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Virginia Holton Admiral or Virginia De Niro (February 4, 1915 – July 27, 2000) was an American painter, poet and the mother of actor Robert De Niro. She studied painting under Hans Hofmann in New York, and her work was included in the Peggy Guggenheim collection.
At Hofmann's summer school, he met fellow student Virginia Admiral, whom he married in 1942. The couple moved into a large, airy loft in New York's Greenwich Village , where they were able to paint. They surrounded themselves with an illustrious circle of friends, including writers Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller , playwright Tennessee Williams ...
February 4 – Virginia Admiral, American painter and poet (d. 2000) [8] February 11 – Mervyn Levy, Welsh artist and critic (d. 1996). [9] March 10 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-born American artist and furniture designer (d. 1978). [10] March 19 – Maria Austria (née Marie Karoline Oeststreicher) Austro-Dutch photographer and photojournalist ...
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A. A-One (graffiti artist) Herb Aach; Aaron Gunn Pyle; Fritzie Abadi; Agnes Dean Abbatt; Robert K. Abbett; Edwin Austin Abbey; Rita Deanin Abbey; C. Yarnall Abbott
Vir Heroicus Sublimis is a 1951 painting by Barnett Newman, [1] an American painter who was a key part of the abstract expressionist movement. Vir Heroicus Sublimis—"Man, Heroic and Sublime" in Latin—attempts to evoke a reaction from its viewers through its overwhelming scale (his largest canvas yet at the time he released it) and saturated color.
The Dreadnought hoaxers in blackface and Abyssinian costume. The Dreadnought hoax was a practical joke pulled by Horace de Vere Cole in 1910. Cole tricked the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the battleship HMS Dreadnought, to a fake delegation of Abyssinian royals.
William Alexander Ancrum (July 8, 1881 – March 11, 1963) was a captain in the United States Navy who fought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in five separate wars during his career.