Biographies
Biography: Jacob van Ruisdael
Jacob van Ruisdael stands as one of the most influential painters of the Dutch Golden Age, a time when the Netherlands…
Biography: Nicholas Roerich
Nicholas Roerich was born on October 9, 1874, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, into a comfortable upper‑middle‑class family where art and culture…
Biography: Eilert Adelsteen Normann
Eilert Adelsteen Normann was born on May 1, 1848, in the parish of Bodin, near the town of Bodø in Northern…
Biography: Thomas Moran
Thomas Moran was born on February 12, 1837, in Bolton, Lancashire, England. His family, facing economic hardships due to the Industrial…
Biography: Luigi Loir
Luigi Aloys-François-Joseph Loir was born on December 22, 1845, in Goritz, part of the Austrian Empire at the time. Although Austrian…
Biography: George Inness
George Inness was born on May 1, 1825, in Newburgh, New York, as the fifth of thirteen children of John William Inness and…
Biography: Edwin Lord Weeks
Edwin Lord Weeks was born on January 23, 1849, in Boston, Massachusetts, into a comfortable and culturally aware American family. His…
Biography: Carl Wuttke
Carl Wuttke was born on 3 January 1849 in Trebnitz, Silesia (then part of Prussia). He entered the world in a…
Biography: Adriaen Brouwer
Adriaen Brouwer was born in the small Flemish town of Oudenaarde in 1605 or 1606, during a time of both religious…
Biography: Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur was born on March 16, 1822, in Bordeaux, France, during a time when few women had the freedom to…
Biography: Gunnar Berndtson
Gunnar Fredrik Berndtson (1854–1895) was one of the most technically gifted painters to emerge from Finland in the 19th century, yet…
Biography: Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Frederick Arthur Bridgman was born on November 10, 1847, in Tuskegee, Alabama. His father, Dr. Bridgman, practiced medicine and provided a…
