Visual Arts

Larry Dell Alexander (1953–2021)
Larry Dell Alexander was a visual artist, writer, and Bible teacher best known for his elaborate pen-and-ink d...
Al Allen (1925–2008)
aka: Alvin Lee Allen Jr.
Alvin Lee (Al) Allen Jr. was a painter whose contributions to Arkan...
Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984)
Catherine Tharp Altvater was a nationally known watercolorist whose works were shown in numerous museums, incl...
Bruce Roy Anderson (1907–1985)
Bruce Roy Anderson was a prominent Arkansas architect and watercolorist in the mid-twentieth century. Bruce An...
Frederick Tanqueray Anderson (1846–1926)
Frederick Tanqueray Anderson was an early twentieth-century Arkansas watercolorist. Categorized as a romantic ...
Arkansas Fonts
According to The Chicago Manual of Style, a font is: “A complete assortment of a given size and style of typ...
Ralph Waldo Armstrong III (1925–2006)
Ralph Waldo Armstrong III photographed the African-American community of Little Rock (Pulaski County) for more...
Ruth Asawa (1926–2013)
Ruth Asawa, an internationally acclaimed artist and advocate for arts education, gained renown for her distinc...
John James Audubon (1785–1851)
John James Audubon, a frontier naturalist and artist, is famous for illustrating and writing The Birds of Amer...
Beacon of Peace and Hope
The Beacon of Peace and Hope is a thirty-six-foot-tall steel tower on the north bank of the Arkansas River in ...
Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)
Thomas Hart Benton—painter, muralist, and writer from Missouri—developed, along with artists Grant Wood an...
Louis L. Betts (1873–1961)
Louis L. Betts was a painter active in the first half of the twentieth century in the United States, especiall...
Helen Long Bittick (1918–1985)
Helen Marie Long Bittick was an artist of the “primitive folk style,” meaning that she had no academic art...
buZ blurr (1943–2024)
aka: Butler, Russell
Russell Butler (a.k.a. buZ blurr) was a visual and conceptual artis...
Barbara Ann Higgins Bond (1951–)
aka: Higgins Bond
Barbara Ann Higgins Bond—whose professional name is Higgins Bond...
Adrian Louis Brewer (1891–1956)
Adrian Louis Brewer, a native of Minnesota, is known in Arkansas primarily for his portraits of prominent citi...
Edwin Cook Brewer (1927–2002)
Edwin Cook Brewer was a founding member of the Arkansas-based Mid-Southern Watercolorists in 1970 and helped h...
Nicholas Richard Brewer (1857–1949)
Nicholas Richard Brewer was an American landscape and portrait artist. He was active in Arkansas during the ea...
Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913)
Caroline Shawk Brooks was the first American sculptor known to have worked in and mastered the medium of butte...
Benjamin Chambers Brown (1865–1942)
Benjamin Chambers Brown was among the first Arkansas artists to attain national and international recognition ...
Robert Brownlee (1813–1897)
Robert Brownlee was a Scottish stonemason who lived in Little Rock (Pulaski County) from 1837 to 1849. He help...
Edward Everett Burr (1895–1986)
Best known for designing the Arkansas Centennial half-dollar, Edward Everett Burr was a commercial artist, scu...
Henry Byrd (1805–1884)
Henry Byrd was one of Arkansas’s most prolific antebellum portrait painters. His portraits present Arkansas...
John Paul Caldwell (1908–1976)
John Paul “Pete” Caldwell of Parkdale (Ashley County) was a well-known banker and community leader. During...
Christ of the Ozarks
Christ of the Ozarks is a statue located in Eureka Springs (Carroll County) on top of Magnetic Mountain. The w...
Les Christensen (1960–)
aka: Leslie Ann Christensen
Leslie Ann (Les) Christensen is director of the Bradbury Art Museum...
Carroll James Cloar (1913–1993)
Carroll James Cloar was a painter who earned national acclaim as a realist and surrealist. The majority of his...
Kevin Earlee Cole (1960– )
Kevin Earlee Cole, a Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) native, is one of the most renowned mid-career artists in A...
Sheila Holland Cotton (1947–)
Sheila Holland Cotton is an artist noted for her richly painted oils embracing the visual experience of Arkans...
V. L. Cox (1962–)
V. L. Cox is a painter and mixed media artist whose work has achieved national acclaim for confronting institu...
Dorris Lafferty Curtis (1908–2006)
Dorris Lafferty Curtis was a nationally recognized folk art painter, author, and songwriter. Compared to folk ...
Raymond Franklin DaBoll (1892–1982)
Raymond Franklin DaBoll, one of the most talented calligraphers in America, moved to Newark (Independence Coun...