John Steuart Curry (1897 - 1946)

Painter,  Muralist.  Along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood,  he stood at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement of the 1930s and 1940s.  He is noted for his dramatic scenes of Midwestern rural life,  typically set in his native Kansas.  Many have a theme of man pitted against nature.  Curry’s mural for the […]

Nathaniel Currier (1813 - 1888)

Artist.  Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel and Hannah Currier. He attended public school until age fifteen, when he was apprenticed to the Boston printing firm of William and John Pendleton. The Pendletons were the first successful lithographers in the United States, lithography having only recently been invented in Europe, and Currier learned the process […]

Thomas Cubitt (1788 - 1855)

Architect. An influential figure in English building design, he specialised in the late Georgian and early Regency styles. The son of a Norfolk farmer, he journeyed to India as ship’s carpenter from which he earned sufficient funds to start his own building firm, where he was the first builder to have a ‘modern’ system of […]

István Csók (1865 - 1961)

Artist.

George Cruikshank (1791 - 1878)

Illustrator,  Cartoonist,  Editor.  Considered one of England’s  outstanding 19th Century graphic artists.  He is probably best remembered today for his association with author Charles Dickens.  Cruikshank was born in London,  to Scottish parents.  He apprenticed with his father,  a noted printmaker,  and by age 18 was already famous as a political cartoonist.  His pungent observations […]

Camila Quiroga (1891 - 1948)

Famed stage and cinema actress. She made several tours for Europe and America divulgating the works of the Argentine authors. She also was a pioneer of the Argentine cinema (5 movies.) (bio by: 380W)  Family links:  Children:  Nélida Quiroga (1909 – 1982)* *Calculated relationship

Paul Philippe Cret (1876 - 1945)

Architect. A professor at the University of Pennsylvania Design, he designed the Pan American Union Building in Washington D.C., the Tower at the University of Texas (plus numerous other buildings on the campus), the Benjamin Franklin Bridge that spans from New Jersey to Philadelphia, and numerous American War memorials in Europe. He designed the gates […]

Fritz Cremer (1906 - 1993)

Scultpor, Painter. He was born in Arnsberg, Germany. He fought against fascism during II World War. He is remembered for works such as “Buchenwald Memorial,” “Auferstehender,” “Aufbauhelfer,” “Mütterguppe,” “Denkmal Für Deutsche Spanienkámpfer” and “Trauernde.” He died in Berlin.  (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Thomas Gibson Crawford (1813 - 1857)

Artist/Sculptor. Born in New York City, the son of Aaron & Mary (Gibson) Crawford. At the age of 19 he entered into the New York City studios of Frazer and Launitz, artists and artificers in marble. In 1834 he went abroad to promote his artistic studies. His first ideal work was a group of Orpheus […]

Walter Crane (1845 - 1915)

Artist. One of the most important British artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His first painting at the Royal Academy was “The Lady of Shalott” in 1862. He was most acclaimed for his illustrations and designs, and by 1870 he was established as an illustrator of children’s books and as a ceramic […]

Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1970 - 1553)

Painter. Cranach was a leading figure of German Renaissance art. He often painted religious subjects and portraits of important Reformation personalities, including a celebrated image of Martin Luther.  In addition he created many nudes based on mythological figures. His son, known as Lucas Cranach the Younger, was also an important painter. (bio by: Rick Watson)

Ralph Adams Cram (1863 - 1942)

Architect, Author. Inspired by the influential English critic John Ruskin, he became an ardent advocate of and authority on English and French Gothic styles. He produced many collegiate and ecclesiastical works in a neo-Gothic style. Winning the West Point competition brought national attention to him and in 1907 Cram was appointed Campus Architect, a position […]

Thomas Couture (1815 - 1879)

Artist. A controversial but influential 19th century French history painter, he was born in Senlis, Olse, France and moved to Paris with his family 1826 where he studied at the École des Arts et Métiers and later at the École des Beaux-Arts. He began exhibiting his paintings at the Paris Salon in 1840, winning seven […]

Samuel Cousins (1801 - 1887)

Engraver. Born in Exeter, Devon, England, he studied illustrating art works after the introduction of steel for engraving art metal transcripts about 1823. His mezzotints steel plates and etching processes of the 18th century, are consided to have captured and yield the finest impressions of metal during a critical phase of art’s history. (bio by: […]

John Sell Cotman (1782 - 1842)

John Sell Cotman was born in Norwich, the son of a haberdasher. He moved to London in 1798. Although he had little formal training, he became part of the circle around Tom Girtin. He travelled much in Wales and spent part of each year from 1803 to 1805 in Yorkshire, as drawing tutor to the […]

Maria Hadfield Cosway (1760 - 1838)

Artist. Born Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Hadfield in Florence, Italy to English parents. Convent educated, her talent for art was recognized early and she studied both in Italy and England. At nineteen she was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. She traveled to England at the invitation of Angelica Kauffman […]

Pancho Cossío (1894 - 1970)

Artist. He was born Francisco Gutiérrez Cossío in Santiago de Baños, Cuba. Soon, his family moved to Spain. He studied with Ceclio Pla and was friend of Francisco Bores. His first exhibition was in 1919. In 1923, he moved to Paris, where knew the painters Picasso, Ismael de la Serna, Hernando Viñes, Togores and María […]

Jean Pierre Cortot (1787 - 1843)

Sculptor. Born in Paris, France, he was a 19th Century artist noted for his classical persons and monument sculptors. In 1809, he won the Prix de Rome while residing in Italy, returned to France in 1813, was appointed a professor at the École, was made a member of the Academy of des beaux Arts in […]

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796 - 1875)

Artist. Born in Paris in 1796. His family were bourgeois people, his father was a wigmaker and his mother a milliner and unlike the experience of some of his artistic colleagues, throughout his life he never felt the want of money, as his parents made good investments and ran their businesses well. After his parents […]

Joseph Cornell (1903 - 1972)

Avant-garde Sculptor,  Filmaker.  A pioneer of assemblage art,  he is noted for his boxes created with collages and found objects.  He took old photographs, images of exotic birds, bits of fabric,  miniature toys, and other discarded bric-a-brac and arranged them into enigmatic compositions.  A typical Cornell box is fronted with glass and evokes an overall […]

Pompeo Coppini (1870 - 1957)

Artist. Nationally known sculptor who sculptured the Alamo Cenotaph, busts of many famous Texans, Confederates, and other Americans. In all, he is represented in the United States by thirty-six public monuments, sixteen portrait statues, and about seventy-five portrait busts.  Family links:  Spouse:  Elizabeth di  Barbieri Coppini (1875 – 1957)* *Calculated relationship

Andrea Palma (1903 - 1987)

Actress. She was born in Durango, Mexico. She began her career on stage. During a time in Hollywood with his cousin Ramón Novarro, she was the hatter of Marlene Dietrich and later, she worked there in several films. With the time, she become a diva of Mexican cinema. Among other films, she appeared in “La […]

John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)

American Artist. Copley was born on July 3, 1738, in Bostonto Irish immigrant parents Mary Singleton and Richard Copley. He began to paint in about 1753. He made use of the rococo device called portrait d’apparat, portraying the subject with objects associated with his daily life, that gave his work a distinction not usually found […]

Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803 - 1902)

English artist.  His early life was marred by poverty. He was educated at the Royal Academy schools, where he was encouraged by Sir Thomas Lawrence.  In 1827 he moved to Brussels where he taught art. At this time he met the animal painter Verboeckhoven, who strongly influenced his work. In 1831 Cooper returned to London, […]

Natalia Pavlovna Wilson Paley (1905 - 1981)

Russian Royalty. The first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II, she was the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich by his second wife Princess Olga Paley. When she was still a young girl she had to escape from Russia due to the Revolution (her father and her brother Vladimir were murdered by the Bolsheviks) and went […]

Emma Lampert Cooper (1855 - 1920)

Artist. Studied with William Merritt Chase in New York City, painted many famous scenes of Brittany and Holland. Exhibited at several national expositions including Chicago in 1893, St. Louis in 1904 and San Diego in 1916. Married to painter Colin Campbell Cooper. (bio by: Mount Hope NY)

Edwin Cooper (1874 - 1942)

Sir Edwin Cooper RA designed many famous buildings in London including Marylebone Town Hall, Lloyds Underwriters in Leadenhall Street, HQ Port of London Authority in Trinity Square EC3, the College of Nursing in Henrietta Street W1 and the Port of London Buildings at Tilbury Dock. He received the Gold medal for Architecture in 1931. (bio […]

Abraham Cooper (1970 - 1868)

Artist. Born in London, England, he was a expressive 19th Century painter known for his racehorse, sporting and military battle portraits. At the age of twenty-two he became a pupil of artist Benjamin Marhsall and in 1809, he was a contributing artist for “The Sporting Magazine”. In 1813, he painted his first painting for the […]

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844 - 1934)

Artist. Coolidge was a drugstore owner, painter, bank owner and inventor. He painted the famous Dogs Playing Poker, started the first bank in Antwerp, New York along with invented carnival “cut-outs,” wood props with painted figures on them that you can stick your face through. Coolidge married Gertrude Kimmell in 1909 at the age of […]

Gordon Conway (1894 - 1956)

During a brief but prolific twenty-two-year career (1915-37), she won international acclaim in the fields of commercial graphic art and costume design for stage and film in New York, London, and Paris. She made around 5,000 finished drawings, designed graphics and costumes for at least 119 stage productions for both theater and cabaret, and costumed […]