examples:
Johann Sebastian Bach
German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827)
Johannes Brahms
German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897)
Giovanni Cimabue
painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302)
Thomas Edison
United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931)
Paul Gauguin
French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South Pacific (1848-1903)
George Frederick Handel
a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
Joseph Haydn
prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809)
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
Miguel Ángel
Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791)
Pablo Picasso
prolific and influential Spanish artist who lived in France (1881-1973)
Arthur Sullivan
English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900)
Maurice Utrillo
French painter noted for his paintings of Parisian street scenes (1883-1955)
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
Richard Wagner
German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883)
types:
arquitecto
someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
artista
a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
artesano
a creator of great skill in the manual arts
ilustrador
an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
cestero
someone skilled in weaving baskets
cervecero
someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
droguero
a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
clásico
an artist who has created classic works
clasicista
an artistic person who adheres to classicism
zapatero
a person who makes or repairs shoes
fundador
a person who founds or establishes some institution
autor,
generador
someone who originates or causes or initiates something
herrero
a person who makes articles of iron
joyero
someone who makes jewelry
paisajista
someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively
maestro
an artist of consummate skill
modernista
an artist who makes a deliberate break with previous styles
músico
artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
perfumista
a person who makes (and sells) perfumes
pre-rafaelita
a painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals
ranchero
a person who owns or operates a ranch
romántico
an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
guarnicionero
a maker and repairer and seller of equipment for horses
hilandero
someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
ganadero
farmer who breed or raises livestock
estilista
an artist who is a master of a particular style
surrealista
an artist who is a member of the movement called surrealism
simbolista
a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
relojero
someone who makes or repairs watches