Sir Alan Charles Laurence Whistler CBE, born 21 January 1912, was a British poet, writer and artist, working in particular in glass...

Vaslav Nijinsky, born 12 March 1889, was a Polish ballet dancer and choreographer cited as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th...

Arthur Mitchell born 27 March 1934, was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. Mitchell...

Will Burgdorf, born 1905 Hannover, was a German photographer. Will went to Dresden at the beginning of the 1920s, where he completed his...

Charles Robinson, born in Islington, London in October 1870, was a prolific British book illustrator. He was the son of illustrator...

George Frederic Watts, born 23 February 1817, was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts was widely...

Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, GBE, CMG, born 4 December 1888, was a British politician, art collector, and social...

Laure Albin Guillot (née Meifredy) born 15 February 1879, was a French photographer. In addition to portraits of Paris celebrities, she...

Henry Cyril Paget, the Fifth Marquess of Anglesey, born 1 6 June 1875 and nicknamed "Toppy", was a British peer who was notable during...

Christine H. McConnell is a photographer, artist, baker and all around Queen of DIY. She has a reputation for her creepy aesthetic which...

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. born 27 May 1911, was an American actor best known for his performances in horror films, although his career...

Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti, born 12 May 1828, generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter...

George Barbier, born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Little is...

Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH, born 9 March 1892, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and...

Ivor Novello, born 15 January 1893, was a Welsh composer and actor...

Bissano Ram Gopal OBE, born 20 November 1912, was an Indian dancer and choreographer who performed mostly as a soloist and toured...

Joseph Christian Leyendecker was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the pre-eminent American illustrators of...

Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman CHFBA, (known as Steven Runciman) born 7 July 1903, was an English historian best known for his...

Donna Tartt, born 23 December 1963 in Greenwood, Mississippi, is an American author. "Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we...

Carl Van Vechten, born 17 June 1880, was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...