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Was an English illustrator, remembered today as the husband of the English novelist Dorothy Richards

Was an English illustrator, remembered today as the husband of the English novelist Dorothy Richardson. His grotesque and subversive style was a precursor of surrealism. He illustrated an English edition of Voltaire's Candide, Mark Twain's 1601 and The Mi

Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Ba

Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, with whom he played at the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games

Is a British sculptor.Born in London, he grew up in Fittleworth, West Sussex, attended Radley Colleg

Is a British sculptor.Born in London, he grew up in Fittleworth, West Sussex, attended Radley College, and then in 1939 went to New College, Oxford to read Modern History. In 1944 he returned to Oxford, having been released from the Army for conscientious

A Belgium-born singer. Early in her life she went to a music academy to study violin and receive sin

A Belgium-born singer. Early in her life she went to a music academy to study violin and receive singing lessons. She would perform regularly at karaoke bars and clubs in Belgium before professional success.Alana started her professional career in 1997 with a dance version of Céline Dion's song "Think Twice".[1]Her big breakthrough was with her 1998 hit "Take me for a ride". Her next single "The Life of the Party" became an even bigger hit. In 1999 Dante won the third semifinal of the Belgian selections for the Eurovision Song Contest with the single "Get ready for the Sunsand".[2]

Is an American singer-songwriter. Her father, Walter Davis, Jr., was an African-American pianist who

Is an American singer-songwriter. Her father, Walter Davis, Jr., was an African-American pianist who played alongside such jazz greats as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

Is an American actress and singer-songwriter who is best known for her song "Black Roses Red" on the

Is an American actress and singer-songwriter who is best known for her song "Black Roses Red" on the soundtrack of the movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She is signed to Columbia Records, and released an album, Break the Silence, on February 27, 20

She has won 12 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and has sold over 55 million albums worldwide.[1

She has won 12 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, and has sold over 55 million albums worldwide.[1][2] Morissette began her career in Canada, and as a teenager recorded two dance-pop albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, under MCA Records. Her international debut album was the rock-influenced Jagged Little Pill, which remains the best-selling debut album by a female artist in the U.S., and the highest selling debut album worldwide in music history, selling 30 million records worldwide.[3][4] According to RIAA and United World Charts,

Is the lead vocalist of indie band The Clientele, currently signed to Merge Records.

Is the lead vocalist of indie band The Clientele, currently signed to Merge Records.

A Spanish - Mexican singer, dj, and TV personality famous in Spain and Latin America. She was of the

A Spanish - Mexican singer, dj, and TV personality famous in Spain and Latin America. She was of the main characters in the so called Movida the cultural movement following the Franco dictatorship in Spain. This movement in which music, arts, cinema and fashion erupted and collided to confirm the actual society Spain had become under Franco. She has participated since the last part of the seventies in several groups of different success: Kaka de Luxe 1977, Alaska y los Pegamoides 1980, Alaska y Dinarama 1983 and since 1989 the duet Fangoria. She is also one of Spain's main gay icons.

Was an Indian vocalist. Together with Sivasubramania Iyer he formed the successful duo known as the

Was an Indian vocalist. Together with Sivasubramania Iyer he formed the successful duo known as the Alathur Brothers, though the two were not in fact brothers. A student of Alathur Venkatesa Iyer, Srinivasa gave his first performances when he was ten years old. From 1944 to 1968 he was a court musician for the Maharajah of Travancore.

Is an American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edit

Is an American painter of Western wildlife and an influential author-editor who wrote, drew and edited for EC Comics, followed by a lengthy career as the editor of Mad.Al Feldstein was born on October 24, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Flatbush on East 31st Street between Avenue L and Avenue M. He attended P.S. 191, and when he was eight years old, he won a third-place medal in the annual John Wanamaker art competition. After winning an award in the 1939 New York World's Fair poster contest, he decided on a career in the art field and studied at the High School of Music and Art in upper Manhattan. When he was 15 years old, he was hired by Jerry Iger to work in the Eisner & Iger shop, an art service for the comic book industry. At Eisner & Iger, he earned three dollars a week running errands, inking balloon lines, ruling panel borders and erasing pages. When he began inking backgrounds, his salary jumped to five dollars a week.

Was a popular British Jazz singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, making more than 1,000 rec

Was a popular British Jazz singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s, making more than 1,000 recordings between 1927 and 1941.

Is an Israeli hand shadow artist. He gained international recognition in the years 1958-1975 when he

Is an Israeli hand shadow artist. He gained international recognition in the years 1958-1975 when he performed his unique art in front of thousands of people at Radio City Music Hall New York, Paris Olympia, Reno Nevada, "The Ed Sullivan Show" and other places.

Was an American pianist. Ammons was a player of boogie-woogie, a bluesy jazz style that swept the Un

Was an American pianist. Ammons was a player of boogie-woogie, a bluesy jazz style that swept the United States from the late 1930s into the mid 1940s.After World War I, he became interested in the blues, and learned by listening to Chicago pianists Hersa

Is a Danish autodidact artist. Bertelsen is primarily known for his landscape paintings and graphic

Is a Danish autodidact artist. Bertelsen is primarily known for his landscape paintings and graphic works in green colours. His work often features the Faroe Islands, but France, Iceland and Norway have also provided him with inspiration. Bertelsen has also made object studies and humorous portraits. He states that these are often people he has met as a child, and he attempts to paint them as though seen through a child’s eyes.

Was a German-American painter best known for his large landscapes of the American West. In obtaining

Was a German-American painter best known for his large landscapes of the American West. In obtaining the subject matter for these works, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion. Though not the first artist to record these sites, Bierst

Is a French painter, engraver and sculptor born in 1931 in Istanbul, Turkey. Albert Bitran was born

Is a French painter, engraver and sculptor born in 1931 in Istanbul, Turkey. Albert Bitran was born in Istanbul in 1931. He studies at the Collège Saint Michel, where he obtains the Turkish and French bachelor degrees. At 17, he comes to Paris to study architecture which he quickly abandons to devote himself to painting.

Was an American jazz pianist.Dailey's first professional appearances were with the house band of the

Was an American jazz pianist.Dailey's first professional appearances were with the house band of the Baltimore Royal Theater in the early 1950s. Later in the decade he studied at Morgan State University and the Peabody Conservatory. He backed Damita Jo Du

Was a French artist, engraver, painter and aquarellist. He was first illustrator of luxury art books

Was a French artist, engraver, painter and aquarellist. He was first illustrator of luxury art books, such as Le chant de mon voyage vers la Grèce (my Grecian travel’s song) by Léon Cathlin, Combourg by Chateaubriand, Les discours des misères de ce temps (Discourse regarding the misery of the present time) by Ronsard, Les destinées (destiny) by Alfred de Vigny, etc. In 1931, he produced a Macbeth. After 1958, President Charles de Gaulle was fond of Decaris’s works, especially of the illustration of his own book Le fil de l’épée (The edge of the sword).

Was a Dutch portrait and still life painter. Eckhout was among the first European artists to paint s

Was a Dutch portrait and still life painter. Eckhout was among the first European artists to paint scenes from the New World. In 1636, he traveled to Dutch Brazil, invited by count John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen. There, he painted portraits of natives, slaves and mulattos. He is also famous for his still lifes of Brazilian fruits and vegetables.

Was a French sculptor, author of sans titre exposed at the Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air in Pa

Was a French sculptor, author of sans titre exposed at the Musée de la Sculpture en Plein Air in Paris and friend off French painter Annick Gendron.

Is a country music singer and songwriter.Geoff "Tangletongue" Mack's greatest claim to fame is that

Is a country music singer and songwriter.Geoff "Tangletongue" Mack's greatest claim to fame is that he wrote the song I've Been Everywhere which became a hit in Australia in 1962 with the release of a version recorded by Lucky Starr. Later that year a version was written by Mack with American and Canadian place names, and recorded by Hank Snow. This version was a #1 country hit in Canada and the US.

Was a metal (copper) craftsman, who was born in Paris and mastered the art of sheet metal embossing

Was a metal (copper) craftsman, who was born in Paris and mastered the art of sheet metal embossing at a young age before crossing the Atlantic Ocean in the 1930s to ply his trade in North America.

Was a French painter. Born Albert Léon Gleizes and raised in Paris, he was the son of a fabric desi

Was a French painter. Born Albert Léon Gleizes and raised in Paris, he was the son of a fabric designer who ran a large industrial design workshop. He was also the nephew of Léon Comerre, a successful portrait painter who won the 1875 Prix de Rome.

Was a Danish painter. He was born in Stege in 1866 but moved to Copenhagen. He had a close connectio

Was a Danish painter. He was born in Stege in 1866 but moved to Copenhagen. He had a close connection, personally and artisticly, to the poets Johannes Jørgensen, Viggo Stuckenberg and Sophus Claussen.