Many painters produced individual drawings, but the most notable draftsmen are the otherwise unidentified 15th-century German Master of the Housebook and his contemporary Martin Schongauer.
One of the most original draftsmen around is Claes Oldenburg, whose early sculptures of everyday objects in the 1960's helped to define the Pop art movement.
A nice coup, because Mr. Oldenburg, whose early sculptures of everyday objects -- like his "Soft Toilet" of 1966 -- helped define the Pop Art movement, is one of the most original draftsmen around.
Heralded as one of the most talented draftsmen of his day, Veronese produced drawings for most of his commissions.
Leonardo was not a prolific painter, but he was a most prolific draftsman, keeping journals full of small sketches and detailed drawings recording all manner of things that took his attention.
Until the acceptance of the modern steel pen, most Western master draftsmen used quill pens.
Ms. Coe, one of the few contemporary artists to engage the theme of war so exhaustively and directly, is by no means the best or most subtle of draftsmen.
Kahn was an unusually gifted draftsman, and his most valuable assets were his exquisite pen-and-ink drawings, pastel sketches, and pencil renderings on tracing paper.
His duties on Dan Dare were taken up by Frank Bellamy, described by Morris as "a most fastidious artist and scrupulous draftsman, and like Hampson at his best, often consumed with anxiety".
April 13 , 1769Bristol, England January 7 , 1830London, England Sir Thomas Lawrence, (born April 13 , 1769 Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Jan . 7 , 1830London), painter and draftsman who was the most fashionable English portrait painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
