Template:Infobox artist

Infobox artist
Date of birth	{{{birthdate}}}

An Infobox Artist may be used to summarise information about a person who is an artist.

Usage

The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. Only the name and birthdate parameters are required. For an example, see Salvador Dalí.

{{Infobox artist
| bgcolour      = 
| name          = 
| image         = 
| imagesize     = 
| caption       = 
| birthname     = 
| birthdate     = 
| location      = 
| deathdate     = 
| deathplace    = 
| medium        = 
| training      = 
| movement      = 
| famous works  = 
| patrons       = 
| awards        = 
}}

Parameters

Those parameters in bold italics are required.

bgcolour	background colouring (e.g. as used in associated colours/projects)
name	artist's name; usually the article's page name (i.e. the artist's common name)
image	an image of the artist, in the form: "Example.jpg"
imagesize *	in the form "Npx", resizes the image to a width of N pixels; default is 220px
caption *	caption for the image
birthname	artist's name at birth
birthdate	artist's date of birth, in the form: Month Date, Year
location	artist's place of birth
deathdate	artist's date of death (in form already given)
deathplace	artist's place of death
medium	main mediums in which the artist works (i.e. photography, painting, sculpture, drawing, cermaics, graphic design)
training	where or with whom the artist trained
movement	artistic movement or school with which artist is associated
famous works	artist's most famous works
patrons	patrons of the artist
awards	any awards the artist has won
* Only used if the {{{image}}} parameter used.

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