Biography Category
(py r s môN´ märk ´ d läpläs´) (KEY) , 1749–1827, French astronomer and mathematician. At 18 he went to Paris, proved his gift for mathemati...
(k n´z ) (KEY) , 1894–1956, American biologist, b. Hoboken, N.J., grad. Bowdoin College (B.S., 1916), Harvard (D.Sc., 1920). He was associated with...
(p nt r k´ky ) (KEY) or Pintoricchio (p nt –) (KEY) [Ital.,=little painter], c.1454–1513, Umbrian painter whose real name was Bernardino di Bet...
(zhäN bät st´ dr ´) (KEY) , 1686–1755, French animal painter. A pupil of Largillière, he became court painter to Louis XV, recording the kingâ...
(gw ´d r ´n ) (KEY) , 1575–1642, Italian painter and engraver, b. Bologna. As a child he entered the studio of the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert...
1871–1951, American painter and etcher, b. Lock Haven, Pa. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked for 12 years as an ill...