FamousPeopleFacts - Henry Flynt

Henry Flynt

Date of Birth: June 1, 1940 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Biography Henry Flynt is an American artist, philosopher, and musician born in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is best known for his work in the avant-garde and conceptual art scenes, particularly his contributions to the development of…
FamousPeopleFacts - Henri Rousseau

Henri Rousseau

Date of Birth: May 21, 1844 Zodiac Sign: Gemini Date of Death: September 2, 1910 Biography Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, commonly known as Henri Rousseau, was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive style. He was born on May 21, 1844, in Laval,…
FamousPeopleFacts - Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse

Date of Birth: December 31, 1869 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn Date of Death: November 3, 1954 Biography Henri Matisse was a French artist, born on December 31, 1869, in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential painters of the 20th…
FamousPeopleFacts - Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

Date of Birth: December 12, 1928 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Date of Death: December 27, 2011 Biography Helen Frankenthaler was a pioneering American abstract expressionist painter, born on December 12, 1928, in New York City. She emerged as a prominent figure in the postwar American art…
FamousPeopleFacts - Hedda Sterne

Hedda Sterne

Date of Birth: August 4, 1910 Zodiac Sign: Leo Date of Death: April 8, 2011 Biography Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist, best known for her association with the New York School, a group of abstract expressionist artists who were active in the mid-20th…
FamousPeopleFacts - Hasan M. Elahi

Hasan M. Elahi

Date of Birth: April 8, 1972 Zodiac Sign: Aries Biography Hasan M. Elahi is a Bangladeshi-born American interdisciplinary media artist whose work examines issues of surveillance, citizenship, and migration. He became widely known for his self-surveillance project, “Tracking Transience,” which he started after being mistakenly…
FamousPeopleFacts - Hans Hofmann

Hans Hofmann

Date of Birth: March 21, 1880 Zodiac Sign: Aries Date of Death: February 17, 1966 Biography Hans Hofmann was a German-born American painter renowned for his contributions to Abstract Expressionism. Born on March 21, 1880, in Weissenburg, Bavaria, Hofmann’s early interests were in science and…

Hans Haacke

Date of Birth: August 12, 1936 Zodiac Sign: Leo Biography Hans Haacke is a German-American conceptual artist known for his provocative and socially engaged work. Born in Cologne, Germany, Haacke studied at the Staatliche Werkakademie in Kassel from 1956 to 1960 and later attended the…
FamousPeopleFacts - H. R. Giger

H. R. Giger

Date of Birth: February 5, 1940 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Date of Death: May 12, 2014 Biography Hans Ruedi Giger, commonly known as H. R. Giger, was a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer, renowned for his work on the film “Alien.” Born on February…
FamousPeopleFacts - Gwen John

Gwen John

Date of Birth: June 22, 1876 Zodiac Sign: Cancer Date of Death: September 18, 1939 Biography Gwen John was a prominent Welsh artist known for her introspective portraits and quiet domestic interior scenes. Born Gwendolen Mary John in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on June 22, 1876, she…