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Artist Index (A)

• Aachen, Hans von (German, 1552–1615)
• Aalto, Alvar (Finnish, 1898–1976)
• Abakanowicz, Magdalena (Polish, born 1930)
• Abbott, Berenice (American, 1898–1991)
• ^cAbd al–^cAziz
• Abondio, Antonio (Italian, 1538–1591)
• Acconci, Vito (American, born 1940)
• Achilles Painter
• Adams, Ansel (American, 1902–1984)
• Adams, Robert (American, born 1937)
• Adamson, Robert (Scottish, 1821–1848)
• Affleck, Thomas (British, active in America, 1740–1795)
• Agam, Yaacov (Israeli, born Palestine 1928)
• Aguado, Onésipe (French, 1827–1894)
• Ahmed Tekelü (active in Istanbul, ca. 1520–30)
• Aitken, Doug (American, born 1964)
• Akrell, Carl Fredrik (Swedish, 1779–1868)
• al–Suhrawardi, Ahmad ibn (Iraqi, active ca. 1290–1320)
• Albers, Josef (American, born Germany, 1888–1976)
• Alberti, Leon Battista (Italian, 1406–1472)
• Alcañiz, Miguel (or Alcanyis) (Spanish, Valencian, active by 1408, died after 1447)
• Alechinsky, Pierre (Belgian, born 1927)
• Alexander, James (1770–1870)
• Alexander, John White (American, 1856–1915)
• Algardi, Alessandro (Italian, 1598–1654)
• Alkazzi, Basil (Kuwaiti, born 1938)
• Allston, Washington (American, 1779–1843)
• Altdorfer, Albrecht (German, ca. 1480–1538)
• Amasis Painter (Greek, ca. 560–515 B.C.)
• Amastini, Niccolò (Italian, 1780–1851)
• Amati, Andrea (Italian, Cremonese, ca. 1515–1580)
• Amati, Nicolò (Italian, 1596–1684)
• Ambasz, Emilio (Argentinian, born 1943)
• Amsterdam, Hans van (Low Countries, 's Hertogenbosch, recorded 1535–65)
• An Gyeon (Korean, act. ca. 1440–70)
• Anastasi, William (American, born 1933)
• Anatsui, El (Ghanaian, b. 1944)
• Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
• Andokides (Greek, active 530–510 B.C.)
• Andokides Painter (Greek, ca. 530–515 B.C.)
• Andreani, Andrea (Italian, Mantuan, 1558/59–1629)
• Angrand, Charles (French, 1854–1926)
• Annan, James Craig (Scottish, 1864–1964)
• Anshutz, Thomas P. (American, 1851–1912)
• Anthing, Johann Friedrich (German, active in Russia, 1753–1805)
• Anthony, Edward (American, 1818–1888)
• Anthony, Henry T. (American, 1814–1884)
• Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) (Italian, ca. 1460–1528)
• Antonio da Viterbo the Elder (Italian, ca. 1450–1516)
• Apianus, Petrus (German, 1495–1552)
• Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine, 1414/17–1465)
• Aquila, Pietro (Italian, 1640–1692/1700)
• Arbus, Diane (American, 1923–1971)
• Architect: List of Artists
• Aretino, Pietro (1492–1556)
• Armani, Giorgio (Italian, born 1934)
• Ashby Painter (Greek)
• Associated Artists (New York City, 1883–1907)
• Atget, Eugène (French, 1857–1927)
• Aubry, Charles Hippolyte (French, 1811–1877)
• Austin, Josiah (American, 1719/20–1780)
• Avedon, Richard (American, 1923–2004)