Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Is a French visual artist and sculptor. He is known for evocative works drawing in equal proportions

Is a French visual artist and sculptor. He is known for evocative works drawing in equal proportions on surrealism and science illustration, and for combining graphic precision and rigor with flamboyant fantasy.

A French Canadian coloratura soprano. Married to celebrated French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.

A French Canadian coloratura soprano. Married to celebrated French-Canadian tenor Léopold Simoneau.Alarie was the daughter of a choirmaster and assistant conductor of the Société Canadienne d'opérettes and of a soprano and actress. She studied voice and acting early and performed on radio at the age of 14, first as an actress and later as a singer of popular music. While studying voice with Victor Issaurel, she made her debut in 1938 at Les Variétés lyriques in the operetta The White Horse Inn. She also sang Marie in La fille du régiment and the lead role in Mireille. On a scholarship she went to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia to complete her studies with Elisabeth Schumann.

Is a French rock-singer living in Brittany and was born in Alsace. Eldest of three children, he appe

Is a French rock-singer living in Brittany and was born in Alsace. Eldest of three children, he appeared in the French reality show Nouvelle Star and placed 2nd against Myriam Abel on May 12, 2005.

An Australian classical pianist. He has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to o

An Australian classical pianist. He has a flourishing international career, which has taken him to over forty countries. His concerto repertoire exceeds 75 works.His English father and Australian mother met while auditioning as piano students for the Royal College of Music. Although born in London, he grew up in Brisbane, where his mother still teaches piano. His own teacher was Nancy Weir.He first came to prominence at the inaugural Sydney International Piano Competition in 1977, at which he was named Best Australian Pianist (he was a judge at the 2004 competition). He later studied overseas on a Churchill Fellowship.

Is a power metal guitarist and vocalist. He is member of the power/speed metal bands Iron Savior and

Is a power metal guitarist and vocalist. He is member of the power/speed metal bands Iron Savior and Savage Circus, as well as owner of the studio Powerhouse in Hamburg.

Is a South African music writer and performer.He started in the music industry by fronting the band

Is a South African music writer and performer.He started in the music industry by fronting the band "Flying Circus", but soon changed directions by focusing more on music production and studio design. This culminated in 2000 when he designed and built what was at the time the largest digital studio in Africa for Sting Music in Johannesburg.

Is a Finnish violinist and conductor. He studied violin as a youth, and also performed in a rock ban

Is a Finnish violinist and conductor. He studied violin as a youth, and also performed in a rock band.[1]. He studied violin at the Cologne Music Academy with Zakhar Bron. He attended the Sibelius Academy and graduated with diplomas in violin (2003) and conducting (2005).In May 2007, Inkinen was named the second music director of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.[2]. He formally assumed the post in January 2008. He and the NZSO have recorded music of Einojuhani Rautavaara[1] and of Jean Sibelius[3] for the Naxos label. Inkinen serves the principal guest conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra since September 2009.

Called "Long Peter" because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in A

Called "Long Peter" because of his height, was a Dutch historical painter. He was born and died in Amsterdam, and painted there and in Antwerp, though his genre scenes were influential in Italy.

Was a skilful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden, etc., and a pi

Was a skilful Dutch artist. He painted scenery for the theaters in Amsterdam, Leiden, etc., and a picture representing the conflagration of the former in the year 1772 has been engraved by C. Bagerts.

Was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (

Was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (Genre Painting). He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel dynasty, but is also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Bruegel" is being referred to. From 1559 he dropped the 'h' from his name and started signing his paintings as Bruegel.

Was a Dutch still life painter, born in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia (now Germany) and active in Haarle

Was a Dutch still life painter, born in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia (now Germany) and active in Haarlem, where he settled in 1621. He and Willem Claeszoon Heda, who also worked in Haarlem, were the most important exponents of the "ontbijt" or breakfast piece. They painted with subdued, virtually monochromatic palettes, the subtle handling of light and texture being the prime means of expression.

Was a Dutch painter.

Was a Dutch painter.

Was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer,

Was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, with whom his work shared themes and style.

Was probably born in Ypres in Flanders, but the Ypres Archives were destroyed in August 1914. From Y

Was probably born in Ypres in Flanders, but the Ypres Archives were destroyed in August 1914. From Ypres the family (?) moved to Leiden, where he became a member of the Guild of Saint Luke. Pieter de Ring may have started as an engraver; but he became famous for his opulent, flashy still lifes or banquet pieces with fruit, a lobster, a goblet, shrimps, oysters, a rug and Chinese porcelain.

Was a Dutch painter.Grebber was the son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573–1643), a painter and em

Was a Dutch painter.Grebber was the son of Frans Pietersz de Grebber (1573–1643), a painter and embroiderer in Haarlem, and would have been taught painting by his father and by Hendrick Goltzius.

Was a Dutch painter and engraver and a member of the renowned Van Os family of artists.Van Os was bo

Was a Dutch painter and engraver and a member of the renowned Van Os family of artists.Van Os was born in The Hague the son of Jan van Os. He studied with his father and from 1794 to 1795 at the Tekenakademie in The Hague. During this period he copied paintings from the works by Paulus Potter and Charles Dujardin.

Was a Dutch painter of genre works, guardroom scenes and portraits.His earliest known work is a piec

Was a Dutch painter of genre works, guardroom scenes and portraits.His earliest known work is a piece from 1626, Portrait of a Young Man, now in the Ashmolean.[3] Most of his best remembered works were executed in Amsterdam and are small-scale paintings. They are distinctive in their silvery-gray tonalities, and many are musically themed, such as his first known genre work, Dancing Lesson (Louvre) from 1627, Musical Company of 1639, The Lute Player (Philadelphia Museum of Art) and, Concert, a piece now in the Uffizi Gallery.

Was a Dutch architect, painter and printmaker.He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque

Was a Dutch architect, painter and printmaker.He is credited with the creation of the Dutch baroque style, along with longtime collaborator Jacob van Campen, with whom he designed the Mauritshuis in the Hague.

Was a Dutch painter.Saenredam was the son of the print maker and draughtsman Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Was a Dutch painter.Saenredam was the son of the print maker and draughtsman Jan Pietersz Saenredam (1565-1607), who was born in Zaandam or, in those days, Saenredam. In 1612 he moved to Haarlem, where he became a pupil of Frans de Grebber and lived the rest of his life.

Was an American figure skater and coach. In 1962 he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in pai

Was an American figure skater and coach. In 1962 he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in pair skating with partner Dorothyann Nelson, and also placed second in the ice dance competition at the same event. They placed 8th in pairs and 7th in dance

Was a Dutch painter .[1] Lastman is important as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils

Was a Dutch painter .[1] Lastman is important as a painter of history pieces and because his pupils included Rembrandt and Jan Lievens. In his paintings Lastman paid a lot of attention to the faces, hands and feet.

Was a Dutch-born Flemish Renaissance painter.He was known primarily for his religious and portrait p

Was a Dutch-born Flemish Renaissance painter.He was known primarily for his religious and portrait painting and worked mainly in Bruges, where he had moved from Gouda by 1543. His son was the painter Frans Pourbus the Elder and his grandson was Frans Pourbus the younger

Was a Dutch painter of history. He was an artist of great merit, nonwithstanding which very few of t

Was a Dutch painter of history. He was an artist of great merit, nonwithstanding which very few of the circumstances of his life are known.

Was a Dutch painter of genre scenes, active for over a decade in Rome, where his nickname was Il Bam

Was a Dutch painter of genre scenes, active for over a decade in Rome, where his nickname was Il Bamboccio. Artists working in his style became known as the Bamboccianti.

Was an Italian portrait and fresco painter, who was famed for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, an

Was an Italian portrait and fresco painter, who was famed for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, and an artist who uniquely contrasted in the mid-late 20th century art world dominated by Modernist and Post-Modernist art movements.He was famed for his romantic portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. His painting enamoured many and paved the way for subsequent studies of other prominent people, including Pope John XXIII, Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, the Shah and Empress of Iran and several other members of the British royal family.[2] Other dignitaries around the world that Annigoni painted include the famed shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo, Florentine author Luigi Ugolini, ballet legend Margot Fonteyn, and the Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.