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Overview page. Subjects: Warfare and Defence — Maritime History.
Of a ship, to sink at sea, generally understood to be by the flooding of its hull either through springing a leak or through striking a rock. Other causes of a ship sinking, such as...
Vallou de Villeneuve, Julien
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Fashion, Jewellery, and Body Art; Painting; Photography and Photographs; Prints and Printmaking; 19th-Century Art. 486 words.
(b Boissy-Saint-Léger, Dec 12, 1795; d Paris, May 4, 1866).
French lithographer, photographer and painter. From his début at the Salon of 1814 as a painter he regularly...
Doméla, César
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Installation Art, Mixed-Media, Assemblage, and Collage; Photography and Photographs; Prints and Printmaking; Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art. 1782 words.
Dutch, 20th century, male.
Active from 1933 active in France.
Born 15 January 1900, in Amsterdam; died December 1992, in Paris.
Painter (including gouache/mixed...
Klucis, Gustav Gustavovich
in Benezit Dictionary of Artists
P ublished online October 2011 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Graphic Design and Typography; Installation Art, Mixed-Media, Assemblage, and Collage; Photography and Photographs; Prints and Printmaking; Sculpture and Carving; 20th-Century Art. 1350 words.
Latvian, 20th century, male.
Born 4 January 1895 , in Rŭjiena, Latvia; died 26 February 1938 , in Moscow
Painter, collage artist, photomontage artist, poster artist,...
Yampolsky, Mariana
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Photography and Photographs; Prints and Printmaking; Art of the United States; Latin American and Caribbean Art; 20th-Century Art. 379 words.
(b Chicago, Sept 6, 1925; d Mexico City, May 2, 2002).
Mexican photographer, printmaker, and writer of American birth. After studying humanities in Chicago, in 1944 she emigrated...
Ei, Kyū
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Painting; Photography and Photographs; Prints and Printmaking; History of Art; 20th-Century Art; East Asian Art. 257 words.
[Sugita, Hideo]
(b Miyazaki Prefect., April 28, 1911; d Tokyo, March 10, 1960).
Japanese photographer, painter, printmaker and critic. In 1925 he entered the...
Degas, (Hilaire Germain) Edgar
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Exhibition Catalogues and Specific Collections; Painting; Photography and Photographs; Prints and Printmaking; Sculpture and Carving; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 6157 words.
(b Paris, July 19, 1834; d Paris, Sept 27, 1917).
French painter, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor, pastellist, photographer and collector. He was a founder-member of the...
