Famous Category: Visual Arts

15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519 Inventor, Painter, Designer, Musician -“Renaissance Man” 🔊 Listen Leonardo da Vinci was an inventor, painter, and sculptor whose broad interests also included architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and […]

12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917 Sculptor 🔊 Listen François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor known for his sculptures such as  The Thinker and The Kiss.  As a child he experienced severe difficulties in school. He was extremely nearsighted as well as […]

Visual Artist & Architect 🔊 Listen Three-dimensional thinking was what was created by the dyslexia problem. I could design these things in my head. Bennett B. Strahan is an accomplished visual artist and architect. His dyslexia was so severe as a […]

Born August 6, 1928. Died February 22, 1987 Modern Artist & Filmmaker 🔊 Listen Andy Warhol was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic […]