CASSATT, MARY (1844 – 1926) Who was Mary Cassatt? Born on May 22, 1844 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now a part of Pittsburgh), Mary Cassatt was a remarkable woman who succeeded in what was then a predominantly male profession. The…
Alfred Reginald Thomson, 1894–1979
Alfred Reginald Thomson RA (10 December 1894 – 27 October 1979) was an English artist, most notable for being an official War Artist to the Royal Air Force during World War Two. Life Thomson’s portrait of George medal holder Charity…
Maurice Denton Welch, 1915–1948
Maurice Denton Welch was born March 29, 1915, in Shanghai, to Arthur Joseph Welch, whose parents were English, and Rosalind Basset, whose family was originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Denton Welch was the youngest of four boys and spent his…
Claude Monet, 1840–1926
Claude Monet 1840-1926 EARLY LIFE Claude Monet also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (November 14, 1840 – December 5, 1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement’s philosophy of expressing one’s perceptions…
Agnes Richter, 1844–1918
Agnes Richter (1844–1918) was a German-born seamstress. In 1893, Richter was admitted to a Heidelberg psychiatric hospital on the behalf of her father and brothers following several acute delusional episodes. Richter’s legacy has survived primarily because of its entanglement with a small,…
Franz Karl Bühler, 1864–1940
(* 28 August 1864 in Offenburg , † 1940 in Grafeneck ) was a German art-fitter and painter. He was honored for his work as a German art smith . He taught for three years as a lecturer at the Straßburger Kunstgewerbeschule . Also known are his works as painters , which he produced in various institutions and…
August Natterer, 1868–1933
He was born in 1868 in Ravensburger Vorstadtschornreute as the son of an employee and was the youngest of nine children. Natterer was married and an electrical engineer, when he was sent to a psychiatric institution in 1907 for delirium and anxiety . To his will, he remained until his…
William Blake, 1757–1827
William Blake (1757–1827) lived in “a Deep pit of Melancholy, Melancholy without any real reason for it.” These episodes were often followed by periods of “illumination” and intense creativity-Likely Bi-Polar Nebuchadnezzar (Blake) 1805 William Blake was both a great poet…
Maud Lewis, 1903–1970
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864–1901
Thorough essay by John David Ike, MD Candidate, Emory University School of Medicine