Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) was an American singer and Actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, and was dubbed as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo Mississippi, his family relocated to Memphis,...
Henri Matisse
Henri-Émile-Benoît Matisse (1869–1954) was a French Artist draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor, and a painter. Initially he was part of the Fauve moment, but the 1920s he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of classical French Painting. Matisse was born in Le...
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) was an American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist. Over the course of her career, she published 4 novels and more than 50 short stories, plays, and eassy. She’s best know for her 1937 novel Their Eyes...
William Hogarth
William Hogarth (1697–1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and cartoonist who has been credited with the the creation of western sequential art. Born to a poor Latin school teacher and textbook writier, Hogarth began an apprenentiship at a young age in engraving....
