Norman Rockwell

popular name: George Inness Jr.

date_of_death: July 27, 1926

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claim_to_fame: Artists

best_know_for: George Inness Jr. was one of America's foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an important American landscape painter. He studied with his father and Léon Bonnat in the 1870s in Europe, where he was made an officer of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Like his father, he was considered a member of the Barbizon School and resisted impressionism. Later he returned to the United States and became known for his paintings of animals and illustration of hunting scenes. In 1899 he was elected to the National Academy of Design. He lived and worked in Boston, New York City and New Jersey and finally in Tarpon Springs, Florida where he produced most of his life's work. The Unitarian Universalist Church in Tarpon Springs contains a collection of eleven of his works, several of which are murals painted directly to the walls of the church sanctuary.

popular name: Marc Chagall

date_of_death: March 28, 1985

age: 97

cause_of_death: Natural causes

claim_to_fame: Artists

best_know_for: Marc Chagall was a Russian and French artist considered by many the last great master of his century. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris, as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Merging Cubism, Fauvism, and Surrealism, Marc Chagall ploughed a bold, bright, and distinctly abstract furrow as a pioneering modernist in the early 20th century. He created dream-like figurative and narrative art exploring life in Russia and France and his Jewish identity, and he influenced generations of future artists in the process. Some of his greatest works of art include I and the Village (1911), Paris Through the Window (1913), Green Violinist (1923-24) and Le cheval de cirque (Circus Horse) (1964). Grave of Marc Chagall can be found at Saint-Paul de Vence Cemetery in the South of France.

popular name: Andrew Wyeth

date_of_death: January 16, 2009

age: 91

cause_of_death: Died in his sleep after a brief illness.

claim_to_fame: Artists

best_know_for: Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) was a prominent American realist painter, best known for his detailed and emotionally evocative works that captured the rural landscapes and people of Pennsylvania and Maine. Born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, he was the youngest of five children of famed illustrator N.C. Wyeth, who served as both his teacher and greatest influence. Wyeth gained national recognition in 1948 with his painting Christina’s World, which became one of the most iconic images in American art. Throughout his career, he worked primarily in watercolor and tempera, developing a muted, meticulous style that reflected his introspective nature and deep attachment to his surroundings. Despite his popularity with the public, Wyeth’s work often sparked debate among critics, some praising his technical mastery and emotional depth, while others viewed him as overly nostalgic.