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Is a singer-songwriter, whose family came originally from Gibraltar.[2] Hammond is one of the more s

Is a singer-songwriter, whose family came originally from Gibraltar.[2] Hammond is one of the more successful pop/rock songwriters to come out of England during the 1960s and 1970s, and has also enjoyed a long career as a recording artist, his work popular in two languages on three continents across four decades.

Was the Australian official war artist to the 5th Division in the First World War.Fullwood was born

Was the Australian official war artist to the 5th Division in the First World War.Fullwood was born in Erdington, Birmingham, son of Frederick John Fullwood, jeweller, and his wife Emma, née Barr. From 1878, Fullwood studied art at evening classes at the Birmingham Institute. After graduation, he migrated to Sydney in 1881 and obtained work at John Sands Limited as a lithographic draughtsman and designer. He joined the Art Society of New South Wales in 1884, and shortly afterwards obtained a position on the staff of the Picturesque Atlas of Australia, for which he travelled a good deal in the north and did many drawings. He afterwards worked on the Sydney Mail and other illustrated papers of the time. He kept up his painting, and in 1892 two of his water-colours were purchased for the national gallery at Sydney

Was an American impressionist painter.Born in Denmark, Iowa, in 1873, Albert Henry Krehbiel was a gr

Was an American impressionist painter.Born in Denmark, Iowa, in 1873, Albert Henry Krehbiel was a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, where, in 1902, he was granted an American Traveling Scholarship to study abroad. In 1903, he began his three years

Was an artist and painter. He was born in New York, New York, and studied in Paris and then in New Y

Was an artist and painter. He was born in New York, New York, and studied in Paris and then in New York's Art Students League. He had come from an artistic family; before Albert was born, his father, Christian Herter, and his father's half-brother Gustave

Was a Jewish American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of

Was a Jewish American caricaturist best known for his simple black and white satirical portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.he moved with his family to New York City where he received his art training at the Art Students League of New York. In 1924 he traveled to Paris and London, where he studied painting, drawing and sculpture. When he returned to the United States a friend showed one of his drawings to an editor at the New York Herald Tribune, which got him commissions for that newspaper and The New York Times.

Was an Australian artist.Hanson was born in Sydney and studied at the Royal Art Society's school and

Was an Australian artist.Hanson was born in Sydney and studied at the Royal Art Society's school and in 1889 went to New Zealand. He founded an art school at Dunedin but returned to Sydney after a short stay. In 1892 "The Low Lispings of the Silvery Waves", a water colour, was purchased by the Sydney gallery, and in the same year Hanson went to London. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and in 1893 his "On the New South Wales Coast near Sydney" was on the line at the Royal Academy.

Belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic in

Belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline and others became a leading art movement of the post-World War II era.Albert Kotin studied: (1924-1929) at The National Academy of Design, New York City; with Charles Hawthorne, Provincetown, Massachusetts; (1929-32) at the Academie Julian, the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and at the Atelier de Fresque and Colarossi, Paris, France; (1947-1951) at The Art Students League of New York, New York City; under the GI Bill he went to study with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown and in New York City.

Is a Tuvan guitarist and throat singer. Kuvezin was one of the founding members of the Tuvan folk en

Is a Tuvan guitarist and throat singer. Kuvezin was one of the founding members of the Tuvan folk ensemble Huun-Huur-Tu, and is the leader of the Tuvan folk/rock/electro/post punk band Yat-Kha. He is known for his unique, contra-bass style of Tuvan kargyraa throat singing, which he calls "kanzat kargyraa." According to Russian critic Artemi Troitsky, "There are two unique voices on Earth right now; they belong to Pavarotti and Kuvezin.

Usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and collector of folk songs,

Usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.Lloyd was born in Wandsworth in London, his father was an AA Patrolman and fa

Was a Native American genre artist. He was an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippew

Was a Native American genre artist. He was an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and also had Lebanese/Arabic ancestry. His works have been exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Kennedy Center

Was a French sculptor and doll maker of the late 19th and early 20th century. Marque is sometimes co

Was a French sculptor and doll maker of the late 19th and early 20th century. Marque is sometimes confused for or conflated with Albert Marquet, a French Fauvist painter born three years later. This confusion of artists with similar name and age, and from the same country, is compounded by the fact that Henri Matisse often repeated the generally accepted story of the origin of the term Fauvism which involved Marque

Was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement.Marquet was born in Bordeaux. In 1890 he

Was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement.Marquet was born in Bordeaux. In 1890 he moved to Paris to attend the Decorative Arts School, where he met Henri Matisse. They were roommates for a time, and they influenced each other's work.

Born Elea Namatjira, was one of Australia's most acclaimed visual artists. He was a Western Arrernte

Born Elea Namatjira, was one of Australia's most acclaimed visual artists. He was a Western Arrernte man, an Indigenous Australian of the Western MacDonnell Ranges area. Albert Namatjira is one of Australia's great artists, and perhaps the best known Aboriginal painter.

Oehlen has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Grounswell at the Museum of Mode

Oehlen has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including Grounswell at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Provins – Legende at Museet for Samtidskunst in Roskilde and Spiegelbilder 1982-1985 at Max Hetzler in Berlin. He is represented by Max Hetzler in Berlin and Patrick Painter in Los Angeles. He has worked collaboratively with Jonathan Meese. Since the late 1990s Oehlen has played in the bands Red Krayola and Van Oehlen. He is the brother of Markus Oehlen

Was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well

Was an American painter best known for his poetic and moody allegorical works and seascapes, as well as his eccentric personality. While his art shared an emphasis on subtle variations of color with tonalist works of the time, it was unique for accentuati

Was an illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist.In 1880, with Georges Decaux, h

Was an illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist.In 1880, with Georges Decaux, he founded his own magazine La Caricature, which he edited for 12 years. He illustrated tourist guides, works of popular history, and literary classics. His

Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg in Alsace-Lorr

Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Kaisersberg in Alsace-Lorraine, a bilingual Romano-Germanic

Was an American sculptor born in Kensington, England.He arrived in America in 1908 and was orphaned

Was an American sculptor born in Kensington, England.He arrived in America in 1908 and was orphaned shortly there after. Through the intervention of a wealthy benefactor, Edwin T. Bechtel, Stewart was allowed to pursue his art studies at the Beaux-Arts In

Was a British sculptor.Toft trained in Wedgwood's pottery and studied sculpture at the South Kensing

Was a British sculptor.Toft trained in Wedgwood's pottery and studied sculpture at the South Kensington Schools under Professor Edouard Lanteri.

Was an Australian artist, pivotal in the development of 20th century Australian Expressionist painti

Was an Australian artist, pivotal in the development of 20th century Australian Expressionist painting. Tucker is known as a member of the so-called Heide Circle, a group of leading modern artists and writers that centred on the art patrons John and Sunday Reed, whose home, "Heide", located in Bulleen, near Heidelberg (outside Melbourne), was a haven for the group. As his Dad was a railway worker, Tucker was forced to leave school at 14 and take on various jobs to help support his family. He was largely self-taught in painting, before enrolling in art school in 1937 when he achieved public recognition for his “Self Portrait” (1937).

Is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Astérix serie

Is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Astérix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with René Goscinny.Uderzo obtained French citizenship in 1934, and during World War II, the teenaged Uderzo left Paris and spent a year in Brittany, where he worked on a farm and helped with his father's furniture business. Many years later, when a location for Asterix's village was to be decided, Goscinny left the decision entirely up to Uderzo, who showed little hesitation in choosing Brittany.

Was a Canadian songwriter. Although he was not a prolific composer, having written only about 20 son

Was a Canadian songwriter. Although he was not a prolific composer, having written only about 20 songs during his entire career, several of his songs (most notably "The Wild Goose", "The Blackfly Song" and "The Log Driver's Waltz") are among the most endu

Was an American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse. Her career had started back in the early 1920s,

Was an American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse. Her career had started back in the early 1920s, and from there on, she became a successful jazz and blues recording artist, being critically acclaimed to the ranks of Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith. In t

A Danish singer and actress. Alberte is well known for her appearance as Luna in several episodes of

A Danish singer and actress. Alberte is well known for her appearance as Luna in several episodes of a Danish television program for children called "Bamses Billedbog". She also played Lis in the Danish film Strømer. Winding is married to Danish musician

Is an American former figure skater. She won the silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championshi

Is an American former figure skater. She won the silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships four times and is the 1967 North American bronze medalist. She represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where she placed 8th, and at t