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Ludwig von Siegen Ludwig von Siegen
Ludwig von Siegen , c.1609-1680, German engraver, b. Holland, educated in Germany. He is said to have invented (c.1640) the mezzotint process of engraving. Among his seven known plates are portraits of Amalia Elisabeth of Hesse and of William II, prince of Orange, and his wife, Mary. His new method... Read more
Rosalind Russell Rosalind Russell
RUSSELL, Rosalind Nationality:American. Born:Waterbury, Connecticut, 4 June 1908. Education:Attended Notre Dame Academy, Waterbury; Marymount School, Tarrytown on the Hudson, New York; American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York. Family:Married Frederic... Read more
Clyfford Still Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still 1904-80, American painter, b. Grandin, N.Dak. Still was a pioneer in the use of the mural-sized canvas. He painted vast, thick curtains of intense color, jaggedly torn to reveal other equally intense color areas. His work combines the gesture of abstract expressionism with a... Read more
New Image Painting New Image Painting
New Image Painting (or New Image Art). A vague term applied since the late 1970s to the work of certain avant-garde artists who work in a strident figurative style, often with cartoon-like imagery and abrasive handling owing something to Neo-Expressionism. It was given currency by an exhibition... Read more
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York New York) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York New York)
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, is an international showplace for twentieth-century art, that is committed to the exhibition of nonobjective art and a movement "from the materialistic to the... Read more
Walt Kuhn Walt Kuhn
Walt Kuhn 1880-1949, American painter, b. New York City. At the age of 19 he worked as a cartoonist in San Francisco, contributing later to Life magazine. After travel and study in Europe he devoted himself largely to oil painting. In 1913, in cooperation with his friend Arthur B. Davies, he was... Read more
American Museum of Natural History (New York New York) American Museum of Natural History (New York New York)
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY in New York City is the largest natural history museum in the world. It displays more than 30 million specimens from all branches of natural history along with a wealth of anthropological artifacts in a vast complex of... Read more
Elizabeth Hawes Elizabeth Hawes
HAWES, Elizabeth American designer Born: Ridgewood, New Jersey, 16 December 1903. Education: Studied at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1921-25. Family: Married Ralph Jester in 1930 (divorced, 1934); married Joseph Losey in 1937 (divorced, 1944), son: Gavrik Losey. Career: Worked in... Read more
New London New London
New London city (1990 pop. 24,540), New London co., SE Conn., on the Thames River near its mouth on Long Island Sound; laid out 1646 by John Winthrop, inc. 1784. It is a deepwater port of entry, with shipbuilding, high-technology research and engineering, pharmaceutical research, building... Read more
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder1950- Singer, songwriter In the course of following Stevie Wonder on his relentless travels, journalists come to realize just how beloved an entertainer he is. "It dawned on me," wrote Giles Smith in the New Yorker, "that a substantial part of Stevie Wonder's public life consists of... Read more

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