Artists & Writers
Painters, poets, and storytellers of the human soul.
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Contemporary era
Stephen King
b. September 21, 1947
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
Contemporary era
J. K. Rowling
b. July 31, 1965
English author (born 1965)
Early Modern era
Michelangelo
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
Sculptor and painter of the Sistine Chapel and David
Medieval era
Donatello
1386 – December 13, 1466
Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Medieval era
Sandro Botticelli
1445 – 1510
Italian painter (1445–1510)
Medieval era
Titian
1488 – September 26, 1576
Italian painter (c.1490–1576)
Early Modern era
Caravaggio
September 29, 1571 – July 18, 1610
Italian painter (1571–1610)
Early Modern era
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680
Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Medieval era
Albrecht Durer
May 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528
German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)
Medieval era
Jan van Eyck
1390 – July 9, 1441
Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
Medieval era
Hieronymus Bosch
1450 – August 9, 1516
Painters in art (1450–1516)
Early Modern era
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1525 – September 9, 1569
Flemish painter (1526–1569)
Early Modern era
Rembrandt
July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
Early Modern era
Johannes Vermeer
1632 – December 15, 1675
Dutch painter (1632–1675)
Early Modern era
Peter Paul Rubens
June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640
Flemish painter (1577–1640)
Early Modern era
El Greco
October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614
Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
Early Modern era
Diego Velazquez
June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660
Spanish painter (1599–1660)
Early Modern era
Francisco Goya
March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828
Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
Early Modern era
Eugene Delacroix
April 26, 1798 – August 13, 1863
French painter (1798–1863)
Early Modern era
J. M. W. Turner
April 23, 1775 – December 19, 1851
English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)
Modern era
Edouard Manet
January 23, 1832 – April 30, 1883
French painter (1832–1883)
Modern era
Claude Monet
November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926
French painter (1840–1926)
Modern era
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
Modern era
Edgar Degas
July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917
French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
Modern era
Paul Cezanne
January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906
French painter (1839–1906)
Modern era
Paul Gauguin
June 7, 1848 – May 9, 1903
French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
Modern era
Georges Seurat
December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891
French painter (1859-1891)
Modern era
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
November 24, 1864 – September 9, 1901
French painter and illustrator (1864–1901)
Modern era
Vincent van Gogh
March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890
Post-impressionist painter whose work sold for millions only after his death
Modern era
Henri Matisse
December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954
French artist (1869–1954)
Modern era
Gustav Klimt
July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918
Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
Modern era
Egon Schiele
June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918
Austrian painter (1890-1918)
Modern era
Edvard Munch
December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944
Norwegian painter (1863–1944)
Modern era
Wassily Kandinsky
December 4, 1866 – December 13, 1944
Avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)
Modern era
Piet Mondrian
March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
Modern era
Marc Chagall
July 14, 1887 – March 28, 1985
Belarusian-French artist (1887–1985)
Modern era
Pablo Picasso
October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973
Co-founder of Cubism and the most influential artist of the 20th century
Modern era
Salvador Dali
May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989
Spanish artist (1904–1989)
Modern era
Rene Magritte
November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
Modern era
Joan Miro
April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983
Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)
Modern era
Marcel Duchamp
July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
Modern era
Frida Kahlo
July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954
Mexican painter of unflinching self-portraits and identity
Modern era
Diego Rivera
December 8, 1886 – November 25, 1957
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
Modern era
Georgia O'Keeffe
November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986
American modernist artist (1887–1986)
Modern era
Edward Hopper
July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967
American realist painter and printmaker (1882-1967)
Modern era
Norman Rockwell
February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978
American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)
Modern era
Jackson Pollock
January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956
American painter (1912–1956)
Modern era
Mark Rothko
September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970
American painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)
Modern era
Andy Warhol
August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
Modern era
Roy Lichtenstein
October 27, 1923 – September 15, 1997
American pop artist (1923–1997)
Contemporary era
Jean-Michel Basquiat
December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988
American artist (1960–1988)
Contemporary era
Keith Haring
May 4, 1958 – 1989
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
Contemporary era
Banksy
b. 1973
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
Modern era
Yayoi Kusama
March 22, 1929 – August 14, 2026
Japanese artist (1929–2026)
Early Modern era
Katsushika Hokusai
October 31, 1760 – May 10, 1849
Japanese artist (1760-1849)
Modern era
Auguste Rodin
November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917
French sculptor (1840–1917)
Medieval era
Filippo Brunelleschi
1377 – April 15, 1446
Italian architect, sculptor and engineer
Early Modern era
Christopher Wren
October 20, 1632 – March 8, 1723
English architect (1632–1723)
Modern era
Antoni Gaudi
June 25, 1852 – June 10, 1926
Catalan architect (1852–1926)
Modern era
Frank Lloyd Wright
June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959
American architect (1867-1959)