Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)

Artist. Born in Vitebsk, Belarus (in the Russian Empire), and was raised in a devoutly Jewish environment with eight other siblings. His father worked in a fish warehouse, and his mother ran a shop where she sold fish and sundry baking supplies. As a child, Marc attended heder (Jewish elementary school) and later went to […]

Lynn Russell Chadwick (1914 - 2004)

Artist. He was awarded the C.B.E.(Commander of the British Empire) in 1964 for his services to the arts. He was a British sculptor whose expressionistic, figurative works in welded iron and bronze. He died at home in Lypiatt Park in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England at 88 years old. He studied at Merchant Taylors’ School. He worked […]

Agustí Centelles (1909 - 1985)

Photographer. He was born in El Cabanyal, Valencia. At the age of two, he moved with his father to Barcelona. In the 1920s, he began his career as graphic reporter for the newspaper “El Día Gráfico.” After, he worked as free lance. When he discovered the Leica Camera, he changed the style of photographies in […]

Benvenuto Cellini (1500 - 1571)

Artist. He was born in Florence, Italy. He is one of the greatest artists in the Western art, in the peak of Renaissance era. At nineteen, he went to Rome, where he worked for Popes Clement VII and Paul III, for whom he made jeweled ornaments and medallions. In 1536, he traveled to France, where […]

George Catlin (1796 - 1872)

Artist. He is best remembered for his portraits of Native Americans in the Old West and is the first person to visually record Plains Indians in their native territory. He grew up in Pennsylvania and spent many hours hunting, fishing, and looking for American Indian artifacts. His fascination with Native Americans was kindled by his […]

Karpa Catalá Lucas (1926 - 2000)

Renowned Comic Book Artist. He developed his career in Valencia (Spain) and become one of the most important representatives of the Valencian School. He is remembered for his characters Jaimito, Cangurito, Simbad, and Perico Fantasías. He also designed the toy “Juegos Reunidos Geyper.” (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

José Castillo de Fez (1922 - 2004)

Illustrator. He was born in Tetuán (Morocco). He began his career in the 40s, working in children magazines “Pumby” and “Jaimito.” Also he worked for the newspapers “Arriba,” “El Faro de Vigo” and “La Golondriz.” He was awarded with the Public Award of XVII World Humorists Convention of Knokke-Heist, Belgium in 1978. He is best […]

A. J. Casson (1898 - 1992)

Artist. While not one of the original members of the Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933 that included Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley, he was invited to join the Group in 1926 after Frank Johnston […]

Oleg Cassini (1913 - 2006)

Fashion Designer.  Famous for the outfits he designed for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.  A Hollywood costume designer, who was married to actress Gene Tierney for ten years, and dated Grace Kelly.  Oleg Cassini was born Oleg Loiewski in Paris, France, of Russian parents in 1913.  He used his mother’s name for his professional career. He […]

Walter Cassebeer (1884 - 1963)

Artist. He graduated Columbia University with a degree in architecture and attended L’ Ecole De Beaux Arts in Paris. He made his living as an architect but became famous as a painter and lithographer, winning the Lilian Fairchild Award in 1932. (bio by: Mount Hope NY)

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844 - 1926)

Artist. Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh) and raised in Philadelphia, she was the fifth child of a wealthy upper class family. Aspiring to be a professional artist, she enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts when she was 16. After becoming frustrated with the patronizing attitudes of the male teachers at […]

Pedro Casariego Córdoba (1956 - 1993)

Author, Artist. He was born in Madrid, Spain. Between 1975 and 1986, he developed a career as poet, that include works such as “La canción de Van Horne,” “El hidroavión de K.,” “La risa de Dios” and “Letanía de Pómulos y Pánicos.” After his marriage with Ana Ruiz de la Prada, he began his career […]

Johann Baptist Casanova (1730 - 1795)

Sculptor and director of the Dresden Art Academy. Brother of the infamous amorist. (bio by: David Conway)

Marie-Louise Carven (1909 - 2015)

Fashion Designer. Long a grande dame of Parisian haute couture, she is remembered as the first to create high fashion for short ladies. Born Carmen de Tommaso, she was told by her mother that her short stature (5’1″) would prevent her from ever being considered ‘sophisticated’ and thus studied architecture and interior design at Paris’ […]

Marie Dressler (1869 - 1934)

Actress.  Born Leila Koerber on Ontario, Canada, Marie Dressler made her first public appearance at the age of five when she appeared as “Cupid” on a pedestal in a church theatrical performance.  She wrote in her memoirs that she was instructed by her father to remain still, but she claims that the stool didn’t and […]

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 - 2004)

Acclaimed French Photographer. He was the founder with Robert Capa and David Seymour of Magnum Agency and he is considered one of the most importants photographers in the world. His photos reflected the History of 20th Century. He was captured by the nazis in II World War, but he escaped and he was witness of […]

Howard Carter (1874 - 1939)

Scientist, Archeologist. Born in 1874 to Samuel and Martha Joyce (Sands) Carter in Kensington. He was a sickly child of humble origin having had, as a result, no old school ties to his name. He was, however, educated as an artist by his father, who was an accomplished and well-known draughtsman himself. As an infant […]

Pierre Cartellier (1757 - 1831)

Sculptor. The son of a locksmith, Pierre studied at the Ecole Gratuite de Dessin, Paris, and then in the studio of Charles-Antoine Bridan and at the Académie Royale. He failed to win the Prix de Rome and began to earn his living modelling decorative motifs for bronze founders. At a time in European history when […]

Leonora Carrington (1917 - 2011)

Artist. One of her generation’s premier Surrealist painters, she also achieved renown as a sculptor and novelist. Born to wealth and high position, she apparently had artistic ambitions from early childhood but was pushed by her father into a conventional education. Though bright, she was possessed of a rebellious nature that led to a succession […]

Dora Carrington (1893 - 1932)

Artist. She was trained at the Sladeschool of Fine Art and designed the wood-cut decorations for Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s first Hogarth publications. She had affairs with the painter Mark Gertler, writer  Gerald Brenan and married Ralph Partridge; but the most important relationship of her life was with  Lytton Strachey. After Strachey’s death she commited […]

Emily Carr (1871 - 1945)

Artist, Author. Known as a “Canadian icon,” she was one of the first painters in Canada to adopt a modernist and post-impressionist painting style and was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia. Her works were heavily inspired by the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. She was born the send-youngest […]

Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830 - 1900)

Artist. A portrait painter, he is most famous for during the portrait of President Abraham Lincoln and his family. He became a friend of Lincoln’s and wrote a book called “Six Months in the White House with Abraham Lincoln.”  (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Augusta Prentiss Carpenter (1836 – 1926)*  Children:  Elliot Lloyd Carpenter […]

Jane Dornacker (1947 - 1986)

Jane Dornacker was the tall lead singer (Leila), keyboardist, and songwriter of the 1970s/1980s San Francisco “tack” rock group Leila and the Snakes. Pearl Gates and Pamela Wood provided supporting vocals. Their repertoire included “Rock and Roll Weirdos,” “Pyramid Power” and a spoof version of Peggy Lee’s “Is That All There Is?” Gates later left […]

Franklin Carmichael (1890 - 1945)

Artist.  He was one of the original members (and youngest) of the Group of Seven, a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920 to 1933 that also included Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley.  His artistic talent was so evident at an early age that […]

Jacques Carlu (1890 - 1976)

Architect. Notable works include the Palais de Chaillot (The Trocadero) in Paris, the Rainbow Room and Rockefeller Center in New York, and The Carlu (Eaton’s College Park) in Toronto. Brother of Jean Carlu. The exact birth and death dates conflict among sources. Some say his birthday was April 7, some say July 4; some say […]

Solveig Dommartin (1961 - 2007)

Actress. Born in Paris, France, she appeared mainly in international films is best known for her roles in the Wim Wenders movies “Wings of Desire”, (1987), “Until the End of the World”, (1991) and “Faraway, So Close”, (1993). She also had a memorable performance in the films “The Prisoner of St. Petersburg”, (1989) and “I […]

Alois Carigiet (1902 - 1985)

Artist. The brother of actor Zarli Carigiet, he illustrated several children’s books and was the recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration in 1966. (bio by: DC)

John Edward Carew (1970 - 1868)

Sculptor. He was primarily known for sculptures of historical subjects in London. His projects included the “Death of Nelson”,  at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London, and his statues of Dick Whittigton at London’s Royal Exchange and of Edmund Kean at the Drury Lane Theatre. (bio by: s.canning)

Claire Anne Dodd Dodd (1911 - 1973)

Actress. She starred in several dozen Hollywood features during the 1930s. Born Dorothy Arlene Dodd, to Walter and Ethel Cool Dodd (who later divorced), she was raised in Iowa until she moved to New York in her mid-teens in order to support herself. While working on Broadway in the “Ziegfeld Follies”, she was spotted by […]

Manuel Carbonell (1918 - 2011)

Artist. He was the last of the Cuban master sculptors, known for his imposing work in different styles. He began drawing and sculpting clay figures as a boy and was educated at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana. From 1945 to 1959, he received much acclaim for his life-sized sculptures and carvings, as […]