Visual artist Biographies

Contemporary era

Mike Winkelmann

b. June 20, 1981

American digital artist, graphic designer, and animator

Contemporary era

Ross Ulbricht

b. March 27, 1984

American founder and administrator of the illicit online marketplace the Silk Road

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

Diego Velazquez

June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660

Spanish painter (1599–1660)

Modern era

Egon Schiele

June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918

Austrian painter (1890-1918)

Modern era

Wassily Kandinsky

December 4, 1866 – December 13, 1944

Avant-garde painter of Russian origin (1866-1944)

Contemporary era

Kurt Cobain

February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994

American rock musician (1967–1994)

Modern era

Sadequain

June 30, 1923 – February 10, 1987

Pakistani calligrapher (1923-1987)

Modern era

Gulgee

October 25, 1926 – December 16, 2007

Pakistani artist (1926-2007)

Modern era

Fernando Amorsolo

May 30, 1892 – April 24, 1972

Filipino painter (1892-1972)

Medieval era

Hans Memling

1435 – August 11, 1494

German/Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)

Boucicaut

d. 1425

French manuscript illuminator

Early Modern era

Sophonisba

c. 1531 – November 16, 1625

Italian painter (c.1532-1625)

Modern era

Francis Bacon (philosopher)

October 28, 1909 – April 28, 1992

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

Early Modern era

Frans Hals

1591 – August 26, 1666

Dutch painter (1580–1666)

Early Modern era

Joshua Reynolds

July 16, 1723 – February 23, 1792

English painter (1723–1792)

Early Modern era

John Constable

June 11, 1776 – March 31, 1837

English painter (1776-1837)

Modern era

Louise Bourgeois

December 25, 1911 – May 31, 2010

French-American artist (1911-2010)