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Draftsperson Biographies
Every archived life recorded as draftsperson, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Modern era
Beatrix of the Netherlands
b. January 31, 1938
Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013 (born 1938)
Modern era
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
August 31, 1880 – November 28, 1962
Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 (1880-1962)
Modern era
Victor Hugo
February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
Medieval era
Sandro Botticelli
1445 – 1510
Italian painter (1445–1510)
Medieval era
Titian
1488 – September 26, 1576
Italian painter (c.1490–1576)
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
J. M. W. Turner
April 23, 1775 – December 19, 1851
English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)
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
Vincent van Gogh
March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890
Post-impressionist painter whose work sold for millions only after his death
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
Piet Mondrian
March 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944
Dutch painter (1872–1944)
Modern era
Rene Magritte
November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
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
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)
Contemporary era
Keith Haring
May 4, 1958 – 1989
American artist and social activist (1958-1990)
Modern era
Auguste Rodin
November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917
French sculptor (1840–1917)
Modern era
Raden Saleh
1811 – April 23, 1880
Painter from Indonesia (1811-1880)
Early Modern era
Lanfranc
January 26, 1582 – November 30, 1647
Italian painter (1582-1647)
Medieval era
Giovanni Bellini
1430 – November 29, 1516
15th- and 16th-century Italian Renaissance painter (1430–1516)
Medieval era
Hans Memling
1435 – August 11, 1494
German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)
Medieval era
Dirk Bouts
1415 – May 6, 1475
15th-century Dutch painter
Medieval era
Pisanello
1395 – 1455
Italian artist (1395–1455)
Modern era
Napoleon III
April 20, 1808 – January 9, 1873
President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)
Early Modern era
Canaletto
October 7, 1697 – April 19, 1758
Italian painter of landscapes (1697–1768)
Early Modern era
Thomas Gainsborough
May 14, 1727 – August 2, 1788
English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)
Early Modern era
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
August 29, 1780 – January 14, 1867
French painter (1780–1867)
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
Amedeo Modigliani
July 12, 1884 – January 24, 1920
Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)
Modern era
Lucian Freud
December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011
British painter and agravar (1922-2011)
Early Modern era
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797 – October 12, 1858
Japanese ukiyo-e artist (1797–1858)
Early Modern era
Antonio Canova
November 1, 1757 – October 13, 1822
Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)