Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalis

Was an Australian pianist, most particularly notable as an accompanist to singers and instrumentalists. After the retirement of Gerald Moore, he was generally considered the world’s finest and most sympathetic accompanist of lieder singers.Geoffrey Parsons was born in the Sydney suburb of Ashfield, to a working class family. He had two older brothers and a large extended family. He originally intended to study architecture, but his love of music prevailed. He studied with Winifred Burston (a student of Ferruccio Busoni) at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music from 1941 to 1948, and under the general tutelage of Eugene Goossens. He won the ABC's Instrumental and Vocal Competition in 1947 with a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2. He toured Australia with Essie Ackland in 1948, and in 1950 travelled to Britain to perform with bass baritone Peter Dawson. The six-concert tour completed,

Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sul

Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sulman Prize in 1976 with Untitled Jane. Has held 41 solo exhibitions in his career.

Is an American figure skater. In his first year as a senior, he has been given two senior Grand Prix

Is an American figure skater. In his first year as a senior, he has been given two senior Grand Prix assignments.

Is a comic artist and designer born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. He is known for having an

Is a comic artist and designer born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. He is known for having an extremely high level of detail in his work.

Was a Danish surrealist artist.

Was a Danish surrealist artist.

Is a German painter who studied in the former East Germany, before moving to what was then the count

Is a German painter who studied in the former East Germany, before moving to what was then the country of West Germany. Baselitz's style is interpreted by the Northern American[clarify] as Neo-Expressionist, but from a European perspective, it is more seen as postmodern.

Was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop (most

Was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop (most famous are his comic songs "Jö schau" (about a streaker at the Café Hawelka) and "Hupf' in Gatsch", both in Viennese German), he always refused to be part of this genre.

Was a prolific artist and a children's book author. Georg Klusemann belongs to a group of artists su

Was a prolific artist and a children's book author. Georg Klusemann belongs to a group of artists such as Werner Gilles, Eduard Bargheer or Gerhard Hoehme, whose work reflects their adoption of Italian culture. He studied at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf under Teo Otto, from 1962 to 1968, with Katharina Sieverding and Jörg Immendorff. After extensive travels to Spain, the Orient and Latin America, his work gained a clear original profile (Hans M. Schmidt[1]). Impulses from contemporary European Art can be traced to Joan Miró, Victor Vasarely, Giorgio Morandi or Domenico Gnoli, to Surrealism or OpArt. But the impulses are transformed and integrated into a unique concept that cannot be associated to any known current in Art.

Was a German painter and draftsman who was also famous for his stained glass windows in the whole of

Was a German painter and draftsman who was also famous for his stained glass windows in the whole of Europe. Influenced by late Cubism and Alfred Manessier, he created abstract paintings, but he also produced portraits and wall paintings. Beginning in 1937 he made stained glass windows, for which he would become famous. One example, installed in 1957, is to be found in Berlin's Kaiser-Friedrich-Gedächtniskirche.

Was a German Painter.

Was a German Painter.

A professor at the University of Erlangen, GermanyNees studied mathematics, physics and philosophy a

A professor at the University of Erlangen, GermanyNees studied mathematics, physics and philosophy at Erlangen and Stuttgart and in 1969 he received a Ph.D. in "Generative Computer Graphics" under Max Bense, the founder of Information Aesthetics. In 1977 he became honorary professor in Angewandte Informatik at the University of Erlangen and writer at SEMIOSIS, an international paper for semiotics and aesthetics.Since 1964 Nees has been working with computer graphics, sculptures and film – both producing and theorizing about it. In 1965 Nees along with two other pioneers within the field of early computer art, Frieder Nake and A. Michael Noll, organised exhibitions of computer graphics calling it ”Computer Art”.

Was an Estonian opera singer. His father was the renowned tenor Karl Ots.

Was an Estonian opera singer. His father was the renowned tenor Karl Ots.

Was an American artist of the 19th century. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and had a studio in

Was an American artist of the 19th century. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and had a studio in North Cambridge, Massachusetts for several years. He studied under Nicolas de Keyser at the Acadamey Royale de Belgium in Antwerp.[1] Frost made two trips

Is a jazz pianist.He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, and others.Cables was cl

Is a jazz pianist.He has played with Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Art Pepper, and others.Cables was classically trained as a youth, and when he started at the "Fame"-worthy New York High School of Performing Arts, he admittedly "didn't know anything about j

Is a singer and actor from Thursday Island. He performed under his own and and the stage name Vic Sa

Is a singer and actor from Thursday Island. He performed under his own and and the stage name Vic Sabrino. Assang was of Aboriginal, Islander and Asian descent.As Vic Sabrino he may have made the first Australian Rock'n'Roll recording. A single he recorded with Red Perksey & His Orchestra included a version of the Rock Around The Clock. This single may have been recorded in 1955, before Johnny O'Keefe's Wild One in 1957.

Was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist. He worked in

Was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist. He worked in many media and created illustrations for the covers of magazines, books, and sheet music, as well as other types of work such as monograms and trademarks.

Was an English singer. He is remembered for singing on thousands of gramophone records in a career t

Was an English singer. He is remembered for singing on thousands of gramophone records in a career that spanned 53 years, beginning in 1909. He is especially associated with the comic baritone roles in recordings of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas.

Was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of ballet in the United States, co-

Was one of the 20th century's foremost choreographers, a pioneer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet: his work created modern ballet, based on his deep knowledge of classical forms and techniques.[2] He was

Was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on Octobe

Was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on October 10, 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commis

Was a famous Australian painter.He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1895-

Was a famous Australian painter.He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1895-1903.[1] and continued his studies in Paris and London in the early 1900s.During World War I he worked first as a teacher and then in a munitions factory. From October 1918 to the end of 1919 he was an official war artist to the 4th Division of the Australian Imperial Force. His major war painting concerning the Battle of Hamel: Dawn at Hamel 4th July 1918, was completed in Australia in 1921 and now hangs in the Australian War Memorial.[1][2]

Was an American realist, an illustrator and genre painter.George Benjamin Luks, August 13, 1867- Oct

Was an American realist, an illustrator and genre painter.George Benjamin Luks, August 13, 1867- October 29, 1933 was an American realist, an illustrator and genre painter. Luks was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to Central European immigrants. His f

Is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.

Is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is however, better known to the public at large as a Pop and R&B singer, famous for such hits as "Give Me the Night", "Lady Love Me (One More Time)", "T

Is a prominent singer/songwriter of gospel music, the author of several hymns and hymn tunes.Born in

Is a prominent singer/songwriter of gospel music, the author of several hymns and hymn tunes.Born in Winchester, Ontario, Canada, Shea was one of eight children of a Wesleyan Church minister and his wife. He began singing in the church choir in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His family later moved to Upstate New York and from there, he went on to work in commercial radio. Living in Chicago, he wrote and sang religious music that led to his performing on religious radio broadcasts and to a calling in gospel music that spanned more than sixty years with Billy Graham and his ministry, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. His association with Graham began in 1943, while Graham was pastor of the Village Church in Western Springs, Illinois with the inauguration of Graham's "Songs in the Night" radio progam.

Was a major Greek expressionist painter. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of Athens wi

Was a major Greek expressionist painter. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of Athens with teachers such as Nikiphoros Lytras and Konstantinos Volanakis, Roilos and Geraniotis. In 1907 he moved to Munich to continue his art studies with Otto Seitz. In 1910 he moved to Berlin where he was taught from Max Liebermann.

Was a minimalist artist and composer (although not in the conventional sense) and a professional che

Was a minimalist artist and composer (although not in the conventional sense) and a professional chemist who has worked as consultant for such companies as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil. He was an early Fluxus artist. His nom de guerre is an homage to Bertolt Brecht.Brecht studied at John Cage's New School for Social Research in 1958 and 1959. He also wrote about Fluxus in The Fluxus Newspaper. Hannah Higgins, daughter of Dick Higgins and Alison Knowles, mentions and quotes Brecht several times in her landmark book about Fluxus, "The Fluxus Experience" (2002). Notable contributions to Fluxus from George Brecht include "Word Events", and Water Yam,