Artists & Writers
Painters, poets, and storytellers of the human soul.
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Modern era
Karl Popper
July 28, 1902 – September 17, 1994
Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)
Modern era
Ayn Rand
February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
Modern era
Noam Chomsky
b. December 7, 1928
American linguist and activist (born 1928)
Modern era
Antonio Gramsci
January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937
Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician (1891–1937)
Modern era
Walter Benjamin
July 15, 1892 – September 26, 1940
German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
Modern era
Claude Levi-Strauss
November 28, 1908 – October 30, 2009
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
Modern era
Simone Weil
February 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943
French philosopher, writer, and social activist (1909–1943)
Medieval era
Giotto
1267 – January 8, 1337
Italian painter and architect (c. 1267–1337)
Medieval era
Fra Angelico
1400 – February 18, 1455
Italian Early Renaissance painter
Medieval era
Masaccio
December 21, 1401 – 1428
Italian painter (1401-1428)
Medieval era
Piero della Francesca
1415 – October 12, 1492
Italian painter and mathematician (c. 1416–1492)
Early Modern era
Tintoretto
1560 – May 17, 1635
Italian painter (1560–1635)
Early Modern era
Artemisia Gentileschi
July 8, 1593 – 1653
Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)
Early Modern era
Frans Hals
1591 – August 26, 1666
Dutch painter (1580–1666)
Early Modern era
Anthony van Dyck
March 22, 1599 – December 9, 1641
Flemish Baroque artist (1599–1641)
Early Modern era
Canaletto
October 7, 1697 – April 19, 1758
Italian painter of landscapes (1697–1768)
Early Modern era
William Hogarth
November 10, 1697 – October 26, 1764
English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)
Early Modern era
Thomas Gainsborough
May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788
English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
Early Modern era
Joshua Reynolds
July 16, 1723 – February 23, 1792
English painter (1723–1792)
Early Modern era
Jacques-Louis David
August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825
French painter (1748–1825)
Early Modern era
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
August 29, 1780 – January 14, 1867
French painter (1780–1867)
Early Modern era
Caspar David Friedrich
September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840
German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
Early Modern era
John Constable
June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837
English painter (1776-1837)
Modern era
Gustave Courbet
June 10, 1819 – December 31, 1877
French painter (1819–1877)
Modern era
Berthe Morisot
January 14, 1841 – March 2, 1895
French painter (1841-1895)
Modern era
Mary Cassatt
May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926
American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)
Modern era
James McNeill Whistler
July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903
American painter (1834-1903)
Modern era
John Singer Sargent
January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925
American painter (1856–1925)
Modern era
Winslow Homer
February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910
American landscape painter (1836–1910)
Modern era
Grant Wood
February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942
American painter (1891–1942)
Modern era
Ilya Repin
July 24, 1844 – September 29, 1930
Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)
Modern era
Alphonse Mucha
July 24, 1860 – July 14, 1939
Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1860–1939)
Modern era
Amedeo Modigliani
July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Modern era
Henri Rousseau
May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910
French painter (1844–1910)
Modern era
Paul Klee
December 18, 1879 – June 29, 1940
German-Swiss artist (1879–1940)
Modern era
Max Ernst
April 2, 1891 – April 1, 1976
German artist (1891–1976)
Modern era
Man Ray
August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976
American and French visual artist (1890–1976)
Modern era
Lucian Freud
December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011
British painter and agravar (1922-2011)
Modern era
David Hockney
July 9, 1937 – June 11, 2026
Painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer (1937–2026)
Contemporary era
Jeff Koons
b. January 21, 1955
American sculptor and painter (born 1955)
Contemporary era
Damien Hirst
b. June 7, 1965
English sculptor and installation artist
Contemporary era
Marina Abramovic
b. November 30, 1946
Serbian performance artist (born 1946)
Modern era
Yoko Ono
b. February 18, 1933
Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)
Early Modern era
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797 – October 12, 1858
Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
Modern era
Qi Baishi
January 1, 1864 – September 16, 1957
Chinese painter (1864-1957)
Modern era
Raja Ravi Varma
April 29, 1848 – October 2, 1906
Indian painter from Kerala (1848–1906)
Modern era
Ansel Adams
February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
Modern era
Dorothea Lange
May 25, 1895 – October 11, 1965
American photojournalist (1895-1965)
Modern era
Henri Cartier-Bresson
August 22, 1908 – August 3, 2004
French photographer (1908–2004)
Modern era
Robert Capa
October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954
American photographer (1913–1954)
Contemporary era
Annie Leibovitz
b. October 2, 1949
American photographer (born 1949)
Early Modern era
Antonio Canova
November 1, 1757 – October 13, 1822
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
Modern era
Constantin Brancusi
February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957
Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876-1960)
Modern era
Alberto Giacometti
October 10, 1901 – January 11, 1966
Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)
Modern era
Henry Moore
July 30, 1898 – August 31, 1986
English sculptor (1898–1986)
Modern era
Louise Bourgeois
December 25, 1911 – May 31, 2010
French-American artist (1911-2010)
Early Modern era
Andrea Palladio
1508 – August 19, 1580
Italian architect (1508–1580)
Modern era
Gustave Eiffel
December 15, 1832 – December 27, 1923
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923)
Modern era
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969
German architect (1886–1969)
Modern era
Le Corbusier
October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965
Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, and writer (1886–1965)