Artists through history
The atlas holds 32 people and 1,158 moments here, from 1400 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Johannes Gutenberg, Hokusai and Freddie Mercury. Across the Age of Exploration and the Cold War.
Notable people
Johannes Gutenberg
from 1400 to 1468
13 moments here
German inventor and craftsman associated with the development of European movable-type printing.…
Hokusai
from 1760 to 1849
9 moments here
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker. His documented physical-presence chronology is concentrated in…
Freddie Mercury
from 1946 to 1991
44 moments here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
Peter Paul Rubens
from 1577 to 1640
25 moments here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Diego Velázquez
from 1599 to 1660
27 moments here
Spanish Baroque painter and court artist to Philip IV of Spain. Born in Seville, he trained there before establishing his long-term home and career…
Kurt Cobain
from 1967 to 1994
29 moments here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Empress Dowager Cixi
from 1835 to 1908
13 moments here
Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Catherine II of Russia
from 1729 to 1796
60 moments here
Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…