Non-Musicians Contemporaries of Mozart

Mozart Contemporaries / Non-Musicians

 

* DAVID  ALLAN, (1749-1832), Scottish history painter, known for portraits and for genre paintings such as Scotch Wedding, which earned him the title 'the Scottish Hoarth.'

* JANE AUSTEN, (1775-1817), English novelist who observed speech and manners with wit and precision as revealed in her characters. Most famous works: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.

* JOEL BARLOW , (1754-1812), American poet and diplomat, a member of the literary circle the 'Connecticut Wits.' He published an epic entitled The Vision of Columbus in 1787 but is particularly remembered for Hasty Pudding (1796), a celebration of an American dessert.

* FERDINAND LUKAS BAUER, (1760-1826), Austrian painter. As the botanical artist on Matthew Flinders' second voyage to Australia in 1801, he made more than 1,500 painstakingly detailed drawings of Australian plants and animals. He is commemorated in the name of the Australian plant species Bauera.

* ROBERT BURNS, (1759-1796), Scottish poet. He wrote or adapted many songs, including the most endearing Auld Lang Syne.

* JOHANN WOLFGANG von  GOETHE, (1749-1832), German poet, novelist, and dramatist, generally considered the founder of modern German literature, and leader of the Romantic Sturm und Drang movement. Most famous work: poetic play Faust.

* EDWARD  GIBBON, (1737-1794), British historian. He wrote one major work, arranged in three parts, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in 1776-88.

* JAMES  GILLRAY, (1757-1815), English caricaturist. His more than 1,000 cartoons satirized the French, George III, politicians, among others, of his day.

* WILLIAM  GODWIN, (1756-1836), English philosopher and novelist, known for Enquiry concerning Political Justice. His first wife was writer Mary Wollstonecraft, and their daughter, writer Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein and wife of poet Percy Shelley.

* OLIVER  GOLDSMITH, (1728-1774), Irish writer whose works include The Vicar of Wakefield and the play She Stoops to conquer.

* FRANCISCO JOSE de GOYA Y LUCIENTES, (1746-1828), Spanish painter and engraver. He was born in Aragon and for a time was a bullfighter. He painted portraits of four successive kings of Spain. His series of etchings include the famous Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War, both depicting the French invasion of Spain.

* GYOKUDO URAGAMI, (1745-1820), Japanese painter. He was known for the vibrant quality of his brushwork. He painted mainly landscapes, with a sense of the personal and intimate, typical of Japanese art.

* HARUNOBU SUZUKI, (1725-1770), Japanese artist. He was a leading exponent of ukiyo-e and one of the first printmakers to use colour effectively. His work features domestic scenes, courtesans, and actors among its subjects.

Resource:

Dictionary of the Arts. Gramercy.