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Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana to a working class family on August 29, 1958. His father, Joseph, was a steel mill employee and often performed in various R&B groups. His mother was a stay at home mom and a devout Jehovah’s Witness. Michael was the seventh of nine children; his siblings include Rebbie, Jackie, [...]
Meléndez was an animator, director, and producer who is known for the Peanuts carton series for Warner Brothers. In later versions of the cartoon, Meléndez provided the voice for both Snoopy and Woodstock. He began animating in 1938 when he was hired by Walt Disney to work on animated films such as Bambi, Fantasia, and Dumbo. Three [...]
Kirby was one of the most recognizable, prolific, and influential comic artists of all time. He co-created some of the greatest comic book icons such as the Fantastic Four, X-Men, the Hulk, Captain America, and literally hundreds more. Without having any formal training, Kirby got his start in comics in when he met Fox editor Joe [...]
Elzie Crisler Segar was a cartoonist whose claim to fame was being the creator of everybody’s favorite spinach-eating seaman Popeye the Sailor Man. Segar’s Popeye cartoon originally appeared in 1929 in the “Thimble Theatre” comic section of the New York Journal. Interestingly enough, Segar had been contributing cartoons to this publication for a decade prior to Popeye’s [...]
William Seward Burroughs II was a writer of novels and essays as well as a painter and a spoken word performance artist. He also did a little acting including performances in Gus Van Sant films. He graduated from Harvard University after losing his virginity to a female prostitute. He then went to the Army just after [...]
Ross was a painter who is best known for his television show “The Joy of Paining”, which was shown on public broadcast stations across the United States. During each episode Ross would show viewers the art of oil painting using the quick-study technique that kept colors to a minimum and broke the whole process down to [...]
Schulz was a beloved cartoonist who is best known for his Peanuts comic strip. He got his start in comics after he submitted one of his drawings to The Saturday Evening Post, they paid him $40 and asked that he send more. Schulz sent in a total of 13 comics before he ended his partnership with [...]
Andrew Warhola was an American artist (of Slovakian descent). He is mostly known as a painter, but also made films including a version of Frankenstein. His Pop Art pieces include the famous Campbell’s Soup can painting, the Velvet Underground album cover with the banana, and “Marilyn diptych”, which displayed Marilyn Monroe’s face in rows with different [...]
Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel got his start drawing political cartoons and served in the animation department of the United States Air Force. Of course, he known for his time-honored children’s books that stood out from the rest thanks to his illustrations, his creation of non-existent words, and positive messages that were [...]
Baynes was an English book illustrator, her work can be seen in over 100 books. She is most known for her illustrations in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. Her work can also be seen in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wootton Major, Tree and [...]
Robert Rauschenberg is an artist who gained huge popularity in the 1950’s with his transition from Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art. Rauschenberg is best known for his work in the 1950’s entitled “Combines”, essentially this was the combination of various items and materials. He would often find trash on the streets of New York City and take [...]
One of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Spanish painter and sculptor.
One of the most important artists of the 20th century, his most famous piece of artwork is known as “Persistence of Memory” and features the well known melting clock.
Painter, sculptor, inventor…among other things. One of the greatest minds of all time.
Artist. One of the most famous painters in the world.
One of the greatest painters in history.
Painter, sculptor and architect, between other things. Sculptor of The David.
Italian sculptor of the early Renaissance.