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Artist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as artist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Primavera De Filippi
b. c. 1950
French artist, lawyer and researcher
Contemporary era
Khaltmaagiin Battulga
b. March 3, 1963
Mongolian President, member of Democratic party
Medieval era
Donatello
1386 – December 13, 1466
Early Renaissance Italian sculptor (1386–1466)
Early Modern era
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
December 7, 1598 – November 28, 1680
Italian sculptor and architect (1598–1680)
Early Modern era
Diego Velazquez
June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660
Spanish painter (1599–1660)
Modern era
Frida Kahlo
July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954
Mexican painter of unflinching self-portraits and identity
Modern era
Mark Rothko
September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970
American painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)
Modern era
Zainul Abedin
December 29, 1914 – May 28, 1976
Bengali painter (1914–1976)
Medieval era
Theophanes the Greek
1340 – 1410
Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)
Medieval era
Hans Memling
1435 – August 11, 1494
German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)
Early Modern era
Sophonisba
c. 1531 – November 16, 1625
Italian painter (c.1532-1625)
Modern era
Ram Kinker Baij
May 25, 1906 – August 2, 1980
Indian sculptor and painter, 1906-1980
Modern era
Chittaprosad Bhattacharya
June 21, 1915 – November 13, 1978
Indian leftist political artist and writer
Modern era
S. M. Sultan
August 10, 1923 – October 10, 1994
Bangladeshi artist (1923-1994)
Modern era
Anna Molka Ahmed
August 13, 1917 – April 20, 1994
Pakistani artist (1917-1994)
Modern era
Zubeida Agha
1922 – October 31, 1997
Artist (1922-1997)
Modern era
Francis Bacon (philosopher)
October 28, 1909 – April 28, 1992
Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)
Early Modern era
Artemisia Gentileschi
July 8, 1593 – 1653
Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)
Modern era
John Singer Sargent
January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925
American painter (1856–1925)
Modern era
Henri Rousseau
May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910
French painter (1844–1910)
Contemporary era
Daniel Day-Lewis
b. April 29, 1957
British actor