a Belarusian painter who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living and working in Paris.

an intellectual of the Italian Renaissance who greatly influenced the development of the Tuscan dialect as a literary language which became the modern Italian language

an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his age, credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture.

a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her 1944 novella Gigi

a Russian chemist.

an avant-garde Belgian dramatist.. His works often deal with the extremes of human experience, from death and degradation to religious exaltation