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Frances M. Gage
Frances M. Gage (22 August 1924 – 26 November 2017) was a Canadian sculptor and one of the most prolific sculptors in the country. After serving in the intelligence service of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens), she attended the Ontario College of Art and furthered her studies at the Art Students League of New York and L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. She has been commissioned for over 500 pieces of work. Some of her most noted sculptures are ''Woman'' which was commissioned in 1968 by the Women's College Hospital and ''The Jenny'' commissioned by the Wrens to commemorate their war service. Early life Frances Marie Gage was born on 22 August 1924 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to Jean Mildred (née Collver) and Russell Gage. She was one of four children. Her father worked in the automobile industry and her mother, of Irish descent raised the couple's children. During her childhood, the family moved to Oshawa, where she attended King Street School and then attended high schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
