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This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Henry P. McIlhenny (1910–1986), art and antique connoisseur, philanthropist, curator, and Philadelphia Museum of Art chairman; John Moran (1831–1902), photographer and artist; Alice Neel (1900–1984), painter; Albert Newsam (1809–1864), born deaf and former artist [8] Linda Nochlin (1931–2017), feminist art historian and Bryn Mawr ...
1969: Poet; editor of Poetry Magazine (1955–1969) Wilhelm Rapp: Jul 14, 1827: Feb 28, 1907: Journalist and editor Lived and died in Chicago Hermann Raster: May 6, 1827: Jul 24, 1891: Journalist and politician; editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung (1867–1891) Lived in Chicago, buried in Graceland Cemetery [102] [103] Mike Resnick: Mar 5 ...
The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").
1910 – Mann–Elkins Act; 1910 – Mann Act; 1911 – Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil; 1911 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire; 1911 – First Indianapolis 500 is staged; Ray Harroun is the first winner; 1912 – RMS Titanic sank; 1912 – New Mexico and Arizona become states; 1912 – Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette ...
Clive James focused on fame in the 20th century, because the arrival of mass media, film and television changed forever the ways people became famous. In previous centuries people could only become famous by doing something that was remembered ages later. Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte conquered countries, Jesus Christ developed a ...
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a new breed of women started to emerge from the depths of circus tents around the world: the strong-woman. These women quickly drew large crowds of circus lovers ...
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) – film director; Abraham Aronow (born 1940) – physician and photographer; Robert Asencio (born 1963) – Florida politician; Isaac Asimov [4] (1920–1992) – author and biochemist; Stan Asofsky (1937–2024) – superfan of the New York Knicks; Madeline Astor (1893–1970) – Titanic survivor, wife of John ...