List of the most popular authors from China, listed alphabetically with photos when available. For centuries authors have been among the world's most ...
He was rapidly attracted by avant-garde painters, notably Yves Tanguy and Pablo Picasso, whose influences were visible in his first works. At 25 he painted a self-portrait full of premonition as he showed himself with a deformed hand and with the veins of his arm cut. He chose to kill ...
This web site features Filipino people who are putting Philippines on the map. A list of Filipino scientist, biologist, chemist, physicist, mathematician, painters, psychologist, entrepreneurs, economist, composers, writers, heroes, presidents, national artist and other who also been known because of...
Eisenhower was frist a war hero who served in the Philippines from 1935 to 1939 with Gen.Douglas MacArthur. Afterward, Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff, brought him into the War Department’s General Staff and in 1942 placed him in command of the invasion of North Africa....
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946): Spanish pianist and composer who lived in France, Spain and Argentina. He won various awards, among them several for his opera "La vida breve" or in English "Life is short".Famous Spanish PeopleSpanish Painters ...
When it comes to the most famous 20th century painters of the United States, Grandma Moses should be mentioned, although she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said to herself , “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to hel...
Through avant-garde composer Arnold Schönberg, with whom she studied piano, she became exposed to the Expressionist painters of early twentieth-century Vienna. She never formally studied photography but took it up in the 1930s while living in Paris. An early piece of advice received from a ...
in the US Army at the age of just 15, serving three years in the Philippines, where he starred on his regiment's baseball and track teams. At the end of his tour of duty, he began his career, playing for the ABCs. He would play for 14 teams during his playing career. His career...
Both novels are part of the mandatory readings for high school students in the Philippines. Aside from English and Filipino, they are also translated into different regional dialects. The last work of Rizal was Mi Ultimo Adios or My Last Farewell, which many believed he wrote on the eve be...
Buckles was later captured by Japanese forces during World War II while working in the shipping business and spent three years as a civilian prisoner in the Philippines. Following the war, he dedicated himself to advocating for World War I veterans and spearheaded efforts for a national memorial....