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Mark di Suvero Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero , 1933-, American sculptor, b. Shanghai. Di Suvero's major works are constructions of massize pieces of steel, huge weathered timbers, tires, chains, and rope. They are remarkable for their large scale, their composition from common materials, and the effect of motion they produce. Di... Read more
William Michael Harnett William Michael Harnett
William Michael Harnett , 1848-92, American painter, b. Ireland. He emigrated to Philadelphia as a child; he first learned engraving and then studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at the National Academy of Design and Cooper Union. He executed mainly still lifes and... Read more
Stuart Davis Stuart Davis
Stuart Davis 1894-1964, American painter, b. Philadelphia, studied with Robert Henri in New York City. At the age of 19 he did drawings and covers for The Masses and exhibited in the Armory Show. One of the early jazz enthusiasts, Davis is often said to have incorporated its exciting tempos into... Read more
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Hartford city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635-36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784. The second largest city in the state, it is a port of entry. Hartford was long... Read more
Ben Shahn Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn (Benjamin Shahn), 1898-1969, American painter and graphic artist, b. Lithuania. Shahn emigrated to the United States in 1906. After working in lithography until 1930, his style crystallized in a series of 23 paintings concerning the Sacco-Vanzetti trial, among them The Passion of Sacco... Read more
Albert Edelfelt Albert Edelfelt
Edelfelt, Albert (b Kiiala Estate, nr. Porvoo, 21 July 1854; d Haikko, nr. Porvoo, 18 Aug. 1905). Finnish painter, who with Gallen-Kallela ranks as his country's leading artist in the 19th century. He trained in Antwerp and then in Paris, where under the influence of his friend Bastien-Lepage he... Read more
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk , 1850-1937, Czechoslovak political leader and philosopher, first president and chief founder of Czechoslovakia . He is revered by most Czechs and was internationally recognized as a great democratic leader. Born in Moravia, Masaryk received (1876) his doctorate from the... Read more
Jan Pieter van Baurscheit Jan Pieter van Baurscheit
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Pieter de Molyn Pieter de Molyn
Molyn, Pieter de (or Pieter de Molijn) (bapt. London, 6 Apr. 1595; bur. Haarlem, 23 Mar. 1661). Dutch landscape painter, born in England (it is not known why his parents had moved there) and active mainly in Haarlem. With Jan van Goyen, and Salomon van Ruysdael, also active in Haarlem, he... Read more
Pieter de Kempener Pieter de Kempener
Pieter de Kempener , c.1503-1580, Flemish painter, b. Brussels. He studied and painted for 10 years in Italy and about 1537 settled in Seville, Spain, where he was known as Pedro Campaña. For churches in Seville he painted religious pictures remarkable for the strong chiaroscuro and... Read more

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