John William Waterhouse
John William Waterhouse (baptised 6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.[1]
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| Waterhouse, c. 1886 |
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| Undine, 1872 |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo, also spelled Arcimboldi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe artʃimˈbɔldo]; 5 April 1527 – 11 July 1593), was an Italian Renaissance painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books.[1]
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| Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), Rudolf II of Habsurg as Vertumnus, 1591, oil on panel, 70 x 58 cm, Skokloster Castle |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Arcimboldo
René Descartes
René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.[1]
Quotes·Quotations by René Descartes
¶ I think, therefore I am.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes
John Smibert
John Smibert (rarely spelled Smybert; /ˈsmaɪbət/; 24 March 1688 – 2 April 1751) was a Scottish-born painter, regarded as the first academically trained artist to live and work regularly in British America.[1]
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| Self-portrait of Smibert, present as part of The Bermuda Group, c. 1729–1731, Yale University Art Gallery |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smibert
Willem Roelofs
Willem Roelofs (10 March 1822 – 12 May 1897) was a Dutch painter, water-colourist, etcher, lithographer and draughtsman.[1]
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| Willem Roelofs by Jozef Israëls, 1892 |
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| W. Roelofs, River landscape, 1842, oil on wooden panel, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag | W. Roelofs, The Rainbow, 1875, oil on canvas, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Roelofs
[2] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Willem_Roelofs
Edvard Eriksen
Edvard Eriksen (10 March 1876 – 12 January 1959) was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor.[1]
Eriksen's most famous work is the bronze statue of The Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue)[2].
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| A copy of The Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue) by Edvard Eriksen, Seoul, Korea |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Eriksen
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(statue)
Constance Mayer
Marie-Françoise Constance Mayer La Martinière (9 March 1775 – 26 May 1821) was a French painter of portraits, allegorical subjects, miniatures and genre works. She had "a brilliant but bitter career."[1]
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| Self-Portrait. Oil on canvas. Bibliothèque Marmottan |
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| The Sleep of Venus and Cupid, 1806, oil on canvas, 97 x 145 cm, The Wallace Collection, London |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Mayer
William W. Fraser (March 7, 1844 – February 9, 1915) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. His surname is sometimes spelled Frazier.[1]
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W._Fraser
Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter.[1]
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| Ellis in 2010 |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Easton_Ellis
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. [1]
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| Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom, 1848-1851, oil on canvas, h 82 x w 133 cm, National Gallery of Victoria[2] |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Landseer
