Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Was a political cartoonist and caricaturist, book illustrator and watercolourist. In the 1960s and 1

Was a political cartoonist and caricaturist, book illustrator and watercolourist. In the 1960s and 1970s he worked for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Punch. His work has won international acclaim and is included in many private and corporate collectio

Was an acclaimed Jewish-American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the

Was an acclaimed Jewish-American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spir

Is the lead singer of the band The Academy Is... (TAI), who are currently signed to Atlantic Records

Is the lead singer of the band The Academy Is... (TAI), who are currently signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. While still in high school in 2002, Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden came together from rival bands in Chicago to for

Was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California.

Was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California.

Was Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, and an American painter.[1]In 1942, Draper enter

Was Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, and an American painter.[1]In 1942, Draper entered the Naval Reserves as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. After his initial training, Draper was assigned to the Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit in Boston. Following his service in Boston, he transferred into the Naval Art Section, and was dispatched to Alaska, where he spent nearly half a year painting in the Aleutian Islands Chain. He was in Amchitka when the Japanese invaded during World War II, and his paintings depict the attacks, as seen from his close-range foxhole.[2] Draper painted while dealing with the wind and Arctic weather, which made painting difficult, as he had to wear gloves to keep from getting frostbite.[1

Was an impressionist painter who was born in Nuremberg, Germany on July 11, 1864. As a youth, he wor

Was an impressionist painter who was born in Nuremberg, Germany on July 11, 1864. As a youth, he worked as a sailor and began sketching seascapes. He studied art under Karl Raupp (1837–1918) and Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805–1874) at the Royal Academy in Munich before immigrating to New York City in 1895. In 1911, he settled in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California and began painting Monterey Peninsula. He died in Carmel in 1949.

Is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the

Is best known as the guitarist for ZZ Top. He is also the lead vocalist and composer for many of the band's classic songs. A Houston native, Gibbons is known for playing a classic 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar he calls Miss Pearly Gates

An American musician, director, and actor, known primarily as the founder of nu metal band Limp Bizk

An American musician, director, and actor, known primarily as the founder of nu metal band Limp Bizkit

Was an Australian painter and war artist best known for his works commemorating those who died in th

Was an Australian painter and war artist best known for his works commemorating those who died in the First World War.Upon returning to Australia, Longstaff continued to paint and teach art. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of the First World War and was injured in the Gallipoli campaign. In October 1915 he joined a remount unit and served in France and Egypt before being evacuated to England in 1917. In England, he began drawing again and was trained in the art of camouflage. During his time in Egypt, Longstaff had made images of the Anzac Mounted Division and the other units. Upon his appointment as an Official War Artist in 1918 he produced numerous works during the final campaigns of the Western Front.

Was a notable English painter and sculptor of the 19th century.He was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warw

Was a notable English painter and sculptor of the 19th century.He was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire (possibly at the Three Tuns in High Street), and was articled at the age of 12 to an engraver Robert William Sievier (1794-1865)[1]. When Sievier

Was a painter, born on 2 August 1915 in Methil in the south-east of Fife, Scotland. Born into a mini

Was a painter, born on 2 August 1915 in Methil in the south-east of Fife, Scotland. Born into a mining family, he studied at Edinburgh College of Art before travelling to Paris to study with Fernand Léger.Following the Second World War he worked with the Allied Control Commission, with responsibility for securing art works. In 1949 he exhibited with the CoBrA art group.He was curator of the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne from 1958 to 1964, after which he became head of the Faculty of Fine Art at Birmingham College of Art, a post from which he retired in 1975.

Was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye sa

Was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.Rushton was educated at Shrewsbury School, where Christopher Booker, Paul Foot and Richard Ingrams were contemporaries.

Was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye sa

Was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.

Was an Irish dramatist and painter.The son of James Wills (1790 - 1868), author of Lives of Illustri

Was an Irish dramatist and painter.The son of James Wills (1790 - 1868), author of Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, William was born in Dublin and educated at Waterford Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin.

A drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 90's and is be

A drummer and guitarist who has been part of the Arkansas metal scene since the early 90's and is best known as the lead guitarist for Living Sacrifice and former drummer for Evanescence. Gray is married to Renee Gray with two children, Abraham and Madison, and currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His young

Was a Scottish-born American landscape and cattle painter, and Hudson River School artist. His younger brother, James McDougal Hart, was also a Hudson River School artist, and the two painted similar subjects. He studied under Jules-Joseph Lefebvre.

Was an English cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. He is best known fo

Was an English cartoonist and illustrator, who signed himself W. Heath Robinson. He is best known for drawings of eccentric machines and "Heath Robinson" has entered the language (in British usage) as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implaus

Was a prolific American pastel artist. His works include landscapes, winter landscapes, marine and s

Was a prolific American pastel artist. His works include landscapes, winter landscapes, marine and seascapes, still life fruit and fowl.Chandler was a popular artist in his own time. His style was frequently copied by other artists of the era. His origina

Was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. He wa

Was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam.

Was a noted American sculptor.Rinehart was born near Union Bridge, Maryland, where he attended schoo

Was a noted American sculptor.Rinehart was born near Union Bridge, Maryland, where he attended school until he was nearly eighteen. He then began to work on his father's farm, but also became the assistant of a stone-cutter in the neighborhood. In 1844 he

Was an English painter, noted for his pastels.[1]His father apprenticed him to Guiseppi Grisoni with

Was an English painter, noted for his pastels.[1]His father apprenticed him to Guiseppi Grisoni with whom Hoare travelled to Rome in 1728. On returning to England in 1738, Hoare settled in Bath, where he became a governor of the hospital.[1] During the 1740s and 1750's he painted a great number of influential politicians and social leaders, including Prime Minister's Pitt and Walpole, and the composer, Handel. He was the first fashionable portraitist to settle in Bath, and he remained as the leading portrait painter there until the arrival of Thomas Gainsborough in 1759. However, he remained the favourite of his powerful patron the Duke of Newcastle, his family and political associates. Included amongst his other important patrons were the Earls of Pembroke and Chesterfield, and the Duke of Beaufort. With Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds he was a founding member of the Royal Academy. Chalmers described him as 'an ingenious and amiable English painter'.

Was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist

Was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from excellent realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". Much of his work, though at times vicious, poked fun at contemporary politics and customs. Illustrations in such style are often referred to as "Hogarthian".

Was a British painter, and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.Hunt's intended mid

Was a British painter, and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.Hunt's intended middle name was "Hobman", which he disliked intensely. He chose to call himself Holman when he discovered that his middle name had been misspelled this way after a clerical error at his baptism at the church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Ewell.[1] Though his surname is "Hunt", his fame in later life led to the inclusion of his middle name as part of his surname, in the hyphenated form "Holman-Hunt", by which his children were known.

Considered the foremost American miniature painter.Baer began his formal training as a painter and i

Considered the foremost American miniature painter.Baer began his formal training as a painter and illustrator at the Munich Royal Academy in 1880. While a student at the Academy, he was awarded for medals and one of his works was purchased by the Directo

Was an English sculptor, active in Birmingham either side of World War II.In 1925 he became a member

Was an English sculptor, active in Birmingham either side of World War II.In 1925 he became a member of the Birmingham Civic Society, having, at about that time, a studio on Golden Hillock Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. As Birmingham's unofficial civic sc