WAEL, Cornelis de
(1592-1667) Baroque Flemish painter (Rome)
WAGNER, Joseph
(1706-1780) Baroque German graphic artist (Venice)
WAGNER, Veit
(active 1492-1520) Northern Renaissance German sculptor (Strasbourg)
WALDMÜLLER, Fedinand Georg
(1793-1865) Romanticism Austrian painter (Vienna)
WALKER, George
(active 1792-1795) Neoclassicism English graphic artist
WALS, Goffredo
(1600-1639) Northern Renaissance German painter (Italy)
WALSCAPELLE, Jacob van
(1644-1727) Baroque Dutch painter
WARD, James
(1769-1859) Romanticism English painter
WARHOL, Andy Andrew Warhola
(1928-1987) 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 illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats.
WARIN, Jean
(1607-1672) Baroque French sculptor
WASMANN, Friedrich
(1805-1886) Romanticism German painter
WATTEAU, Jean-Antoine
(1684-1721) Rococo French painter (Paris) whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement (in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens), and revitalized the waning Baroque idiom, which eventually became known as Rococo. He is credited with inventing the genre of fetes galantes: scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with an air of theatricality. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.
WATTEAU, Louis-Joseph
(1731-1798) Rococo French painter (Paris)
WEBBER, John
(1751-1793) Rococo English painter (London)
WEENIX, Jan
(1642-1719) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
WEENIX, Jan Baptist
(1621-1660) Baroque Dutch painter (Rome)
WEIDITZ, Christoph
(1500-1559) Northern Renaissance German sculptor
WEISWEILER, Adam
(1744-1820) Rococo French cabinet-maker (Paris)
WERFF, Adriaen van der
(1659-1722) Baroque Dutch painter (Rotterdam)
WERFF, Pieter van der
(1665-1722) Baroque Dutch painter (Rotterdam)
WERIHA-WYSOCHANSKI, Jan de Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski
(born 1950) Polish sculptor and Concrete artist.
WERTINGER, Hans
(1465-1533) Northern Renaissance German painter (Landshut)
WESEL, Adriaen van
(1417-1499) Northern Renaissance Netherlandish sculptor (Utrecht)
WEST, Benjamin
(1738-1820) Rococo American painter (London)
WESTMACOTT, Sir Richard
(1775-1856) Neoclassicism English sculptor (London)
WET, Gerrit de
(1616-1674) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
WET, Jacob Willemsz de, the Elder
(1610-1675) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
WEYDEN, Goossen van der
(1465-after 1538) Northern Renaissance Flemish painter (Brussels)
WEYDEN, Rogier van der
(1400-1464) Northern Renaissance Flemish painter (Brussels)
WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill James Abbott McNeill Whistler
(1834-1903) 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 his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. The symbol was apt, for it combined both aspects of his personality—his art was characterized by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. Finding a parallel between painting and music, Whistler titled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies", and "nocturnes", emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting is the iconic Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft parodied portrait of motherhood. A wit, dandy, and shameless self-promoter, Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his artistic theories and his friendships with leading artists and writers.
WIERINGEN, Cornelis Claesz van
(1580-1633) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
WIERIX, Hieronymus
(1553-1619) Mannerism Flemish graphic artist (Antwerp)
WIERTZ, Antoine
(1806-1865) Romanticism Belgian painter
WIJCK, Thomas
(1616-1677) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
WILDENS, Jan
(1586-1653) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
WILIGELMO
(active 1099-1120) Medieval Italian sculptor (Modena)
WILKIE, Sir David
(1785-1841) Romanticism Scottish painter
WILLAERTS, Abraham
(1603-1669) Baroque Dutch painter (Utrecht)
WILLAERTS, Adam
(1577-1664) Baroque Dutch painter (Utrecht)
WILLAERTS, Isaac
(1620-1693) Baroque Dutch painter (Utrecht)
WILLE, Johann Georg
(1715-1808) Neoclassicism German graphic artist (Paris)
WILLEBEECK, Petrus
(active 1632-1646) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
WILSON, Richard
(1714-1782) Baroque English painter
WILTON, Joseph
(1722-1803) Baroque English sculptor
WIMAR, Carl
(1828-1862) Realism American painter (St Louis)
WINTERHALTER, Franz Xaver
(1805-1873) Romanticism German painter
WINTERHALTER, Josef the Younger
(1743-1807) Rococo German painter (Moravia)
WIT, Jacob de
(1695-1754) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
WITDOECK, Jan
(1615-after 1642) Baroque Flemish graphic artist (Antwerp)
WITHOOS, Mathias
(1627-1703) Baroque Dutch painter (Amersfoort)
WITMONT, Heerman
(1605-1684) Baroque Dutch painter (Delft)
WITTE, Emanuel de
(1617-1692) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
WITTE, Pieter de (see CANDID, Peter)
(1548-1628) Mannerism Flemish painter
WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van
(1653-1736) Baroque Dutch painter (Rome)
WITTEN, Hans
(active 1485-1525) Northern Renaissance German sculptor (Saxony)
WITTMER, Johann Michael
(1802-1880) Romanticism German painter
WITZ,Konrad
(1400-1445) Northern Renaissance Swiss painter (Basle)
WOENSAM VON WORMS, Anton
(before 1500 - before 1541) Mannerism German painter (Cologne)
WOLFF, Albert
(1814-1892) Romanticism German sculptor
WOLFFORT, Artus
(1581-1641) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
WOLGEMUT, Michael
(1434-1519) Early Renaissance German graphic artist
WOOD, Grant Grant De Volson Wood
(1891-1942) American painter, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.
WOOTTON, John
(1682-1764) Baroque English painter
WOUTERS, Frans
(1612-1659) Baroque Flemish painter (Antwerp)
WOUWERMAN, Philips
(1619-1688) Baroque Dutch painter (Haarlem)
WOUWERMAN, Pieter
(1623-1682) Baroque Dutch painter
WRIGHT OF DERBY, Joseph (see WRIGHT, Joseph)
(1734-1797) Baroque English painter (Derby)
WRIGHT, Joseph
(1734-1797) Baroque English painter (Derby)
WTENBROUCK, Moses van (see UYTTENBROECK, Moyses Matheusz van)
(1595-1647) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)
WTEWAEL, Joachim
(1566-1638) Baroque Dutch painter (Utrecht)
WYATT, Matthew Cotes
(1777-1862) Realism English sculptor (London)
WYCK, Jan
(1652-1700) Baroque Dutch painter (Britain)
WYNANTS, Jan
(1630-1684) Baroque Dutch painter (Amsterdam)