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Monroe Nathan Work
Monroe Work Monroe Work (1866-1945), a sociologist, published the Negro Year Book and an extensive bibliography on African Americans. He was also active in the anti-lynching campaign and the Negro Health Week movement. Monroe Nathan Work was born to ex-slaves on August 15, 1866, in Iredell... Read more |
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Perugino
Perugino , c.1445-1523?, Umbrian painter, b. near Perugia. His real name was Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci. Perugino is, after Raphael, the greatest painter of the Umbrian school. His tenderness of color and simplicity of style evolved into a more contemplative expression in his later years. He... Read more |
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Lorenzo Monaco
Lorenzo Monaco , c.1370-1425?, Italian painter, one of the leading artists in Florence at the beginning of the 15th cent. His real name was Piero di Giovanni. Born in Siena, he came to Florence (c.1391) and became a Camaldolite monk. His early works show a Sienese influence, evidenced in his... Read more |
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Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli , 1441?-1523, Italian painter of the Umbrian school, who probably studied with Piero della Francesca. He worked in Cortona, where some of his paintings have remained. Subsequently he worked in the Cathedral of Perugia, in Volterra, and at Monte Oliveto before undertaking (1499) the... Read more |
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Baron James Ensor Ensor
James Ensor Ensor, Baron , 1860-1949, Belgian painter and etcher. Ensor's imagery reflected one of the most bizarre and powerful visions of his era. He left his native Ostend to study painting (1877-80) at the Académie de Bruxelles. In Brussels he became one of the original members of "Les... Read more |
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Leonid Pasternak
Pasternak, Leonid (1862–1945). Russian painter and graphic artist, born in Odessa. He was a friend of many literary, musical, and political personalities, notably Leo Tolstoy, whose works he illustrated (War and Peace; Resurrection), and whom he portrayed on many occasions. In 1921 he left... Read more |
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Milan
Milan , Ital. Milano, Lat. Mediolanum, city (1991 pop. 1,369,231), capital of Lombardy and of Milan prov., N Italy, at the heart of the Po basin. Because of its strategic position in the Lombard plain, at the intersection of several major transportation routes, it has been since the Middle Ages... Read more |
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Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca , c.1420-1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Borgo San Sepolcro. All his masterpieces were created in towns of central Italy, but early contact with the art of Florence proved decisive in Piero's development. In the Baptism of Christ (c.1445; National Gall., London)... Read more |
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Sidney Nolan
Nolan, Sir Sidney (1917–1992). The most internationally famous of Australian painters. He was born in Melbourne, and after leaving school at the age of 15 he had various short-term jobs, including work in commercial art. In 1934 he began taking evening classes at the Art School of the... Read more |
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