Artists/performer Famous Names

Was an Estonian artist who worked mainly within the medium of painting in applied art. Born Erich Ca

Was an Estonian artist who worked mainly within the medium of painting in applied art. Born Erich Carl Hugo Adamson, he was the fourth child of Jaan and Anna Adamson. Adamson attended schools in his native Estonia before relocating to Berlin to study at t

More popularly known as Mort Walker, is an American comic artist, best known for creating the newspa

More popularly known as Mort Walker, is an American comic artist, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips Beetle Bailey in 1950 and Hi and Lois in 1954.Born in El Dorado, Kansas, he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He had his first comic published at the age of 11, and sold his first cartoon at 12. At 15 he worked as a comic-strip artist for a daily newspaper and by 18 he became chief editorial designer at Hall Brothers. After graduating from Northeast High School in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, he attended the University of Missouri, where a life size bronze statue of Beetle Bailey sits in front of the alumni center.

Is a Coptic painter with special interest in Coptic art. He has some work on the external wall of a

Is a Coptic painter with special interest in Coptic art. He has some work on the external wall of a Coptic church in Paris[1] and some work in Egypt[2] in Cairo modern art museum and in Coptic churches in Damanhour and Alexandria.

A Portuguese singer.She started as a rock singer with the hit "Baby suicida". After that, she has su

A Portuguese singer.She started as a rock singer with the hit "Baby suicida". After that, she has sung ballads. She represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Penso em ti (Eu sei)" which came 18th with 9 points.She is also an actress on television having roles in many Portuguese telenovelas.

Was an American sculptor whose work is displayed in the U.S. Capitol and a feminist who was devoted

Was an American sculptor whose work is displayed in the U.S. Capitol and a feminist who was devoted to the cause for equality of women.

Was an American painter and potter from Syracuse, New York. She was one of the most important cerami

Was an American painter and potter from Syracuse, New York. She was one of the most important ceramists of her generation and one of the few women in the late 19th and early 20th century American Arts and Craft Movement to make her pots "from clay to fini

Is an African American lyric soprano who was an acclaimed figure in the classical music world during

Is an African American lyric soprano who was an acclaimed figure in the classical music world during the 1950s and 1960s. Although she did appear in several operas, Addison spent most of her career performing in recital and concert. Her performances spann

Was an American pianist, but better known as a teacher of many other famous pianists.She was on facu

Was an American pianist, but better known as a teacher of many other famous pianists.She was on faculty at the Juilliard School in New York City and provided master classes in piano performance at other conservatories including the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago during the 1970s in collaboration with William Browning, also a teacher of great repute.Her famous pupils included: Agustin Anievas, Tzimon Barto, Enrique Bátiz (later a conductor), Jeffrey Biegel, David Brunell, Anthony Byrne, Sergio Calligaris, Cy Coleman, Horacio Gutiérrez, Stephen Hough, Byron Janis, Norman Krieger, Beata Moon, Pascal Nemirovski, Jon Kimura Parker, Güher Pekinel and Süher Pekinel, Miguel Franz Pinto, Santiago Rodriguez, Thomas Schumacher, Neil Sedaka, Emma Tahmizian and Jeffrey Swann.

Was a British classical pianist and composer.She was given the performing name of Adelina de Lara af

Was a British classical pianist and composer.She was given the performing name of Adelina de Lara after a visit to a music shop with her father, to secure her first engagement. The music shop proprietor considered the name Adelina Preston far too ‘English’ to perform under and thus suggested her mother's maiden name as a suitable replacement. She first appeared in public at the age of six, and gave recitals throughout the UK until the age of twelve.

Was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century, earning huge fees at the heig

Was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century, earning huge fees at the height of her career.Along with her contemporaries Jenny Lind, Therese Tietjens and Christina Nilsson, Patti remains one of the most famous sopranos in history

More commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari, is an Italian rock singer. His music is l

More commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari, is an Italian rock singer. His music is largely inspired by gospel, blues and rock music, and alternates between ballads and more rhythmic boogie-like pieces. Both Andrea Bocelli and Giorgia were discovered by Zucchero.

An Israeli entertainer who performs pop and dance tracks.In 2001, "Le'at Uvatuah" ("Slowly and Surel

An Israeli entertainer who performs pop and dance tracks.In 2001, "Le'at Uvatuah" ("Slowly and Surely") from her debut album The Answer made radio rotation.[1] The English version of her 2006 album "Tenth Floor" is called "Survival Nation". Her 2008 single "Say No More" became a hit in Lebanon following rotation on "Beirut Nights," a Lebanese Internet radio station devoted to dance music.[2] Aderet's first English-language album, Jewish Girl, is scheduled for release in 2008.[3]

Is a female African American house music and R&B artist from Paterson, New Jersey, United States, th

Is a female African American house music and R&B artist from Paterson, New Jersey, United States, the youngest of six children. She had a string of succesfull hits in the late 80s to early 90s including "Warning" (#17), "I Thank You" (#17) and "Respect" (

Was a British singer, whose backing band were the Scrumpy and Western folk group, The Wurzels. Cutle

Was a British singer, whose backing band were the Scrumpy and Western folk group, The Wurzels. Cutler was known for his songs, but also his dry, West Country humour, and gained the unofficial title of "The Bard Of Avonmouth".

Was a painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atel

Was a painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atelier with his brother Seif Wanly, and participated in many local and international exhibition specially Venice, Sao-Paolo (Brasil), Alexandria Biennale.

Is an Israeli singer, musician, lyricist and composer who innovated a new music genre called Hasidic

Is an Israeli singer, musician, lyricist and composer who innovated a new music genre called Hasidic Underground (also known as Alternative Hasidic). He is a Na Nach Breslover.

Was an Iranian musician.He started music from childhood when his first music teacher was Andalib Gol

Was an Iranian musician.He started music from childhood when his first music teacher was Andalib Golpaygani in Khansar. When he was 18 he moved to Isfahan, famous for gathering of Iranian musicians in the 1920s.

An Italian singer .Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, province of Bologna, she was particularly famous in

An Italian singer .Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, province of Bologna, she was particularly famous in her country in the 1950s and 1960s. She won the Sanremo festival in 1951, singing "Grazie dei fiori" and 1952, singing "Vola colomba".

Was an abstract painter and printmaker who was born in Riga, Latvia in 1900. He studied art in Lenin

Was an abstract painter and printmaker who was born in Riga, Latvia in 1900. He studied art in Leningrad, Berlin, Paris and London. He lived in Paris for 14 years, and then moved to Stockholm in 1939. In Stockholm, he published and edited the arts magazines ARS magazine and Creation magazine. He moved to the United States in 1947, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1949, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. During the 1950s, he primarily worked in color woodcuts, introducing brushwork into the genre. In 1960, he began producing lithographs. He produced two important series of lithographs at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles?Salt (five lithographs) and Skies of Venice (ten lithographs). Yunkers died in New York City in 1983.

A Christian Puerto Rican pianist, composer and producer.A graduate of the Hartt School in Connecticu

A Christian Puerto Rican pianist, composer and producer.A graduate of the Hartt School in Connecticut, his studies were financed with a scholarship given to him by former Puerto Rico Governor, philanthropist and pianist Luis A. Ferré, whom he impressed early on with his talent.[2]

Was a painter and engraver, born in Warsaw, Poland, but worked and taught in France & Germany (where

Was a painter and engraver, born in Warsaw, Poland, but worked and taught in France & Germany (where he was active in the Berlin Secession movement). His oil painting relied on use of heavy impasto and was in style closely related to Impressionism. He died in Berlin.

Was a German pianist, composer and music teacher, and was the brother of Gustav Jensen (1843-1895) w

Was a German pianist, composer and music teacher, and was the brother of Gustav Jensen (1843-1895) who was a violinist and composer.Adolf Jensen was born in 1837 in Königsberg. His family were musicians. He mostly taught himself music but he got help from Louis Ehlert, Louis Köhler and Friedrich Marpurg (1825-1884). Ehlert came from Königsberg, Köhler taught there, and Marpurg was the director of the Königsberg Theater and the great grandson of Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg who wrote books about music theory

German painter, was born at Frankfurt-am-Main.He studied art first at the Städel Institute in his n

German painter, was born at Frankfurt-am-Main.He studied art first at the Städel Institute in his native town, and then at Stuttgart and Munich. He painted many of his favourite subjects in his travels in the East. He first accompanied Prince Thurn and Taxis through Hungary, Wallachia, Russia and Turkey; then, in 1854, he followed the Austrian army across the Wallachian frontier. In 1856 he went to Egypt and Syria, and in 1861 to Algiers. In 1862 he settled in Paris, but returned to Germany in 1870; and settled at Cronberg near Frankfurt, where he died.

Was a German writer, artist, and illustrator associated with the New Objectivity movement. He was bo

Was a German writer, artist, and illustrator associated with the New Objectivity movement. He was born in Ruhrort bei Duisburg and studied at the Cologne School of Architecture before enrolling in 1906 at the Düsseldorf School of Arts and Crafts. He exhibited in Berlin and Hagen in the years before World War I, and also became a successful commercial artist. While directing the advertising department of the Tietz department store, in 1916–17 he produced the portfolio of lithographs, Totentanz ("Danse Macabre"). Beginning in 1919 he exhibited with "Das Junge Rheinland" (Young Rhineland), of which he was a founding member. This stylistically diverse group, which also included Arthur Kaufmann and Herbert Eulenberg, was united only by their rejection of academic art.

Was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria.At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the

Was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria.At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the piano under Frau von Fladt. On obtaining financial help from King Ludwig I of Bavaria he went to study under Hummel in Weimar for some months, and thence in 1832 to Vienna, where, besides studying composition under Simon Sechter (the later teacher of Anton Bruckner), he made a great success as a concert pianist.