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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
illustrator, painter, mycologist, scientific illustrator, botanist, conservationist
- governance
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002)
model, painter, visual artist, sculptor, illustrator, jewelry designer, conceptual artist, watercolorist, installation artist, performance artist, scenographer, filmmaker, printmaker, architectural draftsperson, graphic artist, artist, film director
- Brearley School
Alfred Kubin (1877-1959)
painter, etcher, illustrator, photographer, drawer
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
poet, essayist, painter, photographer
- Harvard University, John Burroughs School
Gottfried Keller (1819-1890)
poet, painter, chancery manager
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Heidelberg University
Dominique Vivant (1747-1825)
art historian, egyptologist, diplomat, drawer, archaeologist, painter, politician, etcher, medalist, graphic artist, visual artist
William Dunlap (1766-1839)
translator, painter, art historian, actor, theatre manager, playwright, theatrical producer
James Daugherty (1889-1974)
painter, visual artist