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Baron James Ensor Ensor Baron James Ensor Ensor
James Ensor Ensor, Baron , 1860-1949, Belgian painter and etcher. Ensor's imagery reflected one of the most bizarre and powerful visions of his era. He left his native Ostend to study painting (1877-80) at the Académie de Bruxelles. In Brussels he became one of the original members of "Les... Read more
expressionism expressionism
expressionism term used to describe works of art and literature in which the representation of reality is distorted to communicate an inner vision. The expressionist transforms nature rather than imitates it. In Art In painting and the graphic arts, certain movements such as the Brücke ... Read more
Dorothea Tanning Dorothea Tanning
Tanning, Dorothea (1910– ). American painter, sculptor, designer, and writer, born at Galesburg, Illinois. Except for two weeks of classes at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930 she was self-taught as an artist. In 1935 she settled in New York, where she worked at odd jobs (including being a... Read more
Les Vingt Les Vingt
Vingt, Les (or Les XX). Society of progressive Belgian painters and sculptors (originally twenty in number, hence the name), founded in 1883 in Brussels, where it held annual exhibitions from 1884 to 1893. The members included James Ensor, Fernand Khnopff, and Jan Toorop. They showed not only... Read more
James Murray James Murray
James Murray The British general James Murray (1721-1794) came to prominence during the campaigns against the French in North America. After the fall of Quebec, he became its first English military governor and then its first civil governor. James Murray was born on Jan. 21, 1721, at... Read more
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Al Young Al Young
Young, Al[bert James] (1939–), Mississippi born novelist and poet, long resident in California, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (1969), and a teacher of creative writing at Stanford. His first, brief novel, Snakes (1970), is the story of a black jazz musician; Who Is... Read more
Wang Wei Wang Wei
Wang Wei , 699-759, Chinese poet. He was an extremely versatile man, being a musician and painter as well as a poet. He wrote quatrains almost exclusively; these verses portray quiet scenes like those depicted in the few surviving paintings attributed to him. Wang Wei's delicate landscapes, famed... Read more
John Young Mason John Young Mason
MASON, JOHN YOUNG John Young Mason served as a U.S. attorney general under President james polk. He was secretary of the Navy during the Mexican War, chair of the House committee on foreign affairs, and an ambassador to France. While serving as ambassador, Mason was one of three U.S. ministers to... Read more
Sir Carol Reed Sir Carol Reed
Sir Carol Reed 1906-76, English film director, b. London. He acted and directed on the stage before turning to films in the mid-1930s. Reed powerfully portrayed characters at the end of their tethers, frequently in a postwar environment, in films such as Odd Man Out (1946), The Fallen Idol ... Read more

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