Ape Artists
- Congo (1954 - 1964) — chimpanzee, abstract impressionist of the late 1950s
- Koko (born 1971) — gorilla, widely believed to be able to communicate with humans through sign language
- Michael (1973 - 2000) — silverback gorilla, impressionist painter, was taught American sign language with Koko
- Peter, aka Pierre Brassau, a chimpanzee, was the subject of a famous hoax through which the chimp's paintings were presented as the avant-garde works of unknown French (human) artist "Pierre Brassau".
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