Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter W

Adriano started his career in 1999 on Flamengo's youth squad, and earned promotion to the senior squ

Adriano started his career in 1999 on Flamengo's youth squad, and earned promotion to the senior squad one year later. Despite signing a two-year contract with Flamengo in June 2000, he secured a move to Internazionale for the 2001-02 season, and scored his first goal with the club against Real Madrid in a friendly match as a substitute.[1] He was loaned out to league rival ACF Fiorentina for the 2001-02 season,[2] after which a two-year co-ownership deal with Parma F.C. was agreed, along with Matteo Ferrari

Is an American actor. He began as a child actor, and subsequently developed into adult roles, having

Is an American actor. He began as a child actor, and subsequently developed into adult roles, having strongly concentrated on independent films (including Brick, The Lookout and Mysterious Skin).Gordon-Levitt began his acting career at the age of six, appearing in several late 1980s made-for-television films and two episodes of the series Family Ties. After having a lead role on the short-lived 1991 revival of the television series Dark Shadows as David Collins, he made his feature-film debut with a background role in 1992's Beethoven. Later that same year, he played a young version of Craig Sheffer's character in A River Runs Through It. At the age of twelve, Gordon-Levitt took the lead role of Gregory in the film Switching Parents, which was based on the true story of Gregory Kingsley, a boy who won the right to legally divorce his parents. In 1994,

Was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he

Was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.

Was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he

Was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.In 1896 he settled in Munich and studied first in the private school of Anton Ažbe and then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. He went back to Moscow in 1914 after World War I started. He was unsympathetic to the official theories on art in Moscow and returned to Germany in 1921. There he taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture from 1922 until the Nazis closed it in 1933. He then moved to France where he lived the rest of his life, and became a French citizen in 1939. He died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1944.

Was a master of the end-blown Japanese bamboo flute. He studied Rinzai Zen, attaining the title of r

Was a master of the end-blown Japanese bamboo flute. He studied Rinzai Zen, attaining the title of roshi. In the 1950s, Watazumi assembled the Dokyoku Honkyoku repertoire of pieces.Watazumi played the unlacquered hocchiku, in contrast with the modern shakuhachi, stressing that to truly understand nature and oneself, one had to use an instrument of the most raw and natural origin. This belief inspired him to create and lead the Watazumi-do (or "Way of Watazumi") school of spiritual discipline.

A popular Korean singer.Before her debut, Wax was the lead vocalist of a band called "Dog" in the ye

A popular Korean singer.Before her debut, Wax was the lead vocalist of a band called "Dog" in the year 1998.[1] She made her debut in the professional music scene singing the song "Oppa" which was a re-made version of Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop". Her debut album, "Oppa", released in November 2000 managed to showcase her singing talent and it spawned a number of hits like "Mother's Diary", "Oppa", and ”The Reason You Left Me" remaining on the charts for weeks.

Was an influential American country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose

Was an influential American country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. He escaped death in the February 3, 1959 plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens

Is an Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated American actor, singer, comedian and television

Is an Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated American actor, singer, comedian and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the h

A science fiction and fantasy painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustra

A science fiction and fantasy painter. He has painted over 300 book and magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time, and Newsweek. His parents, Sy and Dorothea Barlowe, were both natural history artists.He is well known for his realistic paintings of surreal alien (or fantastic) life. His Barlowe's Guides to extraterrestrials and to fantasy are his interpretations of specific creatures and beings from well-known science fiction and fantasy literature. His Inferno is an interpretation of the demonology contained in the Grimoire of Honorius.

Is a singer, producer and songwriter who lives in Berlin. He also plays guitar in Bela B.'s live ban

Is a singer, producer and songwriter who lives in Berlin. He also plays guitar in Bela B.'s live band Los Helmstedt.Wayne Jackson began his career as the singer and song writer in the UK band The Dostoyevskys, who were signed to Go! Discs. They released s

Is an Australian country music/50s/60s/70s Memory Lane singer, who started his career in 1959 in the

Is an Australian country music/50s/60s/70s Memory Lane singer, who started his career in 1959 in the city of Sydney, Australia. Since then he has toured with Charley Pride (twice) & Buddy Williams, made over 100 TV appearances and appeared as the opening act for Don Williams in early 2004.

An American painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipstic

An American painter whose most famous works are of cakes, pastries, boots, toilets, toys and lipsticks. His last name is pronounced "Tee-bo." He is associated with the Pop art movement because of his interest in objects of mass culture, however, his works, executed during the fifties and sixties, slightly predate the works of the classic pop artists. Thiebaud uses heavy pigment and exaggerated colors to depict his subjects, and the well-defined shadows characteristic of advertisements are almost always included in his work.

Was an American pianist. He studied piano in Europe with Artur Schnabel and Emil von Sauer. In 1929,

Was an American pianist. He studied piano in Europe with Artur Schnabel and Emil von Sauer. In 1929, he made his professional debut in Vienna, Austria. Upon returning to America, he gave a concert in New York City on November 17, 1935. In 1938, Aitken presented a series of recitals in New York City in programs featuring the complete collection of Franz Schubert's works for piano. He subsequently devoted his time to teaching. A live recording of a recital Aitken gave of Beethoven's works was released on a Delos label LP, and in the early LP era he began to record all of Schubert's piano sonatas for EMS Records, in competition with the American Vox series by Friedrich Wührer; the latter came to fruition, becoming the first such cycle on records, but Aitken's ended when his label went out of business.

Was a calligrapher of Eastern Jin, who established consequential rules about the regular script. Her

Was a calligrapher of Eastern Jin, who established consequential rules about the regular script. Her famous disciple was Wang Xizhi.

Is the Vice Director of China Crafts and Arts Society, Director of Chinese Sculpture Magazine, Execu

Is the Vice Director of China Crafts and Arts Society, Director of Chinese Sculpture Magazine, Executive Director of Beijing Jingwei Art Center. his Email is: [email protected] graduated from sculpture department of Central Academy of Arts & Design (right now calls Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University) in 1982.

Was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkin

Was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo. He described the bleak prospects of black urban existence in songs like "Life is a Nightmare", "Struggle Here in Houston" an

Was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).His style name was 'De Cheng'

Was a Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).His style name was 'De Cheng' (??) and his pseudonyms were 'Wu Feng' (??), 'Bao Sheng' (??), and 'She Sheng Lao Nong' (????).[1] Wen was most most noted for painting landscapes and people. He typically painted landscapes of rounding ranges of hills with free atmosphere. His style is similar to Zhao Mengfu and Wang Meng.

Was a Chinese painter of landscapes and flowers during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).His style name

Was a Chinese painter of landscapes and flowers during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).His style name was 'Xiu Cheng' and his sobriquet was 'Wen Shui'. Wen came from a family of painters. He was the second son of Wen Zhengming, and his brother Wen Peng became a painter as well.

Was a Northern Song painter famous for his ink bamboo pantings. He was one of the paragons of "schol

Was a Northern Song painter famous for his ink bamboo pantings. He was one of the paragons of "scholar's painting" (shi ren hua), which idealised spontaneity and painting without financial reward.He could hold two brushes in one hand and paint two different distanced bamboos simultaneously

Was a leading Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, and scholar.Born in present-day Suzhou, he claimed

Was a leading Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, and scholar.Born in present-day Suzhou, he claimed to be a descendant of the Song Dynasty prime minister and patriot Wen Tianxiang. Wen’s family was originally from Hengyang, Hunan, where his family had established itself shortly after the 10th century. Not until the time of Wen's great-grandfather, Wen Hui, a military officer, did the family move to the Suzhou area.

A Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norweg

A Norwegian singer and actress who has had a great number of hit songs since the 1960s in the Norwegian, German as well as the Swedish markets and languages.She got her first recording contract with composer and producer Arne Bendiksen at an age of 13, when she won a talent contest in Oslo in 1960.Myhre made her first appearance in the Norwegian heats for Eurovision in 1964 with the song "God gammel firkantet vals" which the juries placed second. She also participated in 1966, this time with two songs, "Lørdagstripp" which was placed fourth and "Vims" which came fifth.

A Dutch singer. Her first name Wende is commonly used as her artist name.Wende moved to Indonesia wh

A Dutch singer. Her first name Wende is commonly used as her artist name.Wende moved to Indonesia when she was four years old and to Guinea-Bissau when she was six. When she was nine years old, she came to The Netherlands, where she lived in Zeist. She gr

A multi-racial actress and singer; and daughter of author W.D. Wright (Crisis of the Black Intellect

A multi-racial actress and singer; and daughter of author W.D. Wright (Crisis of the Black Intellectual, Racism Matters). Wendy is married to James T. Smith whose daughter Taryn Smith is the great, great, great granddaughter of American abolitionist John

An Australian-based adult alternative pop singer who has won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number

An Australian-based adult alternative pop singer who has won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number of hit records in the 1990s.Born in 1960 in Montreal. At the age of 15, she joined friends in the Little Benny Blues Band named after Little Benny Park where they used to hang out. Matthews left school at the age of 16 and went busking across North America with a couple of friends. She found herself in Los Angeles where she worked as a session musician.

An American singer.Moten sang in church choirs as a child. She got her first break singing with Mich

An American singer.Moten sang in church choirs as a child. She got her first break singing with Michael Bolton at a benefit concert; after signing with EMI, she released a full-length album and opened for Bolton on tour.[1] Her biggest hit was "Come In Ou