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David Ossipovitch Widhopff
David Ossipovitch Widhopff (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: ) (5 May 1867, Odessa – 20 July 1933, Saint-Clair-sur-Epte) was a Imperial Russia, Ukrainian and France, French painter, caricaturist and poster artist. Life He gained his diploma at Odessa's royal academy before moving to Munich, where he joined the royal academy and became a student of Max Herterich, and then in August 1887 to Paris. There he entered the Académie Julian, where he studied under Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. During his years (1887–1890) at the Académie Julian, his colleagues included Maurice Denis and Paul Ranson. During his time in France, Widhopff keenly followed the styles of William-Adolphe Bouguereau for a while. He exhibited at the Paris Salons of 1888, 1891 and 1893. He travelled to Brazil and set up a fine-arts school in the state of Pará. On his return to Paris, he visited Montmartre and became friends with Alfons Mucha and Léon Deschamps, editor of ''La Plume''. He als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D O Widhopff
D, or d, is the fourth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''dee'' (pronounced ), plural ''dees''. History The Semitic languages, Semitic letter Daleth, Dāleth may have developed from the logogram for a fish or a door. There are many different Egyptian hieroglyphs that might have inspired this. In Semitic, Ancient Greek and Latin, the letter represented ; in the Etruscan alphabet the letter was archaic, but still retained (see letter B). The equivalent Greek letter is Delta, Delta (letter), Δ. Architecture The Lower case, minuscule (lower-case) form of 'd' consists of a lower-story left Typeface anatomy#Strokes, bowl and a Typeface anatomy#Strokes, stem ascender. It most likely developed by gradual variations on the upper case, majuscule (capital) form 'D', and today now composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
