Claim To Fame : Artists and Architects
1,952 memorials found
George Wesley Bellows
12 Aug 1882 – 8 Jan 1925Artist. He is remembered for being one of “The Eight,” a group of...
Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
Edward Marshall Boehm
21 Aug 1913 – 29 Jan 1969Artist. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1913. His surname is...
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Gutzon Borglum
25 Mar 1867 – 3 Mar 1941Artist. Best known for being the sculptor of the four United...
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Mathew B. Brady
18 May 1822 – 15 Jan 1896Photographer. He was born in Warren County, New York, he had...
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Joseph Bulova
7 Sep 1851 – 18 Nov 1935Businessman, Manufacturer. He founded the J. Bulova Watchmaking...
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Robert Capa
22 Oct 1913 – 25 May 1954Photographer. Capa covered the Second World War from 1941 to 1945...
Amawalk, Westchester County, New York, USA
Hattie Carnegie
15 Mar 1886 – 22 Feb 1956Fashion Entrepreneur/Dress Designer. In 1900, she immigrated to...
Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
George Catlin
26 Jul 1796 – 23 Dec 1872Artist. He is best remembered for his portraits of Native...
Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
Joseph Cornell
24 Dec 1903 – 29 Dec 1972Avant-garde Sculptor, Filmaker. A pioneer of assemblage art, ...
Nyack, Rockland County, New York, USA
Ralph Adams Cram
16 Dec 1863 – 22 Sep 1942Architect, Author. Inspired by the influential English critic...
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Stuart Davis
7 Dec 1892 – 24 Jun 1964Artist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was considered a...
East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Eugène Delacroix
26 Apr 1798 – 13 Aug 1863Painter. His father was the Foreign Minister under the Directory...
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Charles Demuth
8 Nov 1883 – 24 Oct 1935Painter. An outstanding watercolorist, he later pioneered...
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Thomas Eakins
25 Jul 1844 – 25 Jun 1916Artist. A realist painter, he is now widely acknowledged to be...
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Michel Fokine
26 Apr 1880 – 22 Aug 1942Ballet Choreographer. Born of a prosperous middle-class family...
Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
Daniel Chester French
20 Apr 1850 – 7 Oct 1931Artist. As a sculptor of bronze and marble statues and monuments,...
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Fulton
14 Nov 1765 – 24 Feb 1815Inventor, Artist. While not the inventor of the steamboat, he was...
Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Charles Dana Gibson
14 Sep 1867 – 23 Dec 1944Artist. Born the son of Josephine Elizabeth Lovett and Charles...
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
William Glackens
13 Mar 1870 – 22 May 1938Artist. He is remembered for being one of “The Eight,” a group of...
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Horatio Greenough
6 Sep 1805 – 18 Dec 1852Sculptor. Born in Boston, Greenough showed his interest in art at...
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
