| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
|
Josef Albers
|
Artist |
Homage to the Square |
19-Mar-1888 |
25-Mar-1976 |
DEAD
|
| Laurie Anderson
|
Artist |
Tape bow violinist and performance artist |
05-Jun-1947 |
TBD |
|
| David Antin
|
Artist |
Improv artist, talk poet |
01-Feb-1932 |
TBD |
|
| George Barris
|
Artist |
Designed the 1966 Batmobile |
1925 |
TBD |
|
Aubrey Beardsley
|
Artist |
Leading late 19th c. English illustrator |
21-Aug-1872 |
16-Mar-1898 |
DEAD
|
| Julie Bell
|
Artist |
Fantasy airbrush artist |
20-Sep-1972 |
TBD |
|
Joseph Beuys
|
Artist |
German conceptual artist |
12-May-1921 |
23-Jan-1986 |
DEAD
|
Pierre Bonnard
|
Artist |
Les Nabis painter and lithographer |
03-Oct-1867 |
23-Jan-1947 |
DEAD
|
Georges Braque
|
Artist |
Co-Founded Cubism |
13-May-1882 |
31-Aug-1963 |
DEAD
|
| Trevor Brown
|
Artist |
Baby Art |
? |
TBD |
|
| Charles Burns
|
Artist |
Creepy graphic novelist |
27-Sep-1955 |
TBD |
|
Marc Chagall
|
Artist |
I and the Village |
07-Jul-1887 |
28-Mar-1985 |
DEAD
|
| Judy Chicago
|
Artist |
The Birth Project |
20-Jul-1939 |
TBD |
|
| Dale Chihuly
|
Artist |
Overrated glass artist |
20-Sep-1941 |
TBD |
|
| Christo
|
Artist |
Gift-wraps large monuments |
13-Jun-1935 |
TBD |
|
Roman Cieslewicz
|
Artist |
Polish poster artist |
13-Jan-1930 |
21-Jan-1996 |
DEAD
|
Walter Crane
|
Artist |
British children's illustrator |
15-Aug-1845 |
17-Mar-1915 |
DEAD
|
Odile Crick
|
Artist |
Sketched the double helix |
11-Aug-1920 |
05-Jul-2007 |
DEAD
|
George Cruikshank
|
Artist |
English caricaturist |
27-Sep-1792 |
01-Feb-1878 |
DEAD
|
Leonardo Da Vinci
|
Artist |
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper |
15-Apr-1452 |
02-May-1519 |
DEAD
|
Honoré Daumier
|
Artist |
Caricaturist and satirist |
20-Feb-1808 |
11-Feb-1879 |
DEAD
|
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon
|
Artist |
Napoleonic archaeologist |
04-Jan-1747 |
27-Apr-1825 |
DEAD
|
| Mike Diana
|
Artist |
Boiled Angel |
05-Jun-1969 |
TBD |
|
Marcel Duchamp
|
Artist |
Lead proponent of Dadaism |
28-Jul-1887 |
02-Oct-1968 |
DEAD
|
Edmund Dulac
|
Artist |
Children's book illustrator |
22-Oct-1882 |
25-May-1953 |
DEAD
|
Erté
|
Artist |
Art deco fashion designer and artist |
23-Nov-1892 |
21-Apr-1990 |
DEAD
|
M. C. Escher
|
Artist |
Famous for illogical drawings |
17-Jun-1898 |
27-Mar-1972 |
DEAD
|
Karl Faberge
|
Artist |
Maker of jewelry and gem eggs |
30-May-1846 |
24-Sep-1920 |
DEAD
|
Tom of Finland
|
Artist |
Beefcake fetish artist |
08-May-1920 |
07-Nov-1991 |
DEAD
|
| Karen Finley
|
Artist |
Yam-slathering performance artist |
1956 |
TBD |
|
| Phil Foglio
|
Artist |
Dragon magazine cartoonist |
01-May-1956 |
TBD |
|
Frank Kelly Freas
|
Artist |
Illustrator of science fiction and fantasy |
22-Aug-1922 |
02-Jan-2005 |
DEAD
|
| H. R. Giger
|
Artist |
Alien designer |
05-Feb-1940 |
TBD |
|
James Gillray
|
Artist |
English caricaturist |
13-Aug-1756 |
01-Jun-1815 |
DEAD
|
Kate Greenaway
|
Artist |
British illustrator |
17-Mar-1846 |
06-Nov-1901 |
DEAD
|
| Alex Grey
|
Artist |
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors |
29-Nov-1953 |
TBD |
|
| Robert Grossman
|
Artist |
Versatile illustrator, caricaturist |
01-Mar-1940 |
TBD |
|
George Grosz
|
Artist |
German social caricaturist |
26-Jul-1893 |
06-Jul-1959 |
DEAD
|
Brion Gysin
|
Artist |
Inventor of the Dreamachine |
19-Jan-1916 |
13-Jul-1986 |
DEAD
|
| Ray Harryhausen
|
Artist |
Stop-motion genius |
29-Jun-1920 |
TBD |
|
| Otto Heino
|
Artist |
Master potter |
20-Apr-1915 |
TBD |
|
John Hench
|
Artist |
Disney artist, designed the Olympic torch |
29-Jun-1908 |
05-Feb-2004 |
DEAD
|
Hiroshige
|
Artist |
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido |
1797 |
12-Oct-1858 |
DEAD
|
Al Hirschfeld
|
Artist |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
DEAD
|
| Damien Hirst
|
Artist |
Animal slices in formalin as art |
1965 |
TBD |
|
Hokusai
|
Artist |
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji |
00-Oct-1760 |
10-May-1849 |
DEAD
|
Trina Schart Hyman
|
Artist |
Children's book illustrator |
08-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
DEAD
|
| Robert Indiana
|
Artist |
Creator of the "LO/VE" sculpture |
12-Sep-1928 |
TBD |
|
| Ilya Kabakov
|
Artist |
Russian conceptual artist |
1933 |
TBD |
|
Wassily Kandinsky
|
Artist |
Abstractionist and theorist |
16-Dec-1866 |
13-Dec-1944 |
DEAD
|
| Kat Von D
|
Artist |
Tattoo artist, Miami Ink |
08-Mar-1982 |
TBD |
|
Käthe Kollwitz
|
Artist |
German graphic aritst |
08-Jul-1867 |
22-Apr-1945 |
DEAD
|
| Richard Kostelanetz
|
Artist |
Prodigious avant-garde artist and author |
14-May-1940 |
TBD |
|
George Maciunas
|
Artist |
Founder of Fluxus |
08-Nov-1931 |
09-May-1978 |
DEAD
|
Reginald Marsh
|
Artist |
Why Not Use the L? |
14-Mar-1898 |
03-Jul-1954 |
DEAD
|
Don Martin
|
Artist |
Mad Magazine artist |
18-May-1931 |
06-Jan-2000 |
DEAD
|
| Suehiro Maruo
|
Artist |
Planet of the Jap |
28-Jan-1956 |
TBD |
|
George du Maurier
|
Artist |
British caricaturist, Punch |
06-Mar-1834 |
06-Oct-1896 |
DEAD
|
| Peter Max
|
Artist |
Psychedelic art has featured Statues of Liberty |
19-Oct-1937 |
TBD |
|
William Morris
|
Artist |
Arts and Crafts Movement |
24-Mar-1834 |
03-Oct-1896 |
DEAD
|
| Dennis Muren
|
Artist |
Special effects for Star Wars |
01-Nov-1946 |
TBD |
|
Joergen Nash
|
Artist |
Beheaded Copenhagen's Little Mermaid |
1929 |
18-May-2004 |
DEAD
|
Kay Nielsen
|
Artist |
Danish Golden Age illustrator |
12-Mar-1886 |
21-Jun-1957 |
DEAD
|
| Yoko Ono
|
Artist |
Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon |
18-Feb-1933 |
TBD |
|
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
|
Artist |
Elves and Fairies illustrator |
09-Jun-1888 |
25-Jun-1960 |
DEAD
|
Nam June Paik
|
Artist |
Korean-American video artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
DEAD
|
Maxfield Parrish
|
Artist |
American book and magazine illustrator |
25-Jul-1870 |
10-Mar-1966 |
DEAD
|
| Lisa Petrucci
|
Artist |
Kute and karnal |
02-Dec-1963 |
TBD |
|
Pisanello
|
Artist |
Renaissance medallist, painter |
1380 |
1456 |
DEAD
|
Beatrix Potter
|
Artist |
Peter Rabbit |
28-Jul-1866 |
22-Dec-1943 |
DEAD
|
Antonio Prohias
|
Artist |
Spy vs. Spy |
17-Jan-1921 |
24-Feb-1998 |
DEAD
|
Tim Prusmack
|
Artist |
Recreated currency notes by hand |
1962 |
26-Jan-2004 |
DEAD
|
Howard Pyle
|
Artist |
Art Nouveau children's book illustrator |
05-Mar-1853 |
09-Nov-1911 |
DEAD
|
Arthur Rackham
|
Artist |
British Golden Age children's book illustrator |
19-Sep-1867 |
06-Sep-1939 |
DEAD
|
Odilon Redon
|
Artist |
Symbolist charcoal artist |
22-Apr-1840 |
06-Jul-1916 |
DEAD
|
| Reverend Al Ridenour
|
Artist |
L.A. Cacophony Society |
06-Mar-1961 |
TBD |
|
| Mark Roberts
|
Artist |
Serial Streaker at Superbowl XXXVIII |
1965 |
TBD |
|
Thomas Rowlandson
|
Artist |
English caricaturist |
1756 |
12-Apr-1827 |
DEAD
|
Kurt Schwitters
|
Artist |
Collagist, Merz |
20-Jun-1887 |
08-Jan-1948 |
DEAD
|
| Andres Serrano
|
Artist |
Piss Christ |
15-Aug-1950 |
TBD |
|
Thomas Sheraton
|
Artist |
Neoclassic English furniture designer |
1751 |
22-Oct-1806 |
DEAD
|
Jessie Willcox Smith
|
Artist |
The Water-Babies illustrator |
06-Sep-1863 |
1935 |
DEAD
|
| Ralph Steadman
|
Artist |
Gonzo artist and caricaturist |
15-May-1936 |
TBD |
|
Antonio Stradivari
|
Artist |
Violin maker |
1644 |
18-Dec-1737 |
DEAD
|
Sir John Tenniel
|
Artist |
Illustrator for Punch |
28-Feb-1820 |
25-Feb-1914 |
DEAD
|
| Wayne Thiebaud
|
Artist |
California pop artist |
1920 |
TBD |
|
Louis Comfort Tiffany
|
Artist |
Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer |
18-Feb-1848 |
17-Jan-1933 |
DEAD
|
| Douglas Trumbull
|
Artist |
Movie special effects wizard |
08-Apr-1942 |
TBD |
|
| Willie Tyler
|
Artist |
Ventriloquist |
08-Sep-1940 |
TBD |
|
Utamaro
|
Artist |
Japanese printmaker |
1753 |
31-Oct-1806 |
DEAD
|
Alberto Vargas
|
Artist |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
09-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
DEAD
|
Giorgio Vasari
|
Artist |
Lives of the Artists |
30-Jul-1511 |
27-Jun-1574 |
DEAD
|
Daniel Vierge
|
Artist |
Spanish painter and illustrator |
1851 |
00-May-1904 |
DEAD
|
| Gunther von Hagens
|
Artist |
Popularized cadaver art |
10-Jan-1945 |
TBD |
|
Andy Warhol
|
Artist |
Outrageously successful pop artist |
06-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
DEAD
|
Josiah Wedgwood
|
Artist |
Greatest potter of all time |
1730 |
03-Jan-1795 |
DEAD
|
| Roberta Williams
|
Artist |
Queen of the Graphic Adventure |
16-Feb-1953 |
TBD |
|
Stan Winston
|
Artist |
Special effects artist |
07-Apr-1946 |
15-Jun-2008 |
DEAD
|
Basil Wolverton
|
Artist |
Mad magazine artist |
09-Jul-1909 |
31-Dec-1978 |
DEAD
|
Beatrice Wood
|
Artist |
Mama of Dada |
03-Mar-1893 |
12-Mar-1998 |
DEAD
|
| Patrick Woodroffe
|
Artist |
English fantasy artist |
1940 |
TBD |
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