Drawing Inspiration: Howard Pyle [κ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Illustrator / N.C. Wyeth's Teacher

Known for his novel, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Painted Captain Kid like no one's business

Street cred: Vincent Van Gogh loved his work

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Drawing Inspiration: Marie Bashkirtseff [ι]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / Humble author of I Am the Most Interesting Book of All

Studied at the Académie Julian, one of the few schools to accept women at the time

Died of tuberculosis at 25

Tomb is a full-sized artist studio

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Drawing Inspiration: Caspar David Friedrich [θ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / German Romantic

Master of mystical landscapes

Had early success, died poor and lonely

Work co-opted by the Nazis for its inherent Germanness

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Drawing Inspiration: Georgia O'Keeffe [η]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / American Treasure

Said her paintings weren't vaginal

Married to the influential photographer, Alfred Stieglitz

Has her own dinosaur, Effigia okeeffeae

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Drawing Inspiration: Aubrey Beardsley [ζ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Illustrator / Author / Foppish Pervert

Buddies with Wilde and Whistler

Lecherous pen-and-ink drawings inspired by Japanese shunga

Died of tuberculosis at age 25

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Drawing Inspiration: El Greco [ε]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher
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Painter / Old Master of the Moderns

Offered to repaint the Sistine Chapel(!)

Concerning Michaelangelo: "he was a good man, but he did not know how to paint."

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Drawing Inspiration: Ivan Bilibin [δ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Illustrator / Czar of Slavic Fairy Tales

Born in a suburb of St. Petersburg

Influenced by traditional Japanese prints

Died in the Siege of Leningrad

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Drawing Inspiration: René Magritte [γ]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / The Son of Man

Mother committed suicide when he was thirteen

Friends with writer, André Breton

Forged Picassos during lean post-WWII period

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Drawing Inspiration: Otto Dix [β]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / Printmaker / Spirit of Weimar

Served in the German Army during WWI

Deemed a degenerate artist by the Nazis

Painted Lady Gaga's great grandmother?!

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Drawing Inspiration: David Hockney [α]

Illustration by Owen Schumacher

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Painter / Printmaker / Fashion Plate

Friends with R.B. Kitaj and Andy Warhol

Enjoys the Brushes app for iPhone and iPad

Thinks the Old Masters probably cheated

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[Drawing Inspiration is a portrait-and-profile feature highlighting the outstanding figures of the art world—and!—my monthly contribution to the art and design blog, Illustration Pages.]