Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Australian artist. His works are signed J.Muir Auld.Auld studied under J. S. Watkins and Juli

Was an Australian artist. His works are signed J.Muir Auld.Auld studied under J. S. Watkins and Julian Ashton, and began to exhibit at the Royal Art Society of New South Wales around 1906. He contributed black and white drawings to The Bulletin and the Sydney Mail. In 1909 he travelled to London to study the wotk of English painters. There he had work accepted for London Opinion and other journals. Returning to Australia about 1911, he worked in Sydney on landscapes and figure subjects, and also did some portraits. On 1 July 1914 Auld married a divorcee Maggie Kate Kane, née Bell. In 1917 The Broken Vase was bought by the National Art Gallery of New South Wales. At about this time, they also purchased a portrait of the poet Roderic Quinn. He joined the Society of Artists, Sydney about 1920 and frequently exhibited with it. In the 1920s, he joined the well-known commercial art firm,

Better known by his stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer, songwriter, and occasional acto

Better known by his stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor.[1] Although he has had only limited mainstream success, Iggy Pop is considered an innovator of punk rock, garage rock, and other related styles.[

Is a Gospel, Irish, Country and Easy Listening singer from Achill Island County Mayo, Ireland. James

Is a Gospel, Irish, Country and Easy Listening singer from Achill Island County Mayo, Ireland. James Kilbane was the runner up in Ireland's talent TV show You're A Star in 2004. Since then he has established his career with his mix of Gospel, Country and Irish music. James was born in London England and in his childhood he returned to Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland. James married Christina in 1989 and their family home is on Achill Island.

Was a British singer and character actor, who appeared in many American films and television shows d

Was a British singer and character actor, who appeared in many American films and television shows during the 1940s–1970s, using the stage name J. Pat O'Malley. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in Ten Little Indians (1944) and Dial M for Murder.

Is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guita

Is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.

Is an American syndicated cartoonist.Toomey received his B.S.E. from Duke University's Pratt School

Is an American syndicated cartoonist.Toomey received his B.S.E. from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering in 1983, an M.L.A. from Stanford University in 1995, and a Master's of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment

Was an American painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brothe

Was an American painter, best known for his miniature and still life paintings, and a younger brother of noted painter Charles Willson Peale.Peale was born in Chestertown, Maryland, the second child, after Charles, of Charles Peale (1709–1750) and Margare

Is a Canadian pianist, saxophonist and composer.One of Canada’s great independent jazz players, Ja

Is a Canadian pianist, saxophonist and composer.One of Canada’s great independent jazz players, Jamie has carved out a respected place in jazz through his three CDs and collaborations with the likes of Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, Peter Appleyard, Joe Labarb

Was a South African rock singer, songwriter and performer.Phillips grew up in the conservative East

Was a South African rock singer, songwriter and performer.Phillips grew up in the conservative East Rand mining town of Springs, the son of a presbyterian minister. He finished high school at Witbank High in 1976. Phillips discovered Rock n Roll and perhaps significantly the protest music of Bob Dylan; the course of his life changed dramatically, in the late 1970s he formed his first band, Corporal Punishment with friends Carl Raubenheimer and Mark Bennet.

Was a Swiss-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. The cool neoclas

Was a Swiss-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. The cool neoclassical surface finish of his sculptures is charged with an eroticism that their mythological themes can barely disguise. At the Salon of 1834, Pradier's Satyr and Bacchante created a scandalous sensation.

He also competed in several international piano competitions such as the Tschaikovsky International

He also competed in several international piano competitions such as the Tschaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow, the Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest and the first Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Israel, greatly acclaimed by both public and jury.

Is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both as a member of the iconic[1] 1980s band Au

Is an Australian rock musician and singer/songwriter both as a member of the iconic[1] 1980s band Australian Crawl[2] and solo work.Reyne lived in Mt. Eliza, Victoria, was educated at The Peninsula School and then went on to study drama at the Victorian College of Arts. He formed a band called Spiff Rouch containing fellow locals Bill McDonough, Guy McDonough, Brad Robinson, Paul Williams, Robert Walker, Mark Hudson and Simon Binks.

Was an African American sculptor known for his many public works, including the Toussaint L’Ouvert

Was an African American sculptor known for his many public works, including the Toussaint L’Ouverture Monument in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and a sculpture of Rose McClendon for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater House.Barthe once said that “all my life I have be interested in trying to capture the spiritual quality I see and feel in people, and I feel that the human figure as God made it, is the best means of expressing this spirit in man.”

Is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. Other comics that he has wor

Is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield. Other comics that he has worked on include Tumbleweeds, Gnorm Gnat, U.S. Acres a.k.a. Orson's Farm, and a strip about Mr. Potato Head. He has written Emmy-award winning TV specials and was also one of the producers behind the "Garfield & Friends" TV show which aired on CBS from 1988-1995

Was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by many music authori

Was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by many music authorities one of the fathers of Western swing and called by his fans the "King of Western Swing."He was born near Kosse, Texas to Emma Lee Foley and John Tompkins Wills. His father was a fiddle player who along with his grandfather, taught the young Wills to play the fiddle and the mandolin. Wills spent his youth picking cotton and listening to adults sing their way through the day. "I don't know whether they made them up as they moved down the cotton rows or not," Wills once told Charles Townsend, author of San Antonio Rose: The Life and Times of Bob Wills, "but they sang blues you never heard before."

Was a cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams. He was best known for his long-run daily syndic

Was a cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams. He was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel, Out Our Way. As noted by Coulton Waugh in his 1947 book, The Comics, anecdotal evidence indicated that more Williams' cartoons were clipped and

Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead

Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' hit records. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the Byrds.

An acclaimed American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement.From 1957 to 1960,

An acclaimed American artist and one of the protagonists in the pop-art movement.From 1957 to 1960, he earned his living as a billboard painter. This was perfect training, as it turned out, for an artist about to explode onto the pop art scene. Rosenquist deftly applied sign-painting techniques to the large-scale paintings he began creating in 1960. Like other pop artists, Rosenquist adapted the visual language of advertising and pop culture (often funny, vulgar, and outrageous) to the context of fine art. Rosenquist achieved international acclaim in 1965 with the room-scale painting F-111.

Is an American sculptor.He has created sculptural works for the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog

Is an American sculptor.He has created sculptural works for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His most famous work is Kryptos, a sculpture on the grounds of

Was a British painter specializing in portraits, and a member of the Royal Academy.Sant lived to the

Was a British painter specializing in portraits, and a member of the Royal Academy.Sant lived to the age of 96 and produced an astonishing number of canvases for exhibition at the Academy, some 250 of them, from 1840 through 1904. He was elected to the RA in 1870, and in 1872 Sant was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary (official portraitist) to Queen Victoria and the royal family. Sant resigned from the RA in 1914 to "make room for younger men." His work can be found at the Tate Gallery.

Is an American musician from West Haven, Connecticut, best known as the lead vocalist of the hardcor

Is an American musician from West Haven, Connecticut, best known as the lead vocalist of the hardcore band Hatebreed.Jasta's current band, Hatebreed, released their breakthrough album Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire on November 11, 1997. Hatebreed remains a prominent hardcore band today, releasing their most recent record, Supremacy, on August 29, 2006.Along with Hatebreed, Jasta is the frontman of the side projects Kingdom of Sorrow and Icepick.In 2003, Jasta became the full-time host of Headbanger's Ball on MTV2. However, in recent months, the show has solely focused on music videos, and Jasta has not appeared for quite some time.

Artist, was born in County Antrim, Ireland.Painter of portraits and still life, James Sleator was so

Artist, was born in County Antrim, Ireland.Painter of portraits and still life, James Sleator was son of William Slator (different spelling), who taught at Derryvane National School, near Portadown, and was later principle of Strandtown National School, Belfast.

Was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter and engraver, a follower of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.[1]Smetham

Was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter and engraver, a follower of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.[1]Smetham was born in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, and attended school in Leeds; he was originally apprenticed to an architect before deciding on an artistic career. He studied at the Royal Academy, beginning in 1843. His modest early success as a portrait painter was stifled by the development of photography (a problem shared by other artists of the time). In 1851 Smetham took a teaching position att the Wesleyan Normal College in Westminster; in 1854 he married Sarah Goble, a fellow teacher at the school. They would eventually have six children.

Was Australia's foremost surrealist artist. He was also a poet, critic, writer and curator. He playe

Was Australia's foremost surrealist artist. He was also a poet, critic, writer and curator. He played a significant role in the Australian art scene, including serving on the board of the National Gallery of Australia.During the 1950s and '60s he moved to a more symbolic perspective, exploring notions of human perfectibility. At this time he increasingly fashioned small psychedelic compositions made using the surrealist technique of decalcomania in the background, to suggest a landscape, and finished by adding a fastidiously painted male nude in the foreground. Many of his paintings had homoerotic undertones, something which reflected on Gleeson's own sexuality.[1] The ideas for these compositions also saw Gleeson move into collage with his Locus Solus series, where he produced a substantial body of work by placing dismembered photographs, magazine illustrations, diagrams and lines of visionary poetry against abstract pools of ink.

Was an American country and pop singer.Jim Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural communi

Was an American country and pop singer.Jim Reeves was born in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage. He became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Adios Amigo (song)," "Welcome To My World," and "Am I Losing You" demonstrated this approach. Jim Reeves' Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including songs such as "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas," and "An Old Christmas Card".