Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
H. W. Janson

Born: October 4, 1913
Died: September 30, 1982 (aged 68)
Bio: Horst Waldemar Janson, who published as H. W. Janson, was a Russian-born German-American professor of art history best known for his History of Art, which was first published in 1962 and has since sold more than four million copies in fifteen languages.
Known for:
- A Short History of Art (1962)
- History of Art for Young People (1971)
- Janson's History of Art 7th Ed
- 19th Century Art
- 19th-century Sculpture