Carl van Vechten

Carl van Vechten

male, deceased (1964)
Ailurophiles, literary executor, Iowa writer, LGBT writer, photographer, from New York City…University of Chicago, NationalInstituteofArts, youngest of three children, early advocate of women’s suffrage, A Woman of the World
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 - December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...

Mary McCarthy

female, deceased (1989)
American women writer, Playwright, author, From Seattle, Vassar College alumni, American…NationalInstituteofArts
Mary Therese McCarthy was an American author and critic. She was politically active for many years.
Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

male, deceased (1966)
Weißenburg in Bayern, German, Weißenburg, German-American, Search for the Real, painter…Art Students League of New York, University of California, Berkeley, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute
Hans Hofmann was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter. He was born in Weißenburg, Bavaria on March 21 1880 the son of Theodor and F...
Roger Reynolds

Roger Reynolds

male, 75 years old
University of Michigan, engineering physics, American, Pulitzer Prize for Music winner, Classical composer, pulitzer prize…NationalInstituteofArts, British Arts Council, University of California, San Diego
American composer and teacher at the University of California at San Diego Roger Reynolds was born July 18, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. He received...
Peter Lieberson

Peter Lieberson

male, 63 years old
Harvard University, composition, American, Mezzo-soprano, vajrayana, amazon.com…national public radio, director of Shambhala Training in Halifax, former president of Columbia Records, NationalInstituteofArts
Peter Lieberson came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the Piano Concerto and Drala, two major commissions from the Boston Symphony, with whom he...
George Wharton Edwards

George Wharton Edwards

male, deceased (1950)
Cos Cob Art Colony, painter, impressionist painter, Impressionist, from Greenwich, Connecticut, American…High Museum of Art, national academy, Order of the Crown of Italy, Museum of Arts, NationalInstituteofArts
George Wharton Edwards (born 1859 in Fair Haven, Connecticut - died January 18 1950 in Greenwich) was an American impressionist painter and...
Charles Simic

Charles Simic

male
University of Chicago, New York University, chancellor, professor emeritus, Chicago Sun Times, University of New Hampshire…ARTS, Academy of American Poets, American Academy of Arts, NationalInstituteofArts
Charles Simic was born in Yugoslavia on May 9, 1938. His childhood was complicated by the events of World War II. He moved to Paris with his...
John Eaton

John Eaton

male
University of Chicago, eaton, professor emeritus, indiana university bloomington, macarthur foundation, Flea Circus…NationalInstituteofArts
John Eaton , emeritus John Eaton , Professor Emeritus, is a composer with special interest in opera. Called "the most interesting opera composer...