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William Shakespeare was a British poet and playwright and writer.
William's father, John Shakespeare, was a merchant and official in Stratford. There are reports that he was a sailor for a time before joining a theater company in London. Beginning in the 1590s, Shakespeare began writing plays, and in 1593 he published a poem, Venus and Adonis, which became popular. He dedicated it to the Duke of Southampton, who was a philanthropist and patron of talent, and soon his business was booming.
From 1592 to 1600 Shakespeare wrote his dramas and romantic comedies "Richard III", "The Taming of the Shrew", "Romeo and Juliet", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merchant of Venice", as well as the comedies "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night" and the tragedy "Julius Caesar". The playwright's business was so successful that he even bought a large house in Stratford. In 1599, Shakespeare became one of the owners, playwright and actor of the new theater "Globe". In 1603 King James took Shakespeare's troupe under his direct patronage. In the mature period, the great playwright turned to tragedies, there were "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", "Macbeth" and others.
Although in the 19th century researchers had some doubts about the authorship of many of these works, William Shakespeare is considered the greatest English playwright, one of the best playwrights in the world. His plays have been translated into all major languages and to this day form the basis of the world theatrical repertoire, most of them have been screened many times. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Shakespeare remains the world's best-selling playwright, and his plays and poems have sold more than 4 billion copies in the nearly 400 years since his death.
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Jean Dufy was a French painter of the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. He is known as a painter and designer who worked in various styles, including Cubism and Fauvism. Contemporaries appreciated Dufy's talent as a colorist who constantly experimented with colors, finding inspiration, in particular, in jazz music.
Jean Dufy preferred to depict life in Paris in his oil and watercolor paintings. One of his favorite subjects was the spectacle, especially the circus. Dufy was also in demand as a designer. For 30 years he designed porcelain and in 1925 at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Dufy was awarded the gold medal for his design of the porcelain service Chateaux of France. Jean Dufy also helped his brother Raoul Dufy create a 600 square meter fresco for the Electricity Pavilion at the 1937 World Fair in Paris.
Jean Dufy's work was exhibited in prestigious museums and galleries throughout his career. Today his paintings are in the public collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Albertina Gallery in Vienna and other world art centers.
Christiaen Gillisz. van Couwenbergh was a Dutch Golden Age artist. He specialised in large historical allegories as wall decorations, often life-size. He also made drawings for tapestries.
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Gortzius Geldorp was a Flemish Renaissance painter who painted mainly portraits, including group portraits, and historical scenes. The painter Georg Geldorp was his son, who worked in England.
Peter Binoit was a German still life painter active during the early Baroque era at the beginning of the 17th century, who worked in Frankfurt am Main and Cologne.
Wade Guyton is an American post-conceptual artist who among other things makes digital paintings on canvas using scanners and digital inkjet technology.
Peter Behrens was a seminal figure in modern design and architecture, heralded as the first industrial designer and a pioneer in modernist architecture. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Behrens's influence spanned across various domains, including architecture, industrial design, and graphic design. His holistic design approach was revolutionary, encompassing everything from architectural projects to corporate identities.
Behrens's association with AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft) marked a significant chapter in his career. Hired as an artistic consultant in 1907, he crafted a comprehensive corporate identity for AEG, including the iconic AEG Turbine Factory (1909), a hallmark of industrial classicism and modernism. This work is celebrated for its pioneering approach to industrial architecture and design, integrating form and function with unprecedented clarity and coherence.
His architectural ventures displayed a versatility and an evolution of style, from the monumental, stripped classical form seen in the German Embassy in St Petersburg (1912) and the Administration Building for Continental AG in Hannover (1912-1914), to the expressive Brick Expressionism of the Technical Administration Building of Hoechst AG in Frankfurt (1920-1924). Behrens's work in the 1920s, including the design for the 'New Ways' house in Northampton, UK, and contributions to the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart, underscored his shift towards New Objectivity and modernist principles.
Moreover, Behrens's educational contributions were profound, with his teaching stints at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna influencing a new generation of architects, including luminaries such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Walter Gropius, who would themselves go on to define the course of 20th-century architecture.
Behrens's legacy is a testament to the transformative power of design, illustrating how integrated and forward-thinking approaches can redefine our built environment and the objects we use daily. His work remains an essential study for collectors, experts in art and antiques, and anyone interested in the evolution of modern design and architecture.
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Christo Yavashev is a Bulgarian-born American sculptor and artist who, with his wife Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon, became famous for his work, in which he «packaged» objects ranging from a typewriter and a car to the Reichstag building and an entire seashore.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Donatello Losito was an Italian-German painter, graphic artist and object artist. 1955-1958 he trained as a plasterer and restorer. Traveling through France and Italy in 1959/1960, he created his first works in oil and watercolor. Initially he worked as a freelance graphic artist, later he devoted himself entirely to painting. He held solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions. His main artistic work was created during these years. In 1972, the art critic Helmut Kotschenreuther wrote about the first major solo exhibition: "Losito has an eye sharpened by sensitivity for the grotesque, the comical, the uncanny, the inhumane in our desolate world and at the same time the ability to present the most concise, the "impacting" to find a pictorial formula”.
Victor Bonato, formerly Vittorio Bonato, was a German artist.
Victor Bonato, formerly Vittorio Bonato, was a German artist.