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3 days ago · Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (/ ˈ s t r aɪ s æ n d / STRY-sand; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success across multiple fields of entertainment, being among the first performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT).
5 days ago · Written by Melinda Rackham, Adjunct Research Professor, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia, University of South Australia. A palpable cast of women inhabit Barbara Hanrahan’s oeuvre, joined frequently by their “daddys”, sweethearts, valentines and husbands.
5 days ago · Echoing the French Impressionists, much of whose work was painted in the countryside, artists in England aimed to capture the fleeting effect of light and shade in pastoral surroundings. Francis Millet and his family first moved to Farnham House, which overlooked the village green in Broadway.
4 days ago · Barbara Gladstone, a towering figure in the contemporary art scene and a major influence on the art world, passed away on Sunday, June 16, in Paris after a brief illness, as confirmed by a spokesperson for her gallery, Gladstone.
3 days ago · The women recognized as artists in this period were either nuns or children of painters. Of the few who emerged as Italian artists in the 15th century, those known today are associated with convents. These artists who were nuns include Caterina dei Virgi, Antonia Uccello, and Suor Barbara Ragnoni.
5 days ago · This is a chronological list of female classical professional concert violinists . Those without a known date of birth are listed separately in alphabetical order.
4 days ago · Barbara Plankensteiner is Director of the Museum am Rothenbaum--Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK) in Hamburg. Before that, she was a Senior Curator for African Art at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, and Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Museum für Völkerkunde (World Museum) in Vienna.
