Literary Library

Fredrik Cygnaeus

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1807 - February 7, 1881Finnish poet, art critic & collector and professorAuthor of "Ice-Candles" and "Claes Flemings tider: Dramatisk...
Art Art Collector Art Critic College Finland Finnish Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teacher University

Gustave Kahn

by Angela Beck
December 21, 1859 - September 5, 1936French Symbolist poet, art critic, novelist and playwrightAuthor of "The Mad King", "Premiers Poemes" and "Sy...
Art Art Critic Artist France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre

John Edwin Canaday

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1907 - July 19, 1985American academic, art historian and critic, journalist and novelistAuthor of art books including "Mainstreams of M...
Academic Art Art Critic Art Historian Arts Athenaeum Literary Award Crime Journalism Journalist Novel Novelist Picasso

Alaida Foppa

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...
Art Art Critic Arts Feminism Feminist Guatemala Guatemalan Mexican Mexico Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Teach Teacher Translator Writer

Sacheverell Sitwell

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1897 - October 1, 1988English writer, art critic and music criticAuthor of "Southern Baroque Art", "Romanian Journey" and "Great Hous...
Art Art Critic Arts England English Music Music Critic

John Berger

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1926 - January 2, 2017English art critic, novelist, painter and poetAuthor of "A Painter of Our Time", Ways of Seeing" and "Here is Wh...
Art Art Critic Arts Critic Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Poem Poet Poetry