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Biography Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929 – 1982) Fazlur Rahman Khan is an American civil engineer, author of the Chicago-based skyscrapers Willis-Tower and John Hancock Center. He was a native of Bangladesh, who worked for the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. In the 1960s he became the most influential specialist in the structural design of high-rise…

Biography Francisco José de Goya-i-Lucientes was born on March 39, 1746, in the small town of Fuendetodos, near Zaragoza. His father was a poor commoner, who had a tiny workshop for gilding altars. His mother came from a family of impoverished hidalgo. Parents could not even assume that the years would pass, and their son…

Biography Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect, born in Wisconsin. He studied civil engineering for a year at the University of Wisconsin, was influenced by the writings of Viollet-le-Duc, then worked in Chicago (1889–93) in the office of Louis Sullivan. Between 1900 and 1910 he designed 50 houses in the ‘Prairie style’, emphasising low, horizontal…

Biography “Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.” ― Claude Monet Oscar Claude Monet is a famous impressionist who dedicated his whole life to painting. He was the founder of French impressionism, which was the main direction of Monet’s art….

Biography Coco Chanel (1883-1971) “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” Coco Chanel Born on August 19, 1883, in Saumur, Gabrielle Chanel and her siblings were raised in the orphanage, as their parents died when the future well-known designer was a child. She was brought up by nuns who showed her how to…

Biography Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599–1660) Spanish painter of Portuguese descent, born in Seville. At the age of 14 he began to study under Francisco Pacheco, an indifferent artist whose daughter he married. At first working closely from life, he painted genre scenes, such as kitchen interiors, with figures and objects in realistic detail….

Biography Edgar (Hilaire-Germain) Degas (1834–1917) French painter and sculptor, born in Paris. From a prosperous mercantile family, he studied with Louis Lamothe, a follower of Ingres and although at first he seemed likely to become an academic painter, he developed into one of the great innovators of his time after coming to know Manet and his…

Introduction Distorted, exaggerated, and symbolic. Many people have seen many pieces of art that have these unique characteristics. However, they do not realize what this art is portraying. One well known artists’ work they may refer to is Edvard Munch’s.. The piece he is known for is “The Scream” but in reality Munch has thousands…

Biography William Blake (1757–1827) English poet, artist and mystic, born in London. His father, a hosier, was a follower of Emanuel *Swedenborg. From the very first he was a highly imaginative child who claimed to see angelic visions. Apprenticed to an engraver (1771–78), he studied briefly with the Royal Academy School and then set up shop…

Paula Moderzon-Becker was an outstanding German painter, representative of modernism, a pioneer of expressionism and the first artist in the world to which the museum in Bremen was dedicated. Biography Paula Moderzon-Becker was born on February 8, 1876, in Dresden. Paula grew up in the family of engineer Voldemar Becker. Up to 12 years, Paula…