Amsterdam)
VITALE DA BOLOGNA
(1289/1309-1359/69) Medieval Italian painter (Bologna)
VITERI, Oswaldo
(born 1931) Ecuadorian neo-figurative artist.
VITI, Timoteo
(1469-1523) High Renaissance Italian painter (Urbino)
VITTORIA, Alessandro
(1525-1608) Mannerism Italian sculptor (Venice)
VIVARINI, Alvise
(1445/46-1503/5) Early Renaissance Italian painter (Venice)
VIVARINI, Antonio
(1415-1476/84) Early Renaissance Italian painter (Venice)
VIVARINI, Bartolomeo
(1440-1499) Early Renaissance Italian painter (Venice)
VIVIEN, Joseph
(1657-1734) Baroque French painter
VLAMINCK, Maurice de Maurice de Vlaminck
(1876-1958) French painter, one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists who from 1904 to 1908 were united in their use of intense color.
VLEUGHELS, Nicolas
(1668-1737) Rococo French painter
VLIEGER, Simon de
(1601-1653) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
VLIET, Hendrick Cornelisz Van
(1611-1675) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VLIET, Willem van der
(1584-1642) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VOET, Jacob Ferdinand
(1639-1700) Baroque Flemish painter (Rome)
VOGEL VON VOGELSTEIN, Carl Christian
(1788-1868) Romanticism German painter
VOIS, Arie de
(1630-1680) Baroque Dutch painter (Leiden)
VOLAIRE, Pierre-Jacques
(1729-1790s) Rococo French painter
VOLPATO, Giovanni
(1733-1803) Neoclassicism Italian sculptor
VOLTERRANO, IL (see FRANCESCHINI, Baldassarre)
(1611-1690) Baroque Italian painter (Florence)
VOOGD, Hendrik
(1768-1839) Rococo Dutch painter (Italy)
VORSTERMAN, Lucas
(1595-1675) Baroque Flemish graphic artist (Antwerp)
VOS, Cornelis de
(1584/85-1651) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
VOS, Marten de
(1532-1603) Mannerism Flemish painter (Antwerp)
VOS, Paul de
(1596-1678) Baroque Flemish painter
VOS, Simon de
(1603-1676) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
VOSMAER, Daniel
(1622-1669) Baroque Dutch painter
VOSMAER, Jacob Woutersz
(1584-1641) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
VOUET, Simon
(1590-1649) Baroque French painter
VOYS, Arie de (see VOIS, Arie de)
(1630-1680) Baroque Dutch painter (Leiden)
VRANCX, Sebastian
(1573-1647) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Hans
(1527- 1606) Mannerism Dutch painter (Antwerp)
VREL, Jacobus
(active 1654-62) Baroque Dutch painter
VRIES, Adriaen de
(1556-1626) Mannerism Dutch sculptor (Prague)
VROOM, Cornelis Hendricksz. the Younger
(1591-1661) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
VROOM, Hendrick Cornelisz
(1566-1640) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
VUILLARD, Édouard
November 11, 1868, Cuiseaux, Saone-et-Loire – June 21, 1940) was a French painter and printmaker associated with the Nabis.
VUYSTINCK, Johannes
(active 1503-1523) Northern Renaissance Netherlandish goldsmith (Utrecht)