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Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962)
painter, illustrator
Alberto Savinio (1891-1952)
composer, painter, journalist, playwright, translator
Wanda Gág (1893-1946)
painter, printmaker, visual artist, drawer, artist
Karel Čapek (1890-1938)
translator, director, photographer, playwright, journalist, philosopher, painter, literary critic, essayist, poet
Satyajit Ray (1921-1992)
film director, composer, film producer, film editor, lyricist, journalist, painter, cinematographer, poet, film critic, director
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870)
anthropologist, archaeologist, historian, translator, politician, painter, playwright, Inspector general of the Historical Monuments, drawer
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Dominique Vivant (1747-1825)
art historian, egyptologist, diplomat, drawer, archaeologist, painter, politician, etcher, medalist, graphic artist, visual artist
Scott McCloud (born 1960)
comics artist, painter
