Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter R

Was an Irish painter.O'Conor attended the Metropolitan School and Royal Hibernian Academy early in h

Was an Irish painter.O'Conor attended the Metropolitan School and Royal Hibernian Academy early in his career. Like his classmate, Richard Moynan, O'Conor would travel to Antwerp then Paris to gain further experience. In 1892 he went to Pont-Aven in Brittany where he worked closely with a group of artists around the Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin, whom he befriended.

Is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Eppi

Is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He has Scottish and English parentage.With his distinctive raspy voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and early '70s with The Jeff Beck

An artist frequently linked with the Vancouver School, the brand of conceptual art that has made Van

An artist frequently linked with the Vancouver School, the brand of conceptual art that has made Vancouver, British Columbia an important city for global art since the mid-to-late 1980s.A former student of Ian Wallace at the city's Simon Fraser University, Graham joined both his teacher and classmate Jeff Wall in forming Vancouver's short-lived no-wave band UJ3RK5. Unlike many of his colleagues, most notably Wall and Ken Lum, Graham's career was only established in the mid-1990s, after having represented Canada at the 1997 Venice Biennale.

Was an Argentine Tango musician who started his musical career by playing background music for silen

Was an Argentine Tango musician who started his musical career by playing background music for silent movies, and this was where he was first discovered by a tango band leader.As a tango pianist, he played with several orchestras. He played for the orchestra of Juan D'Arienzo from 1935 to 1938, and is often partly credited for the development of D'Arienzos rhythmic style. He later formed his own orchestra, and the special rhythmic qualities of his music is easily recognisable.

Is a musician.Bandoneonist, composer and arranger he lived in Cuba and France. Back in Argentina, he

Is a musician.Bandoneonist, composer and arranger he lived in Cuba and France. Back in Argentina, he founded the cult group Generación Cero.In his beginnings he was captivated by Piazzolla. However, he tried to transcend that influence; he strived for more. Even though he had played with Piazzolla for several years, he joined the Osvaldo Pugliese Orchestra -alongside other young musicians of his generation that shared a similar musical idea-, he was after his own destiny.

Was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas.Kreutzer's compositi

Was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas.Kreutzer's compositions include nineteen violin concertos and forty operas. His best known works, however, are the 42 études ou caprices (1796), which are fundamental pedagogic studies.

A pre-Erasmian humanist of the northern Low Countries, famous for his supple Latin and one of the fi

A pre-Erasmian humanist of the northern Low Countries, famous for his supple Latin and one of the first north of the Alps to know Greek well

Was an Argentine singer of cuarteto music. His nickname among cuarteto fans was el potro ("the Colt"

Was an Argentine singer of cuarteto music. His nickname among cuarteto fans was el potro ("the Colt").Rodrigo was born into the cuarteto scene, and met many famous figures (such as Carlos Mona Jiménez) through family connections. He left school in the 7th grade to join "Manto Negro", and started recording at age 15.Rodrigo was popular in Córdoba and many other provinces, and made inroads into Buenos Aires middle-class audiences. He was the best-selling cuarteto artist in the late 1990s, and performed in the largest concert halls in the country (including Buenos Aires's Luna Park).

Is a Dutch singer / songwriter He was born on March 20, 1978 in Delft, the Netherlands. On stage he

Is a Dutch singer / songwriter He was born on March 20, 1978 in Delft, the Netherlands. On stage he plays keyboards, or the electric guitar.VanVelzen released his debut single, 'Baby Get Higher', in 2006. It became an airplay hit in the Netherlands and peaked at #17 in the Dutch Top 40. In January 2007, his second single, 'Burn', was released. It did better than 'Baby Get Higher' in the charts, peaking at #7 in the Dutch Top 40 and #6 in the Dutch mega top 50.

Was a Flanders-born Dutch baroque painter of the Golden Age.Like so many other artists, Savery's Ana

Was a Flanders-born Dutch baroque painter of the Golden Age.Like so many other artists, Savery's Anabaptist family fled North from the Spanish occupied Southern Netherlands when Roelant was about 4 years old and settled in Haarlem around 1585. He was taught painting by his older brother Jacob Savery (c.1565-1603) and Hans Bol.

Was a Dutch painter. By education he was a photographer, but in 1930, he started painting. He later

Was a Dutch painter. By education he was a photographer, but in 1930, he started painting. He later had a strong relation with the CoBrA movement, and his artworks are quite similar to some of the art from the CoBrA movement. They are very abstract and spontaneous paintings in strong colours. Oil on canvas was his preferred medium. Publications with his art were occasionally accompanied by small poems that he wrote himself. Frankot has been considered an innovator of Dutch art with all its great traditions. Frankot died at the age of 73 from cancer.

An Australian painter. Naturalist and zoologist, he is one of the most recognized artists of the und

An Australian painter. Naturalist and zoologist, he is one of the most recognized artists of the underwater world.Roger Swainston was raised in the Western Australian outback surrounded by wildlife. The unique Australian flora and fauna fascinated and inspired him from an early age and he has drawn and painted it since childhood. In the late 70's he travelled and worked around the north coast of Australia on fishing trawlers. The endless variety of undersea life he encountered in their nets encouraged him to undertake further studies and he graduated from the University of W.A. with a degree in Zoology in 1981. He then worked in the fish department of the WA Museum and took part in a variety of scientific expeditions. These included surveying the fish fauna of West Australia's south coast with the WA Museum, the deepwater fauna off the northwest shelf with [CSIRO][1

Is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the alt

Is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the alternative rock band Aerial. Argenis was born in San Jose, California.

Was an American figure skater who competed in ice dancing. After partnering Diane Sherbloom in 1959,

Was an American figure skater who competed in ice dancing. After partnering Diane Sherbloom in 1959, he won the bronze medal at the 1960 United States Figure Skating Championships with Yvonne Littlefield and went on to finish eight at that year's World Fi

Was a French cubist painter.He was born in Le Mans where his father, an officer in the French army,

Was a French cubist painter.He was born in Le Mans where his father, an officer in the French army, was temporarily stationed. The La Fresnaye's were an aristocratic family whose ancestral home, the Château de La Fresnaye, is in Falaise.

Is an English artist. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians, which he began pa

Is an English artist. He is best known for his work on album covers for musicians, which he began painting in the late 1960s, and which usually feature exotic, fantastic landscapes.

Was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his mid-1960s country/pop hits such

Was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his mid-1960s country/pop hits such as "King of the Road", "Dang Me," and "England Swings." He also wrote the music and lyrics for the Tony-award winning Broadway musical Big River (1985).

Was an English artist and an art critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury group. Despite establishing

Was an English artist and an art critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury group. Despite establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, as he matured as a critic he became an advocate of more recent developments in French painting, to which he gave the name Post-Impressionism. The first figure to raise public awareness of modern art in Britain, he was described by the art historian Kenneth Clark as "incomparably the greatest influence on taste since Ruskin... In so far as taste can be changed by one man, it was changed by Roger Fry".[citation needed]

Was an American figure skater. Turner was the seven time (1928–1934) U.S. National Champion and tw

Was an American figure skater. Turner was the seven time (1928–1934) U.S. National Champion and two time (1930–1931) World silver medalist. He is tied with Dick Button for having the most consecutive wins at the U.S. Championships (men's singles). He was

Is a well-known songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a

Is a well-known songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.

Was one of Australia's foremost practitioners of transcendental abstraction. Working in the traditio

Was one of Australia's foremost practitioners of transcendental abstraction. Working in the tradition of Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian and Frantisek Kupka, he developed a system of symbols and motifs which were deployed in his non-figurative paintings so as to reveal cosmic mysteries, striving in particular to explain man's place in a universal order.After 20 years of isolated development and unrecognised innovation, Kemp came to prominence in the 1950s as the leader of a small Melbourne-based avant-garde of Geometric Abstractionists, including Leonard French, George Johnson, Inge King and Leonard Crawford. Increasing attention and critical acclaim saw them vilified by a rival circle of figurative artists associated with the Contemporary Art Society, who formed a controversial exhibiting group, called the Antipodeans, in order to check the spread of abstract art in Australia.

Is a musician, journalist, film maker, actor and educator who was born in South Africa. In the late

Is a musician, journalist, film maker, actor and educator who was born in South Africa. In the late 1970s and early 1980s his early career as a musician was destroyed by Paul Erasmus of the South African Special Branch, because the lyrics to Lucey's protest songs were considered a threat to the Apartheid State. Although already aware of his anti-apartheid songs, the South African Government's security apparatus only swung into action to destroy Lucey's career after he performed a radical song in a programme on Voice of America radio. The criminal methods used against Lucey formed part of the testimony given by Paul Erasmus in front of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.[1][2]

Is a German jazz musician and the son of the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero.He made his first appeara

Is a German jazz musician and the son of the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero.He made his first appearance at the age of eleven supporting German singer Helen Vita. He appeared on television for the first time aged 16, alongside the RIAS-Tanzorchester, then under the direction of Horst Jankowski. Cicero joined the Hohner Conservatory in Trossingen when he was 18, where he received coaching in piano, guitar and singing.

Is a Cuban artist specializing in graphic design, painting, drawing and engraving.Aguilar studied in

Is a Cuban artist specializing in graphic design, painting, drawing and engraving.Aguilar studied in 1965 at the Escuela Nacional para Instructores de Artes Plásticas in Havana and the following year he became part of the seminary the Taller Experimental de Gráfica (TEG) in Havana, Cuba. Between 1977- 1981, Aguilar was director of this institution and the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).

Is an English musician best known as the percussionist and backing, sometimes lead, vocalist of the

Is an English musician best known as the percussionist and backing, sometimes lead, vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound[1] and is considered one of the most influential rock drummers of the 1970's.