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Robert Campin Biography (1378 - 1444)
wtorek, lipiec 1st, 2008(born 1378, Tournai, Fr.—died April 26, 1444, Tournai) Flemish painter. He is identified with the Master of Flémalle on stylistic grounds. Documents show that Campin was a master painter in Tournai in 1406; two students are listed as entering his studio in 1427: Rogier van der Weyden and Jacques Daret. Campin’s principal surviving works are two large panels of an altarpiece once believed to have come from a nonexistent Abbey of Flémalle. The famous Mérode Altarpiece, a triptych of the Annunciation formerly regarded as his masterpiece, is now thought to be by a member of his workshop or circle. Characterized by a naturalistic conception of form and a poetic representation of the objects of daily life, Campin’s work marks the break with the prevailing International Gothic style and prefigures the achievements of the painters of the Northern Renaissance. Despite much uncertainty about his life and work, he was one of the most important and influential Flemish artists of the 15th century.
Robert Campin Biography (1378 - 1444)
niedziela, czerwiec 29th, 2008(born 1378, Tournai, Fr.—died April 26, 1444, Tournai) Flemish painter. He is identified with the Master of Flémalle on stylistic grounds. Documents show that Campin was a master painter in Tournai in 1406; two students are listed as entering his studio in 1427: Rogier van der Weyden and Jacques Daret. Campin’s principal surviving works are two large panels of an altarpiece once believed to have come from a nonexistent Abbey of Flémalle. The famous Mérode Altarpiece, a triptych of the Annunciation formerly regarded as his masterpiece, is now thought to be by a member of his workshop or circle. Characterized by a naturalistic conception of form and a poetic representation of the objects of daily life, Campin’s work marks the break with the prevailing International Gothic style and prefigures the achievements of the painters of the Northern Renaissance. Despite much uncertainty about his life and work, he was one of the most important and influential Flemish artists of the 15th century.
Roy Campanella Biography (1921 - 1993)
niedziela, czerwiec 15th, 2008byname Campy
(born November 19, 1921, Homestead, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 26, 1993, Woodland Hills, near Los Angeles, California) American baseball player, a professional National League catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose career was cut short as a result of an automobile accident.
Campanella began playing semiprofessional baseball on the Philadelphia sandlots when he was 13, and at 15 he was signed to play in the Negro leagues. (Campanella’s father was of Italian descent, and his mother was African American.) Campanella’s skills garnered the attention of Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey. Attempting to integrate major league baseball, Rickey signed players such as Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, and Campanella to the Dodgers franchise, and in 1946 Campanella began playing for a Dodgers farm team in Nashua, New Hampshire. Campanella moved up to the majors in 1948 and thereby became one of the first black players to break baseball’s colour bar. He was the regular catcher for the Dodgers from 1949 until an automobile accident after the 1957 season left him paralyzed.
During his playing career he was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player three times (1951, 1953, and 1955) and was recognized as the best fielding catcher in the league in the 1950s. He was also known for his hitting and in 1953 led the league in runs batted in (142) and hit 41 home runs. He played in five World Series (1949, 1952–53, and 1955–56). His autobiography, It’s Good to Be Alive, was published in 1959. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
Randolph Caldecott Biography (1846 - 1886)
niedziela, czerwiec 15th, 2008(born March 22, 1846, Chester, Cheshire, Eng.—died Feb. 12, 1886, St. Augustine, Fla., U.S.) British graphic artist and watercolourist. While working as a bank clerk, he began drawing for periodicals such as London Society, and, after he moved to London, Punch and Graphic. He developed a gently satirical style and achieved success with illustrations for Washington Irving’s books The Sketch Book (1875) and Bracebridge Hall (1876). Caldecott is best known as an illustrator of children’s books, including William Cowper’s John Gilpin (1878) and Oliver Goldsmith’s Elegy on a Mad Dog (1879). Always frail in health, he died at age 39 in Florida, where he had gone to improve his condition. Since 1938 the Caldecott Medal has been awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished U.S. picture book for children.
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