Cordwainer Bird

Cordwainer Bird

male, 75 years old (California)
Harlan Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. His literary and television...
Erik Satie

Erik Satie

male, deceased (1925)
Satie and furniture music: not all of Satie's music is "furniture music". In the strict sense the term applies only to five of his compositions,...
George Melly

George Melly

male, deceased (2007)
Alan George Heywood Melly was an English jazz and blues singer and writer. From 1965–1973 he was a film and television critic for "The Observer". He...
Kenneth Patchen

Kenneth Patchen

male, deceased (1972)
Kenneth Patchen (December 13 1911 - January 8 1972) was an American poet and novelist. Though he denied any direct connection, Patchen's work and...
Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning

female, 99 years old
Dorothea Tanning (born August 25 1910) is an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer. She has also designed sets and costumes for ballet...
Terrance Lindall

Terrance Lindall

male, 65 years old
Terrance Lindall is an American artist who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1944. Lindall attended the University of Minnesota and graduated...
Roberto Matta

Roberto Matta

male, deceased (1911) (santiago, Chile)
The summer of 1938 marks the evolution of Matta's work from drawing to painting. Roberto completed his first inscape oil paintings while in...
Joel-Peter Witkin

Joel-Peter Witkin

male, 70 years old
Joel-Peter Witkin (born September 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American photographer. He was born to Jewish father and a Roman...
Roland Penrose

Roland Penrose

male, deceased (1984)
Sir Roland Penrose <sup>1<;/sup> was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of...
Philippe Soupault

Philippe Soupault

male, deceased (1990)
Philippe Soupault was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He took an active role in the Dadaist movement and later...