Artists & Composers
92 entries in the Historical Figures compendium.
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Akira ToriyamaCreator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump, legendary manga artist and character designer.Alessandro AlgardiItalian high-Baroque sculptor and rival of Bernini in RomeAngelica KauffmanSwiss-born history painter and Royal Academy founderAntoine BourdelleFrench sculptor and teacher, student of Rodin, teacher of Giacometti and Matisse, key figure in Art Deco.Antonio CanovaItalian Neoclassical sculptor, renowned for marble works and advisor on the Elgin Marbles.Aristide MaillolFrench Catalan sculptor, painter, and printmaker known for serene classical female figures.
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Barbara HepworthEnglish modernist sculptor and leading figure of the St Ives artists' colonyBartolomé Esteban MurilloSpanish Baroque painter of religious works and everyday lifeBenjamin Henry LatrobeBritish-American neoclassical architect who designed the U.S. Capitol and Baltimore BasilicaBertel ThorvaldsenDanish-Icelandic neoclassical sculptor of international fameBerthe MorisotFrench Impressionist painter and printmaker
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Camille ClaudelFrench sculptor known for figurative works in bronze and marbleCarl AndreAmerican minimalist artist known for ordered linear and grid format sculpturesCarl BarksThe Duck Man who created Scrooge McDuck and shaped Disney comics.Charles AddamsThe macabre mastermind behind the Addams FamilyCharles M. SchulzCreator of Peanuts, one of the most influential comic strips in history.Chaïm SoutineExpressionist painter of the School of Paris, known for carcass paintings.Christopher WrenEnglish architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist; master of English Baroque; rebuilt 52 churches…CimabueItalian painter and mosaic designer who broke from Byzantine styleClaude LorrainBaroque landscape painter who introduced sunlight into artClaus SluterPioneer of northern realism and court sculptor to Philip the Bold
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Daniel BurnhamThe architect who shaped skylines and cities.Diego VelázquezSpanish Baroque painter of the court of Philip IV.Don RosaThe man who brought Scrooge McDuck to life.DonatelloRenaissance sculptor of the bronze David, first freestanding nude since antiquity.
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Filippo BrunelleschiFounding father of Renaissance architecture and designer of the Florence Cathedral dome.Fra AngelicoDominican friar and painter of the early Florentine RenaissanceFrancesco BorrominiItalian Baroque architect known for inventive, idiosyncratic designs.Frank GehryCanadian and American architect known for postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials…Frans HalsDutch Golden Age portraitist of HaarlemFrançois BoucherFrench Rococo painter, draughtsman and etcherFrédéric Auguste BartholdiFrench sculptor and painter best known for designing the Statue of Liberty.
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Georges SeuratFrench post-Impressionist painter and pioneer of pointillismGustav VigelandNorwegian sculptor of the Vigeland installation and Nobel Peace Prize medal
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H. R. GigerSwiss artist who created the xenomorph and pioneered biomechanical art.Hans Holbein the YoungerGerman painter and printmaker, King's Painter to Henry VIIIHergéBelgian comic artist who created The Adventures of Tintin.
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Inigo JonesThe architect who brought classical Rome and the Italian Renaissance to England.Isidore of MiletusByzantine mathematician, physicist, and co-architect of Hagia Sophia
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Jack KirbyThe King of Comics: Jack Kirby's legendary creations and influenceJacob LawrenceDynamic cubist painter of African-American history and lifeJan Brueghel the ElderFlemish Baroque painter, inventor of paradise landscapes and flower garlands.Jan van EyckEarly Netherlandish painter and innovator of oil painting techniques.Jean ArpGerman-French Dadaist and abstract artistJean Siméon ChardinMaster of still life and genre painting in 18th-century FranceJean-Antoine HoudonFrench neoclassical sculptor of Enlightenment luminariesJean-François MilletFrench painter and founder of the Barbizon school, noted for realistic depictions of peasant farmers.John TennielThe definitive illustrator of Alice and a master political cartoonist for Punch.Joshua ReynoldsThe leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists in the history of…Juan GrisSpanish Cubist painter known for bright colors and geometric clarity.Jules Hardouin-MansartFrench Baroque architect who glorified Louis XIV
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M. C. EscherDutch graphic artist known for mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints.Marc ChagallRussian and French artist of Jewish ancestry, early modernist, and creator of works in stained glass…Marcel DuchampFrench American artist, chess player, and inventor; key figure in avant-garde and conceptual art.Mary CassattAmerican painter and printmaker who befriended Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists.Max BeckmannGerman painter who defied categorization and confronted the horrors of the 20th century.Max ErnstGerman-born pioneer of Dada and surrealism.MichelangeloItalian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
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Naoko TakeuchiCreator of Sailor Moon and licensed pharmacist.Nicolas PoussinLeading painter of the classical French Baroque styleNorman FosterEnglish architect and urbanist, pioneer of high-tech architecture.Norman RockwellAmerican painter and illustrator known for his Saturday Evening Post covers and depictions of American life.
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Oscar NiemeyerBrazilian architect known for curves and Brasília's civic buildings.Otto DixGerman painter and printmaker of the Neue Sachlichkeit, known for unflinching depictions of war and Weimar…
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Paolo UccelloRenaissance pioneer of perspectivePaul CézanneFrench Post-Impressionist painter who bridged Impressionism and CubismPaul GauguinFrench Post-Impressionist known for vivid color and Synthetist style.Pierre-Auguste RenoirLeading French Impressionist known for vibrant light and feminine beauty.Pieter Bruegel the ElderPioneer of landscapes and peasant scenes in Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting.
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Rem KoolhaasDutch architect, theorist, and urbanist; author of Delirious New York; Pritzker Prize winner.Renzo PianoItalian architect of iconic museums and skyscrapers.René MagritteBelgian surrealist who painted pipes that are not pipes.Robert AdamBritish neoclassical architect who developed the Adam Style.Rumiko TakahashiPioneering manga artist behind Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, and Ranma ½.
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Salvador DalíSpanish surrealist master of striking and bizarre imagerySandro BotticelliItalian Early Renaissance painter known for mythological and religious works.Sofonisba AnguissolaItalian Renaissance painter who broke barriers for women artistsSteve DitkoCo-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor StrangeSugerAbbot, regent, and architect of the first Gothic building.
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Thomas GainsboroughEnglish portrait and landscape painter, founding member of the Royal AcademyThomas NastGerman-born American cartoonist, father of the American cartoon.TitianItalian Renaissance painter, founder of the Venetian school, known for his masterful use of colour.
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Walter GropiusGerman-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus SchoolWassily KandinskyPioneer of abstraction and art theoristWilhelm BuschForefather of ComicsWill EisnerPioneer of the graphic novel and master of sequential art.
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