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Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American systems theorist, architect, engineer, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller was an American systems theorist, architect, engineer, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.
Elaine de Kooning
Elaine de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist, Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era and editorial associate for Art News magazine.
Elaine de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist, Figurative Expressionist painter in the post-World War II era and editorial associate for Art News magazine.
Eric Bentley
Eric Bentley is a British-born American critic, playwright, singer, editor and translator.
Eric Bentley is a British-born American critic, playwright, singer, editor and translator.
Franz Kline
Franz Jozef Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement centered around New York in the 1940s and 1950s.
Franz Jozef Kline (May 23, 1910 – May 13, 1962) was an American painter mainly associated with the Abstract Expressionist movement centered around New York in the 1940s and 1950s.
Heinrich Jalowetz
Heinrich Jalowetz (December 3, 1882, Brno - February 2, 1946, Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA) was an Austrian musicologist and conductor who settled in the USA. He was one of the core membe...
Heinrich Jalowetz (December 3, 1882, Brno - February 2, 1946, Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA) was an Austrian musicologist and conductor who settled in the USA. He was one of the core membe...
Ilya Bolotowsky
Ilya Bolotowsky was a leading early 20th-century painter in abstract styles in New York City.
Ilya Bolotowsky was a leading early 20th-century painter in abstract styles in New York City.
John Andrew Rice
John Andrew Rice, Jr. (1888 – 1968) was the founder and first rector of Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina.
John Andrew Rice, Jr. (1888 – 1968) was the founder and first rector of Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina.
Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Charles Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism.
Lyonel Charles Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism.
M. C. Richards
Mary Caroline Richards was a poet, potter, and writer best-known for her book Centering in Pottery, Poetry and the Person.
Mary Caroline Richards was a poet, potter, and writer best-known for her book Centering in Pottery, Poetry and the Person.
Mary Callery
Mary Callery (1903 – 1977) was an American artist known for her Modern and Abstract Expressionist sculpture.
Mary Callery (1903 – 1977) was an American artist known for her Modern and Abstract Expressionist sculpture.
Merce Cunningham
Mercier "Merce" Philip Cunningham (April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009) was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years.
Mercier "Merce" Philip Cunningham (April 16, 1919 – July 26, 2009) was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of the American avant-garde for more than 50 years.
Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.
Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.
Stefan Wolpe
Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer.
Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer.
Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, is widely regarded as one of the ...
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, is widely regarded as one of the ...
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.