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Janelle (surnames)
Janelle and Janel are surnames. Those bearing them include: * Emil Janel (1897–1981), Swedish-born American artist * Richard Janelle Richard Janelle (born 13 November 1947) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a secretary and coordinator by career. Born in Warwick, Quebec, Janelle represented Quebec's Lotbinière electoral district at which he won a 16 Octo ... (born 1947), Canadian politician * Al Janelle (born 1990), musician in September Hase {{surname, Janelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Janel
Emil Janel (21 September 1897 – May 1981) was a Swedish-born, American artist. A still life painter, he is mainly known for his caricatures in the Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving, and is considered by many to be one of the best of this genre. Biography Emil Gottfred Janel was born in the village of Hansjö near Orsa in Dalarna County, Sweden. In 1923, Janel moved to Canada, then to Seattle. After some encouragement by a local store keeper, he eventually settled in San Francisco with his wife and began study at what is now the San Francisco Art Institute. During the 1930s, he spent considerable time at Russian River, where he produced carvings of a local species of Alder wood. It is said that he preferred that particular medium because of the similarity to flesh tones, and that he kept his carvings in a bucket of water to keep them wet while working on them. He used very thin aniline dyes on the non-flesh portions of his carvings. Emil is said to have refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Janelle
Richard Janelle (born 13 November 1947) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a secretary and coordinator by career. Born in Warwick, Quebec, Janelle represented Quebec's Lotbinière electoral district at which he won a 16 October 1978 by-election. He served the remaining months of the 30th Canadian Parliament and was re-elected in the 1979 election. Initially, he was a member of the Social Credit party, but during his term in the 31st Canadian Parliament, he joined the governing Progressive Conservative party. After the defeat of the short-lived Joe Clark administration, Janelle was defeated by Jean-Guy Dubois of the Liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ... in the 1980 election. He made one further unsuccessful attempt to return to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
