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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
The drawing represents Leonardo's conception of ideal body proportions, originally derived from Vitruvius but influenced by his own measurements, the drawings of his contemporaries, and the De pictura treatise by Leon Battista Alberti. Leonardo produced the Vitruvian Man in Milan and the work was probably passed to his student Francesco Melzi ...
Polish-born American painter [16] Sherab Palden Beru: 1911–2012: 100/101: Tibetan thangka artist [17] Vittore Bocchetta: 1918–2021: 102: Italian sculptor, painter and academic [18] Gottfried Böhm: 1920–2021: 101: German architect and sculptor [19] Mary Borgstrom: 1916–2019: 102: Canadian potter and ceramist [20] Eva Børresen: 1920 ...
Jon Gnagy (January 13, 1907 – March 7, 1981) was a self-taught artist most remembered for being America's original television art instructor, hosting You Are an Artist, which began on the NBC network and included analysis of paintings from the Museum of Modern Art, and his later syndicated Learn to Draw series.
Among his famous drawings are the Vitruvian Man, a study of the proportions of the human body; the Head of an Angel, for The Virgin of the Rocks in the Louvre; a botanical study of Star of Bethlehem; and a large drawing (160×100 cm) in black chalk on coloured paper of The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist in the ...
Name Lifespan Age Notability Charles Greeley Abbot: 1872–1973: 101: American astronomer and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution [1] Fred Aftalion: 1922–2022: 100: French chemical engineer [2] Saleh Ajeery: 1920–2022: 101: Kuwaiti astronomer [3] Horace Alexander: 1889–1989: 100: British biologist and ornithologist [4] Doris ...
Austrian-born American publicist [18] Harry Bernstein: 1910–2011: 101: English-American author [19] Colm de Bhailís: 1796–1906: 109: Irish poet, songwriter and stonemason [20] H.J. Blackham: 1903–2009: 105: British humanist author and philosopher [21] Lesley Blanch: 1904–2007: 102: English author and fashion critic [22] Ronald Blythe ...
In July 1906, Rodin was also enchanted by dancers from the Royal Ballet of Cambodia and produced some of his most famous drawings from the experience. [91] Fifty-three years into their relationship, Rodin married Rose Beuret. They married on 29 January 1917, and Beuret died two weeks later, on 16 February. [92]