Person    | Male  Born 1483  Died 6/4/1520

Nicholas Revett

Architect. Born in Framlingham, Suffolk. He went to Rome in 1742 to study under Marco Benefiale. In 1750 he travelled to Athens with James Stuart to record the antiquities. He incorporated some of ...

Person, Architecture, Art, Greece, Italy

Derek Jarman

Artist, film director, stage designer, writer, gardener, and queer activist. Born as Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman in Northwood. Had a studio at Butler's Wharf in the 1970s. Died of an AIDS-related...

Person, Art, Cinema, Gender Issues, Seriously Famous

Maud Russell

Socialite and wealthy patron of the arts. Born in Chelsea as Maud Julia Augusta Nelke, daughter of Paul Nelke, a German Jew who was the senior partner in Nelke, Phillips & Bendix. Her grandfat...

Person, Art

Gilbert and George

Artists.  George Passmore was born 8 January 1942 in Plymouth.  Gilbert Proesch was born 17 September 1943 in Italy.  They first met on 25 September 1967 while studying sculpture at Saint Martin's ...

Group, Art

Philip Bentham

Person, Art