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Van Cleef
Van Cleef is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Jan Van Cleef (1646–1716), Flemish painter * Joos van Cleve (also spelled ''Jos van Cleef'') (1485–1540), painter from Cleves * Cornelius van Cleve (1520–1567), painter and son of Joos *Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, particularly t ... (1925–1989), American film actor who primarily starred in westerns * June Van Cleef (born 1941), American photographer *Nathan van Cleef, one of the villains of Shanghai Noon (modeled after Lee Van Cleef) See also * Van Cleef & Arpels, French jewelry house {{surname, Van Cleef Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the List of languages by total number of speakers, third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (which includes 60% of the population of Belgium). "1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." (page 153). Dutch was one of the official languages of South Africa until 1925, when it was replaced by Afrikaans, a separate but partially Mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible daughter language of Dutch. Afrikaans, depending on the definition used, may be considered a sister language, spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, and evolving from Cape Dutch dialects. In South America, Dutch is the native l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Name
Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific. Given names A Dutch child's birth and given name(s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not uncommon to give a child several given names. Usually the first one is for daily use, often in a diminutive form. Traditionally, Catholics often chose Latinisation of names, Latinized names for their children, such as ''Catharina'' and ''Wilhelmus'', while Protestants more commonly chose simple Dutch forms such as ''Trijntje'' and ''Willem''. In both cases, names were often shortened for everyday use (''Wilhelmus'' and ''Willem'' became ''Wim''). In 2014 39% of Dutch children received one name, another 38% were given two names, 20% had three names, 2% got four names and only a few hundred children had five or more given names. Dutch (Netherlands) naming law (given names) The Dutch people, Dutch naming legislation allows nearly all given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Van Cleef
Jan van Cleve (III) or Jan van Cleef (III) (6 January 1646 – 18 December 1716) was a Dutch-born Flemish painter who is known for his altarpieces, allegorical pictures and mythological scenes.Jan van Cleve (III) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History He worked in Brussels at the beginning of his career and later moved to .J.-J. Thonissen, ''Cleef, Jean van'' in: Biographie nationale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joos Van Cleve
Joos van Cleve (; also Joos van der Beke; c. 1485–1490 – 1540/1541) was a leading painter active in Antwerp from his arrival there around 1511 until his death in 1540 or 1541. Within Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, he combines the traditional techniques of Early Netherlandish painting with influences of more contemporary Renaissance painting styles. An active member and co-deacon of the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp, he is known mostly for his religious works and portraits, some of royalty. He ran a large workshop, with at least five pupils and other assistants, which produced paintings in a variety of styles over his career. As a skilled technician, his art shows sensitivity to color and a unique solidarity of figures. His style is highly eclectic: he was one of the first to introduce broad world landscapes in the backgrounds of his paintings, sometimes collaborating with Joachim Patinir, which would become a popular technique of sixteenth century northern Renaissa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Van Cleve
Cornelis van Cleve, Cornelis van Cleef or Cornelis van der Beke, nickname ''Sotte Cleve'' ('Mad Cleve') (1520 in Antwerp – 1567/1614)Leo van Puyvelde (1942)''The Flemish drawings in the collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle'' p. 13 was a Flemish Renaissance painter active in Antwerp who is known for his religious compositions and portraits. Starting his career in Antwerp in the workshop of his father Joos van Cleve, he later worked for a while in London. When he failed to achieve success in England, he became insane and stopped painting.Cornelis van Cleve at the Life He was born in Antwerp as the so ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Van Cleef
Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of spaghetti Westerns, particularly the Sergio Leone-directed ''Dollars Trilogy'' films, ''For a Few Dollars More'' (1965) and ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' (1966). In 1983, he received a Golden Boot Awards, Golden Boot Award for his contribution to the Western film and television genre. Van Cleef served in the United States Navy during World War II aboard a minesweeper, earning a Bronze Star Medal, Bronze Star for his actions. After acting on stage in regional theatre, he made his film debut in the Academy Awards, Oscar-winning Western ''High Noon'' (1952) in a non-speaking outlaw cast role. With distinctive, angular features and a taciturn screen persona, Van Cleef was typecast as minor villain and supporting player in Westerns and Crime Drama, crime dramas. After suff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Van Cleef
June Van Cleef (born 23 September 1941) is an American photographer. Van Cleef's work is included in the collections of the Harry Ransom Center The Harry Ransom Center, known as the Humanities Research Center until 1983, is an archive, library, and museum at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and cultural artifacts from the Americas and Europe ..., the Grace Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Van Cleef's photographs were collected in the 1992 book, ''The Way Home: Photographs from the Heart of Texas'' with text by Bryan Wooley. In 2005, another collection of Van Cleef's photos were published the book, ''The Texas Outback: Ranching on the Last Frontier: A Photographic Portrait''. References Living people 1941 births 20th-century American photographers 21st-century American photographers 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists {{US-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai Noon
''Shanghai Noon'' is a 2000 martial arts western action comedy film directed by Tom Dey in his feature film debut, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. It is the first entry in the ''Shanghai'' film series. The film, set in Nevada and other parts of the American West in the 19th century, is a juxtaposition of a Western with a kung fu action film with extended martial arts sequences, as reflected by its title, which is a wordplay on the notable western ''High Noon''. It also has elements of slapstick comedy and the " buddy film" genre, featuring two vastly different heroes (a Chinese Imperial Guard and an American Western outlaw) who team up to stop a crime. The film premiered in Malaysia in May 19, 2000 and was released in the United States on May 26, 2000. It received generally positive from critics. A sequel, '' Shanghai Knights'', was released in 2003, with Chan and Wilson reprising their roles. Plot In 1881, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Cleef & Arpels
Van Cleef & Arpels is a French luxury jewelry company. It was founded in 1896 by the Dutch diamond-cutter Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Salomon Arpels in Paris. Their pieces often feature flowers, animals and fairies. History The Dutch diamond-cutter Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law, Salomon Arpels, founded the company in 1896. In 1906, following Arpels’s death, Alfred and two of his brothers-in-law, Charles and Julien, acquired space for Van Cleef & Arpels at 22 Place Vendôme, across from the Hôtel Ritz, where Van Cleef & Arpels opened its first boutique shop. The third Arpels brother, Louis Arpels, joined the company in 1913. Van Cleef & Arpels opened boutiques in holiday resorts such as Deauville, Vichy, Le Touquet, Nice, and Monte-Carlo. In 1925, a Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet with red and white roses fashioned from rubies and diamonds won the grand prize at the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts. Alfred and Esther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
