Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 – July 29, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who became one of the most influential figures in Western art. Though he produced over 2,000 artworks, including iconic pieces like The Starry Night, Sunflowers, and Irises, he achieved little recognition ... Views: 68
Truman Capote (September 30th, 1924 – August 25th, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his novels and plays are literary classics.
He was planning to become a writer at eight years old and began his professional career writing short stories. The ... Views: 42
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, and author. One of the most influential figures in 20th-century classical music, he served as music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969, composed the score for ... Views: 32
Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher best known for his 1818 work The World as Will and Representation. Often called the philosopher of pessimism, he developed a metaphysical system centered on the blind, striving “Will” as the underlying force of ... Views: 22
Jacqueline Jill Collins (October 4, 1937 – September 19, 2015) was an English romance novelist and actress. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, and have sold more than 500 ... Views: 12
Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French-Algerian philosopher, novelist, essayist, playwright, and journalist. Best known for his novels The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall, as well as his philosophical essays such as The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus explored themes of the ... Views: 7
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born May 23, 1933) is an English actress and author. She’s been married to her fifth husband, Percy Gibson, since 2002.
She trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London at age sixteen. She worked steadily in London and then made her ... Views: 4