Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)
1604/1605 - 11/21/1682
Claude Lorrain, also Claude Gellée - his real name,(born in 1604 or 1605 – die 21 or 23 November 1682) was an artist of the Baroque era who was active in Italy, and is admired for his achievements in landscape painting.
04/23/1775 - 12/19/1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775–19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who ele...
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10/31/1632 - 12/15/1675
Johannes, Jan or Johan Vermeer (baptized in Delft on 31 October 1632 as Joannis, and buried in the same city under the name Jan on 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in exquisite, domestic interior scenes of middle class life. V...
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01/28/1912 - 08/11/1956
Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956), known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and no...
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05/10/1738 - 03/11/1820
Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence. He was the second president of the Royal Academ...
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07/07/1887 - 03/28/1985
Marc Chagall (born July 7, 1887, Vitebsk, Belorussia—died March 28, 1985, Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes, France) Belorussian-born French painter, printmaker, and designer. He composed his images based on emotional and poetic associations, rath...
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01/29/1960 - 11/18/1986
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi was considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has also been given to others, inclu...
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03/04/1756 - 07/08/1823
Sir Henry Raeburn (4 March 1756 – 8 July 1823) was a Scottish portrait painter, the first significant Scottish portraitist since the Act of Union 1707 to remain based in Scotland.
07/12/1917 - 01/16/2009
Andrew Newell Wyeth (1917–2009) was a visual artist, primarily a realist painter, working predominantly in a regionalist style. He was one of the best-known U.S.artists of the middle 20th century.
03/19/1920 - 01/27/2007
Tige Andrews (March 19, 1920 – January 27, 2007) was an American character actor.
08/30/1748 - 12/29/1825
Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a chang...
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01/12/1856 - 04/14/1925
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career...
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04/13/1769 - 01/07/1830
Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was a leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy.
Bill Blass (William Ralph Blass )
06/22/1922 - 06/12/2002
William Ralph "Bill" Blass (June 22, 1922 – June 12, 2002) was an American fashion designer, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana.He is known for his tailoring and his innovative combinations of textures and patterns.He is the recipient of...
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