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Fernando del Paso Morante (1935-2018)
essayist, poet, journalist, playwright, economist, diplomat, painter, caricaturist
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962)
painter, illustrator
Günter Grass (1927-2015)
lyricist, poet, sculptor, playwright, essayist, autobiographer, painter, graphic artist, altar server, illustrator, printmaker, photographer, artist, librettist
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Berlin University of the Arts
William Nicholson (1872-1949)
painter, illustrator, printmaker, drawer, poster artist, wood engraver, theatre designer, still life painter, portraitist, landscape painter, trustee, xylographer, visual artist
- Académie Julian, Herkomer School
Kengo miyamoto (1583-1645)
painter, calligrapher, ronin, philosopher, strategist, military personnel, bushi, swordfighter, samurai
Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
caricaturist, poet, essayist, watercolorist, painter, literary critic, illustrator, journalist, comedian, drawer
- University of Oxford, Charterhouse School
Gianni Celati (1937-2022)
translator, literary critic, painter, sculptor
Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846)
painter, comics artist, politician, teacher, illustrator, caricaturist
- Collège Calvin