Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1930s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Sidney Sheldon

Heroes

¶ My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Sheldon

Richard Bergh (1858-1919)

Richard Bergh

Sven Richard Bergh (28 December 1858 – 29 January 1919) was a Swedish painter, art critic and museum manager.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Richard Bergh

Artists

¶ In France a landscape painter may perhaps be an artist using only his eyes.
In the North the landscape painter must be a poet.

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Images

Selected Works

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bergh

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)

J. Paul Getty (1892-1976)

Jean Paul Getty Sr. (/ˈɡɛti/; December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American-born British petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by J. Paul Getty

Money

¶ If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

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Images

Getty in 1944

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty

William Beechey (1753-1839)

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Sir William Beechey (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by William Beechey

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Sir William Beechey, self-portrait, c. 1800

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beechey

Baya Mahieddine (1931-1998)

Baya Mahieddine

Baya Mahieddine (Arabic: باية محي الدين) or Fatima Haddad (Arabic: فاطمة حداد, born in Bordj El Kiffan on 12 December 1931; died 9 November 1998) was an Algerian artist.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Baya Mahieddine

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Baya in 1989

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baya_(artist)

Julius Kronberg (1850-1921)

Julius Kronberg

Johan Julius Ferdinand Kronberg (11 December 1850 – 17 October 1921) was a Swedish artist and decorative painter.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Julius Kronberg

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Julius Kronberg, from the Svenskt Porträttgalleri XX

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Kronberg

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (UK: /bɛərˈniːni/, US: /bərˈ-/, Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso berˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Self-portrait of Bernini, c. 1623, Galleria Borghese, Rome

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)

Stefan Zweig (28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer.

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Quotes·Quotations by Stefan Zweig

Success

¶ Supreme achievement and outstanding capacity are only rendered possible by mental concentration, by a sublime monomania that verges on lunacy.[2]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig

[2] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig

Abraham Brueghel (1631-c.1690)

Abraham Brueghel

Abraham Brueghel (baptised 28 November 1631 – c. 1690) was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Abraham Brueghel

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Sculptural cartouche with garland, possibly a self-portrait

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Brueghel

Billie Jean King (1943- )

King
in 2011

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943), also known as BJK, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Billie Jean King

Champions

¶ Champions keep playing until they get it right. [Champions, Tennis]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean_King

Edmond Aman-Jean (1858-1936)

Edmond Aman-Jean

Edmond Aman-Jean (13 November 1858, Chevry-Cossigny – 25 January 1936, Paris) was a French symbolist painter, who co-founded the Salon des Tuileries in 1923.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Edmond Aman-Jean

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Agence de presse Meurisse (Paris 1918)

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Aman-Jean

ZUO Zongtang (左宗棠, 1812-1885)

Zuo Zongtang

Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty (大清).[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Zuo Zongtang

@ We shall first confront them [the Russians] with arguments...and then settle it on the battlefields. [John King Fairbank, Kwang-ching Liu, Denis Crispin Twitchett (1980). Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0521220297. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.][2]

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Photograph of Zuo Zongtang, late 19th century

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtang

[2] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zuo_Zongtang

Will Durant (1885-1981)

Will Durant (1885-1981)

William James Durant (/dəˈrænt/; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Will Durant

Happiness

¶ Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

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Durant in 1967

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant

Guido Reni (1575-1642)

Guido Reni

Guido Reni (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɡwiːdo ˈrɛːni]; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Guido Reni

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Self portrait, c. 1602

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Reni

John Keats (1795-1821)

Part of
posthumous
portrait
by
William
Hilton,
c. 1822

John Keats

John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations

Beauty

¶ A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness...

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keats

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899)

Alfred Sisley (/ˈsɪsli/; French: [sislɛ]; 30 October 1839 – 29 January 1899) was an Impressionist landscape painter who was born and spent most of his life in France, but retained British citizenship. [1]

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Works

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), La neige à Louveciennes, 1878, oil on canvas, h 61 x w 50.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Sisley

Childe Hassam (1859-1935)

Childe Hassam

Frederick Childe Hassam (/ˈtʃaɪld ˈhæsəm/; October 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Childe Hassam

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Childe Hassam

 

 

Childe Hassam, early 20th century

 

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Hassam

August Malmström (1829-1901)

August Malmström

Johan August Malmström (14 October 1829 – 18 October 1901) was a Swedish painter. As an artist, he was known for his country motifs often featuring children.[1]

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Works

August Malmström (1829-1901), Dancing Fairies, 1866, oil on canvas, h 90 x w 149 cm, Nationalmuseum, Sweden

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Malmstr%C3%B6m

Paull Shin (1935-2021)

Shin, 2004

Paull H. Shin

Paull Hobom Shin (Korean name Shin Hobom; 신호범; September 27, 1935 – April 12, 2021) was an American politician and educator who served as a member of the Washington State Senate, the first Korean American ever elected to the Washington State Legislature.[1]

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Quotes·Quotations by Paull Shin

Hope

¶ For your discouraged soul,
Exhausted with loneliness,
I'll be…
A radiant star at your windowsill,
Revealing new hope, encouraging new dreams;

[An Exodus for Hope: The Footsteps of a Dream (2010)]

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paull_Shin

Albert Lynch (1860-1950)

Albert Lynch

Albert Lynch (1860–1950) was a French painter of German and Peruvian ancestry.[1] Lynch was known for his elegant and detailed portraits, often depicting women of his time.

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Quotes·Quotations by Albert Lynch

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Albert Lynch

 

 

 

Gallery

 

A Young Beauty, 1851-1912

Portrait of an Elegant Lady

 

 

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lynch