Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) was a French novelist and playwright, and one of the most widely read authors in the world. He wrote The Count of Monte C…
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Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was the leading French Romantic writer, a poet, playwright, and novelist who also played a major part in French politics. He …
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) was a French novelist who set out to describe the whole of French society in a single series of books, La Comédie humain…
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and prose writer, and is often called the founder of modern Russian literature. He wrot…
George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824) was an English poet and one of the most famous figures of the Romantic age. He became celebrated for Childe Har…
Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932) was an English garden designer, writer, and trained artist. She designed hundreds of gardens, often with the architect Ed…
Giovanni Duprè (1817–1882) was an Italian sculptor, born in Siena and active in Florence. He began as a wood carver, taught himself to draw, and rose…
Louis Spohr (1784–1859) was a German violinist, composer, and conductor. He played in ducal and court orchestras, toured Europe as a soloist, and wro…
Josef Hofmann (1876–1957) was a Polish-born pianist who became one of the leading virtuosos of his generation. He began as a child prodigy, played ac…
Kakuzo Okakura (1862–1913) was a Japanese scholar and critic who worked to preserve and explain Japanese art. He helped to found the Tokyo School of …