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Signatures of famous artists
An artist’s signature is part of the work: a monogram worked into a print, a first name in the corner of a canvas, or no signature at all.
9 signatures
- 303–361 · ArtistsWang XizhiThe Sage of Calligraphy, known only through copies of his hand
- 1452–1519 · ArtistsLeonardo da VinciHardly any signed works, but thousands of pages of mirror writing
- 1471–1528 · ArtistsAlbrecht DürerThe AD monogram: an artist’s signature that worked like a trademark
- 1475–1564 · ArtistsMichelangeloOne signed work in a long life: his name carved across the Pietà
- 1606–1669 · ArtistsRembrandtFrom the RHL monogram to “Rembrandt f.”: a first name as a brand
- 1632–1675 · ArtistsJohannes VermeerIVMeer: initials and surname woven into a single ligature
- 1760–1849 · ArtistsKatsushika HokusaiThirty-odd art names, ending as the “old man mad about painting”
- 1840–1926 · ArtistsClaude MonetA painted signature that borrows its colour from the picture
- 1853–1890 · ArtistsVincent van GoghJust “Vincent”, because people in France could not say Van Gogh