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Balthasar van der Ast was born in Middelburg, Zeeland in The Netherlands, sometime around 1593-94. His birth date was not recorded, but legal documents state that Balthasar reached the age of maturity (twenty-five) between June 30, 1618 and September 13, 1619. He was orphaned when his father, Hans, died in…
Anna Atkins was a botanist who became interested in photography to record her specimens. Her book, \”British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions\”, may be the first published books of photography and she is considered one of the first women photographers. Atkins produced her images through the cyanotype process which produces a cyan…
John Woodhouse Audubon was born on November 30th, 1812, in Henderson, Kentucky. Young Audubon joined his father, John James Audubon, on scientific expeditions, which likely encouraged his interest in naturalist art. The specimens collected during his travels filled the pages of his early sketchbooks. From 1834 to 1836, John Woodhouse…
John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a…
Milton Avery is known for the large simplified forms in beautiful colors that described a scene— landscape, portrait, or still life—without focusing on the details. He and his wife, artist Sally Michel Avery, moved to New York in 1925 to be part of the thriving art community there. They became…
Francis Bacon was a self-taught British painter, best recognized for his geometrically shaped backgrounds and his unsettling portrayal of the human body. Born in Dublin, Ireland to an English family, Bacon would not begin his career as an artist until he was in his late twenties, after seeing Pablo Picasso’s…
Edward Mitchell Bannister was one of the few African American artists to have a career and be recognized for his talents in the 19th century. Born in Canada, he was largely self-taught and spent most of his life in the Eastern United States. In 1876 his painting won a first…