Humans of History

callings of the archive

Printmaker Biographies

Every archived life recorded as printmaker, ordered by their place in the ledger.

Titian

Medieval era

Titian

1488 – September 26, 1576

Italian painter (c.1490–1576)

Albrecht Durer

Medieval era

Albrecht Durer

May 21, 1471 – April 6, 1528

German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist (1471-1528)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Early Modern era

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

1525 – September 9, 1569

Flemish painter (1526–1569)

Rembrandt

Early Modern era

Rembrandt

July 15, 1606 – October 4, 1669

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

Peter Paul Rubens

Early Modern era

Peter Paul Rubens

June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640

Flemish painter (1577–1640)

Francisco Goya

Early Modern era

Francisco Goya

March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

J. M. W. Turner

Early Modern era

J. M. W. Turner

April 23, 1775 – December 19, 1851

English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Modern era

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

February 25, 1841 – December 3, 1919

French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)

Edgar Degas

Modern era

Edgar Degas

July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917

French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)

Paul Cezanne

Modern era

Paul Cezanne

January 19, 1839 – October 22, 1906

French painter (1839–1906)

Vincent van Gogh

Modern era

Vincent van Gogh

March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890

Post-impressionist painter whose work sold for millions only after his death

Henri Matisse

Modern era

Henri Matisse

December 31, 1869 – November 3, 1954

French artist (1869–1954)

Egon Schiele

Modern era

Egon Schiele

June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918

Austrian painter (1890-1918)

Edvard Munch

Modern era

Edvard Munch

December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944

Norwegian painter (1863–1944)

Marc Chagall

Modern era

Marc Chagall

July 14, 1887 – March 28, 1985

Belarusian-French artist (1887–1985)

Pablo Picasso

Modern era

Pablo Picasso

October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973

Co-founder of Cubism and the most influential artist of the 20th century

Jackson Pollock

Modern era

Jackson Pollock

January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956

American painter (1912–1956)

Lanfranc

Early Modern era

Lanfranc

January 26, 1582 – November 30, 1647

Italian painter (1582-1647)

Hans Bohm

Early Modern era

Hans Bohm

1500 – November 22, 1550

German artist (1500-1550)

Nandalal Bose

Modern era

Nandalal Bose

December 3, 1882 – April 16, 1966

Indian artist (1882-1966)

Chittaprosad Bhattacharya

Modern era

Chittaprosad Bhattacharya

June 21, 1915 – November 13, 1978

Indian leftist political artist and writer

Jacob

Modern era

Jacob

July 10, 1830 – November 13, 1903

Danish-French painter (1830-1903)

Frans Hals

Early Modern era

Frans Hals

1591 – August 26, 1666

Dutch painter (1580–1666)

Mary Cassatt

Modern era

Mary Cassatt

May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926

American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)

Winslow Homer

Modern era

Winslow Homer

February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910

American landscape painter (1836–1910)

Grant Wood

Modern era

Grant Wood

February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942

American painter (1891–1942)

Henri Rousseau

Modern era

Henri Rousseau

May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910

French painter (1844–1910)

Lucian Freud

Modern era

Lucian Freud

December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011

British painter and agravar (1922-2011)

David Hockney

Modern era

David Hockney

July 9, 1937 – June 11, 2026

Painter, printmaker, set designer, photographer (1937–2026)

Henry Moore

Modern era

Henry Moore

July 30, 1898 – August 31, 1986

English sculptor (1898–1986)