Biography Category
(häns r kh´t r) (KEY) , 1888–1976, American artist, b. Germany. A painter and filmmaker, Richter was influenced by cubism and Dada and was a membe...
(äntô´ny r s-s l-l ´n ) (KEY) , 1427–c.1478, Florentine sculptor, whose name was Antonio di Matteo di Domenico Gambarelli. He was the youngest ...
(hwän d läs r ´läs, r ´läs) (KEY) , c.1558–1625, Spanish painter of the school of Seville. He is sometimes called the Spanish Tintoretto; t...
1877–1957, American astronomer, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y., grad. Princeton, 1897. In 1902 he went to Cambridge, England, to study. He returned to Princeto...
1732–96, American astronomer and instrument maker, b. near Germantown, Pa., self-educated. A clockmaker by trade, he developed great skill in the ma...
(h s ´p r b ´rä, h s ´, j z p´p ) (KEY) , c.1590–1652, Spanish baroque painter. He studied in Valencia and Rome but at an early age settled in...