text: American

text: Colorado

text: Amsterdam, Netherlands

text: stencil

text: street art

text: Frame Publishers

text: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

text: street art

text: mural

text: aerosol paint

text: acrylic

text: sewing pattern paper

text: screen printing

text: Quin Hotel

text: Basel

text: Switzerland

text: Munich

text: Germany

text: San Francisco

text: California

text: Venice Beach

text: Miami

text: Florida

text: London

text: Berlin

text: Los Angeles

text: Amsterdam

text: Heerlen

text: Denver

text: Colorado

text: Boulder

text: Lancaster

text: Pennsylvania

text: Brooklyn, NY

text: San Francisco

text: Greeley

text: Fort Collins

text: Amanda Marie website

categories: Painters from Colorado,1981 births,Living people

paragraph: Amanda Marie

paragraph: Amanda Marie (full name Amanda Marie Ploegsma), also known by her artist moniker 'Mando Marie' born 1981, is an American painter formerly based in Colorado, and currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and exhibits in both the United States and Europe. She trained at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and is best known for her work as a stencilist, including large scale street art designs.

paragraph: Section::::Imagery and media.

paragraph: Amanda Marie uses graphic stencils and images redolent of 'Golden Age' storybook imagery. In an article for Frame Publishers' online magazine frameweb.com, Carmel McNamara said these images: "straddle a line between comforting and spooky". She frequently features the signature characters of a young boy and girl. In 2012, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art held a solo exhibition of her work and noted that these stylised figures: "seem to have been lifted from the pages of a mid-twentieth century children’s book and have traded the protective home of childhood nostalgia for a slightly more adventurous and unsettling world, somewhere between dream and reality".

paragraph: Alongside recurring graphic themes of children and animals, she favors twin, repeated or mirrored imagery, developed with multiple uses of the same stencil on the artwork. Her street art and outdoor paintings and murals incorporate the same primary technique of stencil painting on a large scale. In gallery, museum or other indoor exhibitions, she typically creates artworks using aerosol paint, acrylic and sewing pattern paper, on watercolor paper, canvas, or wood. She also uses screen printing technique and gel transfers. For outdoor work, the dominant materials are aerosol and acrylic.

paragraph: In June 2015, Amanda Marie marked the façade of the Quin Hotel in New York City with a signature stencil as part of “Good Story,” a solo exhibition curated by Hyland Mather and DK Johnston. Painted during her tenure as the hotel’s artist in residence, the stencil commemorated her collaboration with the hotel and is positioned alongside an image of Andy Warhol, created by Blek le Rat.

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2015.

paragraph: BULLET::::- December, SCOPE Art Fair, Miami, FL

paragraph: BULLET::::- July - Aug, Trailerpark Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

paragraph: BULLET::::- June, the Quin hotel, "Good Story" solo exhibition, New York, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- May, JSMA (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art), "The Many Places We Are" solo exhibition, Eugene, Oregon

paragraph: BULLET::::- March, SCOPE Art Fair, New York, NY

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2014.

paragraph: BULLET::::- July - August, "Beautiful Times" (beautifultimes.net) an art making adventure and experiment, Boulder, Colorado, New York, New York Philadelphia, Beacon, New York

paragraph: BULLET::::- April, Center For Audio Visual Expression (C.A.V.E. Gallery), "Balancing Act" solo exhibition, Venice Beach, California

paragraph: BULLET::::- January, White Walls Gallery, "I Was Just Thinking" solo exhibition, San Francisco, California

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2013.

paragraph: BULLET::::- June, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition, Basel, Switzerland (Andenken Gallery)

paragraph: BULLET::::- May, STROKE Art Fair group exhibition, Munich, Germany

paragraph: BULLET::::- March, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition, New York, NY (Andenken Gallery). White Walls Gallery, "While We Were Away" group exhibition, San Francisco, California

paragraph: BULLET::::- January, Center For Audio Visual Expression (C.A.V.E. Gallery), "From Here On Out" solo exhibition, Venice Beach, California

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2012.

paragraph: BULLET::::- December, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition, Miami, Florida (Andenken Gallery)

paragraph: BULLET::::- October, Moniker Art Fair solo exhibition, London, UK

paragraph: BULLET::::- September, STROKE Art Fair group exhibition, Berlin, Germany

paragraph: BULLET::::- August, "LA Mixtape" LeBasse Projects group exhibition, Los Angeles, California

paragraph: BULLET::::- May–June, Kunst RAI Art Fair solo exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands

paragraph: BULLET::::- May, Schunk Museum "Newseum Pink Pop" group exhibition, Heerlen, Netherlands

paragraph: BULLET::::- March, "Battalion Inaugural Exhibition" group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2011.

paragraph: BULLET::::- October, Moniker Art Fair group exhibition, London, UK.

paragraph: BULLET::::- September, Andenken Gallery, "See You Through It" solo exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Illiterate Gallery "It All Starts At Home" solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado

paragraph: BULLET::::- Fall 2011, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, "Purity & Credence" solo exhibition, Boulder, Colorado

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2010.

paragraph: BULLET::::- October, Illiterate Gallery solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado

paragraph: BULLET::::- May, Streetlab Project Space, "Where On Earth Have You Been?" group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2009.

paragraph: BULLET::::- December, StreetLab Project Space, "Mish Mash KaBash" group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands

paragraph: BULLET::::- February, Andenken Gallery solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2008.

paragraph: BULLET::::- September, Plastic Chapel, "Soft and Furry" group exhibition, Denver, Colorado

paragraph: BULLET::::- June, Andenken Gallery "Merge" three-person focus exhibition, Denver, Colorado

paragraph: BULLET::::- May, Metropolis Gallery, two person exhibition, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

paragraph: Section::::Notable exhibitions.:2007.

paragraph: BULLET::::- December, Transmission Gallery, "An Unfinished Story"group exhibition, Richmond, Virginia. Thinkspace, "API Benefit Show" group exhibition, Los Angeles, California

paragraph: BULLET::::- August–October, Andenken Gallery, "Generation Gap" solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado

paragraph: Section::::Outdoor projects.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Imaginary Girls", Amsterdam, Netherlands – June 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Skinny Dippers", Brooklyn, NY – March 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Gravity Kids", San Francisco, California – January 2013

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Milk Girls", Greeley, Colorado – October 2012

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Concrete Monster", Atzlan Northside Skate Park Mural, Fort Collins, Colorado – summer 2011

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Urban Nature", Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado – April–November 2008

paragraph: Section::::External sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Amanda Marie website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview for Illiterate talks series on YouTube

description: stencilist, artist

wikidata_label: Amanda Marie

wikipedia_title: Amanda Marie


text:
Belgian
Force Publique
Congo Crisis
mutiny by the "Force Publique"
Congo-Léopoldville
World War II
Abyssinia
Nigeria
Middle East
France
Holland
Belgium
Royal Military Academy
Brussels
Kamina
Force Publique
gendarmerie
Belgian Congo
Auguste Gilliaert
segregated
African nationalist
wave of riots in Léopoldville
Alliance des Bakongo
Congo-Léopoldville
Léopoldville
Thysville
Brazzaville
Stanleyville
Patrice Lumumba
Victor Lundula
Sergeant-Major
Armée Nationale Congolaise
French Congo
King Leopold II
Congo Free State
Parti national
Amitiés Belgo-Katangaises
Katanga
Belgian nationalist
Pro Belgica
Lumumba
Raoul Peck
Auguste Gilliaert
Belgian Congo in World War II

categories: Belgian Congo officials,Belgian generals,Officers of the Force Publique,People from Schaerbeek,1902 births,Belgian military personnel of World War II,People of the Congo Crisis,1989 deaths

paragraph: Émile Janssens

paragraph: Émile Robert Alphonse Hippolyte Janssens (1902-1989) was a Belgian military officer and colonial official, best known for his command of the "Force Publique" at the start of the Congo Crisis. He described himself as the "Little Maniac" ("Petit Maniaque") and was a staunch disciplinarian, but his refusal to see Congolese independence as marking a change in the nature of his command has been cited as the immediate cause of the mutiny by the "Force Publique" in July 1960 that plunged Congo-Léopoldville into chaos and anarchy.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Émile Janssens served in various military roles during World War II. He served in Abyssinia, Nigeria, the Middle East, France, Holland and Belgium. After the war, he taught at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels. In 1952, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and made responsible for the major military camp at Kamina.

paragraph: On 1 February 1954, Janssens was given command of the "Force Publique", the gendarmerie of the Belgian Congo which also acted as the colony's armed forces. He took over from Auguste Gilliaert who had commanded it since World War II. Since its creation, the entire "Force Publique" was tightly segregated along racial lines and, despite being majority black, was commanded entirely by white officers. In 1958, Janssens was further promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General.

paragraph: The period of Janssens' command of the "Force Publique" coincided with the expansion of the African nationalist movement in the Congo. In 1959, he was responsible for repressing an important wave of riots in Léopoldville led by the "Alliance des Bakongo" (ABAKO) party.

paragraph: Section::::1960 Mutiny.

paragraph: With the independence of Congo-Léopoldville on 30 June 1960, Janssens remained in charge of the "Force Publique". During the final years of colonial rule, he had firmly opposed initiatives to allow black soldiers into the traditionally white officer corps of the "Force Publique". Immediately prior to independence there were still no commissioned black officers in the "Force", although about twenty Congolese officer cadets had commenced training at military academies in Belgium. This attitude caused unrest among the black troops under his command, already unsettled by the stress of keeping order during the independence celebrations and seeing themselves as excluded from the benefits of independence. Janssens was determined that the social order created under the Belgian colonial rule would continue even in the new independent state.

paragraph: He called a meeting of the NCOs of the Léopoldville garrison on 5 July 1960, just six days after independence, where, in an attempt to remind the soldiers of their oaths of loyalty and obedience, he wrote on a blackboard, "Before independence = After independence" and gave an accompanying speech in which he argued that independence did not change anything for the army.

paragraph: The message infuriated the soldiers under his command, who mutinied and attacked Europeans resident in the Congo. The mutiny, beginning at Camp Hardy near Thysville, prompted an exodus of Europeans in the country towards Brazzaville and Stanleyville where the Belgians deployed paratroopers to rescue their citizens.

paragraph: Some have seen the rebellion as a result of Janssens' inflexible mindset. Others suspected, without evidence, that he was deliberately trying to incite a rebellion. Regardless, in the aftermath of the mutiny, Janssens resigned from his post, also resulting from differences with the government of Patrice Lumumba.

paragraph: Janssaens was replaced by Victor Lundula, who had been hastily promoted to General from the rank of Sergeant-Major. In the aftermath of the mutiny, the "Force Publique" was dissolved and replaced by the "Armée Nationale Congolaise" (ANC).

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Janssens returned to Belgium, via the French Congo. Returning to Brussels, and professing to be retired, he publicly approached a statue of King Leopold II, the founder of the Congo Free State (the antecedent of the Belgian Congo), then bowed his head and announced "Sire, they've messed it all up" (""Sire, ils vous l'ont cochonné""). The comment was widely reported and, because it appeared to criticize politicians and their decision to grant independence to the colony, it became a popular slogan for Belgian pro-colonialist groups. In his later years he wrote widely on his experience of the Congo Crisis and of Congolese history of the colonial period in general. He is particularly noted for his 1979 work on the history of the "Force Publique".

paragraph: In 1964, Janssens unsuccessfully stood as lead candidate for the minor far-right "Parti national" (National Party) party in the local elections. The party was closely associated with the neocolonialist "Amitiés Belgo-Katangaises" movement which supported the secession of the Katanga from the Congo. From 1983 to 1989, he served as head of the Belgian nationalist organization "Pro Belgica".

paragraph: Section::::In popular culture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In the 2000 film "Lumumba", directed by Raoul Peck, Janssens was played by Rudi Delhem.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Auguste Gilliaert, commander of the "Force Publique" before Janssens

paragraph: BULLET::::- Belgian Congo in World War II

description: Belgian colonial general

wikidata_label: Émile Janssens

wikipedia_title: Émile Janssens


text:
Belgian
librettist
Brussels
State University of Leuven
Alphonse Royer
Lucia di Lammermoor
La favorite
Rita, ou Le mari battu
Gaetano Donizetti
Jérusalem
Giuseppe Verdi
Othello
Robert Bruce
Ne touchez pas à la reine

categories: People from Brussels,1812 births,French male writers,1862 deaths,French librettists

paragraph: Gustave Vaëz

paragraph: Jean-Nicolas-Gustave Van Nieuwen-Huysen (known as Gustave Vaëz) (6 December 1812 – 12 March 1862) was a Belgian playwright, librettist and translator of opera librettos. Born in Brussels, he studied law and earned a doctorate at the State University of Leuven. Since he had no desire to work as a lawyer, he devoted himself to a career as a playwright. He published a large number of plays. His first plays were staged from 1829 to 1834 in Brussels, which he left for Paris to work with librettist Alphonse Royer. Operas where Vaëz was involved as a librettist and translator are "Lucia di Lammermoor" (1839), "La favorite" and "Rita, ou Le mari battu" by Gaetano Donizetti (1840), and "Jérusalem" by Giuseppe Verdi. He died in Paris on 12 March 1862.

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mon parrain de Pontoise: comédie-vaudeville en un acte" (1842)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mademoiselle Rose: comédie en trois actes" (1943)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Othello: opéra en trois actes" (1844)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Robert Bruce: opéra en trois actes" (1847)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ne touchez pas à la reine: opéra en trois actes" (1847)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les fantaisies de milord: comédie-vaudeville en un acte" (1850)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La dame de trèfle: vaudeville en un acte" (1850)

description: Composer and piano maker

wikidata_label: Gustave Vaëz

wikipedia_title: Gustave Vaëz


text:
Glasgow School of Art
North Uist

categories: North Uist,Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art,Scottish contemporary artists,Living people

paragraph: Niall Macdonald

paragraph: Niall Macdonald (born 1980) is a Scottish visual artist. He graduated in 2008 from the Glasgow School of Art.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Macdonald was born in 1980 in North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He received his Master of Fine Art from the Glasgow School of Art in 2008. Macdonald is represented by Koppe Astner (previously Kendall Koppe).

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: Niall Macdonald has exhibited nationally and internationally.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Taigh Chearsabhagh. Lochmaddy, Outer Hebrides, Scotland - November 2017

paragraph: BULLET::::- Kendall Koppe (now Koppe Astner) - The Ultimate Vessel - 20 Nov 2015 - 8 Jan 2016

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland - 2012

wikidata_label: Niall Macdonald

wikipedia_title: Niall Macdonald


text:
Kilcreggan
Argyll
The Glasgow School of Art
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Glasgow School of Art
Environmental Art
Masters
Fine Art
California Institute of the Arts
Collective Gallery
Shanghai Himalayas Museum
China
Glasgow School of Art
South London Gallery
Badischer Kunstverein
Art Metropole
Toronto
Angelika Knäpper Gallery
Stockholm
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Visiting Fellow
St Johns College
Oxford University
Artist in Residence
Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
Edwin Henry Landseer
The Monarch of the Glen
Shanghai Himalayas Museum
China
British Council
Spirit of Youth
Teenage Fanclub
The Soup Dragons
Primal Scream
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Top of the Pops
Glasgow School of Art
Susan Phillipsz
monograph
Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow University
St John's College
University of Oxford
Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland
Baloise Prize
Leipzig
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Arts Council
Glasgow School of Art
The Scottish Arts Council
The British Council
Arts Council of England
Ferens Art Gallery
Kilcreggan
Fruitmarket Gallery

categories: Living people,1966 births,Scottish artists

paragraph: Ross Sinclair (artist)

paragraph: Dr Ross Sinclair (born 1966 in Glasgow) is a Scottish visual artist, musician and writer. He lives and works in Kilcreggan, Argyll and is currently Reader in Contemporary Art Practice at The Glasgow School of Art, whilst also maintaining his professional practice. Sinclair was one of the key figures in the movement of contemporary artists in Glasgow in the 1990s, dubbed the 'Glasgow Miracle' by art curator and critic Hans-Ulrich Obrist.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: Ross Sinclair was born & lived in Bearsden and went to Boclair Academy before studying at the Glasgow School of Art between 1984 and 1992, gaining first a BA in Environmental Art and then a Masters in Fine Art. This study period included an exchange to the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles in 1992.

paragraph: Section::::Work.

paragraph: Since the late 80s Sinclair has shown work in hundreds of group and solo exhibitions in the UK and internationally, producing various monographs of his artworks, notably "If North Was South and East Was West" as well as writing texts and essays in many books and publications.

paragraph: He often makes music in relation to his artworks and this is documented through a number of releases including "Ross Sinclair: The Real Life Rock Opera Volume I" (2004), "Ross and the Realifers: Real Life and How to Live it in Parledonia" (2013) and "Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life (2017.)"

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Real Life.

paragraph: Ross Sinclair is best known for his "Real Life" project, initiated in 1994 when he had the words 'Real Life' tattooed across his back. Since then "Real Life" has become a 23-year performance project, taking form in a wide range of exhibitions, public art and publication contexts. Over the two decades of the "Real Life" project, Sinclair's work has employed various mediums including performance, painting and music, often at the same time.

paragraph: Through installation and audience participation "Real Life" has sought to challenge the conventional exhibition practice and connect with the public. These projects have been exhibited worldwide. Throughout the course of the project, a consistent thread of Sinclair's work has sought to address the nature of the individual, collective and national identities of Scotland.

paragraph: During August 2015, Sinclair exhibited his work in "20 Years of Real Life" at Edinburgh's Collective Gallery, which celebrated 20 years of his "Real Life" project. Sinclair worked with teenagers to create 5 bands and produce an LP titled "Free Instruments for Teenagers."

paragraph: Section::::Work.:Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life.

paragraph: The most recent incarnation of the "Real Life" project came as part of a two-week residency Ross Sinclair undertook at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in China, ahead of his solo exhibition titled "Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life". This exhibition served to herald a new phase of Sinclair's on-going "Real Life" project. For the exhibition Sinclair added the text 'Is Dead' to the 'Real Life' tattoo.

paragraph: The residency focused on the consistent themes of participation, performance and collaboration, coupled with Sinclair's use of music in his art throughout his career. Sinclair worked with students at the Glasgow School of Art over a period of two years to develop and record two songs ("Real Life is Dead" and "Long Live Real Life") which lay at the core of the exhibition. The songs were recorded in both English and Chinese.

paragraph: In Shanghai, Sinclair worked with local musicians, artists and singers to create the "Chinese-Scottish Real Life Orchestra" - a musical dialogue between the Chinese audience and Sinclair's "Real Life" Project. The group came together in a collective voice, in English and Chinese, to share experiences through music. The orchestra presented a live performance at the opening reception of the Phase Three exhibition of "CURRENT: Contemporary Art from Scotland," which provided the soundtrack to Sinclair's installation consisting of multiple editions of banners and videos representing the 23-years of the "Real Life" project. Participants were also invited to respond to the themes of "Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life" with words and pictures which were displayed on banners and placards.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: Ross Sinclair has participated in monographic and group exhibitions worldwide. Solo shows include those at the South London Gallery in 2010, Badischer Kunstverein in 2002, Art Metropole, Toronto in 2004 and Angelika Knäpper Gallery, Stockholm in 2010. In 2014, Sinclair took part in "Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland" at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

paragraph: In 2016 Sinclair was a Visiting Fellow at St Johns College, Oxford University, where he was Artist in Residence for three months. The residency encourages the artist to contribute to the artistic and cultural life of the college with the possibility to exhibit in the studio and utilise the research and staff of the college and wider university.

paragraph: In 2017 Sinclair exhibited at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, in a solo-show titled "After After After The Monarch of the Glen, Read Life Is Dead." The museum commissioned a response to the iconic Edwin Henry Landseer painting "The Monarch of the Glen."

paragraph: Also in 2017, Sinclair undertook a 2-week residency at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in China. This accumulated in a solo exhibition titled "Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life". For the exhibition, Sinclair added the text 'is dead' to the ‘real life’ tattoo. The exhibition included a multi-media presentation. In Shanghai, Sinclair worked with local musicians, artists and singers to create the "Chinese-Scottish Real Life Orchestra." The group came together in a collective voice, in English and Chinese, to share experiences through music.

paragraph: The residency was supported by the British Council, and was one of the programmes in the Spirit of Youth campaign in 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Music.

paragraph: Ross Sinclair is a drummer and guitarist. In 1984/85 joined his first band, "Gods For All Occasions", featuring Neil Menzies and Raymond McGinlay, later a member of Teenage Fanclub.

paragraph: It was during this time that Sinclair became a founding member of The Soup Dragons. For 5 years he performed on records and played concerts including Glastonbury in 1987, and supported bands such as Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain. The group went on to perform on Top of the Pops in 1990 and sold half a million albums in the USA.

paragraph: In the early 1990s Sinclair left the group to complete his studies at the Glasgow School of Art.

paragraph: He has previously released records, "Real Life Parledonia (2013)" and "Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life (2017)" and CD's "I Tried to Give Up Drinking With Guitars Instead of God" (2013) and "The Real Life Rock Opera" (2004.)

paragraph: Section::::Writing and PhD.

paragraph: Ross Sinclair has written extensively. He contributed to an essay on Susan Phillipsz (the 2010 Turner Prize winner) and in 2014 to a monograph titled "You Are Not Alone." His work appeared in "Generation Reader: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland", which was published in 2014 to mark the exhibition of the same name.

paragraph: In June 2016 Sinclair completed a PhD thesis entitled "Ross Sinclair: 20 Years of Real Life" and was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Published Work at Glasgow School of Art/Glasgow University.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and Recognition.

paragraph: 2016: St John's College, University of Oxford, Visiting Fellow/Artist Residency Award

paragraph: 2015: Knight Award (Detroit/Glasgow project awarded to curator Cedric Tai)

paragraph: 2015: GSA Research Development Fund

paragraph: 2013: Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland, Artist of the Year Award

paragraph: 2012: AHRC, The Glasgow Miracle: Materials for Alternative Histories

paragraph: 2011: RSA Residencies for Scotland

paragraph: 2007: Creative Scotland Award

paragraph: 2004: SAC Creative Development Award

paragraph: 2001: Art Statements, Basel Art Fair, Baloise Prize

paragraph: 2000: Scottish Arts Council, Artist Award

paragraph: 1999: Arendt Oetker Atelier Stipendium, Gelerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig

paragraph: 1998-2000: Paul Hamlyn Award

paragraph: 1997: Scottish Arts Council, Artist Award

paragraph: 1994: Scottish Arts Council, Amsterdam Residency '94-'95

paragraph: 1993: Scottish Arts Council, Assistance Grant

paragraph: 1992: Richard Ellis M.A. Prize, Glasgow School of Art

paragraph: 1992: Hope Scott Trust/The Cross Trust/The Scottish International Education Fund

paragraph: 1992: Glasgow Educational and Marshall Fund

paragraph: 1990: Bank of Scotland Prize for Best Dissertation, Glasgow School of Art

paragraph: Section::::Collections.

paragraph: Sinclair’s work is held in many collections, including The Scottish Arts Council, The British Council, Arts Council of England, Ferens Art Gallery, The Pier Arts Centre, Stirling District Council, Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, St Gallen, Hamburg Kunsthalle, Collection Lambert, Avignon and private collections in Switzerland, Germany, the UK, France, the USA and Hong Kong.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Sinclair lives and works in Kilcreggan and is employed as Reader in Contemporary Art Practice and lecturer in Sculpture and Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art.

paragraph: Section::::Controversy.

paragraph: In 1994 police removed a printed T-shirt by Ross Sinclair from the window of the Fruitmarket Gallery on the basis that the slogan 'Fuck the police' was grossly offensive.

description: British artist

wikidata_label: Ross Sinclair

wikipedia_title: Ross Sinclair (artist)


text:
County of Neuchâtel
Louis I of Neuchâtel

categories: 14th-century Swiss people,1395 deaths,14th-century women rulers

paragraph: Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel

paragraph: Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel or Isabelle de Neuchâtel (died 25 December 1395) was ruling countess de jure of the County of Neuchâtel from 1373 until 1395. She was the daughter of Louis I of Neuchâtel and Jeanne de Montfaucon and married Rodolphe IV de Nidau.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Annales historiques du Comté de Neuchâtel et Valangin depuis Jules-César jusqu'en 1722, Jonas Boyve, édition E. Mathey, 1854, p. 365 à 397. Google livres

description: Swiss politician

wikidata_label: Isabella, Countess of Neufchâtel

wikipedia_title: Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel


text:
Ukrainian
Dymna Sumish
The Gitas
Quest Pistols Show
Agon
Valeria Kozlova
Ivan Dorn
YouTube
Chernihiv
Kiev
restaurateur
stewardess
Dymna Sumish
grunge
Chervona Ruta (festival)
Woodstock Festival (Poland)
Quest Pistols Show
Agon
YouTube
Valeria Kozlova
Ivan Dorn
Los Angeles

categories: Grunge musicians,Ukrainian male singers,1981 births,Ukrainian rock singers,People from Chernihiv,Ukrainian-language singers,Living people,21st-century Ukrainian singers

image: 512px-Сашко_Чемеров_на_Руйнації_2012.jpg

paragraph: Oleksandr Chemerov

paragraph: Oleksandr "Sasha" Chemerov (born 4 August 1981; , Oleksandr Valeriyovych Chemerov) is the Ukrainian rock musician, songwriter, DJ and the frontman of Ukrainian rock band Dymna Sumish and h American rock band The Gitas. Also he was the author (both music and lyrics) of the songs for the bands Quest Pistols Show (before 2016) and Agon, for singer Valeria Kozlova and he was the author of lyrics for songs of English-language album of Ivan Dorn. Music videos of songs written by Sasha Chemerov had tens of millions views on YouTube as of November 2017.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Oleksandr Chemerov was born on August 4, 1981 in Chernihiv a Ukrainian city 148 km (91 mi) north to the capital Kiev. His father was a restaurateur and local politician and mother was stewardess. He begun to play rock music in the age of 14 and in 1998 he founded the band Dymna Sumish which played mainly grunge and already in 1999 won the second place on Chervona Ruta (festival) and in next years won highest places on several another festivals including Woodstock Festival (Poland). The band released three albums: Ty zhyvyi (2005) (Ти живий), V kraini iliuziy (2008) (В країні ілюзій) and Dymna Sumish (2009) (Димна Суміш).

paragraph: Section::::Songwriting.

paragraph: Section::::Songwriting.:Quest Pistols and Agon.

paragraph: Oleksandr Chemerov was the author of music and lyrics of Ukrainian pop-rock band Quest Pistols Show from its emerging in 2007 to 2015 and then he became the author of songs of successor of this band which name is Agon.

paragraph: The Chemerov's songs of Quest Pistols had in November 2017 more than 100 mln views on YouTube in total and more than 20 mln views for Agon.

paragraph: Section::::Songwriting.:Valeria Kozlova.

paragraph: In 2010 the album "Dai mne znak" of Russian singer Valeria Kozlova with all 12 Chemerov's songs was released

paragraph: Section::::Songwriting.:Ivan Dorn.

paragraph: The lyrics of all songs of the English-language album "OTD" (2017) of Ukrainian singer Ivan Dorn was written by Oleksandr Chemerov.

paragraph: Section::::Moving to USA and The Gitas.

paragraph: In March 2012 Oleksandr Chemerov moved from Ukraine to the United States. In January 2015 he founded in Los Angeles the English-language rock band "The Gitas" which released EP "Garland" in 2015 and 13-track album "Beverly Kills" in 2017.

wikidata_label: Oleksandr Chemerov

wikipedia_title: Oleksandr Chemerov


categories: 1980 births,People from Pelotas,Brazilian male television actors,Brazilian male film actors,Living people

paragraph: Juliano Cazarré

paragraph: Juliano Cazarré (born 24 September 1980) is a Brazilian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 2002.

description: Brazilian actor

wikidata_label: Juliano Cazarré

wikipedia_title: Juliano Cazarré


text:
Flemish
illuminator
Flanders
Ghent
notname
books of hours
Hours of Mary of Burgundy
Hugo van der Goes
trompe-l'œil
panel painters
Justus van Gent
Rogier van der Weyden
Jan van Eyck
J. Paul Getty Museum
Hours of Engelbert of Nassau
Bodleian Library
Oxford
hatching
Lieven van Lathem
Simon Marmion
Nicolas Spierinc
Pächt, Otto

categories: Early Netherlandish painters,Flemish Renaissance painters,Anonymous artists,Flemish artists (before 1830)

paragraph: Master of Mary of Burgundy

paragraph: The Master of Mary of Burgundy was a Flemish illuminator, painter and draughtsman active between 1469-1483 in Flanders, probably in Ghent. His notname is derived from two books of hours attributed to him, the Vienna Hours of Mary of Burgundy and another books of hours, now in Berlin, also for Mary of Burgundy.

paragraph: He was influenced by advances in oil on canvas panel painting, especially the works and approach of Hugo van der Goes, and may have been also a painter himself. His illuminations are characterised by a tenancy towards a dark palette, and astethic favoured by the court of the time, as well as innovative uses of trompe-l'œil devices in both his miniatures and border decorations. While a relatively small number of works have been attributed to him, the master is seen as one of the chief innovators of late 15 manuscript illumination.

paragraph: Section::::Attribution.

paragraph: One of the most talented and innovative artists of his generation, he is known to have been influenced by contemporary panel painters, including van der Goes, Justus van Gent,

paragraph: Rogier van der Weyden, and Jan van Eyck, although in tone and style only, direct figurative borrowings are rare, and he may himself have been a panel painter - both van Eyck and Rogier are known to have worked on illuminations.

paragraph: Other works attributed to the master include miniatures in the Prayer Book of Charles the Bold (Ms. 37) in the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Hours of Engelbert of Nassau in the Bodleian Library, in Oxford.

paragraph: Section::::Style.

paragraph: During his career he made a number of iconographic and formal innovations, and is today seen as the main innovator in bring about a new style of Flemish illumination in the 1470s and 1480s. He was highly regarded by wealthy and powerful patrons in his lifetime, and followed by a great number of imitators. A small number of extant drawings are also attributed to him.

paragraph: The master's illustrations in the Hours of Mary of Burgundy can be characterised by the use of everyday devotional objects, including books and rosary beads, as well as domestic settings, to frame images of the Virgin and Child, thereby bringing the sacred into domestic, earthly spaces.

paragraph: He achieved the modeling of figures and objects by building layers of paint in thin but visible strokes, rather than the then convention of hatching. One of his characteristic techniques was to place religious scenes behind a window, create an illusion of depth, and with the scene in the background intended as the main focus of interest. The two most well known examples of this are the "Virgin and Child" and "Christ nailed to the Cross" miniatures for the Mary of Burgundy book.

paragraph: Master of Mary of Burgundy collaborated with a number of earlier generation artists, including Lieven van Lathem, Simon Marmion and Nicolas Spierinc, but soon out passed them.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pächt, Otto. "The Master of Mary of Burgundy". "The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs", Volume 85, No. 501, 1944

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pächt, Otto."The Master of Mary of Burgundy", Faber & Faber, 1948

paragraph: BULLET::::- van Buren, Anne. "The Master of Mary of Burgundy and His Colleagues: The State of Research and Questions of Method". "Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte", 38. Bd., H. 3/4, 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walther, Ingo. "Codices Illustres". Berlin: Taschen Verlag, 2001.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Woods, Kim. "Viewing Renaissance Art". Yale University Press, 2007.

description: manuscript illuminator from the Southern Netherlands, active in Burgundy

wikidata_label: Vienna Master of Mary of Burgundy

wikipedia_title: Master of Mary of Burgundy


text:
kanshi
Heian period
Emperor Saga
tōgū shōji
shōgeki
shikibu shōyū
Ōmi Province
Mino Province
Mutsu Province
Awa Province
Dazaifu
rice paddies
Ono no Takamura
nineteenth day of the fourth month
Tenchō
Gregorian calendar
Ryōun-shū
kanshi
Classical Chinese
Bunka Shūrei-shū
Keikoku-shū
monk
Kūkai
Nihon Kōki
Six National Histories
Emperor of Japan
Six Dynasties poetry

categories: 9th-century Japanese poets,830 deaths,Japanese male poets,8th-century Japanese poets,778 births

paragraph: Ono no Minemori

paragraph: Ono no Minemori (小野 岑守; 778–830) was a Japanese administrator, "kanshi" poet and historian of the early Heian period.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Ono no Minemori was born in 778. He was the third son of , the "".

paragraph: He was a trusted attendant of Emperor Saga from the time the latter was crown prince. In 808 he was promoted to the position of "tōgū shōji" (春宮少進), and went on to serve in positions such as "shōgeki" (少外記) and "shikibu shōyū" (式部少輔), as well as serving in various provincial governments such as those of Ōmi Province, Mino Province, Mutsu Province, Awa Province, and ultimately, in 822, vice-governor of the Dazaifu (大宰大弐 "dazai no daini").

paragraph: He demonstrated his skill as an administrator the following year when, he introduced reforms allowing the farming of government-owned rice paddies in the Dazaifu to relieve the burden of the peasants under his administration. He also directed the construction of the "Zokumyō-in" (続命院), a rest stop for visitors to the Dazaifu.

paragraph: He was the father of Ono no Takamura.

paragraph: He died on the nineteenth day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Tenchō (14 May 830 in the Gregorian calendar).

paragraph: Section::::Writings.

paragraph: Ono no Minemori was one of the compilers of the "Ryōun-shū", an anthology of Japanese "kanshi" (poems in Classical Chinese) and drafted the preface to the collection. Thirteen of his poems were included in the "Ryōun-shū", eight in the "Bunka Shūrei-shū", and nine in the "Keikoku-shū". Their shared poetic skill brought him in contact with the monk Kūkai.

paragraph: In his later years, he helped compile the "Nihon Kōki", one of the so-called Six National Histories. He also participated in the compilation of the "".

paragraph: Many of his poems were composed on the direct orders of the Emperor of Japan, notably Emperor Saga. His poetic style shows the influence of Six Dynasties poetry.

wikidata_label: Ono no Minemori

wikipedia_title: Ono no Minemori


text:
UCLA
Yale University
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
President Trump
Ramsey Clark
Fidel Castro
Saddam Hussein
Manuel Noriega
Park Avenue Armory
MOCAD
Kunsthalle Zürich
President George W. Bush
Das Ram
Cleopatra Records
Little Band of Sailors
John Baldessari
Josephine Foster
Jennifer Herrema
John Knuth
Julian Hoeber
Emory Holmes III
Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Saddam Hussein
Mobutu Sese Seko
Deng Xiaopeng
Jimmy Carter
The Lives of Hamilton Fish
Albert Fish
Hamilton Fish II
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Leonora Piper
Raindance Film Festival
LACMA
Art in General
Henry Art Gallery
Corcoran Gallery
Albany Museum of History and Art
Horse Hospital
Pineapple Underground Film Festival
Night Gallery
Circus of Books
Claudine Ise

categories: Artists from Los Angeles,21st-century American women artists,American women sculptors,American performance artists,University of California, Los Angeles alumni,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Rachel Mason (artist)

paragraph: Rachel Mason is an American artist whose work includes performance art, music, films and multimedia projects.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and education.

paragraph: Mason was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended Wonderland Avenue Elementary, Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) and Cleveland High School in Reseda. Mason received a BFA in art from UCLA and an MFA from Yale University. In New York she worked as an assistant to video and performance artist, Joan Jonas.

paragraph: Section::::Performance Art Works.

paragraph: On January 20, 2017, Mason's character FutureClown, performed a live streamed lip-synch Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions of President Trump's inaugural address as he was delivering it on national television. In 2013, FutureClown lip-synched a full 13 hour filibuster speech delivered by Senator Rand Paul.

paragraph: Mason's earliest works included performances and centered around the body and architecture. As an undergraduate, Mason scaled the eight-story (now demolished) UCLA art building dressed as her fictional character, Terrestrial Being. This piece represents one of a series of performances for video focused on this character.

paragraph: Between 2004-2010, Mason staged performances where she transformed into political leaders singing selections of works from her two "Songs of the Ambassadors" albums. Ranging from Manuel Noriega to Saddam Hussein. For the research into these songs, Mason conducted interviews with Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General who provided insight into some of the political leaders such as Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Manuel Noriega, with whom she struck up a correspondence from his prison cell in Florida.

paragraph: Her performances often included dancers and collaborations with musicians and guest artists. Performances occurred at the Park Avenue Armory (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit (MOCAD), JMOCA in Los Angeles (Justin Hansch's Museum of Contemporary Art), and Kunsthalle Zürich.

paragraph: Section::::Sculpture.

paragraph: While a student at Yale University, she created "Kissing President Bush" which was featured on the cover of the New York Times Art Section during the Republican National Convention held in New York, in 2004. In this sculptural work, the artist depicts herself kissing President George W. Bush.

paragraph: Between 2006-2010, Mason created a collectible set of porcelain figurines of the various political figures involved in conflicts during her lifetime. In each conflict she included herself as an imagined ambassador.

paragraph: In 2014, Mason created an exhibition of polymer clay doll sculptures with mirrored bodies, of female identified artists. The series, "Starseeds", was presented first at Envoy Enterprises gallery in New York and then LTD Gallery in Los Angeles.

paragraph: Section::::Musical Works.

paragraph: In 2016, Mason released Das Ram, an album of eight synth based pop songs on the Los Angeles label, Cleopatra Records.

paragraph: In 2013, the soundtrack to her film, The Lives of Hamilton Fish was released as an album of 21 songs.

paragraph: In 2012, Mason released an album with her band, Little Band of Sailors which featured an original album cover made by John Baldessari, her mentor and teacher.

paragraph: Mason released two albums of songs whose lyrics imagine being inside the minds of various political leaders. These albums called, "The Ambassadors, Vol. I and Vol. II" include songs written in collaboration with guest writers, artists and musicians including Josephine Foster, Jennifer Herrema, John Knuth, Julian Hoeber, Emory Holmes III, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer. Mason performed at art institutions, and which entailed costume changes where she morphed into leaders such as Saddam Hussein, Mobutu Sese Seko, Deng Xiaopeng, and Jimmy Carter.

paragraph: Section::::Films.

paragraph: Her debut feature film The Lives of Hamilton Fish is a musical art film with no dialogue. Mason often performed the entire soundtrack live in front of an audience while touring the film to museums and festivals. The film's story is based on a true coincidence Mason discovered. Two obituaries of two men, both named Hamilton Fish, were printed on the front page of a newspaper from January 16, 1936. Hamilton Fish (aka Albert Fish) had been a serial killer while Hamilton Fish II had been a statesman. The film's namesake connects directly to Alexander Hamilton, and was shot on location at the Aaron Burr house. The film also portrays one of the first known psychics, The White Crow, aka Leonora Piper.

paragraph: The Lives of Hamilton Fish premiered at the Raindance Film Festival UK and Mason performed with the film as a live performance at museums including LACMA, Art in General, Henry Art Gallery, Corcoran Gallery, Albany Museum of History and Art, Horse Hospital (London), Pineapple Underground Film Festival (Hong Kong) and Night Gallery.

paragraph: Mason's 2019 documentary film Circus of Books was acquired by Netflix and executive produced by Ryan Murphy. book and magazine store Circus of Books and is based on the historic gay landmark business which her parents own.

paragraph: "Rachel's art is fluid — it's always easing in and out of different forms. She is a songwriter and performer; she's an actress, of a sort, who performs as if channeling the poetic inner souls of controversial leaders like Fidel Castro and Manuel Noriega." -- Claudine Ise

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Rachel Mason

wikipedia_title: Rachel Mason (artist)


text: Płock Warsaw

wikipedia_title: Płock Warsaw

categories: 20th-century Polish novelists,Polish opinion journalists,19th-century Polish male writers,20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights,1919 deaths,1849 births,Polish literary critics,19th-century Polish novelists,Polish male novelists,People from Płock,Polish theatre critics,20th-century Polish male writers,Polish male dramatists and playwrights,19th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights

paragraph: Kazimierz Zalewski

paragraph: Kazimierz Zalewski (December 5, 1849 – January 11, 1919), pseudonym "Jerzy Myriel", was a Polish dramatist, literary and theatre critic, one of the leading author of middle-class positivistic drama.

paragraph: Zalewski was born in Płock. He was the publisher and editor of the magazine "Wiek" (1875–1905), and managing director of Teatr Mały in Warsaw from 1909 until his death, in Warsaw.

paragraph: Section::::Notable works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Socio-psychological comedies

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Przed ślubem" (1875)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dama treflowa" (1879)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Górą nasi" (1885)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nasi zięciowie" (1886)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Małżeństwo Apfel" (1887)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Novels

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Syn przemytnika" (1884)

description: dramatist, theatre critic

wikidata_label: Kazimierz Zalewski

wikipedia_title: Kazimierz Zalewski


text:
Lord of Badenoch
Earl of Buchan
Richard Comyn
Lothian
Moray
Buchan
Deer Abbey
William I of Scotland
Meic Uilleim
sheriff
Forfar
Justiciar of Scotia
Moray
England
John
Gofraid mac Domnaill
Meic Uilleim
Kincardine
Lordship of Badenoch
St Mungo's Cathedral
Fergus, Earl of Buchan
mormaerdom (earldom) of Bucham
Lordship of Badenoch
Earldom of Buchan
Richard Comyn
Malcolm, 2nd Earl of Atholl
Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl
John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
Jardine Comyn, Lord of Inverallochy
Walter, Lord of Badenoch
Isabella, Countess of Menteith
Uilleam I, Earl of Ross
John Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Angus
Matilda, Countess of Angus
David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride
Gilbert de Haya of Erroll
Alexander, Earl of Buchan
Uilleam, Earl of Mar

categories: 13th-century mormaers,Peers jure uxoris,12th-century births,12th-century Scottish people,Clan Comyn,Norman warriors,Lord Chancellors of Scotland,1233 deaths,Scoto-Normans

paragraph: William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

paragraph: William Comyn was Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. He was one of the seven children of Richard Comyn, Justiciar of Lothian, and Hextilda of Tynedale. He was born in Scotland, in Altyre, Moray in 1163 and died in Buchan in 1233 where he is buried in Deer Abbey.

paragraph: William made his fortune in the service of King William I of Scotland fighting the Meic Uilleim in the north. William witnesses no fewer than 88 charters of the king. William was sheriff of Forfar (1195–1211), Justiciar of Scotia (1205–33) and warden of Moray (1211–2). Between 1199 and 1200, William was sent to England to discuss important matters on King William's behalf with the new king, John.

paragraph: William was appointed to the prestigious office of Justiciar of Scotia, the most senior royal office in the kingdom, in 1205. Between 1211 and 1212, William, as Warden of Moray (or "Guardian of Moray") fought against the insurgency of Gofraid mac Domnaill (of the Meic Uilleim family), whom William beheaded in Kincardine in 1213. Upon finally destroying the Meic Uilleim's in 1229, he was given the Lordship of Badenoch and the lands it controlled.

paragraph: From an unknown date, William held the title Lord of Kilbride.

paragraph: He helped oversee the construction of St Mungo's Cathedral in Glasgow and after his death, Marjory continued his work there.

paragraph: Section::::Earl of Buchan.

paragraph: During his period as Warden of Moray, Comyn was so successful, it may have been the reason he received the hand of Marjory (a.k.a. "Margaret"), Countess of Buchan, sometime between 1209-1212. Her father Fergus, Earl of Buchan, had no male heirs and so in marrying his daughter to William he ensured a suitable line for his titles before his death. Dying sometime around 1214 (perhaps earlier) William took over the management of the mormaerdom (earldom) of Bucham, by right of his wife.

paragraph: Section::::Family tree.

paragraph: William (is believed to have) had six children through his first wife Sarah Fitzhugh and eight through Marjory, Countess of Buchan. The two branches would be associated with the Lordship of Badenoch through his first wife and the Earldom of Buchan through the second. For the historian Alan Young, William's life, and particularly his marriage to the Countess of Buchan, marks the beginning of the "Comyn century".

paragraph: "NB. Children are ranked according to either accounts showing a specific rank in the order of Williams children's birth or according to the earliest available date the child was thought to have been born."

paragraph: BULLET::::- "father" Richard Comyn (b.c.1115–1123 d.c.1179); "mother" Hextilda of Tynedale (a.k.a. "Hextilda FitzUchtred" or "Hextilda FitzWaldeve") (b.1112–1122 d.c. 1149–1189). Hextilda's first husband was Malcolm, 2nd Earl of Atholl, making their son Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl, William Comyn's half-brother.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "first wife" married 1193: Sarah Fitzhugh (a.k.a. "Sarah filia Roberti") (b.1155–1160 d.c.1204)

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Richard (b.c.1190–1194 d.c.1244–1249); married to unknown wife; father of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (b.c.1220 d.c.1277)

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Jardine Comyn, Lord of Inverallochy (b. during or before 1190)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. Walter, Lord of Badenoch (b.1190 d.c.1258) married Isabella, Countess of Menteith

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Johanna (a.k.a. "Jean") (b.c.1198 d.c.1274); married c.1220: Uilleam I, Earl of Ross (a.k.a. "William de Ross") (b.c.1194–1214 d.1274)

paragraph: BULLET::::5. John Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Angus (died 1242); married (c.1242); Matilda, Countess of Angus (aka. "Maud") (b.c.1222, d.1261)

paragraph: BULLET::::6. David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride (died 1247); married Isabel de Valoigne (d.1253)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "second wife" married c.1209–1212: Marjory (aka. "Margaret"), Countess of Buchan (a.k.a. "Margaret Colhan of Buchan") (b.c.1184 d.c.1243–1244)

paragraph: BULLET::::1. Idonea (a.k.a. "Idoine") (b.c.1215–1221); married 1237: Gilbert de Haya of Erroll (a.k.a. "Gilbert de la Hay") (d.1262)

paragraph: BULLET::::2. Alexander, Earl of Buchan (b.c.1217 d.c.1289–1290); married: Elizabetha de Quincy (a.k.a. Isabel) (b.1220 d.1282)

paragraph: BULLET::::3. William (b.c.1217)

paragraph: BULLET::::4. Margaret (b.c. 1218-1230); married Sir John de Keith, Marischal of Scotland (b.1212 d.1270)

paragraph: BULLET::::5. Fergus, Lord of Gorgyn (b.c.1219–1228 d.); married 1249: unknown wife; father of Margaret Comyn (b.c.1270)

paragraph: BULLET::::6. Elizabeth (b.c. 1223 d.1267); married: Uilleam, Earl of Mar (d.1281)

paragraph: BULLET::::7. Agnes (b.c.1225); married 1262: Sir Philip de Meldrum, Justiciar of Scotia (a.k.a. "Philip de Fedarg" or "Philip de Melgarum")

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Young, Alan, "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1213-1314", (East Linton, 1997)

description: Scottish noble

wikidata_label: William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

wikipedia_title: William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch


text: Scottish

text: Labour

text: Leader of the Labour Party

text: Lochee

text: Dundee

text: Yorkshire

text: Ponders End

text: Middlesex

text: jute

text: Enfield Highway

text: engineering apprentice

text: Lambeth

text: Dundee

text: Vickers

text: Barrow

text: London

text: Lucas and Aird

text: Fulham

text: Amalgamated Society of Engineers

text: John Anderson

text: co-operative movement

text: Independent Labour Party

text: 1895 general election

text: Independent Labour Party

text: Rochdale

text: MP

text: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown

text: 1906 general election

text: Scotland

text: 1918 general election

text: Glasgow Gorbals

text: 1922 election

text: Minister of Pensions

text: Minister without Portfolio

text: David Lloyd George

text: Lloyd George Coalition

text: British Workers League

text: National Democratic and Labour Party

text: Coalition Coupon

text: Coalition Labour

text: British politics

text: general election of 1922

text: International Labour Organization

text: France

text: Gordon Highlanders

text: First World War

text: The New Commonwealth

text: Barnes, George Nicoll

text: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

categories: Scottish Labour Party MPs,UK MPs 1918–1922,Leaders of the Labour Party (UK),UK MPs 1910–1918,Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies,People from Ponders End,People from Lochee,Scottish engineers,Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour,Members of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress,Independent Labour Party MPs,Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs,Politicians from Dundee,General Secretaries of the Amalgamated Engineering Union,UK MPs 1906–1910,1940 deaths,UK MPs 1910,National Democratic and Labour Party MPs,Coalition Labour MPs,Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom,1859 births

paragraph: George Barnes (British politician)

paragraph: George Nicoll Barnes (2 January 1859 – 21 April 1940) was a Scottish Labour politician and a Leader of the Labour Party.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Barnes was born on 2 January 1859 in Lochee, Dundee, the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from Yorkshire, and his wife, Catherine Adam Langlands. His brother T. B. Barnes was also active in politics, later becoming a Labour Party councillor in Dundee. The family moved back to England and settled at Ponders End in Middlesex, where his father managed a jute mill in which George himself began working at the age of eleven, after attending a church school at Enfield Highway. He then spent two years as an engineering apprentice, first at Powis James of Lambeth then at Parker's foundry, Dundee.

paragraph: After finishing his apprenticeship he worked for two years at the Vickers shipyard in Barrow before returning once again to the London area, where he experienced unemployment during the slump of 1879. He had a number of short-term jobs before settling for eight years at Lucas and Airds in Fulham.

paragraph: Section::::Trade union and political involvement.

paragraph: During his time in London, Barnes became an active member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers. He stood for the general secretaryship of the union in 1895, but was narrowly defeated by the incumbent, John Anderson. However, the following year, Anderson was dismissed for "wilful neglect of duty", and Barnes easily beat him in a new election. Barnes was a committed member of the co-operative movement, and a keen if moderate socialist, which led him to join the Independent Labour Party on its foundation in 1893.

paragraph: Section::::Parliamentary career.

paragraph: At the 1895 general election he stood unsuccessfully for the Independent Labour Party in Rochdale. He was elected as MP for Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown at the 1906 general election for the Labour Party, becoming one of the first two Labour MPs to be elected in Scotland. He sat for Blackfriars and Hutchesontown until the constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election, and thereafter sat for Glasgow Gorbals (which covered the same area) until he stood down at the 1922 election.

paragraph: Section::::From high office to expulsion.

paragraph: Barnes was Leader of the Labour Party from 14 February 1910 to 6 February 1911. He was Minister of Pensions (1916–1917) and Minister without Portfolio (1917–1920) under David Lloyd George. In 1918 the Labour Party decided to leave the Lloyd George Coalition but Barnes refused to resign. As a result, he was expelled from the Labour Party and with the British Workers League founded the pro-coalition National Democratic and Labour Party, many of whose candidates were elected on the Coalition Coupon. He stood in 1918 under the Coalition Labour title.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: After resigning as a minister early in 1920 he played no further significant role in British politics. In March 1920 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for his ministerial services. He quit politics when the Labour Party announced that it would again field a candidate against him in the general election of 1922. As it was clear that the tide would turn strongly towards the official Labour candidates throughout Glasgow, and as he had no wish to serve in any other party, he decided to withdraw from his seat.

paragraph: Barnes had a long and active retirement, continuing to support the International Labour Organization, serving as chairman of the Co-operative Printing Society, and publishing several books, including his autobiography, "From Workshop to War Cabinet" (1923), and a "History of the International Labour Office" (1926). He was a pleasant-looking, mild-mannered man, but little is known about his private life. In 1882 he had married Jessie, daughter of Thomas Langlands, with whom he had two sons and a daughter; his youngest son was killed in action in France while serving as a Second Lieutenant with the Gordon Highlanders during the First World War.

paragraph: In 1932, he became the first president of the Pacific organization The New Commonwealth. He died in 1940 at his London home, and was buried in Fulham Cemetery.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Barnes, George Nicoll" in the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"

description: Scottish politician

wikidata_label: George Nicoll Barnes

wikipedia_title: George Barnes (British politician)


text: statistician

text: economist

text: Strathaven

text: Lanarkshire

text: Glasgow

text: university

text: John Morley

text: Walter Bagehot

text: The Economist

text: The Times

text: Board of Trade

text: Statistical Society

text: Order of the Bath

text: Royal Society

text: Guy Medal

text: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

text: Order of the Bath

text: Fort Augustus

text: Giffen good

text: Alfred Marshall

text: Royal United Services Institution

text: Royal Society citation

text: Giffen correspondence

text: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

categories: 1837 births,Presidents of the Royal Statistical Society,19th-century Scottish people,Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath,Scottish economists,Alumni of the University of Glasgow,Fellows of the Royal Society,People from Strathaven,1910 deaths,Scottish statisticians

paragraph: Robert Giffen

paragraph: Sir Robert Giffen (22 July 1837 – 12 April 1910) was a Scottish statistician and economist.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Giffen was born at Strathaven, Lanarkshire. He entered a solicitor's office in Glasgow, and while in that city attended courses at the university. He drifted into journalism, and after working for the "Stirling Journal" he went to London in 1862 and joined the staff of the Globe. He also assisted John Morley, when the latter edited the "Fortnightly Review". In 1868 he became Walter Bagehot's assistant-editor on "The Economist"; and his services were also secured in 1873 as city editor of the "Daily News", and later of "The Times".

paragraph: His reputation as a financial journalist and statistician, gained in these years, led to his appointment in 1876 as head of the statistical department in the Board of Trade, and subsequently he became assistant secretary (1882) and finally controller-general (1892), retiring in 1897. As chief statistical adviser to the government, he drew up reports, gave evidence before commissions of inquiry, and acted as a government auditor.

paragraph: Giffen was president of the Statistical Society (1882–1884); He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1891. In 1892 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1894 he received the Guy Medal (gold) from the RSS. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1897.

paragraph: Robert Giffen continued in later years to take a leading part in all public controversies connected with finance and taxation, and his high authority and practical experience were universally recognised. He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1895. He died somewhat suddenly in Fort Augustus, Scotland on 12 April 1910.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Giffen published essays on financial subjects. His major publications were:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "American Railways as Investments" (1873);

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Essays on Finance" (1879 and 1884);

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Progress of the Working Classes" (1884);

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Growth of Capital" (1890);

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Case against Bimetallism" (1892); and

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Economic Inquiries and Studies" (1904).

paragraph: The concept of a Giffen good is named after him. Alfred Marshall wrote in the third (1895) edition of his "Principles of Economics":

paragraph: As Mr. Giffen has pointed out, a rise in the price of bread makes so large a drain on the resources of the poorer labouring families and raises so much the marginal utility of money to them, that they are forced to curtail their consumption of meat and the more expensive farinaceous foods: and, bread being still the cheapest food which they can get and will take, they consume more, and not less of it.

paragraph: Marshall's attribution identified no corresponding passage in Giffen's writings.

paragraph: On 25 March 1908, Giffen spoke at the Royal United Services Institution in London, where he predicted that a major war would shock the world credit system, which in turn would virtually halt international trade. This inspired the British Admiralty's plans for economic warfare at the outbreak of the First World War.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- R. S. Mason "Robert Giffen and the Giffen Paradox", Philip Allan (1989)

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. E. Bateman, "Sir Robert Giffen", "Journal of the Royal Statistical Society", 73, (1910) pp. 529–533. (includes photograph)

paragraph: BULLET::::- F. Y. Edgeworth, "Sir Robert Giffen", "Economic Journal", 20, (1910) pp. 318–321.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal Society citation

paragraph: BULLET::::- Giffen correspondence

paragraph: BULLET::::- Attribution

paragraph: "The main part of this entry is taken from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica."

description: British statistician

wikidata_label: Robert Giffen

wikipedia_title: Robert Giffen


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MC
Gloucester
jungle
drum and bass
Roni Size
Reprazent
hip hop
pirate radio
Gloucester
South West England
Full Cycle
Mercury Music Prize
The Nextmen
High Contrast
Caspa
Netsky
DJ Skitz
Scratch Perverts
Andy C
DJ Zinc
remix
Enya
Kanye West
Kiss 100
GMT
Fresh 40
R&B
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UK's
commercial radio
Madden NFL '07
Camo & Krooked
Netsky
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Dyro
UK
Aluna Francis
Rye Rye
Official Dynamite MC MySpace profile
Strong Records website
Discography at rolldabeats.com
Discography at Discogs

categories: English male rappers,English people of African-American descent,People from Bristol,English people of American descent,Black British male rappers,Living people,1973 births

paragraph: Dynamite MC

paragraph: Dynamite MC (born Dominic Smith, 7 October 1973, Germany) is an MC from Gloucester, England. He originally gained prominence in jungle/drum and bass, working with Roni Size and Reprazent, but has also released hip hop material.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He started his MCing career on pirate radio station Crush FM, broadcasting in Gloucester, South West England during the early 1990s. He met Roni Size in 1994 and began MCing for the Full Cycle crew. When the Bristol collective formed the live band Reprazent, Dynamite shared vocal duties with singer, Onallee. Their debut album "New Forms" won the Mercury Music Prize in 1997. Dynamite's role was enhanced for Reprazent's second album, the hip-hop influenced "In the Mode" (2000).

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Solo work.

paragraph: Following this, Dynamite collaborated with a range of artists including The Nextmen, High Contrast, Caspa, Netsky, DJ Skitz, Scratch Perverts, Andy C and DJ Zinc, releasing a solo album "The World of Dynamite" (2004). In 2006, a remix CD, "Big Man Talk" was released on the Strong Records label (featuring samples from Enya and Kanye West). A third album, "Styles Galore" was set to follow in 2006.

paragraph: Section::::Career.:Other works.

paragraph: Dynamite MC hosts a two-hour 'Smooth Grooves' show on Kiss 100 every Monday night at 9:00pm (GMT), as well as hosting the Fresh 40 R&B and dance chart across some of the UK's commercial radio stations on Sunday afternoons.

paragraph: The track "Bounce" is featured on the soundtrack of "Madden NFL '07". "Bounce" and "After Party" also feature in the video game, "". He recently worked with Camo & Krooked for their song "Stand Up" (Camo & Krooked vs Friction feat. Dynamite MC), with Netsky on a track titled "The Whistle Song" for Netsky's album, "2," and with Dyro on "Against All Odds".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The World of Dynamite" (2004)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Big Man Talk Mixtape" (2006)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Big Man Talk 2" (2009)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Big Man Talk 3" (2011)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Singles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Switch" (1994)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "After Party" (1998)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Hotness" (2003) – UK No. 66

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ride" (2004) – UK No. 54

paragraph: BULLET::::- "No More" – UK No. 26

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bounce"

paragraph: BULLET::::- "What!" (2008)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Here We Go" (DJ Fumiya feat. Dynamite MC) (2010)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kawaii" (feat. Missill, Aluna Francis and Rye Rye) (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Prototype" (2018)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Dynamite MC MySpace profile

paragraph: BULLET::::- Strong Records website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Discography at rolldabeats.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Discography at Discogs

description: Master of Ceremonies

wikidata_label: Dynamite MC

wikipedia_title: Dynamite MC