A great Post-Impressionism French painter of lovely landscapes, portraits, and still-lifes
A tortured post-Impressionist whom history has deemed one of the greatest of all time
The great early 20C French artist took post-Impressionism into the colorful realms of fauvism
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.