Biography Category
(märk sh gäl´) (KEY) , 1887–1985, Russian painter. In 1907, Chagall left his native Vitebsk for St. Petersburg, where he studied under L. N. Baks...
( k´´ l ´ s) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, river god; son of Oceanus and Tethys. He possessed the power to appear as a bull, a serpent, or a bullhead...
(zhül ädôlf´ m ´ lw br tôN´) (KEY) , 1827–1906, French painter of rustic scenes and peasant life. His works frequently reflect a social and...
( k´´t n m ´s n) (KEY) , any one of a group of antibiotics produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. Actinomycin was the first antibiotic rep...
1862–1957, American architect, b. New York City. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, he became one of the leading architects in Cali...
1833–98. English painter and decorator, b. Birmingham. Expected to enter the Church, he went to Exeter College, Oxford, where he met William Morris,...