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Michael B. Gallagher
Michael B. Gallagher (born 1945) is an American painter whose work is associated with Abstract Illusionism. Life Born and raised in Los Angeles, California. In 1964-68 he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California. In 1967 he was a Yale-Norfolk Summer School Grantee. In 1970 he received a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. Public collections Museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Albany Museum of Art, Georgia University of Arizona Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ), Tucson, AZ Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, PA Jewish Museum, New York, NY Bryant University, Smithfield, RI Exhibitions 2008-9 “Art & Illusion,”Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2008 “Reflections from the Artist's Eye, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon R
Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah ( Hebrew: , Modern: , Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yah"), was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of David, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament. He is described as having been the penultimate ruler of an amalgamated Israel and Judah. The hypothesized dates of Solomon's reign are 970–931 BCE. After his death, his son and successor Rehoboam would adopt harsh policy towards the northern tribes, eventually leading to the splitting of the Israelites between the Kingdom of Israel in the north and the Kingdom of Judah in the south. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone. The Bible says Solomon built the First Temple in Jerusalem, dedicating the temple to Yahweh, or God in Judaism. Solomon is portrayed as wealthy, wise and powerful, and as one of the 48 Jewish prophets. He is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erie Art Museum
Erie Art Museum is located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The Museum holds a collection of more than 8,000 objects, with strengths in American art pottery, American ceramics, Tibetan art, Tibetan paintings, Arts and entertainment in India#Sculpture, Indian bronzes, photography, and comic book art. Focusing on the museum collection, the main gallery features Everything but the Shelves; over a thousand objects hung salon-style. In addition to its collection, the museum hosts four to five visiting exhibitions annually. The Museum has a wide range of offers including lecture series and opportunities to handle some of the best objects in its collection. Educational programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of art classes for the community are also available. The Museum is dedicated to serving more local school children and teachers with the goal of hosting every fourth grade class in Erie County at least once by 2020. The Museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Painters
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American Male Painters
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Living People
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1945 Births
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Robert Atkins (writer)
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Robert Atkins may refer to: * Robert Atkins (physician) (1930–2003), American physician noted for the Atkins diet * Robert Atkins (actor) (1886–1972), British film and theatre actor * Robert Atkins (politician) (born 1946), UK Conservative Party politician * Robert Atkins (comics) (born 1979), American comics artist * Bob Atkins (born 1962), English footballer * Bob Atkins (American football) (1946–2020), American football player See also *Robert Atkyns (other) Robert Atkyns may refer to: *Sir Robert Atkyns (judge) Sir Robert Atkyns (1620–1710) was an English Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Member of parliament, and Speaker of the House of Lords. Early life He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Atkyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane K
Jane may refer to: * Jane (given name), a feminine given name * Jane (surname), related to the given name Film and television * Jane (1915 film), ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd * Jane (2016 film), ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama film starring Lee Min-ji * Jane (2017 film), ''Jane'' (2017 film), an American documentary film about Jane Goodall * Jane (2022 film), ''Jane'' (2022 film), an American psychological thriller directed by Sabrina Jaglom * Jane (TV series), an 1980s British television series Music *Jane (album), ''Jane'' (album), an album by Jane McDonald * Jane (American band) * Jane (German band) * Jane, unaccompanied and original singer of "It's a Fine Day" in 1983 Songs * Jane (Barenaked Ladies song), "Jane" (Barenaked Ladies song), 1994 * "Jane", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album ''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner'' * Jane (Century song), "Jane" (Century song) * "Jane", a song by Elf Power * " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Frank (art Critic)
Peter Solomon Frank (born 1950, New York) is an American art critic, curator, and poet who lives and works in Los Angeles. Frank is known for curating shows at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in the 1970s and 1980s. He has worked curatorially for Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and many other national and international venues. Early life Frank was born in New York to Reuven Frank, who was an Emmy Award-winning President of NBC News and Bernice Frank, née Kaplow, a music librarian at the Tenafly Public Library. He received his B.A. and M.A. in art history from Columbia University. Work Frank contributes articles to numerous publications and has written many monographs and catalogs for one person and group exhibitions. In his early career he was somewhat associated with the Fluxus movement in New York. He has also organized many theme and survey shows for placement at institutions throughout the world, taught at colleges and un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lucie-Smith
John Edward McKenzie Lucie-Smith (born 27 February 1933), known as Edward Lucie-Smith, is a Jamaican-born English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster. He has been highly prolific in these fields, writing or editing over a hundred books, his subjects gradually shifting around the late 1960s from mostly literature to mostly art. Biography Lucie-Smith was born in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of Mary Frances (née Lushington) and John Dudley Lucie-Smith. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1946.BiographRetrieved 4 October 2018./ref> He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and, after a little time in Paris, he read history at Merton College, Oxford, from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the Royal Air Force as an education officer and working as a copywriter, he became a full-time writer (as well as anthologist and photographer). He succeeded Philip Hobsbaum in organising The Group, a London-centred poets' group. At the beginning of the 1980s he conducted several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryant University
Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. History Butler Exchange and downtown Providence Bryant University was founded in 1863 as a branch of a national school which originally taught bookkeeping and methods of business communication and was named after founders, John Collins Bryant and Henry Beadman Bryant. This separate chain of schools is currently called Bryant & Stratton College. In 1878 the Providence branch of Bryant & Stratton was sold to a teacher at the school, Thomas Stowell. Stowell died in 1916 the school was sold again and merged with Henry Jacobs' Rhode Island Commercial School (founded 1898). Classes for Bryant and Stratton College were originally held in the now demolished Butler Exchange building located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, at 111 Westminster Street o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
