by adminPetra | Oct 16, 2014 | General
Hart, Tony 1925-2009 Tony Hart, artist, illustrator and TV presenter was born on October 15, 1925 in Maidstone, Kent, England as Norman Anthony Hart. He was known for the TV programmes including: Vision on (1965), Take Hart (1977), and Hartbeat (1984). His break in...
by adminPetra | Oct 16, 2014 | General
Landau, Zygmunt 1898-1962 Zygmunt Landau studied with the painter Henri Epstein at the drawing school of Jakub Kacenbogen in Lodz. He then enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw in the studio of Stanislas Lentz. At the age of 18, he taught painting. He arrived...
by adminPetra | Oct 15, 2014 | General
Speed, Harold 1872–1957 Harold Speed was a portrait and landscape artist and writer on art. Born on 11 February 1872 in London, son of an architect. He first studied architecture at the R.C.A. in 1887 but turned to painting and won a gold medal for life school studies...
by adminPetra | Oct 15, 2014 | General
Urquhart, Murray McNeel Caird 1880-1972 Murray McNeel Caird Urquhart was born in Scotland in 1880 and had a varied education, the Edinburgh College of Art, the Slade, and the Westminster School of Art, where he was tutored by Walter Sickert, whose influence is evident...
by adminPetra | Oct 15, 2014 | General
Russell, George Æ 1867-1935 Russell, George [William] (pseudonym ‘Æ’ from Greek ‘Æon’) was a poet, mystic, writer, social reformer and artist; born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, Ireland. The family moved to Dublin in 1878, and he was educated at Rathmines School and the...
