Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a Californian artist who studied in Paris under the famous Impressionist, Camille Pissarro (who

Was a Californian artist who studied in Paris under the famous Impressionist, Camille Pissarro (who was friends with Paul Cézanne), and was the only known California artist to have studied under any of the Great French Impressionists.

An American jazz and big band vocalist. Polk is perhaps best known for her period with Les Brown's o

An American jazz and big band vocalist. Polk is perhaps best known for her period with Les Brown's orchestra in the mid-fifties, a time when the band was considered to be at its best, featuring such talents as tenor saxophonist Dave Pell and trumpeter Don

A Puerto Rican jazz singer. Fabery is also known as "La Muñeca de Chocolate" ("The Chocolate Doll")

A Puerto Rican jazz singer. Fabery is also known as "La Muñeca de Chocolate" ("The Chocolate Doll") in recognition of her dark-skinned beauty.In 1950, she moved to Cuba, where she performed as a regular on Espectacular de la Noche, a well-known Cuban television musical show broadcasted by CMQ-TV. Later, Fabery made special appearances in other Cuban television variety shows, including Jueves de Partagás and El Casino de la Alegría.

A performer and TV presenter from Australia.She has studied a degree in Music Theatre and has since

A performer and TV presenter from Australia.She has studied a degree in Music Theatre and has since worked as a professional singer, actress and presenter, recording artist and backing vocalist. She has also modelled for companies such as TDK and Rutherfords Jewellrey. Lucy stars as a Kylie Minogue impersonator in the international hit show, 100% Kylie. The show has toured across Australia, Dubai, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Fiji, New Zealand and Singapore.

Is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a PhD in clinical psychology

Is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky also has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University.

Is an American actress and singer.She had guest roles on shows such as Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassif

Is an American actress and singer.She had guest roles on shows such as Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, The O.C., and How I Met Your Mother, in the last as Robin Scherbatsky's younger sister Katie. In Sisterhood of the Traveling Pan

Is a British contemporary visual artist living and working between London and Paris where she reside

Is a British contemporary visual artist living and working between London and Paris where she resides since 1991. She was born in 1966 in Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain. After graduating with an honours degree in fashion-knitwear design, she began practicing as visual artist in 1991. Her sculptural work investigates the boundaries between the body and architecture exploring their common social factors such as communication and identity. She uses the medium of sculpture

An English actress. She has appeared in Soldier Soldier, Dalziel and Pascoe, and played the role of

An English actress. She has appeared in Soldier Soldier, Dalziel and Pascoe, and played the role of Brenda in the film Anita and Me.However, it is for her roles as Helen Raven in Crossroads (2002–2003) and Chastity Dingle, who she currently plays in the long running soap Emmerdale (2002, 2003, 2005-) that she is best known for. Chastity Dingle is a loud-mouthed, in your face barmaid.She has one daughter with fiancé Rudi Coleano: Lola Grace, born on 29 June 2005.

Was a Mono Lake Paiute and Yosemite Miwok Native American basket weaver.[1]Telles, who learned baske

Was a Mono Lake Paiute and Yosemite Miwok Native American basket weaver.[1]Telles, who learned basket weaving as a child, was well known for her fine basketry during her lifetime. Her innovations in basket weaving had a lasting influence on Yosemites weavers. While traditional Miwok baskets had one color, she used two colors per baskets. She created black from bracken fern root (Pteridium aquilinum) and red from split redbud twigs. She created new basketry designs, some inspired by Plains Indian geometric beadwork. [3] Lucy sold her baskets to Yosemite visitors.

An American singer and songwriter.Roche attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 2003 with a

An American singer and songwriter.Roche attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 2003 with a Master's degree in education. She was a teacher in NYC for several years but went into music full-time in 2007, touring with her father Loudon Wainwright I

The daughter of Eagles' guitarist Joe Walsh, is a singer, songwriter, and keyboardist who served as

The daughter of Eagles' guitarist Joe Walsh, is a singer, songwriter, and keyboardist who served as Ashlee Simpson's backing vocalist and keyboardist for her Autobiography tour. She appeared on the MTV reality show Rock the Cradle, which premiered April 3

Is a singer/songwriter commonly known for the Top 40 hit "Dumb Girls", released in February 2003. Af

Is a singer/songwriter commonly known for the Top 40 hit "Dumb Girls", released in February 2003. After the single's release, Woodward toured around the world in support of her debut album 'While You Can' (2003). Soon after, Atlantic Records merged and dr

A Bulgarian singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer and musical actress, who rose to fame as one o

A Bulgarian singer-songwriter, music producer, dancer and musical actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German media.After a series of commercially successful releases with the group, Diakovska released two singles and her solo album Lucylicious under her same-titled stage name in 2005. In 2008, she became a member of the jury on the second season Music Idol and Starmania, the Bulgarian and Austrian version of the Idol series respectively.

Was an internationally-famous ballet dancer, actress, artist and sculptor. She studied with Blanche

Was an internationally-famous ballet dancer, actress, artist and sculptor. She studied with Blanche d'Alessandri, Olga Preobrajenska and Clustine. She started dancing at 16 and danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where she was spotted by Serge Lifar. She made her Paris debut creating the rôle of Juliet in his Romeo and Juliet in 1942, becoming the youngest prima ballerina in the history of dance.

Was a Dutch painter

Was a Dutch painter

Ourth son of Camille born in Paris. At an early age he was encouraged by his father to draw directly

Ourth son of Camille born in Paris. At an early age he was encouraged by his father to draw directly from the nature. In 1894, at the age of sixteen, Rodo published his first wood engravings in the journal, Le Pere Peinard. In 1914 Ludovic moved to London, because of the outbreak of war. He worked there as an artist with his older brother Lucien.

Was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna.Ludovico himself appre

Was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna.Ludovico himself apprenticed under Prospero Fontana in Bologna and traveled to Florence, Parma, and Venice, before returning to his hometown. Along with his cousins Annibale and Agostino Carracci, Ludovico in 1585 was a founder and director (caposindaco) of the so-called Eclectic Academy of painting (also called the Accademia degli Incamminati), which in reality was a studio with apprenticed assistants. This studio however propelled a number of Emilian artists to pre-eminence in Rome and elsewhere, and singularly helped encourage the so-called Bolognese School) of the late 16th century, which included Albani,

Was a Danish photographer and portrait painter. He based many of his later paintings on his own phot

Was a Danish photographer and portrait painter. He based many of his later paintings on his own photographs.For a number of years, Grundvig exhibited his portrait paintings at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen. In 1863, he set up a studio as a photographer on Amagertorv in the centre of the city which he maintained until his death in 1901. But he also continued to produce paintings and drawings in his studio, many based on his own photographs. Although he specialized in portraits, he also took landscapes such as the large photograph of the cliffs of Bornholm from 1870 which can be seen in the Royal Library of Denmark.[1]

Was a German-American author, an internationally known gourmet and also a writer and illustrator of

Was a German-American author, an internationally known gourmet and also a writer and illustrator of children's books. He is most famous today for the series of Madeline books.Bemelmans' "Central Park," a mural on the walls of the Carlyle Hotel's Bemelmans

Was a German writer, playwright and artist. He was born in Rendsburg, Prussia, in 1867. He started h

Was a German writer, playwright and artist. He was born in Rendsburg, Prussia, in 1867. He started his career as an artist in his youth, and attended the Berlin Royal Art Academy before being appointed a professor in 1913. He taught at the School of Arts and Crafts in Bremen from 1898-1931. He was also involved in the founding of a series of folkish religious groups in the early 19th century, as part of a movement to create what its adherents referred to as a "Germanic religious community".

A sculptor in wood and stone, specializing in woodcarving. He served as an apprentice for 9 years in

A sculptor in wood and stone, specializing in woodcarving. He served as an apprentice for 9 years in Germany and earned the title of "Master Sculptor" in 1948.[citation needed]Over the years, Ludwig Kieninger has taught dozens of students the art of wood carving. He has art displayed in the Vatican; various cathedrals in Germany; many churches in South and North America; the Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas; the Indian Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma; City Hall in Dallas, Texas; the Grayson County Bank in Sherman, Texas; and all throughout Europe. He has worked on many restoration and repair projects of valuable antiques. In Germany, he was presented the keys to the city of Tiefenbach.

Was an influential Austrian painter and graphic artist. He is an important representative of abstrac

Was an influential Austrian painter and graphic artist. He is an important representative of abstract expressionism and was a major force in graphic arts and prints, especially after WWII. His work belongs to the most significant and interesting contributions to graphic arts in Austria to this day.

Was a German artist whose work is associated with Op art and Kinetic art. Wilding was born in Grunds

Was a German artist whose work is associated with Op art and Kinetic art. Wilding was born in Grundstadt, Germany. He studied at the University of Mainz Art School.[1] Wilding's works are three-dimensional structures that create shifting patterns through their black and white designs. He has shown at the Museum Leverkusen (1953), Zimmergallery, Frankfurt (1958) and Studio F, Ulm (1965). His work was included in The Responsive Eye (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1965), Eyes, Lies, and Illusions (Hayward Gallery, London, 2004) and Optic Nerve: Perceptual Art of the 1960s (The Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, 2007). Ludwig Wilding lived in Westheim, Germany.[2]

Was a Polish painter, illustrator, writer, journalist, essayist and publisher.he traveled across Eur

Was a Polish painter, illustrator, writer, journalist, essayist and publisher.he traveled across Europe and studied fine arts in Vienna (August Eisenmenger) and Munich (A.W. Wagner and Alexander von Liezen-Mayer). His artistic heritage includes historical, religious, and landscape paintings, allegories, portraits, still lifes and dioramas. Ludwik Stasiak was well recognized as a popular magazine illustrator for: “Bluszcz”, “Klosy”, “Biesida Literacka”, “Ziemia”, “Tygodnik Ilustrowany”, “Wedrowiec”, and as an author of popular historical novels and essays. Ludwik Stasiak had also founded and run his own publishing house "Stella". Stasiak along with Wlodzimierz Tetmajer, Wincenty Wodzinowski, Stanislaw Radziejo

Is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter. She attended the University of Connecticut and played her

Is a contemporary folk singer-songwriter. She attended the University of Connecticut and played her first gigs as a student there. She began touring in the mid-1970s as part of a duo with Horace Williams, Jr.. Her first two albums consisted of cover songs