Bernard Baars (1946- )
Bernard J. Baars (born 1946, in Amsterdam) is a former Senior Fellow in Theoretical Neurobiology at The Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, CA., and is currently an Affiliated Fellow there.[1]
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.[1]
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| This portrait attributed to Francesco Melzi, c. 1515–1518, is the only certain contemporary depiction of Leonardo. |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)
Thomas Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lawrence(13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy.[1]
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| Margaret, Countess of Blessington, 1822 |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lawrence
John William Waterhouse (1849-1917)
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 (1527-1593)
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 (1596-1650)
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]
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¶ I think, therefore I am.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes
John Smibert (1688-1751)
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 (1822-1897)
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 (1876-1959)
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 (1775-1821)
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
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