Arthur Dawson (1858 - 1922)

Artist. His works include Portraits of John Barton Payne, Generals Tillman, Barry, Biddle and McArthur. (bio by: Laurie)

Stuart Davis (1892 - 1964)

Artist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was considered a forefather of the Pop Art movement, who translated visual imagery into iconographic abstract paintings of squiggly lines and flashy colors. At the age of 16, he dropped out of high school to study with Robert Henri at the artist’s school in New York City. In 1913, […]

Homer Calvin Davenport (1867 - 1912)

Homer Calvin Davenport was a cartoonist from Silverton, Oregon, who worked for W.R. Hearst around the turn of the 20th century. He published two book collections with his cartoons in 1898 and 1900, as well as two non-fiction works, including his autobiography ‘The Country Boy’ (1910). He created mainly single panel cartoons, but also drew some comic […]

Felix Weihs De Weldon (1907 - 2003)

Artist. He was the sculptor of over 1,200 monuments, the most famous piece being the United States Marine Corps monument that depicts the six Flag Raisers on Iwo Jima at Arlington National Cemetery.

Nicolas de Stael (1914 - 1955)

Artist. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, he studied art in Brussels, Belgium. After serving in the Second World War, he settled in France, where he joined the group of the abstract painters Jean Arp, Georges Braque, Sonia and Robert Delaunay. His career spanned 15 years and more than thousand works, becoming one of the most […]

Filippo De Pisis (1896 - 1956)

Italian Painter. He started to study drawing at the age of six. At eighteen he entered the University of Bologna, where he studied literature and philosophy and continued to paint. After graduating he went to Rome and worked for four years as a teacher, and began dedicating himself seriously to painting. In the early 20s, […]

Philip James De Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)

Painter, Stage Designer. He was born and trained in France, initially by his father, a miniature painter and engraver to the court of Darmstadt. In 1766 he was elected to the French Royal Academy and made Royal Painter to Louis XVI, but in 1771 he traveled to London in search of commissions and to escape […]

Tamara de Lempicka (1898 - 1980)

Polish painter, born Tamara Gorska in Warsaw. She died in Cuernavaca, Mexico. According to her wishes, she was cremated and her ashes scattered into the Popocatepetl (a Mexican volcano). Tamara remained forgotten until the early 1990 when Barbra Streisand bought her painting “Adam and Eve” in an auction. (bio by: Alberto Blanco)

Quentin De la Tour (1704 - 1788)

Artist.  A French Rococo portrait painter who worked primarily with pastels, he is remembered for his portraits of prominent French citizens of his era, including Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet), Jean-Jacques Rosseau, King Louis XV, and Madame de Pompadour (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson).  Born in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardy, France, his father was a musician who objected to his […]

Antonio de la Gandara (1861 - 1917)

Artist.

Elaine de Kooning (1918 - 1989)

Artist and Wife of Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning (1904-1997 cremated). Born Elaine Marie Catherine Fried in Brooklyn, New York, she studied at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School and the American Artists School in New York City. She met Willem de Kooning in 1938, and they were married at City Hall, New York, in […]

Sir Roger De Grey (1918 - 1995)

British Artist. He studied art at Chelsea Polytechnic from 1936 under Harold Williamson and Raymond Coxon. His studies were interrupted by World War II, when he served with the Royal Armoured Corps. After the war he taught at Kings College, Newcastle University, the Royal College of Art, and the City and Guilds of London Art […]

Anthony De Francisci (1887 - 1964)

Sculptor. He is best remembered for designing the Peace Dollar, issued for circulation in the US from 1921 until 1935. He immigrated to the US in 1905 and studied sculpting under coin designers James Earle Fraser, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, and Adolph Alexander Weinman. In 1913 he became a naturalized US citizen and two years later […]

Edgar De Evia (1910 - 2003)

Photographer, Artist, Author. He was born in Merida, capital of the Yucatan, as the only son of noted Parisian born pianist Miirrha Alhambra and her husband Dom Evia. He moved with his parents to New York City when he was about five years old and was graduated from the Dalton School.  He is best know […]

Francis de Erdely (1904 - 1959)

Influencial 20th century artist. Forced to flee his native Hungary after angering the Gestapo with his powerful, horrific imagery derived from his experiences in World War I. After many years living in several European cities, he settled in California in 1944 where he produced the majority of his body of work. Served as dean at […]

Jean de Brunhoff (1899 - 1937)

French Author, Illustrator. He is best remembered for creating the Babar the Elephant books, about an orphaned baby elephant, that was first appeared in 1931 and became an instant success. Born the youngest of four children, his father was a publisher. He attended Protestant schools, including the prestigious Ecole Alsacienne. During the latter part of […]

Kasey Rogers (1925 - 2006)

Actress. A voluptuous character player, she was billed as Laura Elliott during her movie career in the early 1950s. Rogers is best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” (1951), as Miriam, Farley Granger’s estranged and vindictive wife. In the film’s famous murder scene she is strangled by psychotic Robert Walker, […]

Henri De Braekeleer (1840 - 1888)

Artist.

Madeleine Robinson (1916 - 2004)

Actress. She is best remembered for her films “Une Si Jolie Petit Plage” (1949), “L’Invité du Mardi” (1950), “Dieu a Besoin des Hommes” (1950), “Le Garçon Sauvage” (1951), “Les Possédées” (1956), “Le Procés” (1962), “Une Histoire Simple” (1978), “Siete Días de Enero” (1979), “Camille Claudel” (1988) and “L’Ours en Peluche” (1994). In 2001 she was […]

Juan De Avalos (1911 - 2006)

Sculptor. Well known internationally for his monumental sculptures, like the Evangelists figures at El Valle de los Caídos (Fallen´s Valley), Los Amantes de Teruel, the statue of Carrero Blanco and the statue of Bernardo de Gálvez at Washington D.C. among many others. (bio by: 380W)

Corinne Day (1962 - 2010)

Photographer. Known for her fashion work, she founded a genre called variously “grunge”, “heroin chic”, or “dirty realism”, and was instrumental in launching the career of Kate Moss. Raised in Ickenham, she quit school at 16 and worked in a bank before becoming a model. While enjoying some success in Australia, Japan, and America, she […]

Kathleen Eileen Hooker Robinson (1922 - 1958)

Actress.  Born Eileen Hooker, she won the first Miss Nampa beauty pageant in 1938 and the 1938 Miss Idaho contest (part of a national Miss USA competition), and was runner-up to Miss Idaho the following year in 1939. In the middle 1940s, she was signed to a dancing contract by Darryl F. Zanuck, then vice […]

Alfred Dawson (1843 - 1931)

Landscape Painter and Etcher. He studied art under his father, a marine and landscape painter, before establishing himself as a successful etcher and landscape painter in Chertsey, Surrey. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, London, between 1860 and 1889, showing works including “A Page from Gray’s Elegy” and “Leaving the Plough”. He also showed […]

George Dawe (1781 - 1829)

Painter. He is particularly well known for his more than 300 portraits of Russian offices who took part in the War against Napoleon. These portraits constitute the collection displayed in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace (The Hermitage) in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was born in the family of artists with his father being […]

Thelma Ritter (1902 - 1969)

Acclaimed Actress. She appeared in “All about Eve,” “Rear Window” and “The Mating Season,” among many other films. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Guy Dawber (1970 - 1938)

Leading British architect in the 20th century. Mainly famed for his work on the restoration and conservation of some of Britains finest country homes, he also built several buildings of note including the main gate and reptile house at London Zoo and several homes in the Cotswolds. (bio by: Kieran Smith)

Marc Frasier Davis (1913 - 2000)

Marc Davis was one of Walt Disney’s trusted “Nine Old Men” animators/advisors. He began working at the Disney Studios in 1935 until his retirement in 1978. He remained with Disney as an advisor up until his death. He worked on nearly every Disney animated feature film. He was famous for animating memorable female characters and […]

Victoria Risk (1915 - 1992)

Stage, motion picture, and television actress. She appeared in the 1950s era TV series “Dragnet.” The 1970s series “Apple’s Way” and the 1973 motion picture “A Reflection of Fear” are also among her credits. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Wolf A. Risk (1885 – 1948)  Mareena Risk (1894 – 1930)  Sibling:  Victoria Risk […]

Alexander Jackson Davis (1803 - 1892)

Architect. Recognized as the premier architect of mid-19th Century America, Davis was instrumental in popularizing the Greek Revival style which characterized the nation’s public buildings and private houses from the Federal Period to the outbreak of the Civil War. His many works include the old New York Customs House, the state capitols of Illinois, Ohio, […]

Gabriel Davioud (1823 - 1881)

Architect. He designed the old Palais de Trocadero in Paris (torn down and replaced in 1937). Worked under Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann. Some of his works that still exist today in Paris include: Fontaine aux Lions (12e, Quartier de Picpus), Sphinx sculpture(1er, Place du Châtelet), Théâtre de la Ville exterior (4e, Châtelet-Les-Halles), Théâtre de Châtelet […]