Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was an American artist. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fin

Was an American artist. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris. After early figure-painting and illustration, he became prominent as a landscape painter. He was

A Dutch singer and actress, the daughter of entertainer and singer Willy Alberti.Willeke Alberti sta

A Dutch singer and actress, the daughter of entertainer and singer Willy Alberti.Willeke Alberti started her career at the early age of eleven in the musical Duel om Barbara and she recorded her first single in 1958 together with her father. During the 19

Was a Dutch landscape painter in the 17th century at Utrecht. The date of this artist's birth is unk

Was a Dutch landscape painter in the 17th century at Utrecht. The date of this artist's birth is unknown.Nothing certain is recorded of him except that he presided over the gild of Utrecht, whilst Cornelis Poelemburg, Jan Both and Jan Weenix formed the council of that body, in 1649. According to the majority of historians, Heusch was born in 1638, and was taught by Jan Both.

Was a homosexual Dutch artist and author, who joined the anti-Nazi resistance movement during World

Was a homosexual Dutch artist and author, who joined the anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II.About 1935, he gave up visual arts and became an author. The poems and stories he had written in the 1920s went unpublished, but in the year 1938 he published two novels, Het Uilenhuis ('The Owls House') and In de bloeiende Ramenas ('In the Blossoming Winter Radish'), both illustrated with designs by Arondeus himself. 1939 saw the publication of his best work, Matth?s Maris: de tragiek van den droom ('The Tragedy of the Dream'), a biography of the painter Matthijs Maris

Is a South African artist known primarily for his conceptual installations. He is one of South Afric

Is a South African artist known primarily for his conceptual installations. He is one of South Africa's foremost contemporary artists and regularly exhibits nationally and internationally.Boshoff trained as a teacher at the Johannesburg College of Art before pursuing a diploma in fine art, with an emphasis on printmaking, in 1980; he received a master's degree in sculpture from Technikon Witwatersrand in 1984. His installations are frequently based on the exploration of language and are created in materials ranging from stone to paper to sand.

Was one of the earliest Dutch artists devoted exclusively to the painting of still life.

Was one of the earliest Dutch artists devoted exclusively to the painting of still life.

Was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Was an abstract expressionist painter, born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Was a Dutch Baroque painter and printmaker.

Was a Dutch Baroque painter and printmaker.

Was a Dutch painter who specialized in still lifes. Later in his life, Kalf became an art dealer and

Was a Dutch painter who specialized in still lifes. Later in his life, Kalf became an art dealer and appraiser.Willem Kalf was born in Rotterdam, in 1619.[1] He was previously thought to have been born in 1622, but H. E. van Gelder’s important archival research has established the painter’s correct place and date of birth.

Was a Dutch landscape painter.He got his first lessons in drawing from his brothers Jacob and Matthi

Was a Dutch landscape painter.He got his first lessons in drawing from his brothers Jacob and Matthijs Maris. For a while he followed evening classes at the Hague Academy and later continued his studies with the cattle painter Stortenbeker. In the Mauritshuis in The Hague, Willem copied the work of the seventeenth-century animal painter Paulus Potter.

Was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Golden Age. He is often considered the "inventor"

Was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Golden Age. He is often considered the "inventor" of Dutch genre painting.Buytewech was the son of Pieter Jacobsz, a cobbler and candlemaker. He learned his trade in Haarlem, where he became a member of the artists' guild (St Luke's guild) in 1612

Was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the f

Was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman. Roelofs was one of the forerunners of the Dutch Revival art, after the Romantic Classicism of the beginning of the 19th century, which led to the formation of The Hague school.

Was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game.Van Aelst was born to

Was a Dutch artist who specialized in still-life painting with flowers or game.Van Aelst was born to a family of prominent city magistrates. He learned to paint from his uncle, the still-life painter Evert van Aelst. On 9 November 1643 he enrolled as a master of the Guild of Saint Luke at Delft.

Dutch painter, was the son of Frans van Mieris sr..His works are extremely numerous, being partly im

Dutch painter, was the son of Frans van Mieris sr..His works are extremely numerous, being partly imitations of the paternal subjects, or mythological episodes, which Frans habitually avoided. In no case did he come near the excellence of his sire.

Was a Dutch portrait artist. He studied at The Hague under Willem Doudijns (1630-97) and Arnoldus va

Was a Dutch portrait artist. He studied at The Hague under Willem Doudijns (1630-97) and Arnoldus van Ravestyn (1615-90). In 1676, he moved to England, where he studied with and assisted Peter Lely. After Lely's death in 1680, Wissing emerged as his most important pupil.

Was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As an actor he was a d

Was an Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer. As an actor he was a darling of the German-speaking public, as a director one of the most significant makers of the specifically Viennese light musical comedies of the 1930s known as Wiener Filme. From the mid-1930s he also recorded many records, largely of sentimental Viennese songs, for the Odeon Records label owned by Carl Lindström AG.

Is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voic

Is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voice," a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts and became the youngest singer to chart a Top 40 hit on the country music charts.[citation needed] A

Was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most

Was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for almost 50 years. Many notable musicians came to prominence under h

Was an American hard bop jazz pianist whose block chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, i

Was an American hard bop jazz pianist whose block chord style, in part originated by Milt Buckner, influenced many forthcoming pianists in the jazz idiom.Garland's trademark block chord technique, a commonly borrowed maneuver in jazz piano today, was uniq

Was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art, bu

Was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art, but is best known for a zany cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzman's Mad comic book in 1952.

An American painter and visual artist. He has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1960

An American painter and visual artist. He has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1960'sHis work is predominantly abstract and his works are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Walker Art Center, the National Gallery of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.Currently exhibited works include "Nine Polaroid Photographs of a Mirror", currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Was a Hungarian prolific illustrator of children's and adult books.Pogany's best known works consist

Was a Hungarian prolific illustrator of children's and adult books.Pogany's best known works consist of illustrations of classic myths and legends done in the Art Nouveau style. He also worked as an art director on several Hollywood films, including Fashi

Was an illustrator from the United States. He was born in New York, but spent most of his working li

Was an illustrator from the United States. He was born in New York, but spent most of his working life in Chicago. He was a student of George Bridgman's as a youth. He is best remembered now for a series of art instruction books that continues to influenc

Is a Puerto Rican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and ac

Is a Puerto Rican salsa musician. Primarily a trombonist, Colón also sings, writes, produces and acts. He is also involved in municipal politics in New York City.

Was a British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland.Ashford was born in Birmingham in 1746 and a

Was a British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland.Ashford was born in Birmingham in 1746 and arrived in Dublin in 1764 at the age of eighteen. Within three years of his arrival, Ashford was exhibiting with the Society of Artists on William Street. At first, he was an amateur painter specializing in flower paintings and still life, but in 1772 he exhibited his first landscape at the Dublin Royal Society of Arts.