The work of Claus Westermann was foundational for the modern study of lament literature in the Hebrew Bible. Westermann’s work on the Psalms arose from his experiences in the Second World War, wher.
Budi Ubrux was born in , in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. One of the most progressive and radical new artists to emerge from Indonesia, he is less a visionary than an acerbic social reactionary. Prior to winning the Philip Morris Indonesian Art Award in , Budi was a billboard artist and painter based in Switzerland.
Biography is an American documentary television series and media franchise created in the s by David L. Wolper and owned by A&E Networks since Each episode depicts the life of a notable person with narration, on-camera interviews, photographs, and stock footage.
Ian Sayer Biography Ian Sayer was born in Norwich in He is an entrepreneur and a military historian specialising in World War II. His investigation into what the Guinness Book of Records termed ‘The World’s Greatest Robbery’ led to the publication of his international bestseller Nazi Gold (still selling well after 33 years), and in he had the rare honour of being.
Sophie de Condorcet ( in Meulan – 8 September in Paris), also known as Sophie de Grouchy and best known as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent French salon hostess from to the Reign of Terror, and again from until her death in
“Wojtek Siudmak’s fine draftsmanship and sense of light and dark give his visions great depth and multiply the remarkable range of colours and textures. There is a powerful tranquillity in Wojtek Siudmak’s creations, and endless space to explore and invent.” More.
By now, Lartigue’s story has become the stuff of amateur-photographer legend, and a new book, simply titled Jacques Henri Lartigue—a sort of photographic biography that covers his career in plus pictures—only bolsters that narrative. Born into a wealthy French family in , Lartigue was given a camera at age 8.
Although the Teapot Dome Scandal of the s was named for a Wyoming rock formation resembling a teapot, the wrongdoers were not from the state. During the administration of President Warren G. Harding, oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward Doheny bribed Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall to gain access to the naval petroleum reserves located at Teapot Dome in the Salt Creek field north of.
Thomas Sully is best remembered for his portraits of women (fig. 1). As the magazine Godey’s Lady’s Book proclaimed in , "Sully, as all the world knows, paints exquisitely beautiful portraits of ladies.