Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator.

Was a French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator.

Is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin.Chedid was a fan of the jazz guitarist Django Reinh

Is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese origin.Chedid was a fan of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and decided that he would set forth into a career in the world of music as soon as he left school. After his first album "Balbutiements" (Mumblings - 1973) attracted little attention, his talent was first recognised after the release of titles like "La Belle" and "T'as beau pas être beau sortis" in 1977.

Was a famous German-Ukrainian painter and explorer. He was one of the first sketch artists for exped

Was a famous German-Ukrainian painter and explorer. He was one of the first sketch artists for expedition research. Louis Choris, who was a Russian of German stock, was born in Yekaterinoslav on March 22, 1795. He visited the Pacific and the west coast of

Was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work

Was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass and is the American artist most associated with the Art Nouveau and Aesthetic movements. Tiffany was affiliated with a prestigious collab

Was a French painter. Works by Louis de Silvestre are held by the Dresden Art Gallery; for example,

Was a French painter. Works by Louis de Silvestre are held by the Dresden Art Gallery; for example, Princess Lubomirksa (1724) and Peter Robert Tagarel, Count of Lagnasco (1724).

Was a French sculptor and engraver. He worked in the workshop of Gaston Schnegg, along with Antoine

Was a French sculptor and engraver. He worked in the workshop of Gaston Schnegg, along with Antoine Bourdelle, Charles Despiau, Robert Wlérick, Léon-Ernest Drivier, François Pompon, Alfred Jean Halou, Charles Malfray, Auguste de Niederhausern, Henry Arnold, Jane Poupelet and Yvonne Serruys.[1]

Alvanis performs the full range of keyboard repertoire from the Baroque masters to contemporary seri

Alvanis performs the full range of keyboard repertoire from the Baroque masters to contemporary serious music. He is particularly noted for his performances of the Romantics, especially Chopin, Schumann and Brahms some of which have been recorded on CD with Meridian Records.

Was a French sculptor. he was a pupil of Francois Joseph Bosio. He went to Rome after winning the Pr

Was a French sculptor. he was a pupil of Francois Joseph Bosio. He went to Rome after winning the Prix de Rome for Sculpture in 1826. He was principally distinguished for his busts and portrait statues.

Was a French ballet dancer, ballet master and ballet teacher. Probably first dancing in child rôles

Was a French ballet dancer, ballet master and ballet teacher. Probably first dancing in child rôles under the name "petit Dupré", he made his official débuts at the Académie royale de musique in 1714 and became its ballet master in 1739. From 1725 to 1730, he regularly put on productions in London, Dresden and at the Polish court. Until 1743 he was one of the principal professors at the dance school of the Opéra de Paris, where his students included Marie-Anne de Camargo, Gaëtan Vestris, Jean-Georges Noverre, Maximilien Gardel and Jean-Baptiste Hus.

Was a French painter and illustrator. Fournier participated in many large-scale artistic endeavors,

Was a French painter and illustrator. Fournier participated in many large-scale artistic endeavors, chief of which was the creation of frescoes for the decoration of the Grand Palais in Paris, in association with other artists including Alexandre Falguière. Fournier also created many mosaic friezes, considered at the time milestones in French art.

Was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the majority of his career in Sweden, were he

Was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the majority of his career in Sweden, were he was to have a great importance for the development of the ballet in Sweden as the ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet.

An African American artist who is known for what has sometimes been called his "illusionistic" [1] s

An African American artist who is known for what has sometimes been called his "illusionistic" [1] style. He is a painter, muralist, printmaker, and illustrator. When Delsarte was growing up he was surrounded by music, including jazz, opera, musicals, and the blues. From this experience, as well as from his knowledge of African history and culture, he has drawn much of the inspiration for his art. Delsarte is now a professor of Fine Arts at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia where he resides. He is also an adjunct Professor at Spelman College. For the past 13 years his work has been exhibited around the United States.

Was a photographer, newspaper columnist, biographer and poet.By 1926 he was living in Menlo Park, Ca

Was a photographer, newspaper columnist, biographer and poet.By 1926 he was living in Menlo Park, California. Connected with the San Francisco Examiner by 1897, he also wrote "Observer" sketches for the Los Angeles Herald. These sketches were published in book form as Said the Observer in 1903.

Australian artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962 with a portrait of Patrick Whit

Australian artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962 with a portrait of Patrick White. Given the Order of Australia in 1993.He has never received any formal art training. He travelled from Vienna to Paris when he was 20. He enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in 1939 and was sent to North Africa as a war artist. He had an exhibition at Oran in 1942. He was a voluntary artist for the Red Cross between 1943 and 1945. During this time photography was not permitted of soldiers, so his paintings were some of the only record at the time and were sometimes sent back to families for reassurance. He returned to Paris after the war, and then travelled across the United States before he arrived in Perth

Was a Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as th

Was a Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire.He was born Lajos Kentner in Karwin in Austrian Silesia (present-day Karviná, Czech Republic), to Hungarian parents. He received his education as a musician at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest from 1911 to 1922, studying with Arnold Székely (piano), Hans Koessler and Zoltán Kodály (composition), and Leo Weiner (chamber music).

Was a French academic artist born in Lyons. He is remembered today primarily as the teacher of sever

Was a French academic artist born in Lyons. He is remembered today primarily as the teacher of several more renowned artists, notably Edgar Degas, Elie Delaunay, Henry Lerolle, Henri Regnault, and James Tissot.[1] Lamothe was a pupil of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin. Art historian Jean Sutherland Boggs describes him as a history painter "in a pious Christian tradition", and likens his "correct, moral, bourgeois, and even sanctimonious portraits" to those of Flandrin, whom Lamothe assisted in the decoration of the church of St-Martin-d'Ainay in 1855.[2]

Was a French sculptor in a numerous Parisian family of four generations of court artists[1] who in 1

Was a French sculptor in a numerous Parisian family of four generations of court artists[1] who in 1637 inherited the court position caring for the Antiquities and Marbles of the King, which had become hereditary in his family. He trained in the atelier o

Was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States in 1926. During his lifetime of sculpting he w

Was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States in 1926. During his lifetime of sculpting he worked for a number of private clients as well as the WPA (during the Depression), and the International College of Surgeons. His most accessible work is a number of larger-than-life statues permanently on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago.

Is a South African artist.Louis Maqhubela studied at the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg.[3]

Is a South African artist.Louis Maqhubela studied at the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg.[3] One of his earliest exhibitions was in 1959 in Johannesburg, within Artists of Fame and Promise. He continues to exhibit, mainly in London, though his works can be found in galleries and collections in London and South Africa. [4]His current works can also be viewed from his personal home page [5]

Was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.Marchand was born in Lyon. At the age of thirty-one, he b

Was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist.Marchand was born in Lyon. At the age of thirty-one, he became "Organist to the King". He was known for his flamboyant nature both personally and musically, and took Paris by storm when he arrived there from Lyon. By nature he was said to be a difficult and unreliable person, but he was nevertheless known by many as "Marchand le Grand".

Was a painter and engraver of Polish origin who lived in Paris for much of his life and became a Fre

Was a painter and engraver of Polish origin who lived in Paris for much of his life and became a French citizen.

Was an American painter, primarily of landscapes and nudes. Although he was academically trained, mu

Was an American painter, primarily of landscapes and nudes. Although he was academically trained, much of his work has the unself-aware character of naive art.Born near Newark, New Jersey into a wealthy family, his earliest education was in Europe, after

Was a French wood-engraver, anarchist and militant pacifist. Trained as a lithographer, in 1900 he s

Was a French wood-engraver, anarchist and militant pacifist. Trained as a lithographer, in 1900 he settled in Paris to practice his trade. There he developed a passion for drawing, painting and engraving. Additionally, he began contributing to Jean Grave's Temps Nouveaux. Mobilized during World War I, he nevertheless contributed to Pierre Chardon's clandestine newspaper Semeur in 1916.

Was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano p

Was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano pieces. He spent most of his working career outside of the United States.Gottschalk was born to a Jewish businessman from London and a white Haitian Creole in New Orleans, where he was exposed to a wide variety of musical traditions. He had six brothers and sisters, five of whom were half-siblings by his father's mulatto mistress.[1] His family lived for a time in a tiny cottage at Royal and Esplanade in the Vieux Carré. Louis later moved in with relatives at 518 Conti Street; his grandmother Buslé and his nurse Sally had both been born in Saint-Domingue (later known as Haiti).

Was a Belgian singer, born in Gierle.As well as having a number of hit records in Dutch and a career

Was a Belgian singer, born in Gierle.As well as having a number of hit records in Dutch and a career as a radio and television presenter in Belgium and the Netherlands, he participated twice for his country in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1967 in Vienna, he finished 7th of 17 entries with the song "Ik heb zorgen", and he again finished 7th (equal) in 1969 in Madrid with the song "Jennifer Jennings".