02/25/1841 - 12/03/1919
Pierre Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that...
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Bill Reid (William Ronald Reid)
01/12/1920 - 03/13/1998
William (Bill) Ronald Reid, OBC (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) was a Canadian artist whose works included jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and painting. His work is notable for being featured on the Canadian $20 banknote.
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.
Gordon Parks (Gordon Roger Parks)
11/30/1912 - 03/07/2006
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director.
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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09/01/1714 - 05/15/1782
Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales...
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03/24/1834 - 10/03/1896
William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement....
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10/27/1923 - 09/29/1997
Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was a prominent American pop artist. During the 1960s his paintings were exhibited at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York City.
His work defined the basic premise of pop art bette...
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03/17/1969 - 02/11/2010
Lee Alexander McQueen, (17 March 1969 – 11 February 2010) was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose female strength and sensuality wi...
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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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10/04/1861 - 12/26/1909
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the Old American West, specifically concen...
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06/11/1776 - 03/31/1837
John Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home...
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04/26/1798 - 08/13/1863
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his...
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12/22/1768 - 04/22/1821
John Crome (December 22, 1768 – April 22, 1821) was an English landscape artist of the Romantic era, one of the principal artists of the "Norwich school". He is known as Old Crome to distinguish him from hi...
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