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Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer.. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s, when he produced abstract works created by chance through chemical reactions between paint and other products.
The Cheshire Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Cheshire, Connecticut. Centered on the junction of Main Street and Academy Road, the district's architecture is reflective of the town's development over two centuries, and includes many of its civic buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər / CHEH-shurr), formerly known as New Cheshire Parish, [3] is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Cheshire was 28,733. [4] The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The center of population of Connecticut is located in Cheshire. [5]
On the northeast pier is a niche that formerly contained a statue of the Virgin and Child, and surrounding it is the best-preserved medieval wall painting in Cheshire. [3] On the south wall under the gallery are three corbels with medieval carvings of an angel, a woman and an old man. [6] The marble font is dated 1662.
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A 16-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly gunned down his parents and teenage siblings and then drunkenly called 911 to confess to the quadruple homicide ...
Polk was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to Elizabeth Digby Peale and Robert Polk.At age eight or ten (sources vary on the exact age), after being orphaned, he was sent to Philadelphia to live with his uncle and study art.
The National Film Registry has added 25 new films to its archive at the Library of Congress, including Dirty Dancing, No Country for Old Men and The Social Network. Since it was founded in 1988 ...