Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Dutch painter from either Kalkar or Wesel (both now in Germany), known for his religious paint

Was a Dutch painter from either Kalkar or Wesel (both now in Germany), known for his religious paintings.Jan Joest was practically unknown until 1874, when two men, Canon Wolff and Dr. Eisenmann, established his identity.

A female singer.[1]In the early 1990s she was signed to Columbia Records as part of the pop duo JJ w

A female singer.[1]In the early 1990s she was signed to Columbia Records as part of the pop duo JJ which gained some recognition touring the UK.However when the band project failed she changed musical genres and started appearing on many dance and trance releases, mostly on the Perfecto Records label. Her voice is featured in several Tiësto and Brian Transeau mixes, as well as many other trance music producer titles.

Is a Polish composer and musician, known for his collaboration with Marek Grechuta and his compositi

Is a Polish composer and musician, known for his collaboration with Marek Grechuta and his compositions for stage and film.He also arranged and composed for stage productions at the Stary Teatr and Teatr STU in Kraków, the National Theatre and the Teatr Powszechny in Warsaw. He co-authored the musical adaption of Stanislaw Witkiewicz's Szalona Lokomotywa (The Crazy Locomotive) together with K. Jasinski and Marek Grechuta in 1977. In 1980 he co-authored the opera Kur zapial (A rooster crowed)and in 1991 the opera Opera zebracza (Beggar's Opera). He is also known for his compositions for short and feature films by directors such as Krzysztof Kieslowski, Feliks Falk, Agnieszka Holland and Márta Mészáros.

Is a Czech contemporary painter.Between 1999 and 2005 Karpíšek studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts

Is a Czech contemporary painter.Between 1999 and 2005 Karpíšek studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Brno University of Technology, at a studio led by Professor Martin Mainer, where he also worked as a technical assistant. He then spent a half year in the art studio of performance of Professor Tomáš Ruller.

Is a Dutch singer and composer. He was the male lead vocal of the disbanded Dutch popband BZN.Keizer

Is a Dutch singer and composer. He was the male lead vocal of the disbanded Dutch popband BZN.Keizer's musical career began with Empty Hearts (sometimes known as Empty) as a drum player. Two years later, Thomas Tol, the guitar player, left the band, bringing the band to an end. However, Keizer renamed the band the Q-Tips, a close harmony band,

Was a Polish painter. He studied painting, anatomy, and art history at the Kraków Academy of Fine A

Was a Polish painter. He studied painting, anatomy, and art history at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts.[2]During World War II, he worked in the resistance movement. In 1940 he fled Poland and headed toward France to join Sikorski's Army that was being formed there. However, he was arrested at the border of Czechoslovakia and imprisoned in Nowy Sacz and Tarnów before being sent to Auschwitz I in the first prisoner transport to that concentration camp. He was given prisoner number 564 under the name Jon Baras, due to the forged identification papers he was carrying when arrested.[3]

Was an internationally renowned Czech painter, illustrator, and engraver. A list of his graphic work

Was an internationally renowned Czech painter, illustrator, and engraver. A list of his graphic works comprises 1448 works and more than 600 book illustrations. He is among the three greatest known Czechs for interwar art, alongside František Kobliha and František Drtikol.

Is a Polish singer, poet, composer and a member of the democratic opposition in Poland between the 1

Is a Polish singer, poet, composer and a member of the democratic opposition in Poland between the 1960s and 1980s. A professional sociologist, Kelus is best known for a number of ballads which gained him a nick-name of the Bard of the opposition and Polish Woody Guthrie.

Was a Polish painter trained in St. Petersburg who spent several years in Rome. He was particularly

Was a Polish painter trained in St. Petersburg who spent several years in Rome. He was particularly known for his portraits and his depictions of historical and Biblical scenes.In the years 1842-1846 he was back in St. Petersburg, where in 1845, for his work Portrait of Field-Marshal Iwan Paskiewicz he received the title of Academician. In 1846 he moved to Warsaw, where after the death of Aleksander Kokular he occupied the chair of drawing and figure painting in the School of Fine Arts, of which from 1858 to 1864 he was director, with the patronage of Tsar Alexander II. In 1860 he became one of the organisers of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (Towarzystwo Zachety Sztuk Pieknych), with which he remained associated until the end of his life.

Is a Filipino male singer who rose to prominence as one of the runners-up of Philippine Idol in 2006

Is a Filipino male singer who rose to prominence as one of the runners-up of Philippine Idol in 2006. With the height of 5' 10½" and weighing 165 pounds, he was dubbed as the "Hunky Idol" during the competition.[1] He is currently a talent of GMA Network.

Is a Swedish opera and musical singer. He is a tenor, although until 1991 he was a baritone.Jan Kyhl

Is a Swedish opera and musical singer. He is a tenor, although until 1991 he was a baritone.Jan Kyhle began his singing career in the bands Lustans Lakejer and Reeperbahn in the early 1980s and then applied to the University College of Opera, Stockholm (Operahögskolan). In 1991 he had his breakthrough when he sang the role of Siegmund in The Valkyrie at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. Some of his other roles in opera are:

Is a Belgian singer, songwriter, and TV personality.Jan Leyers was born in Wilrijk, in the Antwerp p

Is a Belgian singer, songwriter, and TV personality.Jan Leyers was born in Wilrijk, in the Antwerp province. When he was about 10 years old, he found an acoustic guitar in his attic. His father, an architect, taught him how to play the guitar, and later that same year he saw an electric guitar for the first time in his life, being played by a man in a lounge on a boat.

Was a Dutch painter and visual artist. In his early years he was a student of Pieter Lastman in Amst

Was a Dutch painter and visual artist. In his early years he was a student of Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam. After two years as an apprentice he began his career as an independent artist at age twelve in Leiden.

The name adopted (from his birthplace, Maubeuge) by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert, or Jennyn van

The name adopted (from his birthplace, Maubeuge) by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert, or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called himself when he matriculated in the guild of St Luke, at Antwerp, in 1503.

Was a Polish illustrator. He studied at Kraków's Academy of Fine Arts, and later in France and Ital

Was a Polish illustrator. He studied at Kraków's Academy of Fine Arts, and later in France and Italy.

Is a Polish-born British illustrator and author of children's books.Pienkowski illustrated his first

Is a Polish-born British illustrator and author of children's books.Pienkowski illustrated his first book at the age of eight, as a present for his father. During World War II, Pienkowski's family moved about Europe, finally settling in Herefordshire, England in 1946. He attended the Cardinal Vaughan School in London, and later read English and Classics at King's College, Cambridge.After leaving university Pienkowski founded the Gallery Five greeting cards company. He began illustrating children's books in his spare time, but soon found the work taking over all his time. He began working with children's author Joan Aiken in 1968; he later won the first of two Kate Greenaway Medals in 1972 for his illustrations in Aiken's The Kingdom Under the Sea.[1]

Was a Dutch genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age pa

Was a Dutch genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting.[2] He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster, also a genre painter, as well as a portraitist and painter of still-life. Both Molenaer and Leyster may have been pupils of the successful Dutch painter, Frans Hals.

Is a Dutch artist, specializing in etching.Montyn was born in a conservative Calvinistic family. In

Is a Dutch artist, specializing in etching.Montyn was born in a conservative Calvinistic family. In the Second World War he joined the German navy and fought on the eastern front. He currently lives in France and in the Netherlands. His work is displayed in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

Was a Dutch painter of portraits and religious subjects, though his most famous creation was the "We

Was a Dutch painter of portraits and religious subjects, though his most famous creation was the "West Indies Landscape".Although little is known of him, Mostaert was born and lived in Haarlem for most of his life. He worked as portraitist for Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands.

Was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin who was born in Pressburg (Pozsony) (present-

Was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin who was born in Pressburg (Pozsony) (present-day Bratislava, Slovakia), part of Kingdom of Hungary. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.Hummel was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy which is now Bratislava, Slovakia. His father, Josef Hummel, was the director of the Imperial School of Military Music in Vienna and the conductor there of Schikaneder's Theater Orchestra. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart offered the boy music lessons at the age of 8 after being impressed with his ability. Hummel was taught and housed by Mozart for 2 years free of charge and made his first concert appearance at the age of nine, at one of Mozart's concerts.

Was a Dutch marine artist. He was the father of the marine artist Julius Porcellis (they shared a si

Was a Dutch marine artist. He was the father of the marine artist Julius Porcellis (they shared a similar repertoire of subjects and an identical signature monogram), and is generally agreed to be the more fluent artist, particularly in his sense of space and his tonal palette (subtler than his son's).

Was a Dutch artist who worked in numerous disciplines. He was a member of the Pulchri Studio in The

Was a Dutch artist who worked in numerous disciplines. He was a member of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague.

Was a Polish painter and graphic artist.During the Second World War he was murdered in the German co

Was a Polish painter and graphic artist.During the Second World War he was murdered in the German concentration camp Auschwitz.

Was a painter of Armenian, Turkish or Greek ethnicity who lived and worked in the territories of the

Was a painter of Armenian, Turkish or Greek ethnicity who lived and worked in the territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Primarily a portrait painter, he was commissioned to execute portraits of notable personalities of his epoch. For many years he was a professor at the University of Vilna, the predecessor of Vilnius University.Following the partitions of the Commonwealth, Rustem started working for the Common School of Vilna, which was later remamed the Imperial University of Vilna, as assistant to Franciszek Smuglewicz. After Smuglewicz's death, Rustem took over some of his duties. In 1811 he became a professor of sketching and in 1819 became a professor of painting. Rustem retired in 1826, but continued to give lectures until his death. Among his students were Taras Shevchenko, Józef Oleszkiewicz and Kanuty Rusiecki.

Polish painter.Jan Sobczynski’s painting technique is oil on canvas with a vivid selection of colo

Polish painter.Jan Sobczynski’s painting technique is oil on canvas with a vivid selection of colors and rich textures. His art shows the beauty of small Polish towns in Silesia, landscapes, still lifes and battle scenes. Jan's triptych depicting the he Battle of the Bzura River (one of the heroic stands of the Polish cavalry against German tanks during Second World War) received recognition and award during the exhibition in ‘Zacheta Galery’ - 1985. His paintings are in historical collections owned by the Polish Ministry of National Defense. He visited the United States of America several times. During his visits there he painted Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza and several landscapes in Colorado.