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<mask> (also McLaughlin; 1835–1882) was an influential newspaper editor of the British Cape Colony, in what is now South Africa. Early life and education

Born in Ireland, <mask> emigrated to the Cape Colony in 1861, as a sergeant in the 59th regiment, until he was discharged after suffering an injury that seriously damaged his sight. He moved to Cape Town and founded a school on Boom (modern Commercial) street, in a part of Cape Town that was a slum at the time. Being intensely reflective and literary however, he soon became known for his remarkable letters to the Cape's leading newspapers (always under the pen-name "Scotus"). He went on to edit three newspapers in his career. Throughout his career, his writings and his editing were distinguished by their liberal and inclusive ideology and their concern over the rights of the Cape's Black African citizens. While this made him very popular in the relatively liberal 1870s, it caused him a great deal of controversy as popular opinion became more reactionary and pro-imperialist in the early 1880s.The Cape Argus (1871-1879)
His free-lance writings came to the attention of the Cape Argus as early as 1861, and he soon became a printer's reader for that paper's parent company, Saul Solomon & Co., from where he rapidly rose in position. In 1871 he was appointed editor for the Cape Argus, taking over from Thomas Ekins Fuller. He continued to do a great deal of the writing, and his humble manner and direct style of writing made him hugely popular. He was also known for his unpretentious manner and his "genuine journalistic faculty of mingling freely with his fellow men". However, he was openly partisan on political issues. Whilst editor, he "was greatly in the confidence of the Premier of the time, Sir John Molteno, and vigorously supported him". Both he and the Argus therefore came to be seen as supporters of the Molteno government.<mask> also continued to espouse liberal views that, while relatively popular at the time, were still controversial and were to make him unpopular in later, more conservative, years. The "Pro Bono Publico" trial (1878/9)
A change came about in 1878 when the British Colonial Office overthrew the elected Cape government and a new bout of imperial expansion began in southern Africa, under the reactionary new government of Gordon Sprigg. Against the background of its frontier wars, the new regime began to move against its opponents. The Sprigg government targeted the Argus first, arranging that its government contracts were abruptly cancelled. <mask> was next, and the attack, when it came, focused on his private writings. McLoughlin had supposedly authored a pamphlet named "Pro Bono Publico" ("For Public Good"), privately and anonymously, during the 1878/9 Legislative Council elections. In addition to several other anonymous papers which criticised leading figures of the British and Settler establishment, these writings were held to constitute libel.Although it was never proven that McLoughlin did indeed author these papers, the "Pro Bono Publico" trial went badly, McLoughlin's continued position became untenable, and he was forced to resign. This was in spite of strong support from his liberal friends, and from Saul Solomon himself who, in a personal letter to <mask> (30 June 1879) admitted that he found the termination "especially painful because it is occasioned by your having been placed in a position which I feel that, as an innocent man, you ought not to occupy". The Cape Post (1879-1880)

With support from several powerful admirers (including John X. Merriman and the retired former Prime Minister John Molteno) he founded the Cape Post newspaper in 1879, and co-edited it with Francis Reginald Statham. One of the intended purposes of the Cape Post was to encourage a coming-together of the peoples and states of southern Africa in an organic and locally-driven process. This was in order to counter the influence of the British Colonial Office and the Confederation plan that it was attempting to impose on the subcontinent at the time. The "Fiat Justitia" trial (1879-1880)

The unusually liberal Cape Post was controversial, among other reasons, for highlighting cases of violence and discrimination against Black African people in the rural areas of the Cape. Chief among these, were the notorious "Koegas (or Kougas) murders", which led McLoughlin publicly to accuse the Attorney General Thomas Upington of racism.The Cape Post was joined in this campaign by Cape Town's other liberal newspaper at the time, Saul Solomon's Cape Argus, with its new editor Francis Dormer. Specifically, McLoughlin and Solomon accused the Attorney General and his colleagues in the Sprigg government of allowing white juries to acquit whites who had killed blacks. They called for the Attorney General's resignation and for an all-round condemnation of the verdict. The Sprigg government accused McLoughlin and Solomon of libel and responded with several lawsuits that culminated in what became known as the "Fiat Justitia" trial. In addition, a reactionary campaign arose in support of the Sprigg government's policies, led by publications such as the Lantern. In 1880 McLoughlin was therefore forced to close the Cape Post due to financial difficulties. Oudtshoorn and death
Later he moved to the small town of Oudtshoorn in the Karoo, where he edited and wrote for the Oudtshoorn Tribune for a year, in effective exile, until he shot himself on 30 June 1882.He was survived by his wife and several children. <mask> was an extremely diligent and skilled writer, but he was even more known for his thoughtful and empathetic nature. His undoing was his unwillingness or inability to compromise on his feelings and principles, at a time when dissidence was dangerous. Historian Alexander Wilmot summed up McLoughlin as "the very clever, but not, perhaps, sufficiently scrupulous man of letters". References

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<mask> (11 January 1803 – 4 March 1888) was an Italian Catholic bishop known for his compassionate treatment of the poor and for his enlightened views of education; he was sometimes dubbed as the "Bishop of the Poor". He served as the Bishop of Vicenza and later as the Bishop of Treviso; he is also known for ordaining the future Pope Pius X to the priesthood. He was beatified on 4 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II and was canonized on 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis following the recognition of miracles attributed to his intercession. His liturgical feast day is celebrated annually on 4 March, the date of his death. He remains the patron saint of his religious order and of his hometown as well as the dioceses in which he served. Biography

Early life and family
<mask> was born in Gambellara in the Venetian Province to <mask> (30 January 1768 - 22 September 1824) and Francesca Bellame. Farina had ten siblings: Giacomo (b.28 March 1792), Teresa (b. 17 March 1793), Gio Batta (b. 6 January 1795), Maddalena (b. 30 January 1796), Girolamo (b. 14 February 1801), Pietro (b. 2 March 1806), Lucia Fortunata-<mask> (b. 18 August 1807), Giambattista (b.18 October 1809), and Palma (b. 17 October 1811). Following the death of his father in 1824, <mask> was mentored by his maternal uncle <mask> who was a priest. At the age of 15, he entered the seminary in Vicenza. Ministry
At the age of 21, <mask> began teaching at the seminary, where he continued to serve for 18 years, and he taught grammar. He was ordained to the priesthood on 15 January 1827 and remained as a teacher at the seminary and even served as a librarian for a brief period and the canon of the local cathedral. In the first decade of his priesthood, he served as a chaplain at the parish of San Pietro and was sensitive to the educational needs of its people, in particular, girls and those who were deaf and blind.In 1831, he founded the first school for poor girls in Vicenza, and on 11 November 1836, the Institute of the Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts (). The Sisters taught at the girls' school, and also cared for the sick and the elderly. On 25 May 1850, <mask> was appointed as the Bishop of Treviso. He received his episcopal consecration as a bishop on 19 January 1851, by <mask> Cappellari, the Bishop of Vicenza, assisted by Bernardo Antonino Squarcina, the Bishop of Adria, and Federico Manfredini, the Titular Bishop of Famagusta. He was formally installed in his new diocese on 16 February 1851. On 18 September 1858, <mask> ordained as a priest Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, the future Pope Pius X. On 18 June 1860, <mask> was appointed as the Bishop of Vicenza, a position he held until his death in 1888, and he was formally installed in his new diocese on the following 16 December.In 1869 and 1870 he attended the First Vatican Council and was among the supporters for the definition of papal infallibility. He died on 4 March 1888 at the age of 85 from a stroke. He had suffered a serious illness in 1886 and his strength continued to decline until his death. His remains were transferred to the order's motherhouse in 1898. His order received the decree of praise from Pope Gregory XVI on 1 March 1839 and papal approval from Pope Pius X later after his death on 2 May 1905. In 2005 there were 1541 religious in a total of 179 houses in nations such as Poland and in Israel. Canonization
The cause for <mask>'s beatification started on 1 June 1990 and was therefore titled as a Servant of God.The diocesan process opened in Vicenza and spanned from 9 October 1990 until being closed on 6 February 1992; the Congregation for the Causes of Saints validated the process in Rome on 23 April 1993 and received the Positio dossier from the postulation in 1999. The historians approved the direction of the cause on 22 February 2000 while theologians voiced their approval for the cause on 12 December 2000 as did the C.C.S. on 20 February 2001 On 24 April 2001 he was proclaimed Venerable after Pope John Paul II approved his life of "heroic virtue". The process for a miracle that led to his beatification spanned from 1985 until 1987 and received validation on 19 January 1996. A medical board approved this on 25 January 2001 as did theologians on 29 May 2001 and the C.C.S. members on 3 July 2001. The pope issued final confirmation for this miracle on 7 July 2001 and deemed it to be a healing attributed to <mask>'s intercession.John Paul II beatified <mask> in Saint Peter's Square on 4 November 2001. March 4 was designated as his annual liturgical feast. The second miracle had to be approved for him to be sainted and one such miracle was investigated and then validated on 4 April 2003 before a medical board approved it on 14 April 2005. Theologians also assented to it on 24 January 2006 as did the C.C.S. sometime later on 18 March 2014. Pope Francis signed a decree on 3 April 2014 recognizing a miracle that had been attributed to <mask>'s intercession and allowed for his canonization to take place. He was canonized - alongside five others - on 23 November 2014 in Saint Peter's Square.The postulator at the time of his canonization was Sr. Albarosa Ines Bassani. Lineage
His paternal grandparents were Girolamo (9 January 1738 - 18 December 1822) and Maddalena Disconzi (1734 - 31 October 1815). His paternal aunts were Pasqua (b. 2 March 1763), Angela (b. 28 August 1778), Antonia (b. 10 January 1766), and Anna (b. 23 February 1770).His paternal great-grandparents were Francesco (1 May 1701 - 7 February 1779) and Antonia Capitanio. His paternal great-great-grandparents were Sebastiano <mask> (b. 2 March 1673) and Pasqua. <mask>'s paternal great-great-great-grandfather was Sebastiano (b. 1580). References

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19th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops
Beatifications by Pope John Paul II
Bishops of Treviso
Bishops of Vicenza
Canonizations by Pope Francis
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Italian Roman Catholic saints
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Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II

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<mask> (born January 6, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Super League. A 6'4" shooting guard born in Yonkers, New York, during his senior season of 2013–14 with the Cincinnati Bearcats, he was named AP first-team All-American. High school career
<mask> starred at White Plains Senior High School, where he averaged 28.4 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game over his four-year career. He then spent a post-graduate year at Notre Dame Preparatory School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. College career
<mask> redshirted what would have been his freshman season at Cincinnati in 2009–10, as he played the same position as top recruit Lance Stephenson. In his first season with the Bearcats, Kilpatrick was part of the regular rotation, averaging 9.7 points per game in 20.6 minutes per game. As a sophomore, his role and minutes expanded and he increased his scoring average to 14.3 per game.He led the Big East Conference in made three-point shots and three-pointers per game and was named second team All-Conference at the conclusion of the season. As a junior in 2012–13, <mask> again raised his scoring average as he tallied 17 points per game and repeated on the second team All-Big East squad. In the summer between his junior and senior seasons, <mask> was selected to represent the United States as a member of the men's national team at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. He averaged 7.5 points per game as the team finished ninth. At the beginning of his senior season, <mask> was named preseason first team all-conference by the American Athletic Conference. On February 19, 2014, <mask> passed Steve Logan for second all-time in Bearcats scoring history (behind Oscar Robertson). On February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for the Naismith College Player of the Year.For the season, he averaged 20.6 points per game and led the Bearcats to a 27–7 overall record and first place in the conference. He was named first-team All-American by the AP, USA Today, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report and NBCSports.com. Overall, <mask> was named a consensus second-team All-American. Professional career

2014–15 season
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, <mask> joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On October 20, 2014, he signed with the Golden State Warriors, but was waived four days later. On November 3, he was acquired by the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League as an affiliate player of Golden State. On January 21, 2015, he was traded to the Delaware 87ers, along with a first-round pick, in exchange for Ronald Roberts and the returning player rights to Darington Hobson.On March 19, 2015, <mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Timberwolves were granted an NBA hardship exception for a 16th roster spot due to having four players out with injury. He made his NBA debut later that night, recording one rebound in 10 minutes of action as the Timberwolves defeated the New York Knicks 95–92 in overtime. He was not retained by the Timberwolves following the expiration of his 10-day contract on March 29. In four games for the Timberwolves, he averaged 5.5 points and 1.5 rebounds per game. The same day, he returned to the 87ers, where he played out the 2014–15 season. In 44 D-League games (22 for Santa Cruz, 22 for Delaware) over the course of the season, <mask> averaged 13.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 28.0 minutes per game.Delaware 87ers and Denver Nuggets
In July 2015, <mask> joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On September 10, 2015, he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. However, he was later waived by the Pelicans on October 23 after appearing in five preseason games. On November 17, he was reacquired by the Delaware 87ers. On January 12, 2016, <mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Denver Nuggets. Three days later, he made his debut for the Nuggets in a loss to the Miami Heat. On January 23, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Nuggets.Two days later, he had his best game as a Nugget, recording 11 points and 3 rebounds in a loss to the Atlanta Hawks. After his second 10-day contract expired, he was not offered a contract with the Nuggets for the rest of the season, and on February 2, he was reacquired by Delaware. He went on to play for the East All-Star team in the 2016 NBA D-League All-Star Game. At the season's end, he was named to the All-NBA D-League Third Team. Brooklyn Nets
On February 28, 2016, <mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets. On March 5, he scored a career-high 19 points in the Nets' 132–118 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He went on to sign a second 10-day contract with the Nets on March 9, and tied his career high of 19 points on March 13 and March 15.On March 19, he signed a multi-year contract with the Nets. Three days later, he scored a career-high 25 points in a 105–100 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. On April 10, he set a new career high with 26 points in a 129–103 loss to the Indiana Pacers. On October 28, 2016, <mask> scored 18 points against the Indiana Pacers to record double figures in 21 of his first 25 games as a Net. On November 2, he recorded a season-high 24 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in a 109–101 win over the Detroit Pistons. On November 9, in his first career start, <mask> scored in single figures for the first time in 2016–17, finishing with seven points, four rebounds and five assists in 28 minutes in a 110–96 loss to the New York Knicks. On November 29, he scored 31 of his career-high 38 points after the third quarter, as the Nets stopped a seven-game losing streak with a 127–122 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.He also had a career-best 14 rebounds in the game. On December 7, 2017, following the trade in which Brooklyn acquired Jahlil Okafor and Nik Stauskas, the Nets waived <mask>. 2017–18 season
On December 18, 2017, <mask> signed a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. On January 7, 2018, the Bucks converted his two-way contract to a standard NBA contract. On March 2, 2018, he was waived by the Bucks. On March 4, 2018, <mask> signed a 10-day contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. On March 14, 2018, he signed a second 10-day contract with the Clippers.He parted ways with the Clippers following the expiration of his second 10-day contract. On March 26, 2018, <mask> signed with the Chicago Bulls. On July 12, 2018, he was waived by the Bulls. The last game he played was on the 11th of April 2018. Panathinaikos
On January 9, 2019, <mask> signed with the EuroLeague club Panathinaikos. Named all star February 10. On February 17, 2019, <mask> won Greek Basketball Cup in the big final against PAOK BC (79-73).The Final took place in Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Crete. This was for <mask> his very first trophy in "green" and for Panathinaikos BC the 19th title in Greek Cup competition. <mask> helped Panathinaikos to win another Championship, the 38th and third in a row for Greens, having 8.1 points, 1.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.7 steals in 20.3 minutes per game. In the play-off final series Panathinaikos beat Promitheas Patras with 3-0 wins. Budućnost
On November 18, 2019, he has signed with Budućnost of the Adriatic League. Tofaş
On July 20, 2020, he has signed with Tofaş of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Gran Canaria
On December 14, 2020, he has signed with Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Spanish Liga ACB.Hapoel Jerusalem
On August 25, 2021, <mask> signed with Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League. players
KK Budućnost players
Los Angeles Clippers players
Milwaukee Bucks players
Minnesota Timberwolves players
Panathinaikos B.C. players
People from White Plains, New York
Santa Cruz Warriors players
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Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York
Tofaş S.K. players
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Viscount  was a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western art theory and practice to a wide Japanese audience. He was among the leaders of the yōga (or Western-style) movement in late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese painting, and has come to be remembered in Japan as "the father of Western-style painting." Biography

Early years
<mask> was born in Takamibaba, Satsuma Domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture), as the son of a samurai of the Shimazu clan, <mask>e and his wife Yaeko. At birth, the boy was named Shintarō; this was changed to <mask> in 1877, when he was 11. In his personal life, he used the name <mask>ru, which uses an alternate pronunciation of the same Chinese characters. Even before his birth, Kuroda had been chosen by his paternal uncle, <mask>na, as heir; formally, he was adopted in 1871, after traveling to Tokyo with both his birth mother and adoptive mother to live at his uncle's estate. Kiyotsuna was also a Shimazu retainer, whose services to Emperor Meiji in the Bakumatsu period and at the Battle of Toba–Fushimi led to his appointment to high posts in the new imperial government; in 1887 he was named a viscount.Because of his position, the elder Kuroda was exposed to many of the modernizing trends and ideas coming into Japan during the early Meiji period; as his heir, young Kiyoteru also learned from them and took his lessons to heart. In his early teens, Kuroda began to learn the English language in preparation for his university studies; within two years, however, he had chosen to switch to French instead. At 17, he enrolled in pre-college courses in French, as preparation for his planned legal studies in college. Consequently, when in 1884 <mask>'s brother-in-law Hashiguchi Naouemon was appointed to the French Legation, it was decided that Kuroda would accompany him and his wife to Paris to begin his real studies of law. He arrived in Paris on March 18, 1884 and was to remain there for the next decade. Studies in France
Kuroda had received painting lessons in his youth, and had been given a watercolor set by his adoptive mother as a present upon leaving for Paris, but he had never considered painting as anything more than a hobby. However, in February 1886 Kuroda was attending a party at the Japanese legation for Japanese nationals in Paris; here, he met the painters Yamamoto Hōsui and Fuji Masazō, as well as art dealer Tadamasa Hayashi, a specialist in ukiyo-e. All three urged the young student to turn to painting, saying that he could better help his country by learning to paint like a Westerner rather than learning law.Kuroda agreed, and began formally studying art at an art studio while simultaneously continuing his studies in law in an effort to please his adoptive father. This situation proved untenable, however, and Kuroda finally succeeded in convincing his father to allow him to abandon his legal studies and study painting full time. In May 1886, Kuroda entered the studio of Raphaël Collin, a noted Academic painter who had shown work in several Paris Salons. Kuroda also received guidance from Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, who influenced Kuroda's later use of the human body to represent abstract concepts. In 1886, Kuroda met another young Japanese painter, Kume Keiichiro, newly arrived in France, who also joined Collin's studio. The two became friends, and soon became roommates as well. It was during these years that he began to mature as a painter, first following the traditional course of study in Academic studio art before eventually also encountering plein-air painting.In 1890 <mask> moved from Paris to the village of Grez-sur-Loing, an artists' colony about 70 kilometers south of Paris which had been formed by painters from the United States and from northern Europe. It was at Grez-sur-Loing that Kuroda first began to experiment with plein-air techniques, discovering inspiration in the rural landscape, as well as a young woman, Maria Billault, who became one of his favorite models. In 1893, Kuroda returned to Paris and began work on his most important painting to date, Morning Toilette, which would later become the first nude painting to be publicly exhibited in Japan. This large-scale work, which was destroyed in World War II, was accepted with great praise by the Académie des Beaux-Arts; Kuroda intended to bring it with him to Japan to shatter the Japanese prejudice against the depiction of the nude figure. With the painting in hand, he set out for home via the United States, arriving in July 1893. Back in Japan
Having spent many long years of study in France to gain mastery of Western-style painting, Kuroda was eager to try out his newfound skills on the landscapes of his home country. Soon after arriving back in Japan, Kuroda traveled to Kyoto for the first time in his life, and used plein-air techniques to depict famous local sights, such as geisha and ancient temples.Paintings inspired by this trip include Maiko (1893, Tokyo National Museum) and Talk on Ancient Romance (1898, destroyed). When Kuroda returned to Japan, the best-known society for Western-style painting was the Meiji Fine Art Society (Meiji Bijutsukai [ja]), which was strongly under the influence of European Academicism and the Barbizon School, which had been introduced to Japan by the Italian artist Antonio Fontanesi at the government-funded Technical Fine Arts School [it] (Kо̄bu Bijutsu Gakkо̄) beginning in 1876. Kuroda submitted several of his paintings to the Meiji Fine Arts Society's annual exhibition, which exhibited nine of his works in 1894. His innovative painting style, heavily influenced by the latest European plein air and Impressionist techniques, shocked Japanese audiences. For example, the art critic Takayama Chogyū wrote that anyone who found this type of painting beautiful must have "poor eyesight." However, many younger artists found Kuroda's innovative style inspiring and flocked to become his students. In particular, Kuroda's style of bright color tones emphasizing the changes of light and atmosphere was considered revolutionary.Kobayashi Mango, one of Kuroda's students from this time, recalled that when Kuroda returned to Japan, it was as if "those who had been groping along a wild dark path suddenly became aware of a single ray of brightness." In 1894, Yamamoto Hōsui, one of the artists who had encouraged Kuroda to study art in France, handed over control of the art school he had founded, the Seikо̄kan (生巧館), to Kuroda, who inherited all of Yamamoto's students. Kuroda renamed the school Tenshin Dо̄jо̄ (天心道場) and remodeled its pedagogy to focus on Western precepts and plein-air painting. Controversy
In April 1895, Kuroda helped to organize the Fourth National Industrial Exhibition, held in Kyoto; he also submitted Morning Toilette for exhibition in the same venue. Although he was awarded a prize for the painting, the exhibition of a picture of a nude woman before so many visitors outraged many, and led to a furor in the press where critics condemned the perceived flouting of social standards. None criticized the technical aspects of the painting, choosing instead to lambaste Kuroda for its subject matter. Kume, Kuroda's friend from his Paris days, wrote a spirited defense of the nude figure in art for newspaper publication, but this helped little.For his part, Kuroda maintained a public silence on the issue; privately, however, he expressed the opinion that morally, at least, he had won the day. Further controversy erupted in October of the same year, when Kuroda exhibited 21 of his works done in Europe at the 7th Exhibition of the Meiji Fine Art Society. Kume also entered some of his work in the exhibition, as did several of Kuroda's students from the Tenshin Dо̄jо̄. Visitors were struck by the vast differences between Kuroda's plein-air-derived style and the more formal work of the other artists, leading critics to focus on the difference as one between the old and the new. Some even went so far as to suggest a factional rivalry between two "schools" of painting, an "Old School," represented by the Meiji Fine Art Society and the "New School," represented by Kuroda and his students. Displeased by the bureaucratic methods inherent in the hierarchy of the Meiji Fine Art Society, Kuroda withdrew from the society in June 1896 and founded his own, rival art society, along with Kume and a number of their students. The new group was christened the "White Horse Society" (白馬会, Hakubakai), after a brand of unrefined sake they favored called "White Horse" (白馬, Shirouma).The White Horse Society had no set rules; rather, it was a free, equal gathering of like-thinking artists whose only goal was to find a way for members to display their works. The group held exhibitions every year until it dissolved in 1911; in total, thirteen shows were held. A number of prominent artists received their first public exposure in these exhibitions; among them were Fujishima Takeji and Aoki Shigeru. Academic career
By 1896, Kuroda was at the peak of his career. That May Okakura Tenshin, the Dean of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkо̄, present-day Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music), appointed Kuroda as the director of the newly established a Department of Western-style Painting. This allowed him to design an even broader curriculum, meant for general students of art, and to be better equipped to reach a broader public. An academic role, with its emphasis on structure and conformity, contrasted with the painter's focus on individuality, but Kuroda nonetheless approached his new role with zeal.In particular, Kuroda stressed the importance of painting outdoors directly from nature (plein air), and insisted that courses in anatomy and the sketching of a live nude model be included in the curriculum. Ultimately, Kuroda set as his goal the teaching of history painting, feeling that it was the most important genre for students to learn. In his opinion, paintings depicting myths, history, or themes such as love or courage, in which figures painted in poses and compositions reflecting these issues had the highest social value. Coinciding with this was the creation of one of his most ambitious works, the Talk on Ancient Romance. The painting was a large undertaking; it seems to have been among the first for which Kuroda employed charcoal drawings and oil sketches. He would go on to employ this technique in most of his later work, teaching it to his students as well. Talk on Ancient Romance appears to have been intended as a wall panel; as with much of Kuroda's work, it was destroyed during World War II, leaving only preparatory studies to indicate its possible grandeur.Later career

<mask> was by this time well-regarded not only by the Japanese, but by the art world at large; his triptych Wisdom, Impression, Sentiment (completed 1900) was exhibited alongside his 1897 work Lakeside at the Exposition Universelle held in 1900 in Paris; it received a silver medal. Lakeside, however, is arguably Kuroda's most famous and recognizable work in Japan. It depicts Kuroda's wife Teruko, seated by a lake in the famous resort town of Hakone. Lakeside represents the apotheosis of Kuroda's personal style, in which he dialed back the more controversial aspects of European Impressionism to combine it with aspects of Academicism and the Barbizon School, while emphasizing native Japanese subjects such as Japanese landscapes and clothing. The result was a hybrid style art historian Chinghsin Wu has termed "Academic Impressionism," which Kuroda thought was more palatable to Japanese tastes and sensibilities. In 1907, members of the White Horse Society, Kuroda among them, exhibited in the first Bunten exhibition, sponsored by the Ministry of Education; their continued participation led to the disbanding of the group in 1911. Meanwhile, Kuroda had been appointed a court painter at the Imperial Court in 1910, becoming the first yōga artist so honored.From then until the end of his life his artistic activities were curtailed; he became more of a politician and an administrator, only creating small works intended for display. In 1917, on the death of his father, Kuroda inherited the kazoku peerage title of viscount, and in 1920, was elected to a seat in the House of Peers, the upper house of the Diet of Japan. In 1922, Kuroda was made head of the Imperial Fine Arts Academy. In 1923, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur; this followed numerous other honors from the French government in the years before. <mask> died at home in Azabu Kōgai-chō on July 15, 1924; immediately upon his death the Japanese government conferred upon him the Order of the Rising Sun. Legacy
Few artists have influenced Japanese art as much as Kuroda. As a painter, he was among the first to introduce Western-style paintings to a broad Japanese audience.As a teacher, he taught many young artists the lessons that he himself had learned in Paris; among his students were painters like Wada Eisaku, who were to become among the preeminent Japanese painters of their generation. Many students also followed Kuroda in choosing to study in Paris, leading to a greater awareness of broader trends in Western art on the part of many Japanese artists in the twentieth century; a number of these, such as Asai Chū, even went as far as going to Grez-sur-Loing for inspiration. In particular, the "Academic Impressionism" style that Kuroda promoted, as exemplified in iconic paintings such as Lakeside (1897) and Lilies (1909), achieved a long-lasting predominance within Japanese art society, forming the bedrock of modern, Western-style art training and practice in Japan for many decades to come. Perhaps Kuroda's greatest contribution to Japanese culture, however, was the broader acceptance of Western-style painting he fostered on the part of the Japanese public. Despite their initial reluctance, he was able to convince them to accept the validity of Western-style art theories and practices. This, coupled with the honors bestowed upon him later in his life, bespeak a broader understanding by the Japanese people, and by their government, as to the importance of yōga in their culture. Philately
Two of Kuroda's works have been selected as the subject of a commemorative postage stamps by the Japanese government:

 1967: Lakeside, (1897), for the 1967 Philatelic Week
 1980: Maiko (1893), for the Modern Art Series

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links

 Homepage of the Kuroda Memorial Hall in Tokyo, containing a biography, analysis of selected works, and images of portions of the collection (in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese)
 National Diet Library photo and bio

1866 births
1924 deaths
Court painters
Yōga painters
Kazoku
Members of the House of Peers (Japan)
Members of the Japan Art Academy
People from Kagoshima
People from Satsuma Domain
Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun
19th-century Japanese painters
20th-century Japanese painters
Imperial household artists

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<mask> (born 4 September 1987), commonly known as <mask>, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Kuwaiti club Al-Salmiya SC. Having played for clubs in Asia since 2009, he went to represent Timor-Leste internationally in 2014 in order to be registered as an Asian player in his Asian clubs since then, despite having no connection to Timor-Leste. He was declared as ineligible to play for that national team by the Asian Football Confederation in 2017. Club career

Youth career
<mask> began his footballing career in 2004 with the U-16 team of São Bernardo do Campo-based club, Palestra de São Bernardo. In 2005, he moved to his home town São Paulo where he signed a one-year youth contract with one of Brazil's top most club, Guarani and thus became eligible to play for the U-17 team of the club. Grêmio Mauaense
<mask> began his professional footballing career in 2006 with Mauá-based Grêmio Esportivo Mauaense. He scored eight goals in 11 appearances in the 2006 Copa Paulista for the Mauá-based club.Destroyers
He first moved out of Brazil in 2007 to Bolivia where he signed a one-year contract with Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano club, Club Destroyers. He scored 19 goals in 22 appearances for the Santa Cruz de la Sierra-based club in the 2007 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. He also made 2 appearances in the 2007 Copa Aerosur. Blooming
In 2008, he signed a one-year contract with another Bolivian club, Club Blooming. He made 7 appearances in the 2008 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano. He also scored 3 goals in 5 appearances in the 2008 Copa Aerosur for the Santa Cruz de la Sierra-based club. Tecos U.A.G.In 2009, he again moved out of Brazil and this time to Mexico where he signed a short-term contract with Liga de Ascenso club, Club de Fútbol U.A.G. (now known as Estudiantes Tecos). He made his Liga de Ascenso debut and scored his first goal on 26 January 2009 in a 4-1 loss against Jaguares de Chiapas F.C. He scored 2 goals in 13 appearances in the 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso for the Guadalajara-based club. Al-Nasr
In December 2009, he moved to the Middle East and more accurately to Kuwait where he signed a one-year contract with Kuwaiti Premier League club, Al-Nasr SC. He scored 12 goals in 17 appearances in the 2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League, finishing one goal behind Oman's Ismail Al-Ajmi who finished as the top scorer with 13 goals. He also scored 6 goals in 5 appearances in the 2010 Kuwait Emir Cup for the Al-Farwaniyah-based club.Al-Khaleej
In 2010, he moved to another Middle Eastern country and this time to the United Arab Emirates where he signed a two-year contract with UAE First Division League club, Al-Khaleej Club. He made his debut for the club on 26 August 2010 in a 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup qualification match in a 1-0 win over Al-Fujairah SC and scored his first goal in the same competition two days later on 30 August in a 1-1 draw against Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club. In the qualification process, he put up an eye-catching performance for the club which included a record of 5 goals in a single match on 7 October 2010 in a 7-0 win over Ras Al Khaima Club and three hat tricks, on 4 September 2010 in a 6-1 win over Armed Forces, on 6 November 2010 in a 5-0 win over Al-Dhaid and on 14 November 2011 in a 6-1 win over Al-Rams Club. He also made an appearance in the 2010–11 UAE President's Cup in Round 1 on 21 September 2010 in a 4-1 loss against Baniyas F.C. He made his UAE First Division League debut and scored his first goal in the competition on 9 December 2010 in a 3-3 draw against Emirates Club. He scored 19 goals in 17 appearances in the 2010-11 UAE First Division League, finishing as the top scorer. He also scored 24 goals in 13 appearances in the qualification to the 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup.In his second consecutive season for the club, he made his first appearance and scored his first goal for the club on 30 September 2011 in a 2011–12 Etisalat Emirates Cup qualification match in a 3-3 draw against Al-Ittihad Kalba SC. He made his first appearance in the 2011-12 UAE First Division League on 24 November 2011 in a 4-0 win over Al-Urooba. In the competition, his performance of the season was on 5 December 2011 when he scored a hat trick in a 3-3 draw against Al-Fujairah SC. He also made an appearance in the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup in Round of 16 on 18 December 2011 in a 2-1 loss against Al-Sharjah SCC. He scored 8 goals in 7 appearances in the 2011-12 UAE First Division League. He also scored 5 goals in 4 appearances in qualification to the 2011–12 Etisalat Emirates Cup. Paranaense
In 2012, he moved back to Brazil and more accurately to Curitiba where he signed a two-year contract with Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club, Clube Atlético Paranaense.He made 2 substitute appearances for the club in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, one on 19 May 2012 in a 4-1 win over Joinville Esporte Clube and another on 2 June 2012 in a 3-0 win over Grêmio Barueri Futebol. He also scored 1 goal in 4 appearances in the 2012 Copa do Brasil. The goal was scored on 13 April 2012 in a 5-1 win over Criciúma Esporte Clube. He helped his team to reach the Quarter-finals of the tournament where the club lost 4-2 on aggregate to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. Hatta
In 2012, he moved back to the United Arab Emirates where he was signed by UAE First Division League club, Hatta Club on a one-year loan deal from Clube Atlético Paranaense. He scored 25 goals in 28 appearances in the 2012-13 UAE First Division League finishing as the second top scorer. He also scored 2 goals in 3 appearances in qualification to the 2012–13 Etisalat Emirates Cup.Al-Fujairah
In 2013, he signed a one-year contract with another Emirati club, Al-Fujairah SC. He made his debut and scored his first goal for the club on 7 September 2013 in a 2013–14 UAE President's Cup qualification match in a 7-0 win over Al-Rams Club. He made his 2013-14 UAE First Division League debut on 9 November 2013 in a 1-0 loss against Al-Ittihad Kalba SC and scored his first goal in the competition on 14 September 2013 in a 2-2 draw against Hatta Club. He scored 14 goals in 22 appearances in the 2013-14 UAE First Division League, helping his team to secure the second position in the league and thus getting promoted to the UAE Arabian Gulf League. He also scored 6 goals in 8 appearances in qualification to the 2013–14 UAE President's Cup, sharing the top scorer award with Asamoah Gyan of Al-Ain FC and Grafite of Al-Ahli F.C. Kazma

On 23 July 2014, he moved back to Kuwait where he signed a three-year contract with Kuwaiti Premier League club, Kazma SC. He made his first appearance for the club on 23 August 2014 in a 2-0 loss against Al-Arabi SC and scored his first goal in his second appearance for the club on 30 August 2014 in a 1-1 draw against 2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League winners, Qadsia SC.On 9 December 2014, he scored the fastest goal in the history of Kuwaiti Premier League, since the league started in the 1961-1962 season. He scored the first goal of the match in a 3-0 win over Al-Yarmouk SC in just 7 seconds after the kick-off. He also made an appearance in the Quarter-finals of the 2014–15 Kuwait Emir Cup in a 3-2 loss against Al-Arabi SC. He made 5 appearances in the 2015 GCC Champions League and helped his team to reach the Semi-finals of the competition where his side lost to 2-1 Qatari side, Al-Rayyan SC. He scored 22 goals in 24 appearances in the 2014-15 Kuwaiti Premier League, finishing as the top scorer and also equaling the record of Kuwait's Hamad Al Harbi who also scored 22 goals in the 2005–06 Kuwaiti Premier League, one less than the record of 23 goals from Syrian international Omar Al Soma in the 2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League. He began the 2015-16 season in style as he helped his side win their first ever Kuwait Federation Cup, 2015-16 Kuwait Federation Cup with a brace in a 2-1 win over Kuwaiti giants, Kuwait SC. Kuwait
On 27 July 2017, he signed a two-year contract with Kuwaiti giant, Kuwait SC.He made his official debut with the Kuwaiti giants on 7 September 2017 in the 2017 Kuwait Super Cup and helped his side lift the coveted trophy. CSA
On 24 December 2018, he signed a loan of one-year contract with Centro Sportivo Alagoano, CSA. International career
<mask> was part of the first team squad of the Timor-Leste national football team. He was selected for the national team for the first time in 2014. He made his first appearance and scored his first goal for Timor Leste in a 2014 AFF Championship qualification match on 12 October 2014 in a 4-2 win over Brunei. He made another appearance in the tournament on 14 October 2014 in a 0-0 draw against Myanmar. His second goal for the national team came on 17 March 2015 in a 1-0 win over Mongolia in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match.This goal helped them secure a 5-1 aggregate win over the Mongolians and thus helping them to advance to the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round. He has made appearances in the 2014 AFF Championship qualification and an appearance in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC). On 19 January 2017, the Asian Football Confederation declared <mask> and eleven other Brazilian footballers ineligible to represent East Timor. Personal life
On 18 June 2013, he received an East Timorese passport and hence he shares dual-citizenship between Brazil and Timor-Leste. However, the Asian Football Confederation found four years later that he had a falsified Timorese birth or baptismal certificate. Career statistics

Club

International goals
Scores and results list East Timor's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each <mask> goal. Honours
Kazma SC
 Kuwait Federation Cup: 2015–16

Kuwait SC
 Kuwait Super Cup: 2017

Individual
 KPL Golden Boot: 2014–15,  2016–17
 Kazma SC top scorer: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17

References

External links

<mask> - EUROSPORT
<mask> - SOCCER PUNTER
<mask> - KOOORA
<mask> - fanet.ae

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from São Paulo
Brazilian footballers
Association football forwards
Club Destroyers players
Club Blooming players
Tecos F.C.footballers
Al-Nasr SC (Kuwait) players
Club Athletico Paranaense players
Hatta Club players
Fujairah FC players
Kazma SC players
Kuwait SC players
Khor Fakkan Sports Club players
UAE First Division League players
UAE Pro League players
Bolivian Primera División players
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
Expatriate footballers in Bolivia
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Expatriate footballers in Mexico
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Expatriate footballers in Kuwait
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate footballers in Qatar

East Timorese footballers
Timor-Leste international footballers
Al Salmiya SC players
Kuwait Premier League players

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Patrick Fabiano Alves Nóga Luz
Patrick Fabiano
Patrick Fabiano
Patrick Fabiano
Patrick Fabiano
Patrick Fabiano
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<mask> (born 6 December 1977) is an English former professional footballer and manager who is currently professional development coach in the academy of Premier League club Crystal Palace. He previously managed Notts County and Cambridge United, and played for Crystal Palace, Leeds United and Queens Park Rangers among other clubs. <mask> was known for his hard-tackling and aggressive midfield style, and was primarily a defensive midfielder but could also play at right-back. Playing career

Early career
Born in Nottingham, <mask> started his career at Notts County as a trainee before being bought by Sheffield United in 1998 for a fee of £700,000. He scored once during his spell at Sheffield United, his goal coming in the FA Cup against Rushden & Diamonds. Portsmouth
Derry was sold to Portsmouth in 2000 for £300,000. He was a regular in the side under both Tony Pulis and Steve Claridge before being made team captain by Graham Rix.After Rix's departure, <mask> was amongst the many players deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Harry Redknapp in summer 2002 rebuilding and was sold to Crystal Palace for £400,001. He scored only once during his spell at Portsmouth, his goal coming in a crucial win over against West Bromwich Albion. Crystal Palace
Derry helped Crystal Palace in their return to the Premier League in 2004, making 44 appearances including an appearance in the 2004 First Division play-off final. It was his corner that led to Darren Powell scoring a 90th-minute header to send the Eagles to extra-time in the semi-final, which they would win on penalties. He struggled to get into the team during the 2004–05 season and, after a loan spell at Nottingham Forest, Leeds signed him for an undisclosed amount in February 2005. Leeds United
Derry's first goal for Leeds United came on his home debut against West Ham United, sealing a 2–1 victory against the Hammers. <mask> was a regular in the Leeds starting eleven in season 2005–06, becoming a vital part of the squad as they pushed for promotion back into the Premier League and a cult hero with the Leeds fans for his passionate displays.<mask> was part of the Leeds team which reached the Championship Playoff finals, but Leeds ended up on the wrong end of a 3–0 defeat to confine them to another season in the Championship. In August 2006 he pledged his future to the club, signing a contract extension until July 2009. Leeds' manager Kevin Blackwell was sacked after a poor start to the 2006–07 season. In October 2006, new Leeds manager Dennis Wise revealed Derry as the new vice captain of the club, with Kevin Nicholls made captain. <mask> was once again a regular in the Leeds team in the 2006–07 season. A hernia and Achilles tendon injury in January 2007 saw Derry being ruled out for the rest of the season. Derry's fitness returned the following season as Leeds prepared for life in League One.However, he did not feature for the club again and returned to former club Palace on loan in November 2007. Back to Palace
Further doubts about the midfielder's future at the Elland Road club arose when it was reported that Derry had declined Wise's offer to return and feature in the home tie against Oldham Athletic on New Year's Day 2008 with Leeds' missing midfielders due to injuries. It was later revealed that it was actually manager Neil Warnock who blocked <mask>'s return to Leeds rather than Derry himself. Shortly after his loan spell concluded, <mask> made his move back to Palace a permanent one, signing for the club on a three-year deal. for £150,000. In his second season back at the club he was named club captain after the departure of former captain Mark Hudson to Charlton. He held the position for the next two seasons.In the 2009–10 season, <mask> played every minute of every match for Crystal Palace. The season was an eventful one during which Palace were placed into administration, leading to the departure of Neil Warnock to Queens Park Rangers and a fight to avoid relegation to League One. This was finally achieved on the last day of the season, 2 May 2010 after an away 2–2 draw against Sheffield Wednesday. Queens Park Rangers
Derry departed from Selhurst Park at the end of the season to reunite with Warnock at his new club Queens Park Rangers signing a two-year contract, on a free transfer, after his contract at Palace had expired. On 21 March 2012 <mask> scored his first league goal for the club, and his only in the Premier League, in the 3–2 win over Liverpool. <mask>, alongside his former Crystal Palace teammate Clint Hill, won much respect from QPR fans for his tireless work ethic and leadership on the pitch throughout the Championship title-winning season and the subsequent 2 years in the Premier League. On 21 January 2013, <mask> signed a one-year contract extension with QPR, keeping him at the club until 2014.On 8 August 2013, Derry joined Millwall on a 28-day loan. Managerial career

Notts County
Derry was appointed manager at Notts County on 6 November 2013. Despite looking destined for relegation, Derry secured Notts's League One status with six wins from the last nine games, a draw on last day of season kept County up by three points. He was sacked on 23 March 2015 with Notts County one place above the relegation positions in League One on goal difference and having won only three games in their previous 24 league matches. Cambridge United
Derry was appointed manager of League Two club Cambridge United on 12 November 2015. On 9 February 2018, following a poor run of form, Derry left the club by mutual consent. Oxford United
In June 2018, Oxford United announced Derry's appointment as first-team coach, under manager Karl Robinson.Derry played, and scored a penalty, during a pre-season friendly victory over Irish club Longford Town in July 2018. Crystal Palace
In September 2019, Derry returned to Crystal Palace as professional development coach in the club's academy system. Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours
Crystal Palace
Football League First Division play-offs: 2003–04

Queens Park Rangers
Football League Championship: 2010–11

References

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1967 births
Living people
Footballers from Nottingham
English footballers
Association football midfielders
Notts County F.C. players
Sheffield United F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
Crystal Palace F.C. players
Nottingham Forest F.C.players
Leeds United F.C. players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
English Football League players
Premier League players
English football managers
Notts County F.C. managers
Cambridge United F.C. managers
Oxford United F.C. non-playing staff
English Football League managers
Association football coaches

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<mask> (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian politician who was elected deputy leader of the National Party in February 2020. He serves as Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia in the Morrison Government and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2016, representing the Division of Maranoa. Littleproud grew up in Chinchilla, Queensland, the son of former state government minister Brian Littleproud. He worked as an agribusiness banker before entering politics. He was appointed to cabinet in the Turnbull Government in December 2017, and has served as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (2017–2019), Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management (2019–2020), and Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management (2020–present). Early life
Littleproud was born in Chinchilla, Queensland. His grandfather George Littleproud served on the Chinchilla Shire Council, while his father Brian Littleproud was a state Nationals MP and government minister.He attended Chinchilla State High School and Toowoomba Grammar School. As of 2019, he was one of the two members of the national cabinet who had no tertiary qualification. Littleproud was an agribusiness banker before entering politics. He spent 17 years with the National Australia Bank (NAB), including 12 years based in Warwick, Queensland, as district manager (agribusiness and commercial). He joined Suncorp in 2011 as executive manager (business and agribusiness banking) for South West Queensland. Littleproud was the owner of Mr Rental Southern Downs, a rent-to-buy business that employed four people. Political career

Littleproud was elected to parliament in 2016, succeeding retiring Nationals MP Bruce Scott.Within 18 months, Littleproud was elevated directly to cabinet as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, following a reshuffle of the Second Turnbull Ministry. He was sworn in at Government House in Canberra on 20 December 2017. In November 2018, Littleproud was additionally appointed Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Drought Preparation and Response. Following the Morrison Government's return at the 2019 federal election, his title was changed to Minister for Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management. He re-assumed the agriculture portfolio following Bridget McKenzie's resignation in February 2020, becoming Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Deputy leadership
Littleproud was viewed as a potential candidate to replace Barnaby Joyce as National Party leader in February 2018. The position was eventually won by Michael McCormack.On 4 February 2020, following Bridget McKenzie's resignation, he defeated Keith Pitt and <mask> to become deputy leader of the National Party. The ballot for the deputy leadership was held simultaneously with a leadership spill in which McCormack defeated a challenge by Joyce. It has subsequently been suggested that Littleproud may emerge as a compromise candidate if conflict continues between supporters of McCormack and Joyce. Political positions

Murray-Darling Basin

On 14 February 2018 Labor voted with the Greens to disallow a mechanism in the Murray Darling Basin Plan which would have prevented farmers in the Northern Basin giving up 70GL of water which otherwise would have been lost to seepage and evaporation. The disallowance motion triggered a crisis in basin states when New South Wales and Victoria pledged to abandon the Plan as a result. It was widely considered the withdrawal of the two largest states would see the Basin Plan dismantled after it had taken more than a century to strike the agreement. On 7 May 2018, in the lead up to a second disallowance motion that would have blocked 36 environmental water savings projects, Littleproud struck a deal with Labor that both secured the works in question and the 70GL recovery reduction for Northern Basin farmers which had previously been disallowed.This effectively resurrected the Murray-Darling Basin Plan by reassuring Basin states the Plan would be fulfilled as agreed in 2012. In addition to securing the Basin Plan, Littleproud delivered enhanced protections for Aboriginal people in the Basin. This included an Indigenous position on the MDBA board and a world-first $40 million indigenous fund so Aboriginal communities could buy water for either cultural or economic purposes. Regional Investment Corporation

Littleproud successfully negotiated with the Senate cross bench for passage of legislation establishing the Regional Investment Corporation. On 6 February 2018 the new laws passed the upper house, breaking a political deadlock that had dragged on months. On 16 May 2018 it was announced that the RIC's headquarters would be set up in Orange, New South Wales, fulfilling in part the Nationals' commitment to deliver public service jobs to regional areas. Same-sex marriage
In December 2017, Littleproud was one of four members of the House of Representatives to vote against the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017, which legalised same-sex marriage in Australia.Littleproud had pledged to vote according to the majority response of his electorate of Maranoa in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, and Maranoa recorded a result of 56.1% against changing the definition of marriage. Personal life
Littleproud has three children. He and his wife Sarah announced their separation in 2019 following a 20-year marriage. As on 23 October 2021, Littleproud possesses a large share portfolio in the resources industry: he owns shares in BHP, mining company South32, oil and gas exploration company Blue Energy, iron ore company Atlas and engineering company Ausenco. References

1976 births
Living people
Liberal National Party of Queensland members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Maranoa
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
21st-century Australian politicians
Government ministers of Australia
Members of the Cabinet of Australia
Turnbull Government
Morrison Government
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia

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<mask> (born March 27, 1964) is a Filipina broadcast journalist known as the host of the news magazine program Kapuso Mo, <mask> (2004present) on GMA Network. She formerly anchored the newscast State of the Nation with <mask> on GMA News TV from 2011 to 2020. <mask> is a multi-awarded journalist. In 1998, <mask> became the first Filipino to win the British Fleet Street Award for Journalism. In 1999, <mask> and the I-Witness team received the Philippines' first Peabody Award for producing the "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao" documentaries. <mask>'s story of a hostage crisis in Cagayan Valley made her the first Filipino to win in the New York Film Festival. Early life
<mask> was born in La Union in the northern Philippines, on March 27, 1964.Her parents are Abelardo <mask>, a government employee, and Maura Aspiras, an agriculturist. <mask>'s grandmothers, Sixta "Apo Ittang" Aspiras and Concepción "Cion" <mask>, influenced her in telling stories. Soho attended the University of the Philippines Diliman to study mass communication. One of her professors was Luis Beltran, who inspired <mask> to finish her studies and practice journalism in Manila. Career

<mask> joined GMA News and Public Affairs in January 1985. <mask>'s first voice-over report was a feature story on the inauguration of the Manila Line 1 from Baclaran to Monumento. <mask> was later assigned to the defense and military beats.In 1991, <mask> earned a Bronze Award at the New York Film Festival for her coverage of a hostage crisis in Cagayan Valley, the first for a Filipino. She also received the Ka Doroy Valencia Award given by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas. In 1994, she received the Grand Prize from the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union for her coverage of a breaking news story. <mask> is included in the list of 100 Filipino Women of Distinction chosen during the Philippine Centennial celebrations. <mask> helped conceptualize the one-hour documentary television program I-Witness, which she co-presented from its premiere in 1999 to 2004. The I-Witness documentaries "Kidneys for Sale" and "Kamao" made her the first Filipino reporter, with GMA Network as the first Filipino network, to win a Peabody Award in 1999. She won the Asian Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Special for the 2001 "Saksi Sa Kasaysayan" documentary.In 2014, <mask>'s GMA news programs Kapuso Mo, <mask> and State of the Nation with <mask> were recognized by the Peabody Awards for their coverage on Super Typhoon Yolanda. State of the Nation also earned Soho consecutive wins for Most Trusted News Presenter by Reader's Digest Asia. In 2015, <mask> was given an honorary doctorate in humanities by the University of Northeastern Philippines during its 67th commencement exercises on April. Controversy
In May 2013, a controversy sparked involving <mask> and comedian Vice Ganda, involving a joke directed at the anchor during the latter's concert held that May. Vice mentioned <mask>, among several other personalities, in a stand-up skit involving celebrities starring in a pornographic film, adding that <mask> would be gang raped if she were cast, as well as making several jokes ridiculing her weight. Vice Ganda later issued a public apology during his regular appearances in It's Showtime, admitting to his wrongdoing and that he offended <mask> and several others with his jokes. <mask> later acknowledged Vice's apology but she denied any intent to close any further discussion with the comedian.In June 2021, Nas Daily announced that <mask>, among other known Filipino personalities, which include Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray, fashion designer Michael Cinco, and food vlogger Erwan Heussaff would teach courses through his Nas Academy. However, following the Whang-od controversy, <mask> has made a statement that she would no longer pursue the <mask> course in Nas Academy. In January 2022, <mask> was accused of being "biased" against Bongbong Marcos, a presidential candidate in the 2022 Philippine presidential election, by his spokesman Victor Rodriguez after declining to participate in The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews on GMA Network. GMA responded to Rodriguez's claim on Marcos' absence, saying "Throughout her career, Ms. <mask> has consistently been named the most trusted media personality in the Philippines by both local and foreign organizations, a testament to her embodiment of the GMA News and Public Affairs ethos: 'Walang Kinikilingan, Walang Pinoprotektahan, Serbisyong Totoo Lamang'".

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<mask> is Professor of Economics and Director of the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) at the University of Cape Town. His area of research has concentrated on labour economics and poverty/income distribution mainly in his native South Africa, and recently, been expanded to other parts of Africa - in which he is world-renowned authority. Early life and education
<mask> was born in Roodepoort, a mining town in Gauteng province, South Africa. He attended school at Diocesan College (Bishops) in Cape Town before achieving a BA (Honours) in Economics from University of Cape Town in 1991. He completed the coursework component of a Master of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992, then proceeded to obtain a master's degree and Ph.D., in Economics from Stellenbosch University in 1996 and 2003 respectively. Career
<mask> is Professor of Economics, and the Director of the Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), a university-recognized research unit located within the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He holds an National Research Foundation (South Africa) B2 rating, and with a total citation estimate of over 7700 and an h-index of 47 (as at October 2021), he is one of the most cited South African economists globally.He is active on Twitter and features regularly on the DPRU's Facebook and YouTube accounts. Appointments and memberships
Bhorat is a member of the South African Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC), announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the 2019 State of the Nation Address (South Africa), to ensure greater coherence and consistency in the implementation of economic policy and ensure that government and society in general is better equipped to respond to changing economic circumstances. Bhorat also advised previous Presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe on economic matters, formally serving on the Presidential Economic Advisory Panel. Bhorat was the Minister of Labour's appointee on the Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) – the country's minimum wage setting body. He is a member of the Statistics Council of South Africa. He has served as advisor to the South African National Treasury, and former South African Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan. He has undertaken extensive work for several South African government departments – most notably the Department of Employment and Labour and the Presidency, including an appointment as Advisor on the South African Parliament's High Level Panel on Acceleration of Change and Transformation.He joined the IZA as Research Fellow in January 2013 and is a regular IZA World of Labor contributor. In 2013/4 he was invited to be a Non-resident Senior Fellow  at Brookings affiliated to the Global Economy and Development programme, and working on the Africa Growth Initiative (AGI). Bhorat was inducted to the UCT College of Fellows in 2021. Bhorat consults for a number of supranational organisations such as the World Bank, the UNDP, and the ILO, Ratings Agencies and emerging market fund managers. He is an Advisory Board Member for the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Executive Committee Member for the International Economic Association (IEA), a member of the ILO's Global Research Reference Group (RRG), a member of Board of Directors for Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). He sat on the advisory board of the UNDP's 2019 and 2020 Human Development Reports, and was a member of the World Bank's advisory board of the Commission on Global Poverty, as well as a member of the Program Committee of the 2017 International Economic Association (IEA) World Congress. He is a member on the Advisory Committee of the joint United Nations and World Bank Policy Study on the role of Development in the Prevention of Violent Conflict.He also sits on the UN/WHO's High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth. <mask> previously served as a member of the UN Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (LEP), and was Head of Research for the UN's High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Prof. <mask> holds the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality Research. He also served as a Social Sciences jury member for the Infosys Prize 2020. Academic contributions
<mask>'s work has three key discernable strands:  Firstly there is a long-standing focus on the empirics of household poverty and inequality dynamics in South Africa. Secondly,  a consistent and expansive research programme for a period close on 25 years - on developing country labour markets. Thirdly, and possibly much more recently – has been a relatively new avenue of research on trying to undertake applied work in the area of economic complexity.In each of the strands, his modus operandi, is the application of econometric techniques to large survey datasets. Serving in a variety of public roles ranging from high-level advisory work for government departments and multi-lateral institutions, to giving public lectures and seminar presentations at the world's leading universities (including for example Columbia University, Cornell University, Yale University and University of Oxford), Bhorat's ability to seamlessly switch between conducting hard empirical analysis and providing evidence-based policy advice that is accessible to a broader audience, has had a direct impact on the discipline. His research feeds into policy decisions and pronouncements at the highest level, including Cabinet memoranda, State of the Nation Address (South Africa) and legislative promulgation. His work has been hugely influential in policy making in respect of poverty, inequality and labour market issues in South Africa. <mask> and the DPRU have become the international focal point for African work on understanding the impact of minimum wages in the region. Hence the South African National Minimum Wage Commission have requested Prof <mask> and his team undertake the impact analysis of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) (2020-2021). This work uses innovative econometric techniques, combining a Difference in differences with a Regression discontinuity design.In addition, minimum wage analysis is being done for Mauritius, the Comoros, and other African countries. He is widely considered to be one of the leading experts in the world on understanding minimum wages and their impact in the developing country context. This research has elicited a significant debate and discussion within the academic and policy community and the ongoing body of work is viewed as a novel intellectual contribution to the South African, and arguably developing country, literature. This work on minimum wages has also been extended via the development of a Multiple Index of Violation (MVI). The MVI is a novel index used to measure the extent and depth of minimum wage violation, and includes non-wage measures of violation. The MVI involves applying the Alkire-Foster method of measuring multi-dimensional poverty and also using principal components to robustness check the measure (see British Journal of Industrial Relations article). <mask> and his colleagues thus remain leaders in the field in terms of modelling the determinants of violation of labour laws by firms, providing innovative econometric solutions to the problems of endogeneity inherent in this type of work.The MVI has now been applied globally in 24 countries around the world. His early work on poverty and inequality dynamics, much of it in collaboration with Professor Murray Leibbrandt, served as the first empirical work on post-apartheid survey datasets examining poverty and inequality dynamics in South Africa. It is fair to say that this body of work - which garnered the Alan Pifer book Award  and spawned a series of journal articles -  has served as the intellectual seedbed for all the future empirical work by economists, on poverty and inequality issues in South Africa. Some of his earliest research involved a series of studies conducted with Murray Leibbrandt and Prof Ingrid Woolard, that used covariates such as race, gender, education and location as a good predictor of vulnerability in the South African labour market. Bhorat has also conducted research on Sub-Saharan Africa economies' labour markets, where he finds a largely unenforced minimum wage laws riddled with complexity and vagueness. Furthermore, the study finds that the minimum wage levels within Sub-Saharan Africa seem to be set at various levels relative to median wages, with largely negative impacts on employment levels within African countries. His rich vein of research on labour markets in South Africa rank him possibly as the best known economist working on South African labour market issues.His work has ranged from estimated the gender pay gap in South Africa, to a more careful econometric assessment of the contribution of union membership to wages across the distribution. Most notably though, he was at the forefront of the debates in the early 2000s around labour regulation in South Africa, using his multiple publications to build an empirical argument for estimating the level of labour regulation in South Africa. More recently, and in keeping with <mask>'s attempt to remain at the forefront of trying to analyse changing labour market dynamics in South Africa, he has sought to understand the phenomenon of wage polarisation in South Africa. Using a combination of unique data-sets as well as fairly novel econometric techniques, this work feeds into the global labour market literature on how the task content of occupations are fundamentally changing the nature of work as well as the returns to employment. <mask> was also a key player in the first example of inter-disciplinary academic analysis focused on the emerging Shadow State and institutionalised corruption in South Africa, purposefully targeted at a non-academic audience. “Betrayal of the Promise: How South Africa is Being Stolen” was produced by a number of academics, under the banner of the State Capacity Research Group. This report on state capture in South Africa, was made publicly available in mid-2017, aiming to contribute to an analytically clear, and academically rigorous, treatment of institutionalised corruption in South Africa – and contributing to the public debate about ‘State capture’.Prof. <mask> and a select group of DPRU researchers then started work on related projects such as: “State Capture and the Economics of Corruption” and “Removing Corruption in State-Owned Enterprises in South Africa: Towards An Action Plan”. The research aimed to situate the case of South Africa within the relevant literature, and critically assess how to define what has taken place. They focused on the central role that State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have played given their prominence in the SA economy and their location at the interface between the State and the private sector. The research team used the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) and analysed governance, taking a more detailed empirical approach informed by their access to data. Bibliography

Edited books
These are some of Bhorat's edited books:
 Better Choices for South Africa, FORTHCOMING. Co-edited with Mcebisi Jonas and Greg Mills; Brenthurst Foundation, South Africa. Book Chapters
Bhorat has authored (or co-authored) over 50 book chapters.To read the full list, please visit his CV

Journal articles
Bhorat has written more than 30 refereed journal articles including:

He was also a guest editor for IZA Journal of Labor & Development, with Ravi Kanbur and Li Shi, for the Special Collection, titled "Thematic series on Reforming Minimum Wage and Labor Regulation Policies in Developing Economies" in 2016. Other publications
Bhorat has published more than 20 non-refereed journal articles, 36 collaborative working papers, 63 DPRU working papers, 10 DPRU policy briefs, and more than 100 research reports. He regularly publishes blogs, book reviews, analysis pieces and Op-eds in the media, and is frequently interviewed and cited by the press. Many of his presentations in webinars, conferences and other invited speaking engagements, are available online. References

External links
Profile on Google Scholar
Haroon on IDEAS/RePEc
Haroon on The Conversation

South African economists
University of Cape Town academics
Living people
Labor economists
Development economists
University of Cape Town alumni
Stellenbosch University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)

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<mask> (born October 26, 1956) is a jazz pianist and organist known for post-bop and hard bop. He has worked with Benny Golson since 1996 and performs under his own name all over the world. Early life
<mask> was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on October 26, 1956. His parents ran a music store. His father was a jazz guitarist, and LeDonne started performing locally around the age of ten. He also had lessons with John Mehegan for four years. After graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied with Jaki Byard in 1978, he moved to New York City and joined the Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra.Later life and career
<mask> left the Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra in 1981 and toured the UK with Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans Back in New York, LeDonne became the house pianist at Jimmy Ryan's, where he played with some big names in jazz during 1981–83. He was also part of Benny Goodman's Sextet in 1982–83. LeDonne joined Milt Jackson's quartet around 1987; he also composed for and recorded with the band and eventually became musical director. He stayed with Milt Jackson until Jackson's death in 1999. His first recording as a leader was in 1988. It was released by Criss Cross, and LeDonne went on to record several more albums for them in the 1990s. "As a sideman he played in the Art Farmer–Clifford Jordan Quintet and toured Paris with Grady Tate (both 1988), performed with Charles McPherson (1992), James Moody (1992), Sonny Rollins (1995), and Benny Golson (late 1990s to present), and served as an accompanist to Ernestine Anderson, Annie Ross and Mary Stallings."In 1998 <mask> began recording for Double-Time Records. In 2000 <mask> started his organ band called "The Groover Quartet" as the result of a weekly Tuesday night gig at Smoke Jazz Club in NYC. This brought his organ playing to prominence and the band went on to record many CD's for the Savant label as well as tour the world. He continues to split his time between the organ and the piano recording several #1 recordings as well as winning the Downbeat Rising Star Poll and being nominated for Best Keyboards by the Jazz Journalist Association in 2012. As a sideman he played organ  with Lou Donaldson, George Coleman and David "Fathead" Newman. In 2014 LeDonne revived the annual disability pride march in New York City. Playing style
Grove wrote: "A level of understatement in LeDonne's style reflects the playing of Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan.Predominantly a bop pianist, he introduces a strong left hand into his work and reveals an understanding of swing piano playing". Major influences also include  Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton and McCoy Tyner. His Hammond Organ playing shows influences ranging from Jimmy Smith, Don Patterson and Charles Earland to Melvin Rhyne and Larry Young. Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman
With Eric Alexander
Gentle Ballads (2004) Venus
The Battle (Live at Smoke) [with Vincent Herring] (2005) HighNote
Gentle Ballads II (2006) Venus
Gentle Ballads III (2007) Venus
Lazy Afternoon: Gentle Ballads IV (2008) Venus
Revival of the Fittest (2009) HighNote
Friendly Fire (Live at Smoke) [with Vincent Herring] (2011) HighNote
Live Encounter [New York All-Stars] (2018) Ubuntu Music

With <mask>
Keep Steppin'  (2001) Criss Cross

With Chris Flory
For All We Know (1988) Concord
Word on the Street (1996) Double-Time
For You (2007) Arbors

With Benny Golson
Remembering Clifford (1998) Milestone
Brown Immortal (1997 [rel. 2000]) Keystone/Video Arts [Japan]
Terminal 1 (2004) Concord
New Time, New 'Tet (2009) Concord
Horizon Ahead (2016) HighNote

With Wycliffe Gordon
Boss Bones (2007) Criss Cross
Cone and T-Staff (2009) Criss Cross

With Scott Hamilton
Organic Duke (1994) Concord

With Michael Hashim
A Blue Streak (1991) Stash
Guys and Dolls (1992) Stash
Multi Coloured Blue [a tribute to Billy Strayhorn] (1998) Hep

With Milt Jackson
Sa Va Bella (For Lady Legends) (1997) Qwest/WB

With Clifford Jordan
The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–1991 [rel. 1997]) Mapleshade

With Hendrik Meurkens
Cobb's Pocket [with Peter Bernstein, Jimmy Cobb] (2019) In+Out

With Alvin Queen
I Ain't Lookin' at You (2005) Enja
Mighty Long Way (2008) Enja

With Duke Robillard
Swing (1986 [rel. 1988]) Rounder

With Scott Robinson
Jazz Ambassador: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Louis Armstrong (2004) Arbors
Forever Lasting: Scott Robinson Plays the Compositions of Thad Jones (2007) Arbors

With Jim Rotondi
Blues for Brother Ray [a tribute to Ray Charles] (2009) Posi-Tone

With Tad Shull
Deep Passion (1990) Criss Cross
In the Land of the Tenor (1991) Criss Cross

With Greg Skaff
Blues For Mr. T (2003) Khaeon [note: reissued in 2004 as Ellington Boulevard on Zoho]

With Gary Smulyan
Saxophone Mosaic (1993) Criss Cross
Gary Smulyan With Strings (1996) Criss Cross
The Real Deal (2002) Reservoir
More Treasures (2006) Reservoir
Smul's Paradise (2011) Capri

With Jim Snidero
Standards Plus (1997) Double-Time
 Tippin' (2007) Savant

With Benny Waters
Birdland Birthday: Live at 95 (1997) Enja

With Cory Weeds
Big Weeds (2008) Cellar Live
Up a Step: The Music of Hank Mobley (2012) Cellar Live
Condition Blue: The Music of Jackie McLean (2014) Cellar Live
Let's Groove: The Music of Earth Wind & Fire (2017) Cellar Live
O Sole Mio!Music From the Motherland (2019 [rel. 2021]) Cellar Live

With Laura Welland
Dissertations on the State of Bliss (2004) OA2/Origin

With Saori Yano
Sakura Stamp (2005) Columbia

References

External links
Smokejazz.com bio
<mask>'s home page
In Conversation with <mask>ne by Tomas Peña (Jazz.com)

1956 births
Living people
American jazz pianists
American male pianists
Musicians from Bridgeport, Connecticut
20th-century American pianists
Jazz musicians from Connecticut
21st-century American pianists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Widespread Depression Jazz Orchestra members
Double-Time Records artists
Criss Cross Jazz artists

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<mask>na <mask> (born on 26 November 1983; Ukrainian: Уляна Нєшева) is a Ukrainian contemporary painter and tattoo artist, born in Kerch, Crimea, Ukrainian SSR. Following her education at the Academy of Design and Arts KSADA in Kharkiv, <mask> moved to Kyiv, where she experienced a rampant growth as a painter. In the subsequent years since her premiere in 2010, <mask> hosted 6 solo exhibitions and created over 50 paintings. Her paintings are displayed to this day in private galleries of Ukraine, in the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami as well as in private collections. In 2014, despite of being one of the most prominent Ukrainian painters of her time, <mask> started a career of a tattoo artist. In 2017, she opened her tattoo studio "Nesheva Art Room" in Kyiv. <mask> is consistently cited as one of the best and sought-after minimalist tattoo artist of Ukraine, known for her long branches tattoos and floral style.<mask>'s clientele includes some of the most famous Ukrainian artists, such as Nadya Dorofeeva, Evgeny Filatov, Nata Zhizhchenko and Irina Gorovaya. Within the last years, <mask> has broadened her artistic reach, expanding her work in the areas of fashion and graphic design. Early life
<mask> <mask> was born on 26 November 1983, in Kerch. Her grandmother, Angelina Volozhnina, instilled a love for art in her young granddaughter by taking her to art museums in Dresden, where Nesheva got inspired by Raphael masterpiece the Sistine Madonna. In 1990, she enrolled in the Roman Serdiuk's School of Fine arts. Nesheva showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age. Her teachers, including artist Victor Zaporozhec, noticed her artistic abilities, and mother encouraged her talent and any creative endeavors.In May 1998, at the age of fifteen, <mask> graduated as an external student from Zhelyabov High school in Kerch. In 1999, <mask> started taking private classes from Ukrainian academic artist Tatyana Dydnik. In 2000, <mask> moved to Kharkov, where she enrolled to Academy of Design and Arts KSADA. At age 16, <mask> set off for the first time on her own; as she stated: "First thing I did was buying a canvas and a couple of oil paints tubes, and that was the moment when I've found my direction as an artist. Since then, I only work with oil painting, as acrylic paint same as gouache, doesn't have an inner strength in it for me." At the same time, she became interested in film photography and graphic arts; she continued mastering her skills as an artist by extensively producing many illustrations, lithographs and conceptual photography series. Career

Painting
<mask> began her artist career in the early 20s, exploring a variety of painting techniques and creating graphic arts primarily for local publications.Eventually, she developed a style that combined absolute isolation, "conservation" of meanings, crazy play of color pallette, photographic accuracy, which still does not cross the line of photorealism and the ability to let the viewer in. Her breakthrough as an artist, <mask> did in June 2010, when she won the first place in Kyiv Art Week; the same year she displayed her work at Berlin Art Week. In the subsequent years since her debut, <mask> has taken an increasingly experimental approach in her stylistic shifts. Within the six years period, from 2010 to 2016, <mask> had six personal exhibitions and created over 50 paintings. Her approach to artwork is consistently rich, nuanced and thought-provoking. To this day, <mask>'s artwork can be found at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami and mostly in the private collections. In March 2015, <mask> created illustrations for the book of poetry "Island Being" by Artash Adriasov.Despite of being a versatile artist, <mask> recalls painting as her favorite form of art: "The painting is like a mirror. You will never see in the reflection of what you do not have inside. Tattoos die with people, but paintings will live forever." Tattoo art
In 2014, despite her success as a painter, <mask> decided to try herself in the other shape of art, as she stated: "Once I felt the need for a new way of self-realization, and I decided to dive into Tattoo art. As a result, intriguing acquaintance grew into love of life. For me, tattooing is primarily art, and when art is transformed into an integral part of the personality, it causes delight." She got her first tattoo of a cat on the shoulder at 16, in the unknown studio in Kerch.However, <mask>'s interest in Tattoo art raised to the new level, when her friend, Andrei Bezpamyatny, who is a realism tattoo artist, showed her how to use the machine. It took her two days to learn and she mastered her skills by making her first tattoo on herself, of two-headed girl in a dress, which represents a close connection with her sister. Many celebrities have tattoos done by <mask>: Nadya Dorofeeva, Evgeny Filatov, Nata Zhizhchenko. She is known for her own unique minimalist style with the finest lines and a laconic plot, as she said: "I started working in minimalism intuitively, just smoothly moved from graphics to what is close to me. Minimalism is the purity of lines, laconicism, restraint and elegance. The peculiarity of such tattoos is that they become a harmonious addition to the graceful lines of the body with its skin color, all these moles and bones." For a long time, a sprig of lavender became a brand mark of her tattoo style.As <mask> stated: "My popularity came with a tattoo of the long branch for one of my clients. At that time, such sketches were not considered by anyone as a tattoo at all. But that was the moment, which precisely defined my style. Now you can find a lot of similar tattoos and every time I see them, I feel proud to be the first." Being renowned as one of the pioneers in floral and minimalist style, <mask> is considered to be one of the best tattoo artists of Ukraine. On 4 February 2017, <mask> opened her own tattoo studio "Nesheva Art Room" in Kyiv. In November 2019, she became a member of the National Tattoo Association of Ukraine and a judge in the first online tattoo festival in Ukraine.In November 2020, <mask> <mask> opened a new tattoo studio "6:19", pursuing the concept of minimalism as a reflection of her style and artistic vision. Architectural Balbek Bureau worked on the design of the project. Fashion
Nesheva built a repertoire in the fashion business as well. In 2012, <mask> made clear her interest to work in the clothing design industry, as she stated: "It was always difficult for me to find simple clothes that would not distract from my face. Therefore, I've decided to create my own brand: things so simple that they could be called clothing sketches, but I was solo involved in design and visual part." She launched the clothing line "NESHEVA Sketch Clothing" with her friend, Valeriya, however, the partnership ended six months later, but <mask>'s involvement in the fashion world was not over. In 2015, <mask> collaborated with Ukrainian label TTSWTRS, as the baseline for each new collection of brand was works of acclaimed tattoo artists from all over the world.She created sensual minimalist drawings to combine with the clothes organically, as brand preserves clothing as a second skin and tattoos as the only true way to decorate it, which demonstrates self-expression and freedom in the collections. In 2017, Nike had released a white collection which consisted of brand's main hits – from the dream of all Nike Air Max 90 mods to those designed specifically for Nike Cortez athletes, where <mask> was a model to represent Air Force 1. In 2018, <mask> was invited to take a part in the collaboration project of Puma and Buro 24/7. On 14 July 2019, <mask> collaborated with the Ukrainian jewelry brand Côte & Jeunot and launched the capsule collection of accent pendants and earrings. Her illustrations were transformed into gold and silver pieces with a commitment to exceptional craftsmanship. Artistry
<mask>'s transition from being an unknown painter to becoming a prosperous artist took place in a short space of time. In 2008, she moved to Kyiv and started working on her first big art piece.In June 2010, <mask> participated in Kyiv Art Week, an international art week of contemporary art fair, where she was noticed by various critics and curators. Her breakthrough as an artist, <mask> made in 2010, when her painting "Blue Blood" took the first place and traveled to Berlin Art Week. In particular Leonora Yanko, a Ukrainian gallerist, was impressed by her work and invited <mask> to have her first solo exhibition, that opened in May 2011 at Hudgraf Art Gallery, Kyiv. In 2011, <mask> presented her work in Petersburg Art Week, Russia. In June 2011, she made a Studio space in her Kyiv apartment, where she commenced a series of paintings for her upcoming personal exhibition. The first retrospective to be held of her work was the "NoConcept" exhibition at Mystetskyi Prostir 365 Gallery, Kyiv, in 2011. On 7 December 11, two paintings "Chichkan's Skull" and "Eyes" from "NoConcept" collection were sold on the auction for the private collections of Vasily Bondarchuk and Alena Vinnitskaya where Vladimir Dantes was the auctionist.Traditionally, the interpretation of <mask>'s works at the visual level comes from the subdued emotional tone of what they represent compared to what is actually depicted. For example, as stated by Art Ukraine, "In Contemporary art, which is so closely relying on text and ideas, the lack of concept is perceived as concept. That is why the title of <mask>'s project, "NoConcept", may seem as just another non-conformist game, "rebellious art". But at this show, unlike with most Contemporary art, you won't find anything that speaks of protest, or urges one to do something. Most of the works, presented at the show, are portraits. That is – representations of people's faces, something that in art-history is usually (and sometimes mistakenly) named "portrait". But these are not portraits of real people and not even collective images.Done in photorealist way but still not completely following the conventions of the technique, her characters do not lack realness. These ‘molds’ of reality seem very much like hand of prehistorical men in caves – they exist no matter who and why there were made." In 2012, <mask> took part in Festival of Contemporary arts "Art Olimp", Kyiv, and in the "First Odessa International Festival of the Arts", Odessa. On 14 March 2012, <mask>'s painting "Blue Dog" was presented as a lot at the charity fundraising event "Share the warmth of the soul with a four-legged friend" to raise money for the charitable foundation "Sirius", the animal shelter. On 22 November 2012, <mask> had her second exhibition "DRAMA" at Mystetskyi Prostir 365 Gallery, Kyiv. <mask> said about her work: "Souls lost in love, in prostration. Weightlessness.Passion. Grace. With / without faces, without masks, without borders ... “DRAMA” is a series of paintings depicting semi-naked female bodies. But this is by no means blatant vulgarity and not even eroticism – it's just a woman. Alive woman, packed in silence. Each of these bodies cary an emotion that seeks attention and comfort, which is not able to break free. These paintings are silent, but silent loudly."In December 2012, <mask>'s paintings "Woman" and "No Thoughts" were published in the "City" magazine. In 2013, <mask> participated in Modern Art Festival, Kyiv. In 2013, <mask> had "Retrospective" exhibition at Mainstream Girls Gallery, Kyiv. This exhibition lionized the artist, brought into full public view the scope of her old and unseen artistry, and became a turning point, which marked the beginning of a new period of the author's work. On 29 November 2013, <mask> was one of the painters presented in the "Hype" exhibition at Kosoy Kaponir Fortress, Kyiv.In April 2014, Greter Art Centre, Kyiv, organized the exhibition "Phoenix. Rebirth". <mask> was one of the four artists presented: Maria Krivopishina, Petra Rubar, a world-renowned sculptor Dmitry Yves, whose works are in the private collection of Patricia Cass and Monica Bellucci.This exhibition is relevant for socio-cultural development and society in general, as it brings up the subject of contrast of the external and internal state of the soul, entering a new level of perception. While "Phoenix. Rebirth" exhibition bears the theme of rebirth, restoration, artists' work illustrates the ambiguous idea of death for the sake of life. The essence of the exhibition is to show the transition from the past to the present and such an ephemeral future. In June 2014, Greter Art Centre hosted another extensive exhibit  "Illusion...Reality?" <mask> was among two other represented artists: Liliya Isyk and Petra Rybar. <mask> designates her series of paintings as a "dramatic story, which is full of subtle emotion and photographic accuracy of the image."As stated by Darina Fialko for "Ukurier" magazine: "Among the exhibited work of <mask>, one can fall in love with black and white paintings, which, as stated in the press release, are "silent out loud". Every brush stroke gives you chills, as if canvases speak to the viewer differently: loudly and in whispers, strictly and sensually." In 2016, Ukrainian art dealer, Anna Turayeva, offered <mask> to exhibit series of her works at the "Art Basel", the premier art show of the Americas offering a premier platform for renowned artists. Five of <mask>'s paintings: "Pigeon Lady", "A Girl in A Musk", "Black Flame", "Birch", "Skull" and "Eyes" are displayed in Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, to this day. In December 2016, <mask> presented her paintings at the art exhibition within the Fashion Air Days at the Contemporary Art Center M17, Kyiv. List of artworks
<mask> is a versatile artist, she produced over 50 paintings in her career in addition to creating illustrations for books, a great number of drawings, graphics and various projects. This is a partial list of important artworks produced by <mask> from 2011 to 2013.2011: Blue Blood
2011: Branches
2011: 3
2011: Chinese woman
2011: Eyes
2011: Fish-parrot
2011: Girl
2011: Light
2011: Morning
2011: Blue Dog
2011: Blue Red
2011: Palette
2011: Self-portrait
2011: Self-portrait. Red
2011: Self-portrait. Yellow
2011: Mask
2011: Toy horse
2011: Water
2011: Wind
2011: Mulatto
2012: Naked
2012: Birch
2012: A Girl in a Mask
2012: Peas
2012: Dogs
2012: Woman
2012: Silence
2013: Outskirts of Sleep
2013: Emptiness
2013: Target
2013: Red Line
2013: Flying Hands
2013: Aroma of Silence
2013: Beauty of Ageing
2013: Swift
2013: Pigeon Lady
2013: Split
2013: Flying Hands
2013: Field Flower
2013: Ficus
2013: Reflection
2013: Skull
2013: Black Flame

References

External links
 Official website

1983 births
Living people
People from the Crimean Oblast
21st-century Ukrainian painters
Ukrainian women painters
Ukrainian contemporary artists
Contemporary painters
Postmodern artists
Tattoo artists

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