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Maar, Dora (French, born Great Britain, 1909–1997)
Macartney, Mervyn (British, 1853–1932)
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie (Scottish, 1868–1928)
MacMonnies, Frederick William (American, 1863–1937)
MacNeil, Hermon Atkins (American, 1866–1947)
Macret, Charles (French, 1751–1789)
Madame Grès (French, 1903–1993)
Maes, Nicolaes (Dutch, 1634–1693)
Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Italian; active ca. 1485–90)
Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Gubbio)
Magritte, René (Belgian, 1898–1967)
Maher, George Washington (American, 1864–1926)
Mahmud al–Husaini (Iranian, active early 15th century)
Mainbocher (American, 1890–1976)
Maison Léoty (French, late 19th century)
Makron (Greek)
Malchair, John Baptist (British, born Germany, 1731–1812)
Malevich, Kazimir (Russian, 1878–1935)
Mamoru, Nakagawa (Japanese, born 1947)
Man, Felix H. (British, born Germany, 1893–1985)
Manara, Baldassare (Italian, active first half of 16th century, died 1547)
Manet, Édouard (French, 1832–1883)
Mansur (Indian, active 1605–27)
Mantegna, Andrea (Italian, Paduan, 1430/31–1506)
Manwaring, Robert (British, active 1760–1770)
Marchi, Virgilio (Italian, 1895–1960)
Marclay, Christian (American, born 1955)
Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine, 1402–1489)
Marcolini, Francesco (ca. 1500–after 1559)
Marcotte, Leon (American, active 1848–60)
Marcus & Company (American, 1892–ca. 1962)
Margiela, Martin (Belgian, born 1957)
Marin, John (American, 1870–1953)
Marisol (Marisol Esobar) (American, born France, 1930)
Marlay Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 450–ca. 420 B.C.)
Marlow, William (British, 1740–1813)
Marmion, Simon (French, active by 1449, died 1489)
Marmitta, Francesco (Italian, active first half of 16th century)
Marrel, Jakob (Dutch, 1613/4–1681)
Marshall, Maria (British, born India, 1966)
Martel, Jan (French, 1896–1966)
Martel, Joël (French, 1896–1966)
Martel, Joël (French, 1896–1966)
Martin, Christian Frederick (American, born Germany, 1796–1873)
Martinez, Juan (Toledo, Spain)
Martini, Francesco di Giorgio (Italian, Sienese, 1439–1501/2)
Martini, Simone (Italian, Sienese, active by 1315, died 1344)
Marville, Charles (French, 1816–1879)
Masnago, Alessandro (Italian, active by ca. 1560, d. 1620)
Massier, Clément (French, 1844–1917)
Massys, Quentin (also Matsys or Metsys) (Netherlandish, 1465/66–1530)
Master G. A. with the Caltrop (Italian, active ca. 1538–52)
Master GG (active Paris, ca. 1744)
Master H.A. or A.H.
Master H.K V.B. (German)
Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active ca. 1300)
Master IC (French, Limoges, active ca. 1550–75)
Master of 1515 (Italian [?], active ca. 1515)
Master of the Aeneid (French, active ca. 1530–40)
Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet (active 1470–90)
Master of the Argonauts (Italian, Florentine, fourth quarter of 15th century)
Master of Bagnacavallo (Italian, 13th century)
Master of the Berswordt Altar (German, Westphalian, active ca. 1400–1435)
Master of the Blumenthal Passion (Netherlandish, first third of 16th century)
Master of Charles of France (French)
Master of the Codex of Saint George (Italian, Florentine, active second quarter of 14th century)
Master of the Die (active Rome, ca. 1525–1560)
Master of the Dinteville Allegory (Netherlandish or French, active mid–16th century)
Master of Flora (Italian, Fontainebleau, second half of 16th century)
Master of James IV of Scotland
Master of the Lorsch Calvary (German)
Master of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (Austrian, prob. mid–17th century)
Master of Monte Oliveto (Italian, Sienese, active ca. 1305–35)
Master of the Orcagnesque Misericordia (Italian, Florentine, active second half of 14th century)
Master of the Playing Cards (German, active ca. 1425–50)
Master of Riglos (Spanish, Aragonese, ca. 1450)
Master of Saint Augustine (Netherlandish, active 1490–1500)
Master of the Saint Barbara Legend (Netherlandish, active late 15th century)
Master of Saint Giles (active ca. 1490–1510)
Master of the View of Sainte–Gudule (Netherlandish, active ca. 1485)
Master W with the Key (Netherlandish, active ca. 1465–90)
Masury, Samuel (American, ca. 1818–1874)
Matisse, Henri (French, 1869–1954)
Matta (Roberto Matta Echaurren) (Chilean, 1911–2002)
Matta–Clark, Gordon (American, 1943–1978)
Maucher, Johann Michael (German, 1645–1701)
Maulana Azhar (Iranian, first half of 15th century)
Maxwell, Vera (American, 1901–1995)
Mayhew, John (English, 1736–1811)
McCardell, Claire (American, 1905–1958)
McCollum, Allan (American, born 1944)
McCoy, Jennifer (American, born 1968)
McCoy, Kevin (American, born 1967)
McLaren, Malcolm (British, born 1946)
McMullin, John (American, 1765–1843)
McQueen, Alexander (British, 1969–2010)
Mead, Larkin Goldsmith (American, 1835–1910)
Meares, Richard (English, ca. 1647–1725)
Mears, Helen Farnsworth (American, 1871–1916)
Meatyard, Ralph Eugene (American, 1925–1972)
Medici Workshop (Italian, Florentine)
Meier, Melchior (German, active Tuscany, ca. 1572–82)
Meit, Conrad (German, 1480s?–1550/51)
Melendez, Luis Egidio (Spanish, 1716–1780)
Memling, Hans (Netherlandish, active by 1465, died 1494)
Menelaos Painter (Greek, ca. 450–420 B.C.)
Mengs, Anton Raphael (German, 1728–1779)
Menzies Group (Greek, active ca. 340–315 B.C.)
Messerschmidt, Franz Xaver (Austrian, 1736–1783)
Mestral, Auguste (French, 1812–1884)
Metcalf, Willard (American, 1858–1925)
Metope Painter (Greek, active in third quarter of 4th century B.C.)
Metsu, Gabriël (Dutch, 1629—1667)
Mettayer, Lewis (English, active 1700–1735, died 1740)
Metzinger, Jean (French, 1883–1956)
Metzker, Ray K. (American, born 1931)
Meyer–Heine, Jacob (French, 1805–1879)
Mi Fu (Chinese, 1052–1107)
Mi Youren (Chinese, 1074–1151)
Micaud, Pierre–Louis (French, active 1795–1834)
Michallon, Achille–Etna (French, 1796–1822)
Michel, Georges (French, 1763–1843)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564)
Michelin, Jean (French, ca. 1616–1670)
Michelino da Besozzo (Michelino de Mulinari) (Italian, Lombard, active 1388–1450)
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig (American, born Germany, 1886–1969)
Milan, Pierre (French, active Paris ca. 1542, died after 1557)
Milhazes, Beatriz (Brazilian, born 1960)
Millais, Sir John Everett (British, 1829–1896)
Millet, Francisque (Flemish, 1642–1679)
Millet, Jean–François (French, 1814–1875)
Mir
c
Ali Haravi (Uzbekistani, active first half of 16th century [d. ca. 1550])
Mir
c
Ali Haravi (Uzbekistani, active first half of 16th century [d. ca. 1550])
Mir Sayyid cAli
Miró, Joan (Spanish, 1893–1983)
Mirza
c
Ali (Iranian, active ca. 1525–75)
Miskin (Indian, active second half of 16th century)
Missoni (Italian, founded 1953)
Miyake, Issey (Japanese, born 1938)
Miyashita Zenji (Japanese, 1939–2012)
Ma Lin (Chinese, active ca. 1180–after 1256)
Model, Lisette (American, born Austria, 1901–1983)
Modigliani, Amedeo (Italian, 1884–1920)
Mohamedi, Nasreen (Indian, 1937–1990)
Moholy, Lucia (British, born Czechoslovakia, 1894–1989)
Moholy–Nagy, László (American, born Hungary, 1895–1946)
Moitte, Jean–Guillaume (French, 1746–1810)
Molard, Louis–Adolphe Humbert de (French, 1800–1874)
Molart, Michel (French, 1641–1713)
Mole, Arthur (American)
Molyneux, Edward (French, born Britain, 1891–1974)
Monaco, Lorenzo (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1391–1423/24)
Mondrian, Piet (Dutch, 1872–1944)
Monet, Claude (French, 1840–1926)
Monnoyer, Jean–Baptiste (French, 1636–1699)
Monogrammist LAM (French, active 1568–74)
Monteverdi, Claudio (Italian, 1567–1643)
Moore, Henry (British, 1898–1986)
Moore, Samuel (American, act. 19th century)
Moran, Thomas (American, born England, 1837–1926)
Moreau, Gustave (French, 1826–1898)
Morel, Gabriel Raoul (French, active 1798– ca. 1827)
Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino) (Italian, ca. 1498–1554)
Morghen, Filippo
Morghen, Raphael (Italian, Neapolitan, 1758–1833)
Moriah, Avner (Israeli, born 1953)
Moriot, Nicolas–Marie (French, active 1828–48)
Morisot, Berthe (French, 1841–1895)
Moroni, Giovanni Battista (Italian, born no later than 1524, died 1578)
Morris, William (British, 1834–1896)
Morse, Alice C. (American, 1863–1961)
Morse, Samuel F. B. (American, 1791–1872)
Mosler, Henry (American, 1841–1920)
Mosselman, Paul de (Franco–Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453)
Motherwell, Robert (American, 1915–1991)
Mount, William Sidney (American, 1807—1868)
Mozart, Anton (German, active 1595–1620)
Mucha, Alphonse (Czech, 1860–1939)
Muhammad Zaman ibn Haji Yusuf (Persian, active, 1643–1689)
Muhammed ibn Aybak (Iraqi, active ca. 1290–1320)
Muller, Harmen Jansz (Netherlandish, ca. 1538/39–1617)
Müller, Karl L.H. (American, 1820–1887)
Munch, Edvard (Norwegian, 1863–1944)
Muniz, Vik (Brazilian, born 1961)
Munkacsi, Martin (American, born Hungary, 1896–1963)
Munro, Mary (American, no dates)
Mura, Francesco de (Italian, 1696–1782)
Murad (Indian, active 1605–27)
Muzaffar
c
Ali
Myers, Myer (American, 1723–1795)
Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190–1225)
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