Biography Category
(m k´ nt r´´) (KEY) , 1757–1811, American architect and woodcarver, b. Salem, Mass. He developed high skill as a joiner and housewright and in wo...
1846–1928, American architect, b. Brattleboro, Vt. He entered the office of Russell Sturgis in New York City. In 1872 he began to practice architect...
(hän´ s m ´ r) (KEY) , 1889–1954, Swiss architect. Meyer was a lecturer and studio master at the Bauhaus in Dessau. He succeeded Gropius as its d...
(n s´ kl z) (KEY) , Greek architect, 5th cent. B.C. He designed the propylaea, and the Erechtheum is also sometimes ascribed to him. Both are on the ...
(älb r´ märk ´) (KEY) , 1875–1947, French painter. In 1894 he met Matisse and later became associated with fauvism. His exuberantly colored figu...
(äNr ´ mät s´) (KEY) , 1869–1954, French painter, sculptor, and lithographer. Along with Picasso, Matisse is considered one of the two foremost ...