Britannica Quiz Artists, Painters, & Architects 1 of 2 Pierre-Auguste Renoir: La GrenouillèreLa Grenouillère, oil on canvas by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1869; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.(more) 2 of 2 What happened when two Impressionist artists painted the same scenePicture this: It's ...
Earned renown as the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind, which he hosted for 25 years. Literature Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930). Born and studied in Edinburgh. Scottish physician and writer, particularly renowned for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. ...
Famous Spanish PeopleSpanish Painters Miró 'Horse, Pipe and Red Flower'Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) was a romantic painter and printmaker. He was a royal painter and developed his style further during the Spanish Age of Enlightenment. He is known also for the fourteen 'Black Paintings' ...
Pisces Artists & Painters Pisces Singers 10 Blake Griffin (American Professional Basketball Player Who Plays as a Power Forward) Birthdate: March 16, 1989 Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States Six-time NBA All-Star Detroit Pistons power forward Blake Griffin began his career playin...
Influenced by European painters, he developed a strong American sensibility in his work. Cole primarily focused on oil on canvas, creating allegoric paintings with small figures set against dramatic natural landscapes. His works often critiqued industrialism, urbanism, and westward expansion, offering ...
Listed In: Artists & Painters Birthdate: February 10, 1932 Sun Sign: Aquarius Died: December 3, 2005 While she stunned art lovers with her Electric Dress made of hundreds of painted electric bulbs, avant-garde artist Atsuko Tanaka was part of the Japanese Gutai movement, which made use of ...
Listed In: Artists & Painters Birthdate: December 12, 1799 Sun Sign: Sagittarius Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russia Died: June 11 Karl Briullov was a Russian painter who played an important role in the transition from neoclassicism to romanticism. Nicknamed Karl the Great, Bryullov is best re...