(Encyclopedia) Cézanne, PaulCézanne, Paulpōl sāzänˈ [key], 1839–1906, French painter, b. Aix-en-Provence. Cézanne was the leading figure in the revolution toward abstraction in modern painting.…
(Encyclopedia) Gauguin, PaulGauguin, Paulpôl gōgăNˈ [key], 1848–1903, French painter and woodcut artist, b. Paris; son of a journalist and a French-Peruvian mother.
Today Gauguin is recognized as a…
Composition Day"Hurry up, boys, it's three o'clock, and Uncle Fritz likes us to be punctual, you know," said Franz one Wednesday afternoon as a bell rang, and a stream of literary-looking…
The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations,…
The 1977 Academy Awards were presented April 3, 1978 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles.Best PictureAnnie Hall, Charles H. Joffe, producer (United Artists)The Goodbye Girl, Ray…
Jo's JournalNew York, NovemberDear Marmee and Beth,I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got heaps to tell, though I'm not a fine young lady traveling on the continent. When I…
The following table lists every winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, from 1901 through 2016. For years not listed, no award was made. 1901Jacobus H. van't Hoff (Netherlands), for…
(Encyclopedia) International, any of a succession of international socialist and Communist organizations of the 19th and 20th cent.
After World War I, the Second International was revived (1919) by…
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