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Zwart
Zwart is a Dutch surname meaning "black". It may refer to: * Adrianus Zwart (1903–1981), Dutch artist *Harald Zwart (born 1965), Dutch-Norwegian film director * (1877–1937), Dutch organist * (1924–2012), Dutch geologist and petrographer *Jeff Zwart (born 1955), American commercial film director *Piet Zwart Piet Zwart (; 28 May 1885 – 24 September 1977) was a Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer. Biography Early life Piet Zwart was born on May 28, 1885 in Zaandijk. He trained as an architect, and began graphic design projec ... (1885–1977), Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer * Tamara Zwart (born 1975), Dutch synchronized swimmer * (1925–1997), Dutch organist See also * De Zwart * Swart * Zwarts {{surname Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piet Zwart
Piet Zwart (; 28 May 1885 – 24 September 1977) was a Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer. Biography Early life Piet Zwart was born on May 28, 1885 in Zaandijk. He trained as an architect, and began graphic design projects at age 36. His training as an architect included designing furniture and interiors. He was influenced by the De Stijl movement, which focused on the essentials of form, colour and line, but later moved to a more functional design aesthetic. In the early 1920s Zwart received his first typographic commissions from Laga, a flooring manufacturer. Zwart had no formal training in typography or printing, so he was uninhibited by the rules and methods of traditional professional practices. Zwart regarded typography as an important cultural force of the 20th-century. Education Zwart attended the ''Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid Amsterdam'' (National School of Applied Arts, Amsterdam), which later merged into the ''Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Zwart
Jeffrey "Jeff" R. Zwart (born 24 May 1955) is an American commercial film director, racer, photographer, cameraman and author for Porsche, BMW, Cadillac, General Motors, Hyundai, Ford and more. Life and career Zwart was born in Long Beach, California, and learned to drive in his father’s 1964 Porsche 901, chassis number 35. Growing up next door to his childhood friend and future automotive designer, Freeman Thomas, the two shared a lifelong obsession with automobiles and Porsches in particular. In high school, Zwart worked as a veterinary assistant in order to save enough money to eventually purchase a yellow Porsche 914/6. In 1997 he ran that same 914/6 in the 10,000 mile, 25 day, Panama to Alaska Rally winning second place overall. In 1979, after graduating from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, he began work as a still photographer shooting Road & Track Magazine covers, calendars, and article photos. In 1989, following an American Photograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Zwart
Harald Zwart (born 1 July 1965) is a Dutch-Norwegian film director. Life and career Although born in the Netherlands, Zwart was raised in Fredrikstad, Norway. By age eight, he had started making short films. He attended the Dutch Film Academy in Amsterdam where he received great acclaim for his student film ''Gabriel's Surprise''. The film was later televised. In addition to several award-winning short films, music videos and commercials, he directed the films ''Agent Cody Banks'', '' One Night at McCool's'', ''Hamilton'' and ''Lange Flate Ballær 2''. He is also the co-director and producer of the first ''Long Flat Balls'', a Norwegian film about soccer fans from the city of Fredrikstad, Norway. This movie, often described as "The Full Monty" with more laughs, became a huge hit in Norway. His highest-grossing film to date is ''The Karate Kid''. He also directed music videos for the Norwegian band a-ha, for the songs "Velvet" and " Forever Not Yours". He also directed the music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Zwart
de Zwart is a Dutch surname, meaning "the black (one)", usually having referred to dark hair. at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands. Variant forms include ''De Swart'', ''De Swarte'' and ''De Zwarte''. People with these names include: ;De Zwart * Erik de Zwart (born 1957), Dutch media entrepreneur * Martijn de Zwart (born 1990), Dutch footballer * (born 1944), Dutch Olympic sailor * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrianus Zwart
Adrianus Johannes "Arie" Zwart (30 August 1903, in Rijswijk – 27 August 1981, in Laren) was a Dutch painter and in his early work one of the last painters of the Hague School. Life Zwart studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 1918 and 1919. Until 1926 he worked also as a graphic designer. Zwart travelled in the 1920s with a car and later with a boat though the Netherlands to paint the traditional life and landscape of the country. After 1949 he traveled to foreign countries and left the traditional Dutch painting. External links * http://www.ajzwart.nl * https://web.archive.org/web/20140112182039/http://www.kunstgalerie-arnold.nl/artist.asp?GroupID=265 1903 births 1981 deaths 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch landscape painters Dutch male painters Hague School People from Rijswijk Artists from South Holland Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni 19th-century Dutch male artists 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwarts
Zwarts is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Frans Zwarts (born 1949), Dutch linguist *Joël Zwarts (born 1999), Dutch footballer *Kim Zwarts (born 1955), Dutch photographer * Moshé Zwarts (1937–2019), Dutch architect See also *Zwart Zwart is a Dutch surname meaning "black". It may refer to: * Adrianus Zwart (1903–1981), Dutch artist *Harald Zwart (born 1965), Dutch-Norwegian film director * (1877–1937), Dutch organist * (1924–2012), Dutch geologist and petrographer *Jef ... {{surname Dutch-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Zwart
Tamara Zwart (born 20 February 1975) is a former synchronized swimmer Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming) or artistic swimming is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by FINA (the ''Fédérati ... from The Netherlands. She competed in both the women's solo and the women's duet competitions at the . References 1975 births Living people Dutch synchronized swimmers Olympic synchronized swimmers for the Netherlands Synchronized swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Amsterdam European Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swart
Swart is an Afrikaans, Dutch and German surname meaning "black" (spelled ''zwart'' in modern Dutch). Variations on it are ''de Swart'', ''Swarte'', ''de Swarte'', ''Swarts'', Zwart, de Zwart, and Zwarts. People with this surname include: * Alfred L. Swart (1840–?), Wisconsin politician *Alida Swart (born 1975), member of British pop group Vanilla (band) * Amanda Swart, South African biochemist *Balie Swart (born 1964), South African rugby player * Bonje Swart (born 1949), Dutch singer *Carla Swart (1987–2011), South African road racing cyclist *Charles Robberts Swart (1894–1982), first president of the Republic of South Africa * Claudius Claussoen Swart (born 1388), Danish geographer * Clinton Swart (born 1992), South African rugby player *Colla Swart (born 1930), South African photographer * Daryl Swart, South African drummer of Tree63 (band) *Ed Swart (born 1937), Dutch racing car driver * (b.1922), botanist with the standard author abbreviation H.J.Swart *Henda Swart (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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