Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) was a French sculptor, widely seen as the founder of modern sculpture. He made The Thinker , The Kiss , and The Burghers of…
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Charles Gounod (1818–1893) was a French composer best known for his opera Faust and for his Ave Maria , which he built on a prelude by Bach. He won …
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) was a French painter and one of the most successful portraitists of the eighteenth century. She became the favour…
Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) was a Florentine goldsmith, sculptor, and writer. He trained as a goldsmith, worked in Rome and Florence, and served th…
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist who became one of the leading dramatists in English. He wrote plays s…
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer, playwright, and wit who became the best-known voice of the Aesthetic Movement in Britain. He wrote plays…
Loie Fuller (1862–1928) was an American dancer, choreographer, and stage inventor. She became famous in Paris in the 1890s for her Serpentine Dance ,…
Walter Damrosch (1862–1950) was a German-born American conductor and composer. He grew up in a musical family, took part in the German opera seasons …
Ellen Terry (1847–1928) was one of the most celebrated actresses of the English-speaking stage. She began as a child performer, rose to fame in the 1…
Edward MacDowell (1860–1908) was an American composer and pianist. He studied in Paris and Germany, wrote piano pieces such as To a Wild Rose and tw…