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The Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL), [Artists of the World], is the successor to the traditional Thieme-Becker and Vollmer standard reference works on art history. It has been published since 1991. Long a standard work in its own right, the AKL is intentionally not limited to the “grand masters”, but includes artists from all over the world and throughout the ages from antiquity to the present. It not only contains painters, sculptors and graphic designers, but gives equal weight to architects, designers, photographers, calligraphers, craftsmen and many other artistic professions. Around 1,500 artist biographies are contained in each volume. An index arranged according to country and artistic profession follows every tenth volume.
According to the updated schedule for the AKL, the print edition will be completed in 2022. In the meantime, the proportion of articles published exclusively online will continually increase.
The first volumes of the AKL were compiled from 1969 onwards. This period of almost four decades is now being covered in supplementary volumes, the first of which was published in 2005, for the letter A. The fifth supplementary volume (Cassini – Czwartos) was published in 2012.
Every entry offers the following clearly structured information:
Since January 2010, we are offering a combined print + online annual subscription. For more information, please visit www.degruyter.de/akl.
Andreas Beyer, Universität Basel; Bénédicte Savoy, Technische Univ., Berlin; Wolf Tegethoff, Zentralinst. für Kunstgeschichte, München.
"In my opinion, the AKL is a cultural act on a global scale."ptah, Helsinki, Nr. 2, 2004
Volume 76 contains, inter alia, entries on Jörg Immendorf (by Tayfun Belgin), Robert Indiana (Allison Unruh), Christoph Ingenhofen (Jan Lubitz), Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (Uwe Fleckner), George Inness (Michael Quick), Jean Ipousteguy (Hélène Trespeuch), Adriaen Isenbrant (Till-Holger Borchert) und Johannes Itten (Christoph Wagner).
Volume 77 contains, inter alia, entries on Alfredo Jaar (by Sangestan Shabab), Jacopo della Quercia (Helen Geddes), Wenzel Jamnitzer (Sven Hauschke), Marcel Janco (Harry Seiwert), Horst Janssen (Jutta Moster-Hoos), Alexej Jawlensky (Tayfun Belgin), Pierre Jeanneret (Catherine Courtiau) und Thomas Jefferson (Gerhard Bissell).
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TheAllgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL) presents in each volume around 1.000 biographies of artists from all over the globe and throughout the ages from antiquity to the present. In contains not only painters, sculptors, and graphic designers but gives equal weight to architects, desginers, photographers, video and performance artists.Volume 79 contains, inter alia, entries on Jasper Johns, Philip Johnson, Inigo Jones, Jacob Jordaens, Asger Jorn, Donald Judd, Filippo Juvarra, Ilja Kabakov and FridaKahlo.
The Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL) presents in each volume around 1.000 biographies of artists from all over the globe and throughout the ages from antiquity to the present. Volume 79 contains, inter alia, entries on Filippo Juvarra, Frida Kahlo, Louis I. Kahn, Wassily Kandinsky, Angelika Kauffmann, Katsushika Hokusai and On Kawara.
The Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL) presents in each volume around 1.000 biographies of artists from all over the globe and throughout the ages from antiquity to the present. In contains not only painters, sculptors, and graphic designers but gives equal weight to architects, desginers, photographers, video and performance artists. Volume 79 contains, inter alia, entries on Mike Kelley, Anselm Kiefer, Edward Kienholz, Martin Kippenberger, Paul Klee, Josef Kleihues, Yves Klein, Gustav Klimt und Max Klinger.
The Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (AKL) presents in each volume around 1.000 biographies of artists from all over the globe and throughout the ages from antiquity to the present. In contains not only painters, sculptors, and graphic designers but gives equal weight to architects, desginers, photographers, video and performance artists. Volume 79 contains, inter alia, entries on Joseph Anton Koch, Oskar Kokoschka, Käthe Kollwitz, Rem Koolhaas, Jeff Koons, Jannis Kounellis, Alfred Kubin und Kisho Kurokawa.
Volume 82 includes articles about Barbara Kruger, Alfred Kubin, František Kupka, Kisho Kurokawa, David LaChapelle, Réné Lalique, Wifredo Lam, and Georges de La Tour.
Band 83 enthält u.a. Artikel zu Giovanni Lanfranco, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Le Corbusier, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, André Le Nôtre, Charles LeBrun, Fernand Léger, Wilhelm Lehmbruck und Leonardo da Vinci.
Das Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon (AKL) bietet in jedem Band rund 1.000 Biographien bildender Künstler aus aller Welt und allen Zeiten, von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Enthalten sind nicht nur Maler, Bildhauer oder Architekten, sondern auch Architekten, Designer, Fotografen, Schriftkünstler, Kunsthandwerker u.v.m.
The second supplementary volume (B – Beran) will contain approx. 2,000 additional biographies of artists. More than 100 sources, mostly regional artist encyclopedias, and current publications were used, furthermore information from the AKL editorial archive itself. Especially for the contemporary artists intensive online research was accomplished. The third volume which will complete letter B will be published in 2008.
The third supplementary volume (starting with Beranek) will contain approx. 1,400 additional biographies of artists. More than 100 sources, mostly regional artist encyclopedias, and current publications were used, furthermore information from the AKL editorial archive itself. Especially for the contemporary artists intensive online research was accomplished.
The forth supplementary volume will contain approx. 2,000 additional biographies of artists. More than 100 sources, mostly regional artist encyclopedias, and current publications were used, furthermore information from the AKL editorial archive itself. Especially for the contemporary artists intensive online research was accomplished.
The fifth supplementary volume will contain approx. 2,000 additional biographies of artists. More than 100 sources, mostly regional artist encyclopedias, and current publications were used, furthermore information from the AKL editorial archive itself. Especially for the contemporary artists intensive online research was accomplished.