Louis Guglielmi was an American artist born on 9 April 1906 in Cairo, Egypt. Louis’ father was a musician who traveled widely on tours. At age eight, Louis and his mother traveled to the United States to join his father. He developed an interest in art, especially sculpture, and worked at a bronze casting factory. …
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Raoul Hynckes was a Dutch painter born on 11 May 1893 in Brussels, Belgium. Aged fourteen, Hynckes enrolled at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and studied there till 1912. Afterward, he worked in Brittany shortly before serving at the war front at the start of WWI. After the war, Hynckes continued making art …
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Otto Pippel was a German painter born on 10 February 1878 in Lodz, Poland, after his parents emigrated from Germany. In 1896, Pippel enrolled at the Strasburg School of Applied Arts but later halted his education to serve in the army. On his return, Otto continued his education, studying in Karlsruhe and at the Dresden …
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Soren Emil Carlsen was an American painter born on 19 October 1853 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Carlsen grew up in Denmark and attended the Danish Royal Academy in 1968, studying architecture for four years before emigrating to the United States and settling in Chicago. Carlsen worked as an assistant architect and for the Danish painter Lauritz …
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Raul Soldi was an Argentine painter and printmaker born on 27 March 1905 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Despite the musical inclinations of his family, Raul chose to study art. Before moving to Europe, he studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires. In 1923, Soldi furthered his education at the Real …
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Savely Sorine was a Russian painter born on 26 February 1878 in Polatsk, Vitebsk province, Belarus. Sorine first studied at the Odessa drawing school and graduated with a gold medal, earning him the chance to enroll at the Imperial Academy of Arts without writing entrance exams. In 1899, he began his studies at the Academy …
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Kiyokata Kaburagi was a Japanese painter born on 31 August 1878 in Kanda, Tokyo. Kiyokata was born into a wealthy family in Tokyo, his father being the founder of a newspaper company and a famous novelist. At thirteen, he began training under Mizuno Toshikata, an illustrator at his father’s company. Kaburagi learned fast and …
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Josef Vachal was a Czech painter, printmaker, and writer born on 23 September 1884 in Milavce, Czech Republic. Josef’s parents were unmarried, and he had to live with his father’s parents in Pisek. In 1898, Vachal was sent to Prague to apprentice with a bookbinder and learn the trade. However, his maternal uncle, a …
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John Quincy Adams was an American painter born on 23 December 1873 in Vienna, Austria. John was the son of American singer – Charles Runey Adams – and a distant relative of the second and sixth American presidents, whom he was named after. Primed to become a banker, John began schooling after his parents …
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Lucy Drake Marlow was an American painter born on 23 September 1890 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Lucy studied at the Catlin Arts School and the Arts Students League for New York. She furthered her studies at West End School of Art and Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts, receiving lessons in life painting, portraiture, illustration, and …
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