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Turner Prize Turner Prize
Turner Prize. An annual prize (originally £10,000, now £20,000) for British achievement in the visual arts, named after the great English painter J. M. W. Turner. It was established in 1984 by the Patrons of New Art, a body founded two years earlier (as part of the Friends of the Tate... Read more
Tate Gallery Tate Gallery
Tate Gallery London, originally the National Gallery of British Art. The original building (in Millbank on the former site of Millbank Prison), with a collection of 65 modern British paintings, was given by Sir Henry Tate and was opened in 1897. It was extended by another gift of Tate's in 1899,... Read more
Vilhelm Hammershoi Vilhelm Hammershoi
Hammershøi, Vilhelm (1864–1916). Danish painter, active mainly in his native Copenhagen. He painted portraits, architectural subjects (including two murals for Copenhagen Town Hall), and landscapes, but he is best known for his quiet interior scenes. Often featuring a single standing or... Read more
Turner Syndrome Turner Syndrome
Turner syndrome Definition Turner syndrome is a birth defect caused by the absence of an X chromosome in some or all cells of a female, which inhibits sexual development and usually causes infertility. Description Chromosomes are structures in the nucleus of every cell in the... Read more
Sir Peter Blake Sir Peter Blake
Blake, Sir Peter (1932– ). British painter, sculptor, and designer, a leading Pop artist. He was born in Dartford, Kent, and studied at Gravesend School of Art, 1949–51, then after two years in the RAF at the Royal College of Art, 1953–6. In 1956–7 a Leverhulme... Read more
Algernon Newton Algernon Newton
Newton, Algernon (1880–1968). British painter, born in London, grandson of one of the founders of Winsor & Newton, the firm of artists' colourmen. He left Clare College, Cambridge, after two years without taking a degree and then studied at various art colleges in London, including the... Read more
Bernard Meadows Bernard Meadows
Meadows, Bernard (1915–2005). British sculptor, mainly in bronze, born in Norwich. After studying at Norwich School of Art, 1934–6, he was studio assistant to Henry Moore in London, 1936–9. He had two periods of study at the Royal College of Art, 1938–40 and... Read more
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Hope BIBLIOGRAPHY In an ancient Greek myth, Zeus was irate at humans for having stolen fire from the gods. In the spirit of revenge, he fashioned a young maiden named Pandora and, using reverse psychology, sent her to earth with a dowry chest, with the crucial instruction not to open it. Of... Read more
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