05/16/1782 - 07/24/1842
John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator and author, one of the leading lights of the Norwich school of artists.
07/06/1840 - 08/26/1912
José María Velasco (6 July 1840 – 26 August 1912) was one of Mexico’s most important and accomplished landscape artists. An academically trained painter who focused exclusively on the landscape of his native country,...
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05/01/1825 - 09/03/1894
George Inness (May 1, 1825 -August 3, 1894) was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland.
01/08/1836 - 06/25/1912
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ( 8 January 1836 – 25 June 1912) was a Dutch painter.
04/23/1775 - 12/19/1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style can be said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. Although Turner was considered...
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08/21/1725 - 03/04/1805
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter. He studied at the Royal Academy in Paris. His first exhibited painting, The Father Reading the Bible to His Children, won him immediate success at the Salon of 1755....
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06/11/1776 - 03/31/1837
John Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home...
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Art Babbit (Arthur Harold Babitsky)
10/08/1907 - 03/04/1992
Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company. He received over 80 awards as animation director and animator, but is most f...
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Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz)
05/10/1899 - 06/22/1987
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he m...
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02/26/1921 - 03/11/2007
Betty Hutton (February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007) was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.
10/03/1734 - 09/29/1797
Joseph Wright (3 September 1734 – 29 August 1797), styled Wright of Derby, was an English landscape and portrait painter. He has been acclaimed as "the first professional painter to express the spirit of the...
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Bill Reid (William Ronald Reid)
01/12/1920 - 03/13/1998
William (Bill) Ronald Reid, OBC (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) was a Canadian artist whose works included jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and painting. His work is notable for being featured on the Canadian $20 banknote.
01/12/1856 - 04/14/1925
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career...
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04/23/1775 - 12/19/1851
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775–19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. Turner was considered a controversial figure in his day, but is now regarded as the artist who ele...
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01/29/1960 - 11/18/1986
Gia Marie Carangi (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Carangi was considered by some to be the first supermodel, although that title has also been given to others, inclu...
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