American artist (1897-1983).
Born February 20th, 1897 in Harvey.
Died November 18th, 1983 at 86 years old in Woodstock.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel