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John Ruskin (1819-1900)
art critic, art historian, philosopher, painter, sociologist, poet, literary critic, architect, journalist, aesthetician, daguerreotypist
- University of Oxford, King's College London
John Berger (1926-2017)
art historian, painter, journalist, poet, critic, opinion journalist, art critic
- Chelsea College of Art and Design, Central School of Art and Design
Ana Maria Machado (born 1941)
journalist, painter
- École pratique des hautes études, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
William Morris (1834-1896)
architect, poet, designer, graphic designer, painter, politician, illustrator
- University of Oxford, Marlborough College
Karel Čapek (1890-1938)
translator, director, photographer, playwright, journalist, philosopher, painter, literary critic, essayist, poet
- Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Humboldt University of Berlin
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870)
anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, translator, politician, painter, playwright, Inspector general of the Historical Monuments, drawer
- Lycée Henri-IV
Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
painter, farmer, translator, photographer
- University of Cambridge, Shrewsbury School
Brian Wildsmith (1930-2016)
painter, illustrator
- Slade School of Fine Art