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121Peter Oliver (painter) — Peter Oliver (1594 1648) was an English miniaturist.Born in Isleworth, Middlesex, he was the eldest son of Isaac Oliver, probably by his first wife; and to him Isaac Oliver left his finished and unfinished drawings, with the hope that he would… …
122William Alexander (painter) — William Alexander (1767 ndash;1816) was an English artist. William Alexander was born the son of a coachmaker in Maidstone, Kent, England. In 1784, he became a student of the Royal Academy, from which time until 1792, when he was appointed one of …
123Peter Smith (painter) — Born in 1967 and from a small northern town called Mansfield, Peter Smith is a contemporary fine artist based in Britain. The subject for which he is most well known is a striped rotund creature with the form of a hippopotamus but the stripes of… …
124Robert E. Wood (Canadian painter) — Robert E. Wood (born 1919, died 1980) hailed from Mount Dennis, Ontario, now a suburb of Toronto, Canada. Wood was a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and studied under Arthur Lismer and Fred Varley. He was also greatly encouraged by the… …
125arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
126literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
127printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …
128Nicholas Roerich — (1874–1947) Born October 9, 1874(1874 10 09) Saint Petersburg, Russia Died D …
