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Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), American portrait painter from Rhode Island, trained under Benjamin West in London and painted over 1,100 portraits; his unfinished 1796 Athenaeum portrait of George Washington appears on the U.S. one-dollar bill.
Gilding
Gilding, also called gilding or dorure, is applying a thin layer of gold to a surface as leaf, foil, powder, or amalgam; practiced since 3000 BCE, with fire-gilding used 1500 years until electroplating (patented 1840) replaced it.
Gill Sans
Gill Sans (Gill Sans MT) is Eric Gill's 1928 humanist sans-serif typeface for Monotype, derived from Edward Johnston's London Underground lettering; used by LNER, Penguin Books, and the BBC, and expanded in 2015 as Gill Sans Nova.
Gilles Peress
Gilles Peress, born 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, is a French photographer based in New York, known for long-term documentary projects on conflict in Northern Ireland, Iran, Bosnia, and Rwanda.
Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje
The Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje, also called the Great Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje, is a 61.8 cm National Treasure excavated in 1993 at Buyeo, South Korea.
Gilt-bronze Standing Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Gamsansa Temple
A Unified Silla gilt-bronze standing Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of the 8th century, designated Treasure no. 927 in 1987 and held at the Leeum Museum in Seoul, though its attribution to Gamsansa Temple is unverified.
Ginevra de' Benci
Ginevra de' Benci, Leonardo da Vinci's c. 1474/1478 oil-on-panel portrait of the Florentine noblewoman, with juniper symbolism and Virtutem Forma Decorat reverse, held by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, since 1967.
Ginger Gilmour
Ginger Gilmour (born 1949) is a British-based contemporary painter and sculptor in Littlehampton, West Sussex, known for angel bronzes such as Aeriel, her training with Cecil Collins, and her former marriage to Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
Gino Severini
Gino Severini was an Italian painter, born in Cortona in 1883, who signed the Futurist painting manifesto in 1910 and linked Futurism with the Parisian avant-garde.
Gio Ponti
Gio Ponti (Giovanni Ponti, 1891–1979) was an Italian architect, designer, and publisher who founded the magazine Domus and designed Milan's Pirelli Tower and the Superleggera chair.
Giorgio de Chirico
Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), Italian painter born in Volos, Greece, founder of Metaphysical Painting with Carlo Carrà; his enigmatic piazzas and mannequins shaped Surrealism, though he never joined the movement.
Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who spent nearly his whole life in Bologna painting small still lifes of bottles, jugs, and pots.
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo 1511–Florence 1574), Italian Mannerist painter, architect and writer; designed the Uffizi and Vasari Corridor, founded the Accademia del Disegno (1563), and wrote the Lives (1550, 1568), the founding text of art history.
Giotto
Giotto di Bondone (c. 1265-1337), Florentine painter trained under Cimabue, father of European painting; Arena Chapel Padua frescoes for Enrico Scrovegni, Assisi cycle, Bardi and Peruzzi chapels, Ognissanti Madonna.
Giovanni Battista Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni (about 1521-1578) was an Italian Lombard Renaissance painter and the leading portrait specialist of sixteenth-century Lombardy, known for portraits of unusual psychological realism, including The Tailor.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Giambattista Piranesi, 1720-1778), Venetian-born etcher, architect, and archaeologist active in Rome; over 1,000 engravings including Vedute di Roma and Carceri d'invenzione; built only Santa Maria del Priorato.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, also called Giambattista Tiepolo (1696–1770), was a Venetian painter celebrated as Europe's leading master of decorative fresco, with great cycles at Würzburg and the Royal Palace in Madrid.
Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430/1435–1516), Venetian Renaissance painter, son of Jacopo, brother of Gentile, brother-in-law of Mantegna; official painter of Venice from 1483, pioneer of oil painting, master of Giorgione and Titian.
Giovanni di Paolo
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) was an Italian painter and illuminator of Siena, active there from about 1420 until his death in 1482.
Giovanni Guida
Giovanni Guida, born 1992 in Acerra, Italy, is an Italian painter and illustrator known for the Surrealist grattage technique, lapis lazuli blue, Caesarius Diaconus, and Dante and Covid-19 works; distinct from the 1837-1885 painter of the same name.
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Giovanni Paolo Panini (Pannini), 1691-1765, Italian painter of Roman vedute, capricci, and gallery paintings; trained under Galli-Bibiena and Luti, led Roman view painting, painted St Peter's interiors and Ancient/Modern Rome for the duc de Choiseul.
Giovanni Pisano
Giovanni Pisano (born around 1248, died after 1314) was an Italian sculptor and architect, son of Nicola Pisano, known for his expressive Gothic pulpits at Pistoia and Pisa.
Girl before a Mirror
Girl before a Mirror (Jeune fille devant un miroir) is Pablo Picasso's March 14, 1932 oil on canvas of Marie-Thérèse Walter before a mirror, in MoMA since 1937, distinct from other Picasso mirror paintings by its date, size, and X-ray-revealed revisions.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Meisje met de parel), Vermeer's c. 1665 tronie in the Mauritshuis, The Hague: 1881 purchase by des Tombe, 2018 Girl in the Spotlight examination, ultramarine turban, green curtain background, two-stroke pearl.
Girl with Balloon
Girl with Balloon, also known as Balloon Girl, is a Banksy stencil mural series begun in London in 2002, showing a girl reaching for a red heart-shaped balloon.
Giroux daguerreotype camera
The Giroux daguerreotype camera, marketed as Le Daguerreotype, is a wooden sliding-box camera first sold in Paris in 1839, generally regarded as the first commercially manufactured camera.
Gisele Bündchen
Gisele Bündchen (Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen), Brazilian supermodel born 1980 in Horizontina, discovered by Elite in 1994, Victoria's Secret Angel 1999-2007 with a $25 million contract, Forbes' top earner, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador since 2009, retired from runways in 2015.
Giulio Romano
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi, c. 1499–1546), Raphael's principal pupil, Italian Mannerist painter and architect; court artist to Federico II Gonzaga in Mantua from 1524 and creator of Palazzo Te.
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (Arcimboldi) was an Italian Mannerist painter (1526–1593) who served Habsburg emperors. He is best known for his composite heads built from fruits and vegetables.
Giuseppe Castiglione
Giuseppe Castiglione (郎世宁, Lang Shining) was an Italian Jesuit painter who served the Qing court in Beijing for over 50 years, blending Western and Chinese styles.