Biography Category
1794–1835, English genre and portrait painter, b. Halifax, N.S., studied in Boston with his uncle Gilbert Stuart, and later abroad. He was greatly i...
1786–1859, American naturalist, b. England. He was a pioneer in American paleontology and was curator (1822–32) of the Harvard botanical garden. H...
(hwän f rnän´d th nävär ´t ) (KEY) , 1526–79, Spanish religious painter, called El Mudo [the mute]. He studied in a monastery and later in Ita...
(käs´pär n ch´ r) (KEY) , 1639–84, Dutch portrait and genre painter, b. Heidelberg. He moved to Holland, where he studied with Ter Borch. Netsch...
(r b r´ näNtö´y ) (KEY) , 1623?–1678, French draftsman and engraver. His pastel portraits gained him popularity, and in 1658 Louis XIV made him ...
(n k-k lô´ d py ´r lämb r´t ) (KEY) , c.1370–1451, Italian sculptor and architect of the early Renaissance, sometimes called Niccolò d’Are...