Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a Belgian violinist.Born in Leuven, where there is now a street named in his honour, he studied

Was a Belgian violinist.Born in Leuven, where there is now a street named in his honour, he studied violin with Jean-Francois Tiby, a pupil of Giovanni Battista Viotti. He was later encouraged by Viotti himself and briefly worked with Baillot but did not embrace all their teachings and was also influenced by Paganini. He served as chamber violinist to King Charles X of France and to King William I of the Netherlands and toured with great success to London, Paris and the great music centres of Europe.

Is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor and public activist. Besides being one of France's m

Is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor and public activist. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the most well-known singers in the world. He is known for his characteristic short figure and unique te

An American artist. Wilson was born in Arkansas in 1918, his family eventually moving to Miami Oklah

An American artist. Wilson was born in Arkansas in 1918, his family eventually moving to Miami Oklahoma where he spent his childhood. A painter, printmaker, teacher, lecturer, historian, magazine and book illustrator, Wilson's work has been shown in over 200 exhibitions in the United States and across the globe.[1]Permanent collections of Wilson's work are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world. These include New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capital, and the Smithsonian.

English actor and singer, was born in Gloucestershire, and after some amateur and provincial experie

English actor and singer, was born in Gloucestershire, and after some amateur and provincial experience made his first London appearance in 1762 as Will in The Orators at the Haymarket Theatre. Gifted with a fine bass voice, Bannister acquired a reputation as a singer at Ranelagh and elsewhere, as well as an actor, and was received with such favour that Garrick engaged him for Drury Lane. He died on the 26th of October 1804.

Was a Cornish singer, son of a doctor in St Keverne, Cornwall, and began as a choirboy at Exeter but

Was a Cornish singer, son of a doctor in St Keverne, Cornwall, and began as a choirboy at Exeter but then went into the navy. His fine tenor voice, however, attracted general attention, and in 1783 he determined to seek his fortune on the stage. After var

An Australian artist, perhaps best known for his famous Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland series pr

An Australian artist, perhaps best known for his famous Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland series produced during the 1950s.In 1959 he was a signatory to the Antipodean Manifesto[1], a statement protesting the dominance of abstract expressionism. The manifesto's adherents have been dubbed the Antipodeans Group. His work is associated with dreamlike images tinged with mystery and foreboding. In 1960 he lived in London after winning the Helena Rubenstein Scholarship, settling in Sydney upon his return six years later. After 27 years of marriage, Patterson divorced Blackman in 1978 and he remarried in 1989. He has won many prizes and distinctions, culminating in a major retrospective in 1993 and an OBE for services to Australian art in 1997.

Is an American cartoonist known for his syndicated comic panel Compu-toon. He's also known for the c

Is an American cartoonist known for his syndicated comic panel Compu-toon. He's also known for the creation and developing of the KeyPad Kid[1], a cartoon character used in public affairs awareness programs for training within the telecommunication indust

Was an American tenor.He is noted for his performances of early music. He also made a number of impo

Was an American tenor.He is noted for his performances of early music. He also made a number of important recordings with Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony, notably the Vanguard recording of the Berlioz Requiem. In addition, he appeared on the Los Angeles Philharmonic recording of Respighi's Lauda per la Natività del Signore along with Marilyn Horne, Marie Gibson, and the Roger Wagner Chorale, conducted by Alfred Wallenstein.

Was a modern French master of painting, lithography and a fine muralist, who was born in Alsace-Lorr

Was a modern French master of painting, lithography and a fine muralist, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine, France.[1] He is considered the last link to the great tradition of the Open Line School of Paris.[1] Cobelle received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of Munich and continued his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1] Much more influential in his development, however, were his private studies with Marc Chagall and his apprenticeship in the studio of Raoul Dufy in Menton on the Riviera.

Was an American painter.Curran was born in Hartford, Kentucky in 1861 and moved to Sandusky, Ohio in

Was an American painter.Curran was born in Hartford, Kentucky in 1861 and moved to Sandusky, Ohio in 1881. He studied one year at the Cincinnati School of Design, and began a brilliant career after moving to New York City in 1882 where he enrolled in the

Was a French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style. As the second son

Was a French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style. As the second son of François Cressent, sculpteur du roi, and grandson of Charles Cressent, a furniture-maker of Amiens, who also became a sculptor, he inherited the tastes and aptitudes which were likely to make a finished designer and craftsman. Even more important perhaps was the fact that he was a pupil of André Charles Boulle. Trained in such surroundings, it is not surprising that he should have reached a degree of achievement which has to a great extent justified the claim that he was the best decorative artist of the 18th century. Cressent's distinction is closely connected with the regency, but his earlier work had affinities with the school of Boulle, while his later pieces were full of originality.

Was a German painter and stained glass artist who also taught at Penn State University and the Unive

Was a German painter and stained glass artist who also taught at Penn State University and the University of Louisville.he studied arts at the University of Jena, while he became painter and lithographer. He was member of the executive board of the Jena art-union, the famous forum of the Bauhaus, and became a close friend of Gerhard Marcks. In 1923 the German National Gallery of Art at Berlin and later the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris bought first his woodcuts and lithographies. A mural in the University of Jena, another in the Weimar Schlossmuseum and a third in Erfurt remain of that time.

Was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation

Was an American graphic artist, noted for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th Century.

Was a Canadian sculptor and painter, a major Quebec artist.

Was a Canadian sculptor and painter, a major Quebec artist.

Was the Surveyor-General in the Cape, an artist, heraldist, and designer of Cape medals and stamps.A

Was the Surveyor-General in the Cape, an artist, heraldist, and designer of Cape medals and stamps.Appointed to the Postal Enquiry Board in 1852, he designed the well-known Cape of Good Hope triangular stamp, the first of that shape, which became extremely rare and consequently much sought after by philatelists. His design of rectangular stamps remained in use until 1902.Many of his sketches and paintings show a whimsical sense of humour, though his sensitive portrayals of the mixed population of Cape Town and of the tribes he encountered on the Smith expedition to the north, have become an invaluable record of life in nineteenth-century South Africa. The return of many of his paintings from England to South Africa in 1978, gave art historians a fresh appreciation of his work and greater insight into that period of Cape history. However, in his essay “Alcohol and Art”, Russel Viljoen, professor in history at the University of South Africa wrote,

French painter, was born in Paris.

French painter, was born in Paris.

Was an American watercolorist who turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting

Was an American watercolorist who turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism.Search the history of American art," wrote Ken Johnson in the New York Times, "and you will discover few watercolors more beautiful than those of Charles Demuth. Combining exacting botanical observation and loosely Cubist abstraction, his watercolors of flowers, fruit and vegetables have a magical liveliness and an almost shocking sensuousness."Demuth was a lifelong resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The home he shared with his mother is now a museum of his work. He graduated from Franklin & Marshall Academy before studying at Drexel University and at Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. While he was a student at PAFA, he met William Carlos Williams at his boarding house. The two were fast friends and remained close for the rest of their lives.

Was a French sculptor.Despiau was born at Mont-de-Marsan and attended first the Ecole des Arts Déco

Was a French sculptor.Despiau was born at Mont-de-Marsan and attended first the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs and later the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, from 1898 to 1900; then at the less academic Société Nati

Was a French sculptor. He was born in Bellegarde in Loiret , the son of a working class family; his

Was a French sculptor. He was born in Bellegarde in Loiret , the son of a working class family; his father was a baker. At his father’s bakery Desvergnes often used the dough to make models and his prowess came to the attention of the local Lord of the Manor, Charles Galopin, who introduced the young Desvergnes to the Paris sculptor Chapu. By the age of 15, he passed the entrance exams for the école des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Is a French singer and composer.He wrote songs until the 1960s, sometimes under an alias, for Dalida

Is a French singer and composer.He wrote songs until the 1960s, sometimes under an alias, for Dalida, Gloria Lasso, Luis Mariano and Tino Rossi. He worked with lyricist Michel Vaucaire. In 1956 they wrote Non, je ne regrette rien, recorded in 1960 by Édith Piaf. That led to more than 30 songs for her, such as Flonflons du Bal, Mon Dieu and Les Amants which Piaf and Dumont wrote and sang together in 1962.

Was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of

Was a French sculptor. The eldest son of the magistrate Jean-Baptiste Mercier Dupaty and brother of the writer and académicien Emmanuel Mercier Dupaty, he was destined for the magistrature but preferred the arts. He studied in the atelier of François-Frédéric Lemot and obtained a Premier Grand Prix in sculpture, 1799, with his Pericles visiting Anaxagoras. On his return from the French Academy in Rome he was named to the Institut de France, in 1816, then appointed a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts.

Was a French academic painter who was born in Nimes, France on February 4, 1841. He grew up in the a

Was a French academic painter who was born in Nimes, France on February 4, 1841. He grew up in the area around Bordeaux, and entered the naval Academy at 12 years of age. In 1859, he moved to Paris, where he studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme and with Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre.

Was an English-born painter, who emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg Schoo

Was an English-born painter, who emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australian tradition in Western art.Meeting Tom Roberts in 1888, he decided to move to Melbourne. Short of cash, the attractive Conder apparently paid off his landlady by sexual means, catching syphilis in the process, which was to plague the later years of his life. During his two years in Melbourne Conder worked with the other members of the school and produced a number of famous works, including Under The Southern Sun. This painting clearly shows the burning sunlight and desolation that can be inflicted by an Australian drought.

Was an English composer and singer. He was born in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London to Charles Freder

Was an English composer and singer. He was born in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London to Charles Frederick Horn and his wife, Diana Dupont. He was the eldest of their seven children. His father taught him music; he also took music lessons briefly in 1808 fro

Was an Italian-born English painter of the Victorian era.Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with

Was an Italian-born English painter of the Victorian era.Perugini was born in Naples, but lived with his family in England from the ages of six to seventeen. He trained in Italy under Guiseppi Bonolis and Guiseppe Mancinelli, and in Paris under Ary Scheffer. He became a protégé of Lord Leighton, who brought him back to England in 1863. He may at first have worked as Leighton's studio assistant. Under Leighton's influence, he began as a painter of classical scenes; then "he turned to the more profitable pastures of portrait painting, and genre pictures of pretty women and children."[1]