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List Of People From Buffalo, New York
This is a list of people who are from or have lived in Buffalo, New York. Individuals are listed in alphabetical order by last name in each category. Residents of Buffalo are commonly referred to as ''Buffalonians''. Architects * Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1915) *Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990), Pritzker Prize winner *Robert T. Coles (1929–2020) * William Harrison Folsom (1815–1901), designed the Manti Temple * E. B. Green (1855–1950) * James A. Johnson (1865–1939) *Duane Lyman (1886–1966) *Richard A. Waite (1848–1911) Arts and humanities *Cory Arcangel (born 1978), new media artist * Timothy D. Bellavia (born 1971), children's author, illustrator, and educator *Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), watercolor painter * Philip Burke (born 1956), caricaturist * John F. Carlson (1875–1947), American Impressionist * Charles Clough (born 1951), painter *Tony Conrad (1940–2016), media artist * Steve Fiorilla (1961–2009), illustrator and sculptor *Frank Kelly F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Downtown Skyline As Seen From Dobson Field, Buffalo, New York, September 2014
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American English, American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes Commerce, commercial, Culture, cultural and often the historical, Politics, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district (CBD). It may also be a center for shopping and entertainment. Downtowns typically contain a small percentage of a city's employment but are concentrated in services, including high-end services (office or white-collar workers, white-collar jobs). Sometimes, smaller downtowns include lower population densities and nearby lower incomes than suburbs. It is often distinguished as a hub of public transit and culture. History Origins The ''Oxford English Dictionarys first citation for "down town" or "downtown" dates to 1770, in reference to the center of Boston. Some have posited that the term "downtown" was coined in New York City, where it was in use by the 1830s to refer to the original settlement, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Asad Raza (artist)
Asad Raza is an American artist who lives and works in New York, New York. He "creates dialogues and rejects disciplinary boundaries in his work, which conceives of art as a metabolic, active encounter that is participatory, and engages with all of the human senses." Life and education Asad Raza was born in 1974 in Buffalo, New York to Pakistani immigrant parents, and studied literature at Johns Hopkins University from 1992-1996 and filmmaking at the Tisch School of Arts in 1993. He also studied literature at NYU, where he helped organize the 2005 graduate student strike. From 2005-2010, Raza wrote frequently about tennis for various magazines and newspapers. Work Asad Raza's practices encompass artistic projects, collaborations, curatorial work and his work, and he is described as "one of the most interesting crossroads figures in our sometimes rigid panorama." Raza's works often respond to a particular environment in a site-specific manner. For example, in ''Root sequence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anne-Imelda Radice
Anne-Imelda Marino Radice (born February 29, 1948, in Buffalo) is an American art historian and curator. Radice currently serves as the Management Analyst for the National Endowment for the Humanities. Career Born in Buffalo to Lawrence and Anne, Radice earned three art history degrees: a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College in 1969, a Master of Arts from Dominican University, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976, studying abroad at Villa Schifanoia in 1971. Her thesis at Dominican was on the architect Filippo Raguzzini and his works on Sant'Ignazio in Rome. Radice wrote a doctoral dissertation on the architect Simone del Pollaiolo. She then also went on to receive a Master of Business Administration from American University in 1985. Radice began her curatorial career while a student at Chapel Hill. In 1971, she was hired as assistant curator at the National Gallery of Art. From 1976 to 1981, Radice served as architectura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Longo
Robert Longo (born January 7, 1953) is an American artist, filmmaker, photographer and musician. Longo became first well known in the 1980s for his ''Men in the Cities'' drawing and print series, which depict sharply dressed men and women writhing in contorted emotion. He lives in New York and East Hampton.Jonathan Griffin (December 5, 2020)Artist Robert Longo: 'Taking down statues was one of America's greatest moments'''Financial Times''.Maximilíano Durón (May 13, 2021)Pictures Generation Star Robert Longo Heads to Pace Gallery After Metro Pictures's Closure''ARTnews''. Early life and education Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Long Island. During his childhood he had a fascination with mass media; movies, television, magazines, and comic books, which continue to influence his art. Longo began college at the University of North Texas, in the town of Denton, but left before earning a degree. He later studied sculpture under Leonda Finke, who encou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seneca People
The Seneca ( ; ) are a group of Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people who historically lived south of Lake Ontario, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Their nation was the farthest to the west within the Six Nations or Iroquois League ( Haudenosaunee) in New York before the American Revolution. For this reason, they are called “The Keepers of the Western Door.” In the 21st century, more than 10,000 Seneca live in the United States, which has three federally recognized Seneca tribes. Two of them are centered in New York: the Seneca Nation of Indians, with five territories in western New York near Buffalo; and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation. The Seneca-Cayuga Nation is in Oklahoma, where their ancestors were relocated from Ohio during the Indian Removal. Approximately 1,000 Seneca live in Canada, near Brantford, Ontario, at the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation. They are descendants of Seneca who resettled there after the American Revolution, as they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sylvia Lark
Sylvia Lark (1947–1990) was a Native American/ Seneca visual artist, curator, and educator. She best known as an abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Lark lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years. Early life and education Lark was born in 1947 in Buffalo, New York. She went to high school at Nardin Academy in Buffalo. Lark attended school at the University of Siena; University at Buffalo (formally State University of New York, Buffalo) where she received her B.A. degree in 1969; Mills College; and the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she received her M.A. degree in 1970 and M.F.A. degree in 1972. Career Starting in 1972, Lark taught art at California State University, Sacramento where she remained until 1976. In 1977, she received a Fulbright-Hays Program grant and traveled and study in Korea and Japan. Lark taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1977 until 1990. Students of Lark's included Shirin Neshat. She was awarded the Distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Justine Kurland
Justine Kurland (born 1969) is an American fine art photographer, based in New York City. Early life and education Kurland was born in Warsaw, New York. She earned her B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in 1996. She went on to study with Gregory Crewdson at Yale University where she received an M.F.A. in 1998. Life and career Kurland first gained public notice with her work in the group show ''Another Girl, Another Planet'' (1999), at New York's Van Doren Waxter gallery. The show included her large c-print staged tableau pictures of neo-romantic landscapes inhabited by young adolescent girls, half- sprites, half juvenile delinquents. This was her first exhibition of a photographic interest that lasted from 1997, when she began taking pictures of her mentor Laurie Simmons's babysitter and her friends, to 2002. Altogether, Kurland published 69 pictures of girls in a series called "Girl Pictures." The staged photos take place in urban and wilderness settings, with girls depicted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grace Knowlton
Grace Knowlton (1932 – 4 December 2020) was an American sculptor and photographer who was known for her outdoor sculptures. Her work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other venues. Early life Knowlton was born Grace Daniels Farrar in 1932 in Buffalo, New York to Esther Norton Farrar, a homemaker and Frank Neff Farrar who owned a music store. Knowlton married Winthrop Knowlton. Their son Win Knowlton is a sculptor. Education Knowlton received a B.A. degree in art from Smith College in 1954. She also studied privately with the artist Kenneth Noland. In 1981 she received a master's degree in art from the Columbia University Teacher's College. Work Knowlton was known for her spherical sculptures, sometimes exhibited in groupings. In general, these were made from steel-reinforced concrete, and fiberglass. She also produced prints, photographs and drawings. In the 1960s Knowlton was working in ceramics, and found that she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey
Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (August 27, 1914 – May 13, 1994) was an American painter, printmaker and textile artist, art educator and community activist in Buffalo, New York. Biography Godfrey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was raised and educated in Buffalo, New York. She was married to William Godfrey Jr. and they had one child together, Carol Godfrey Wing.Brooks-Bertram, Peggy, Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, and Lisa C. Francescone. "Wilhelmina M Godfrey." Uncrowned Queens: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York. Vol. 1. N.p.: SUNY, 2009. 11-12. Print. Wilhelmina Godfrey died on May 13, 1994, in Buffalo, New York. Education Wilhelmina Godfrey attended Fosdick Masten Park High School in Buffalo, where she took all the art classes that the school offered. Although her schooling was interrupted by the Great Depression, she was able to continue her education in the 1940s receiving scholarships from the Art Institute of Buffalo and the Albright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Frank Kelly Freas
Frank Kelly Freas (August 27, 1922 – January 2, 2005) was an American artist known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" and he was the second artist inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Early life, education, and personal life He was born August 27, 1922, in Hornell, New York, as Francis Sylvester Kelly. After his parents divorced, his mother remarried in 1939, and he took on his stepfather's last name of Freas. Frank Kelly Freas (pronounced like "freeze") was the son of two photographers, and was raised in Canada. He was educated at Lafayette High School in Buffalo, where he received training from long-time art teacher Elizabeth Weiffenbach. He entered the United States Army Air Forces right out of high school ( Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada). He flew as camera man for reconnaissance in the South Pacific and painted bomber noses during World War II. He then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Steve Fiorilla
Steve Fiorilla (January 12, 1961 – July 29, 2009) was an American artist born in Paterson, New Jersey, who lived and worked in Buffalo, New York. Throughout his career, Fiorilla emphasized the grotesque and surreal in illustrations, sculpture and fine art. As a sculptor, he produced a variety of bizarre, malformed creatures. His film reviews appeared under the pseudonym Jacques Corédor. Print Fiorilla illustrated for books and magazines ('' Heavy Metal'', '' Video Games and Computer Entertainment'', ''High Times''), T-shirts, small press journals (''Eegah!'', ''Magick Theatre'', ''Moody Street Irregulars''), catalog covers ( Gregg Press), fanzines (''Horror from the Crypt of Fear'') and mini-comics (''City Scenes''). One of his 1985 sculptures was featured 12 years later on a cover for the magazine ''Bloodsongs'' (1997). He created numerous drawings and product designs for Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, including a belt buckle, T-shirts, caps, ads and catalog illustrations. Fioril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
