Artists & Composers
92 entries in the Historical Figures compendium.
HergéBelgian comic artist who created The Adventures of Tintin.Jack KirbyThe King of Comics: Jack Kirby's legendary creations and influenceCimabueItalian painter and mosaic designer who broke from Byzantine styleFra AngelicoDominican friar and painter of the early Florentine RenaissanceSofonisba AnguissolaItalian Renaissance painter who broke barriers for women artistsSandro BotticelliItalian Early Renaissance painter known for mythological and religious works.François BoucherFrench Rococo painter, draughtsman and etcherJan Brueghel the ElderFlemish Baroque painter, inventor of paradise landscapes and flower garlands.Pieter Bruegel the ElderPioneer of landscapes and peasant scenes in Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting.Jean Siméon ChardinMaster of still life and genre painting in 18th-century FranceJan van EyckEarly Netherlandish painter and innovator of oil painting techniques.Thomas GainsboroughEnglish portrait and landscape painter, founding member of the Royal AcademyFrans HalsDutch Golden Age portraitist of HaarlemHans Holbein the YoungerGerman painter and printmaker, King's Painter to Henry VIIIAngelica KauffmanSwiss-born history painter and Royal Academy founderÉlisabeth Vigée Le BrunPortraitist to Marie Antoinette and master of Rococo-Neoclassical style.Claude LorrainBaroque landscape painter who introduced sunlight into artQuentin MatsysFlemish painter who founded the Antwerp school, known for religious works and satirical poBartolomé Esteban MurilloSpanish Baroque painter of religious works and everyday lifeNicolas PoussinLeading painter of the classical French Baroque styleJoshua ReynoldsThe leading portrait artist of the 18th-century and arguably one of the greatest artists iTitianItalian Renaissance painter, founder of the Venetian school, known for his masterful use oPaolo UccelloRenaissance pioneer of perspectiveDiego VelázquezSpanish Baroque painter of the court of Philip IV.Lawrence Alma-TademaDutch painter of classical subjects, known for his meticulous depictions of Roman luxury.Max BeckmannGerman painter who defied categorization and confronted the horrors of the 20th century.Mary CassattAmerican painter and printmaker who befriended Degas and exhibited with the ImpressionistsPaul CézanneFrench Post-Impressionist painter who bridged Impressionism and CubismMarc ChagallRussian and French artist of Jewish ancestry, early modernist, and creator of works in staSalvador DalíSpanish surrealist master of striking and bizarre imageryEdgar DegasFrench Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings, especially oOtto DixGerman painter and printmaker of the Neue Sachlichkeit, known for unflinching depictions oMax ErnstGerman-born pioneer of Dada and surrealism.Paul GauguinFrench Post-Impressionist known for vivid color and Synthetist style.H. R. GigerSwiss artist who created the xenomorph and pioneered biomechanical art.Vincent van GoghThe tortured genius who changed art forever.Juan GrisSpanish Cubist painter known for bright colors and geometric clarity.Wassily KandinskyPioneer of abstraction and art theoristJacob LawrenceDynamic cubist painter of African-American history and lifeRené MagritteBelgian surrealist who painted pipes that are not pipes.Jean-François MilletFrench painter and founder of the Barbizon school, noted for realistic depictions of peasaBerthe MorisotFrench Impressionist painter and printmakerPierre-Auguste RenoirLeading French Impressionist known for vibrant light and feminine beauty.Kurt SchwittersGerman artist known for Merz collagesGeorges SeuratFrench post-Impressionist painter and pioneer of pointillismChaïm SoutineExpressionist painter of the School of Paris, known for carcass paintings.Charles AddamsThe macabre mastermind behind the Addams FamilyCarl BarksThe Duck Man who created Scrooge McDuck and shaped Disney comics.Wilhelm BuschForefather of ComicsSteve DitkoCo-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor StrangeWill EisnerPioneer of the graphic novel and master of sequential art.M. C. EscherDutch graphic artist known for mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotinThomas NastGerman-born American cartoonist, father of the American cartoon.Norman RockwellAmerican painter and illustrator known for his Saturday Evening Post covers and depictionsDon RosaThe man who brought Scrooge McDuck to life.Charles M. SchulzCreator of Peanuts, one of the most influential comic strips in history.Rumiko TakahashiPioneering manga artist behind Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha, and Ranma ½.Naoko TakeuchiCreator of Sailor Moon and licensed pharmacist.John TennielThe definitive illustrator of Alice and a master political cartoonist for Punch.Akira ToriyamaCreator of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump, legendary manga artist and character designer.Alessandro AlgardiItalian high-Baroque sculptor and rival of Bernini in RomeAntonio CanovaItalian Neoclassical sculptor, renowned for marble works and advisor on the Elgin Marbles.DonatelloRenaissance sculptor of the bronze David, first freestanding nude since antiquity.Jean-Antoine HoudonFrench neoclassical sculptor of Enlightenment luminariesMichelangeloItalian High Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.Claus SluterPioneer of northern realism and court sculptor to Philip the BoldBertel ThorvaldsenDanish-Icelandic neoclassical sculptor of international fameCarl AndreAmerican minimalist artist known for ordered linear and grid format sculpturesJean ArpGerman-French Dadaist and abstract artistFrédéric Auguste BartholdiFrench sculptor and painter best known for designing the Statue of Liberty.Antoine BourdelleFrench sculptor and teacher, student of Rodin, teacher of Giacometti and Matisse, key figuCamille ClaudelFrench sculptor known for figurative works in bronze and marbleMarcel DuchampFrench American artist, chess player, and inventor; key figure in avant-garde and conceptuBarbara HepworthEnglish modernist sculptor and leading figure of the St Ives artists' colonyAristide MaillolFrench Catalan sculptor, painter, and printmaker known for serene classical female figuresGustav VigelandNorwegian sculptor of the Vigeland installation and Nobel Peace Prize medalIsidore of MiletusByzantine mathematician, physicist, and co-architect of Hagia SophiaSugerAbbot, regent, and architect of the first Gothic building.Robert AdamBritish neoclassical architect who developed the Adam Style.Francesco BorrominiItalian Baroque architect known for inventive, idiosyncratic designs.Filippo BrunelleschiFounding father of Renaissance architecture and designer of the Florence Cathedral dome.Jules Hardouin-MansartFrench Baroque architect who glorified Louis XIVInigo JonesThe architect who brought classical Rome and the Italian Renaissance to England.Benjamin Henry LatrobeBritish-American neoclassical architect who designed the U.S. Capitol and Baltimore BasiliChristopher WrenEnglish architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist; master of English Baroque; rebDaniel BurnhamThe architect who shaped skylines and cities.Norman FosterEnglish architect and urbanist, pioneer of high-tech architecture.Frank GehryCanadian and American architect known for postmodern designs and use of unconventional forWalter GropiusGerman-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus SchoolRem KoolhaasDutch architect, theorist, and urbanist; author of Delirious New York; Pritzker Prize winnOscar NiemeyerBrazilian architect known for curves and Brasília's civic buildings.Renzo PianoItalian architect of iconic museums and skyscrapers.
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