Artistic Lives: Biographies of Masters

Explore the lives and works of some of history's most influential artists through compelling biographies that illuminate their contributions to the art world. This collection features personal insights, historical contexts, and the artistic journeys of renowned figures, providing a rich understanding of their legacies.

Auguste Rodin

von Rainer Maria Rilke Gelesen von David Wales 4.8
Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work. (From the translators’ Preface)Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, was a …

Rosa Bonheur

von François Crastre Gelesen von Susan Morin
Rosa Bonheur by François Crastre offers an insightful exploration of one of the most celebrated female artists of the 19th century. T…

Van Dyck

von Percy M. Turner Gelesen von Susan Morin 4.8
Van Dyck offers a detailed exploration of the life and work of the renowned Baroque painter, Anthony van Dyck. This biography not only chron…

The Medici

von G. F. Young Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise from obscurity, to its zeni…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects

von Giorgio Vasari Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…

Great Artists

von Jennie Ellis Keysor Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Great Artists by Jennie Ellis Keysor offers an insightful exploration into the lives and works of some of history's most renowned painters, …

Vincent Van Gogh And Paul Gauguin

von Radio Netherlands 4.6
Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin were two of the greatest painters of their age. The nine stormy weeks they spent working together in Arles…

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

von Vincent Van Gogh Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but…