Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Is a Polish artist working in poster, illustration and painting.He graduated in 1981 at the Academy

Is a Polish artist working in poster, illustration and painting.He graduated in 1981 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in Tomaszewski's studio.

Also known as Will Pan, is a popular American-born Taiwanese singer, rapper and drama actor, who sta

Also known as Will Pan, is a popular American-born Taiwanese singer, rapper and drama actor, who started his career as a host of Channel V programs.

Was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.He recorded with Ernie Andrews in Los Angeles in 1945, a

Was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.He recorded with Ernie Andrews in Los Angeles in 1945, and led a trio which included Charles Mingus around that time as well. He served as the accompanist for Dinah Washington when she sang with the Lucky Thomps

Was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis.In additi

Was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis.In addition to working with his own groups in the 1960s, Davis made several albums with his friend Johnny Hodges, leading to tours during 1969–1971 with Duke Elling

Was a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller. Widely acknowledged as the

Was a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller. Widely acknowledged as the father of Canadian country music, Carter was Canada's first country music star, inspiring a generation of young Canadian performers.Carter performed his f

Was a musician and songwriter whose career took in ska, R&B, soul, rocksteady, reggae, and ballads.E

Was a musician and songwriter whose career took in ska, R&B, soul, rocksteady, reggae, and ballads.Edwards' came to the attention of Chris Blackwell in 1959 and when Blackwell set up Island Records in London in 1962, Edwards travelled with him. Edwards worked as a singer and songwriter for Island as well as performing duties such as delivering records.[1] He wrote both "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me", that became #1 singles in the United Kingdom for The Spencer Davis Group.[

Was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mous

Was an American animator, arranger, composer and director best known for his work on the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies series of cartoons from The Walt Disney Company.

He is linked to conceptual art. He moved to Havana to pursue his art studies at the famed Higher Ins

He is linked to conceptual art. He moved to Havana to pursue his art studies at the famed Higher Institute of Fine Arts (ISA), graduating in 2002. He has a university diploma as a painter but he hasn’t painted anything for the last 10 years. He admires the conceptualist Marcel Duchamp but tries to distance himself from any traditional way of making art and also tries to stay free of any particular historical or cultural, considerations that could avoid his creativity. Habana is certainly a significant point of reference and a very important focus for him.

An artist and sculptor. www.stoneart-behre.deWork in several goldsmith workshops, student of the Jap

An artist and sculptor. www.stoneart-behre.deWork in several goldsmith workshops, student of the Japanese stone sculptor Makoto Fujiwara at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover where he was examined as “Master student” (Meisterschüler) in 1992. Internationally active with sculptures in Germany, India, Malaysia and Vietnam. In 1994 Professor at the international Summer academy of fine arts in Salzburg, Austria. 1987 until 1990 co-founder and 1st Chairman of the "AUE-Creativeschool"" in Hanover. 2002 wedding with the Japanese tea ceremony master Hiroyo Nakamoto.

A electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13.

A electronic musician.He moved to Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada with his family when he was 13. He was a high school student at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School.Leeb began his musical career with industrial band Skinny Puppy under the pseudonym of Wilhelm Schroeder in 1985, contributing bass synth and occasional backing vocals to a few of their recordings and concerts from his period. He left in mid 1986 and formed his own industrial project Front Line Assembly with Michael Balch, and later Rhys Fulber and Chris Peterson. Though Front Line Assembly has had consistent underground success, Leeb's most widely known efforts are through his side project, Delerium, which had a major hit in the late 1990s with "Silence", featuring Sarah McLachlan.

Was a Polish-German painter. Born in Gdansk (Danzig), he finished the Gdansk School of Fine Arts (Da

Was a Polish-German painter. Born in Gdansk (Danzig), he finished the Gdansk School of Fine Arts (Danziger Kunstschule). He studied here under Johann Carl Schultz, the school founder and director, and with a scholarship he later studied in Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. From 1870-1873 he was one of creators of the City Museum (now, National Museum). From 1880 he was art conservator of the museum collection, and from 1887 he was the museum's curator and at the same time - he was a secretary of Association of Friends of Art. From 1873 he lectured in the School of Arts and Artistic Crafts. In 1912, partially paralyzed, he lost command of one hand. He died in Essen in 1917 and was subsequently buried in Gdansk accroding to his last will.

Was a German pianist and pedagogue.Backhaus studied at the conservatoire in Leipzig with Alois Recke

Was a German pianist and pedagogue.Backhaus studied at the conservatoire in Leipzig with Alois Reckendorf until 1899, later taking private lessons with Eugen d'Albert in Frankfurt am Main. He made his first concert tour at the age of sixteen. In 1905 he won the Anton Rubinstein Competition with Béla Bartók taking second place. He toured widely throughout his life - in 1921 he gave seventeen concerts in Buenos Aires in less than three weeks. Backhaus made his U.S. debut on January 5, 1912, as soloist in Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto with Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Orchestra.[1] In 1930 he moved to Lugano and became a citizen of Switzerland. He died in Villach in Austria where he was to play in a concert.

A German painter and poet who is known for his satirical picture stories. After studying first mecha

A German painter and poet who is known for his satirical picture stories. After studying first mechanical engineering and then art in D

Danish genre and portrait painter, is one of the main personages associated with the Golden Age of D

Danish genre and portrait painter, is one of the main personages associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Art (Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi) in Copenhagen from 1820 to 1825, winning both silver medals but never the gold prize. He studied under professor Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, but may at the same time have acquired some knowledge of contemporary German painting.

Was a German sculptor.Born in Duisburg, he studied sculpture arts at the academy of arts in Düsseld

Was a German sculptor.Born in Duisburg, he studied sculpture arts at the academy of arts in Düsseldorf and contributed to an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. From 1910–1914 he lived in Paris, where he met Modigliani, Brancusi, and Archipenko.

Is an Austrian singer, comedian and human rights activist.In 1969 Resetarits joined the political ro

Is an Austrian singer, comedian and human rights activist.In 1969 Resetarits joined the political rock band Schmetterlinge (Butterflies). They participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 in London with the song Boom-Boom-Boomerang, which was voted into last but one place.

Was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist, child of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and sister

Was a Swedish painter and portrait miniaturist, child of the painter Per Krafft the Elder and sister of the artist Per Krafft the Younger.Wilhelmina Krafft and her brother acted as models for their father's children-portraits, a genre for which he was famous; one of these paintings portraits Per drawing and Wilhelmina at his feet in admiration (1783) and one other Wilhelmina alone praying (1782).

Was a Dutch singer.Neyman was born in Limburg. In the beginning of the 1970s, he took a course at Kl

Was a Dutch singer.Neyman was born in Limburg. In the beginning of the 1970s, he took a course at Kleinkunst Academy in Amsterdam. Neyman's first success came in 1980 with the song Ik weet niet hoe. In 1985 Neyman scored his biggest hit with Waarom fluister ik je naam nog (number 1 position in some Dutch charts). From the second half of the 1980s Neyman had no major hits.

An American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting the human fi

An American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting the human figure and animals, both in casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds.Barnet's works, while remaining universal, reference his own personal history complete with images of his wife, his daughter and their family pets. As James Thomas Flexner wrote, Barnet’s work “makes us experience the interplay between the personal and the universal.” While remaining representational, the simple elegance of the figures and their flat surfaces reflect his exploration with abstraction. He was a key figure in the New York movement called Indian Space Painting, artists who based their abstract and semi-abstract work on Native American

Was a German sculptor. In 1959 he was posthumously awarded the National Prize of the German Democrat

Was a German sculptor. In 1959 he was posthumously awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic. In 1914 he served as a soldier in the First World War, which he survived only after being seriously wounded. After the war he attended the College of Ceramics in Höhr, near Koblenz. In the years which followed he worked as a freelance sculptor in the town of his birth, as well as in Düsseldorf and Munich. He also exhibited works in conjunction with the group Das Junge Rheinland, whose members included Otto Dix and Max Ernst. In 1920 he married Hette Meyerbach.

Is a Taiwanese singer and composer. He is well-known for his album "Cai Hong Tian Tang" (????) ("Rai

Is a Taiwanese singer and composer. He is well-known for his album "Cai Hong Tian Tang" (????) ("Rainbow Heaven") and is known as good friends with Taiwanese superstars Jay Chou and Alan Luo Zhi Xiang.

Dancer and singer.Mastin was the leader of the Will Mastin Trio which included Sammy Davis, Sr. and

Dancer and singer.Mastin was the leader of the Will Mastin Trio which included Sammy Davis, Sr. and his son Sammy Davis, Jr.. Will Mastin was also the "uncle" of Sammy Davis, Jr. and Sammy's father Sammy Davis, Sr. and Will were good friends.The Will Mastin Trio started out as just Will Mastin and Sammy Davis, Sr., but when Sammy Davis, Jr. joined at the age of three, and the group was named the Will Mastin Trio. The three appeared in the 1956 Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful.

Is the stage name of Arthur, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherla

Is the stage name of Arthur, Knight Blanckaert, a Belgian artist famous in Flanders and the Netherlands. Tura is a singer, musician (he can play the piano, guitar, drums, accordion and harmonica), composer and songwriter. He is married to Jenny Swinnen, with whom he has a son David (born October 16, 1974) and a daughter Sandy Tura (born November 21, 1975).

Is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop I

Is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in 2002 after winning the inaugural Pop Idol contest.In February 2002, Young came to national prominence by winning the ITV television programme contest Pop Idol. Contrary to press claims of being

Was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit based television show Bill

Was an American actor, voice artist, and host of the long-running Detroit based television show Bill Kennedy at the Movies. Kennedy's voice is heard doing the opening narration of the television series Adventures of Superman.